Dateline Rice for June 3, 2021 Jun. 3, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL This 2D material is way tougher than graphene, and scientists are excited An article features Rice research into the strength of hexagonal boron nitride, which has been identified as the toughest among 2D materials. Jun Lou, associate chair and professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted. MSN (This Science Alert article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.) http://dateline.rice/june-3-lou
Hexagonal boron nitride's remarkable toughness unmasked Jun. 2, 2021
It's official: Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is the iron man of 2D materials, so resistant to cracking that it defies a century-old theoretical description engineers still use to measure toughness.
Dateline Rice for June 2, 2021 Jun. 2, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Texas Gov. Abbott declares disaster along southern border Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted and interviewed. MSN (This article originally appeared in KRLD Online.) http://dateline.rice/june-2-payan KRLD on Audacy (This segment also aired six times on KRLD-AM in Dallas.) http://dateline.rice/june-2-payan
NIH supports mathematical optimization of tumor treatment Jun. 2, 2021
A new strategy to reduce the side effects suffered by patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancers now has the support of the National Institutes of Health.
Cuthbertson, Tudor to be honored with ARA's Gold Medal at Laureates Awards ceremony Jun. 1, 2021
Rice alumni Robert Tudor III and the late Gilbert “Doc C” Cuthbertson will be recognized for their extraordinary service to the university with the Association of Rice’s Alumni’s (ARA) highest award — the Gold Medal — at the 2020-2021 Laureates Awards Virtual Celebration June 3. The association is also honoring eight others for distinguished accomplishments and meritorious service and recognizing two young alumni awardees.
Houston is ready for the green energy transition, says Baker Institute expert Jun. 1, 2021
Houston’s “energy capital of the world” status is here to stay — no matter the type of energy — according to a new report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Dateline Rice for June 1, 2021 (Weekend Edition) Jun. 1, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL America needed a space race hero. John Glenn was the obvious choice. Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, authored a book review of "Mercury Rising." The Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more 30 other media outlets.) http://dateline.rice/june-1-brinkley
People, papers and presentations Jun 1, 2021 Jun. 1, 2021
Former Rice golfer Mario Carmona qualified for the U.S. Open by finishing in the top 10 among a field of 115 players last week at the Dallas Athletic Club. He is the first Owl to qualify since Michael Whitehead in 2011. The tournament is June 17-20 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego.
Time capsule found in Abercrombie cornerstone May. 28, 2021
A time capsule from the November 1948 formal opening of the Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory was discovered in the building's cornerstone by demolition crews clearing the way for a new 266,000-square-foot engineering and science building.
People, papers and presentations - May 28, 2021 May. 28, 2021
People, papers and presentations - May 28, 2021
Unconventional Students at Rice 2021: Christen Smajstrla inspires the next generation May. 28, 2021
After getting her two degrees from Rice, she would return to her Central Texas hometown of Schulenberg and become a school teacher. But somewhere along the way through her years at Rice, something changed.
A letter from President Leebron May. 28, 2021
A letter from President Leebron
Letter from Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Ladd on President Leebron May. 28, 2021
Letter from Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Ladd on President Leebron
Molecular jiggling has implications for carbon nanotube fibers May. 28, 2021
New research suggests the jiggling motion of carbon nanotubes suspended in liquid solutions could have implications for the structure, processing and properties of nanotube fibers formed from those solutions.
Dateline Rice for May 28, 2021 May. 28, 2021
