New catalyst can turn smelly hydrogen sulfide into a cash cow Oct. 31, 2022
Rice engineers and scientists and collaborators have discovered an efficient, one-step process for converting hydrogen sulfide gas into clean-burning hydrogen fuel.
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People, papers and presentations for Oct. 31, 2022 Oct. 31, 2022
Lydia Kavraki and Marcia O’Malley are among 35 scientists named Oct. 25 to a list of the world’s top women scientists in robotics, energy and science at the iROS Kyoto 2022 Conference in Japan.
OpenStax announces 10 schools participating in this year’s Institutional Partner Program Oct. 28, 2022
OpenStax, Rice University’s educational technology initiative, will see 10 colleges and universities join its Institutional Partner Program for the 2022-2023 school year. All of those institutions will receive support from OpenStax experts as they work to save students’ money by increasing the use of free, openly licensed textbooks on their campuses.
Biden appoints Rice's Ruth López Turley to National Board for Education Sciences Oct. 27, 2022
President Biden has appointed Ruth López Turley, director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology, to the National Board for Education Sciences.
US-Middle East relations to be examined at Baker Institute event Oct. 26, 2022
The future of relations between the United States and the Middle East – particularly Iran – will be the focus of a Nov. 1 conference at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice University hosts first Black Leadership Across Campuses symposium Oct. 25, 2022
Rice University will host the Fall 2022 Black Leadership Across Campuses (BLAC) symposium in Farnsworth Pavilion Oct. 28 and 29. The symposium will be the first in a series of conferences addressing a wide range of themes that explore the mission and cultural worlds framed by historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Community-based Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton project debuts Oct. 27 at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts Oct. 25, 2022
The latest project led by noted Houston-based artist Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, former Houston poet laureate and current artist in residence at the Rice University Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL), opens to the public at the Moody Center for the Arts Oct. 27. An opening reception will take place at the Moody from 6 to 8 p.m. that evening.
Owls claim C-USA regular-season soccer championship Oct. 24, 2022
The Rice women's soccer team claimed the Conference USA regular-season championship over the weekend, via a 1-0 victory on Senior Night over Western Kentucky University at Holloway Field combined with a Louisiana Tech victory over the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
NSF director raves about Rice’s future in inauguration keynote address Oct. 24, 2022
The head of the National Science Foundation sees an “amazing” future for Rice University under the leadership of newly inaugurated President Reginald DesRoches. NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan offered that optimistic outlook for the university during a visit to campus that included a keynote address celebrating the new president’s investiture.
Even good gene edits can go bad Oct. 24, 2022
A Rice lab leads the effort to reveal threats to the efficacy of gene editing, even when it appears to be working.
Rice Shepherd School to celebrate life and legacy of late conductor Larry Rachleff Oct. 29 Oct. 24, 2022
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music will celebrate the life and legacy of late conductor Larry Rachleff Oct. 29 with a musical tribute from those who knew and loved him best.
Eat, drink and meet Reggie Oct. 24, 2022
As part of the multiday inauguration celebration in his honor, Rice President Reginald DesRoches invited both undergraduate and graduate students to mark the occasion at a pair of receptions Oct. 21.
Confirming election results possible with risk-limiting audits Oct. 24, 2022
Risk-limiting audits that effectively verify the results of an election are underutilized in the United States.
‘No one more deserving or more prepared’: DesRoches celebrated at inaugural gala Oct. 24, 2022
After days of campuswide fêtes and the formal investiture of Reginald DesRoches Oct. 22, Rice’s eighth president and his family were honored at a glittering inaugural gala, where DesRoches was touted for his leadership, compassion and grand vision for the university’s future.
Rice homecoming brings Owls together for weekend of celebrations Oct. 24, 2022
Rice University will welcome alumni, students, faculty, staff and families for Owl Together, a celebration of its past, present and future Oct. 28 - 29 with an eclectic mix of events to celebrate everyone involved in the campus community.
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