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Hey, space fans, we’ve got your number Sep. 10, 2022

Rice and NASA kicked off a three-day celebration of JFK's famous speech with a 'space selfie' at the stadium.

Rice mourns longtime engineering professor Marc Robert Sep. 9, 2022

Marc Robert, a professor in Rice's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering for 38 years, died Sept. 2 at age 72.

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm took the occasion of her visit to the Ion to announce the government’s latest “Earthshot” initiative, to focus on enhanced geothermal energy.

Department of Energy unveils geothermal ‘Earthshot’ at Ion Sep. 9, 2022

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, at the Ion, announces the government’s latest “Earthshot” initiative on enhanced geothermal energy.

NSF awards $15 million to Rice, partners to create southwest hub Sep. 9, 2022

The founding partners of the National Science Foundation Southwest I-Corps Node, co-established by Rice University, have been awarded a $15 million grant to form a hub that will expand the partnership to five additional universities.

Rice historian, faculty member decorated at Buckingham Palace available to discuss Queen Elizabeth II Sep. 8, 2022

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Rice University historian Aysha Pollnitz is available to discuss the queen’s historic reign. Meanwhile, David Alexander, the director of the Rice Space Institute and an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), is available to share his thoughts.

New Rice study: When it comes to military intervention, Americans prefer to ‘give peace a chance’ Sep. 8, 2022

A new Rice University and University of Nevada, Las Vegas study on Americans’ attitudes about military intervention finds the public prefers when the U.S. works with other military powers, protects civilians and resolves conflicts peacefully.

Fossil fuel trade must be considered in carbon border adjustment plans, says Baker Institute report Sep. 8, 2022

As the European Union develops a carbon border tax and the United States considers its own as part of their respective climate policies, a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy presents the first effort to track cross-border carbon trade comprehensively — including fossil fuels.

Three NSF grants support future of wireless Sep. 7, 2022

Rice engineer Ashu Sabharwal is part of three new National Science Foundation-backed projects to advance future generations of wireless communications.