Reversing decline in college enrollment hinges on labor market, says Baker Institute expert Aug. 8, 2022
When and if enrollment levels rebound depends mainly on the strength of the labor market, which hinges on the economy’s response to Federal Reserve interest rate hikes designed to combat inflation, argues Joyce Beebe, fellow in public finance at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, in a recent blog post.
CDC names Houston Health Department, Rice a wastewater epidemiology Center of Excellence Aug. 5, 2022
A system to track COVID-19 through Houston’s wastewater became the basis of an epidemiology center that has now earned special designation from the U.S. government and $1 million in its first year of federal funding.
Water can’t touch this sanded, powdered surface Aug. 4, 2022
Rice scientists and engineers develop a one-step method involving sandpaper and powder to make robust superhydrophobic materials.
Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator announces Class 2 startups Aug. 4, 2022
The Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator’s second annual class will put a spotlight on 17 early- to mid-stage startups that collectively have already raised more than $54.5 million.
Rice lab’s ‘drug factory’ implants cleared for human trials Aug. 3, 2022
Federal regulators have approved the first human clinical trial of cancer-killing “drug factory” implants created by Rice bioengineers.
Cherukuri named Rice University’s first vice president for innovation Aug. 2, 2022
Paul Cherukuri, the executive director of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, has been named Rice University’s first vice president for innovation.
Most but not all Texas coaches say they’ll plan for climate change Aug. 1, 2022
A survey of Texas college and high school coaches, trainers and athletic directors suggests many are not taking climate change into account as they plan their programs’ futures.
VegSense makes sense for forest studies Aug. 1, 2022
Rice ecologists have created open-source software to rapidly gather field data with Microsoft’s mixed reality headset.
Next-generation networks with fast changes and increased security Jul. 31, 2022
Rice computer scientists are leading the development of programmable networks that respond to change in seconds without downtime.
Ken Kennedy Institute will host AI in Health Conference Nov. 7-9 Jul. 31, 2022
Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute is organizing and hosting the AI in Health Conference Nov. 7-9 at the BioScience Research Collaborative.
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Interns bring innovative design to health technology engineering challenges Jul. 29, 2022
Rice University’s Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies and Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) this summer merged two internship programs and brought together 17 students over the course of seven weeks to employ inventive engineering design methods tackling health technology challenges.
Ramesh named Rice University’s vice president for research Jul. 29, 2022
Ramamoorthy Ramesh, a condensed matter physicist and materials scientist with more than 25 years in academia, industry, national labs and government service, has been named Rice University’s vice president for research.
