Rice Architecture’s fall lecture series takes singular look at pluralism Sep. 2, 2022
“Engaging Pluralism” is the theme for this fall’s Rice Architecture lecture series, set to begin Sept. 7.
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People, papers and presentations for Sept. 6, 2022 Sep. 2, 2022
Melodie French, an assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, has won the 2022 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Mineral and Rock Physics Early Career Award.
Research teams win Dunn Awards to fight cancer Sep. 1, 2022
Researchers at Rice University will team with counterparts at MD Anderson to improve cancer therapy with the support of seed funding from the John S. Dunn Foundation.
SU(N) matter is about 3 billion times colder than deep space Aug. 31, 2022
Physicists from Rice and Kyoto University are using the universe’s coldest fermions to explore quantum magnets.
Wearables take ‘logical’ step toward onboard control Aug. 30, 2022
Rice University engineers design fluidic logic into garments to help people with functional limitations perform tasks without electronic assistance.
Future of energy tech industry to be showcased at 19th annual Energy Tech Venture Forum Aug. 30, 2022
This year’s edition of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Energy Tech Venture Forum, the premier venture capital and energy tech conference for connecting innovators, investors, corporations and the energy ecosystem, will feature more than 60 companies pitching their technologies to investors.
NSF grant supports ballot integrity research Aug. 29, 2022
Rice computer scientists are part of team that is studying the robustness and security of election systems that read hand-marked paper ballots.
ROBE Array could let small companies access popular form of AI Aug. 29, 2022
A breakthrough by Rice computer scientists could allow more labs and companies to use artificial intelligence.
New Rice Owls get taste of Houston and service-learning through Civic Immersion program Aug. 29, 2022
A few weeks prior to Rice’s weeklong new student orientation, dozens of incoming Owls took time out of their summers to immerse themselves in the city of Houston and the social justice issues local advocates are striving to address through the Civic Immersion program, one of the flagships of the university’s Center for Civic Leadership (CCL).
Pain, loss and hope for tomorrow: Fischer Duo celebrates 50 years of music with ‘2020 Visions’ Aug. 29, 2022
A new album from longtime piano-cello duo Jeanne Kierman Fischer and Norman Fischer, both professors at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the twosome performing together with music expressing the pain of loss and the hope for a better tomorrow.
Rice ranked by Niche as one of nation’s top 10 universities Aug. 29, 2022
Rice earns an “A+” grade and ranks as one of the nation’s top 10 universities in the latest ratings of American colleges compiled by Niche.
Lilie event aims to inspire student entrepreneurship across campus Aug. 29, 2022
Rice’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) is hosting a Festival of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology and Art (FIESTA) Aug. 29-Sept. 1 to showcase its work, resources and capabilities.
Stem cell research, misinformation to be examined at Baker Institute event Aug. 29, 2022
A Sept. 9 event from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy will examine misinformation surrounding stem cell research and regenerative medicine.
English chair Ostherr gives lecture in Berlin in honor of Marshall Plan’s 75th anniversary Aug. 26, 2022
Kirsten Ostherr — the Gladys Louise Fox Professor and Chair of the Department of English, and director of both Rice’s medical humanities program and the Medical Futures Lab — was invited by the U.S. Embassy in Berlin to give a lecture July 13 at the Benjamin Franklin campus of the city’s Charité hospital, one of the largest university hospitals in Europe.
Puentes Consortium experience promotes binational, collaborative undergraduate research Aug. 25, 2022
An international initiative this summer gave Rice undergraduates an opportunity to meet with students from Mexican and American universities to promote collaborative, multidisciplinary research on issues critical to the relationship between the two countries.
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