Rice Alliance seeks entrepreneurs for energy transition program May. 31, 2022
Entrepreneurs who are interested in running a startup that can impact the energy transition can apply to be matched with a novel technology in a new Chevron Studio program through Rice Alliance.
Rice bids fond farewell to finance wizard Kathy Collins May. 30, 2022
One of the top administrators at Rice University never taught a class here, but grateful colleagues who joined together last week for a celebration of her long and distinguished career hailed her as nothing less than one of the great teachers and leaders on campus.
Mental health of Black and Hispanic veterans improved after Obama election, study finds May. 27, 2022
The mental health of Black and Hispanic veterans improved when Barack Obama was elected president, according to new research from Rice University.
Schneider selected to direct Religion and Public Life Program May. 27, 2022
Rachel Schneider has been named the new director of the Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP), which will now be housed in Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance .
Howe wins Berlin Prize, will complete fellowship next year May. 26, 2022
Cymene Howe, a professor of anthropology at Rice University and director of graduate studies in the Department of Anthropology, has been named a Berlin Prize fellow by the American Academy in Berlin.
Top hospitals blatantly violating price-transparency mandate, says Baker Institute report May. 26, 2022
Many of the nation’s most prominent hospitals are blatantly violating federal mandates requiring transparency in pricing, and all too often patients are being kept in the dark about dramatic differences between publicly reported prices for services and their actual cost, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Cars could get a ‘flashy’ upgrade May. 26, 2022
Rice University chemists, working with the Ford Motor Company, processes waste plastic from end-of-life trucks into graphene for composite materials in new vehicles.
Sociologist Ecklund named director of Boniuk Institute May. 26, 2022
Elaine Howard Ecklund, an internationally acclaimed sociologist of religion, is the new director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University.
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Stephen Klineberg: A retrospective May. 23, 2022
Through most of the 20th century, Houston thrived. It was a one-horse industrial town, riding its location near the East Texas oil fields to continued prosperity. The city was also world-famous for having imposed the least possible controls on development of any city in the Western world. Houstonians proclaimed themselves to be the epitome of what Americans can achieve when left unfettered by zoning codes, government regulations or excessive taxation.
New study of racism caught on video spotlights hate faced by Asians, Asian Americans amid pandemic May. 23, 2022
A new Rice University study showcases the severity of discriminatory behavior toward Asians and Asian Americans driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rice to welcome four new trustees May. 23, 2022
Rice University will begin the next academic year with four new Board of Trustee members. Asuka Nakahara, Jeremy Thigpen, Claudia Gee Vassar and Lori Whitten will serve four-year terms beginning July 1.
