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People, papers and presentations for Feb. 14, 2022 Feb. 14, 2022

John Fierst, assistant director of academic advising, received the 2022 Texas Association of Advisors for the Health Professions Advisor of the Year Award at the group's recent annual conference in San Antonio.

Rice announces plans to be carbon neutral by 2030 Feb. 11, 2022

Rice President David Leebron and Provost Reginald DesRoches outlined the efforts in a message to the university community Feb. 11.

Senior VADA major Laura Semro holds a small puppet she made in a Theater 314 course.

Puppetry design course challenges students to explore their creative boundaries Feb. 10, 2022

“Never in a million years did I think I’d be designing and making a puppet”

Promotional banner for "Opening the Archives of the Impossible" conference at Rice, March 3-6, 2022

Rice to host international conference on scholarship of the paranormal March 3-6 Feb. 10, 2022

“Opening the Archives of the Impossible” will also showcase collections housed in university library

Germaine Franco. Photo by Robert Zuckerberg.

Rice Shepherd School alumna picks up first Oscar nomination Feb. 10, 2022

Germaine Franco is going for gold — a gold-plated Oscar, that is.

Rice quantum physicists Pengcheng Dai and Qimiao Si

Physicists find evidence of new quantum phase Feb. 10, 2022

Rice physicists collaborated on the discovery of a quantum phase that appears to break time-reversal symmetry.

OpenStax, state set resource creation event for educators Feb. 10, 2022

OpenStax, Rice University’s educational technology initiative, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) will host a free, virtual event for Texas educators to create and revise open educational resources (OER) Feb. 17 and 18.