Investors, leaders recognize 11 companies at annual Texas Life Science Forum Nov. 9, 2022
Life science innovators, academics and investors – including those specializing in health tech, medical devices and therapeutics – convened at Rice University this week to discuss Houston’s role in the future of health care and give awards to top early-stage life science companies.
Ukrainian energy CEO to discuss energy security at Baker Institute webinar Nov. 9, 2022
Maxim Timchenko, CEO of Ukraine’s largest private energy provider, DTEK, will discuss the company’s efforts to maintain operations during war and continue to provide energy for the Ukrainian people at a webinar presented by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Engineers go further with the flow to model moving cars and tires Nov. 8, 2022
Mechanical engineers dramatically advance computational fluid dynamics models of airflow around a moving car and its tires.
Research computing veteran Melissa Cragin joins Rice Nov. 8, 2022
Melissa Cragin, a veteran of both the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is now leading Rice's Center for Research Computing as Rice's associate vice president of research computing.
From the Office of the President: A reason to give thanks Nov. 8, 2022
Although Thanksgiving is still a few weeks away, the advent of the holiday is on my mind due to a recent personal event that has caused me to reflect on life’s many blessings.
Seizures happen like clockwork — but depend on the clock Nov. 7, 2022
Statisticians use electronic diary entries by more than 1,000 patients with epilepsy to gain a better understanding of how “attractors” are associated with the likelihood of seizures.
World Series smile Nov. 7, 2022
Thomas Avalos, a Lovett College senior majoring in sport management at Rice University, is all smiles while working during the World Series at Minute Maid Park in Houston. Avalos is a ticket experience ambassador for the team. The Astros won the World Series in six games over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Student center transforms with Halloween cheer Nov. 7, 2022
This Halloween, the Rice Memorial Center (RMC) transformed into a smorgasbord of board game-themed displays.
TEDxRiceU Countdown to focus on ideas, solutions to climate change Nov. 7, 2022
Combating climate change will be the subject of featured speakers sharing their ideas from 5-8 p.m., Nov. 12 at Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts.
Could state-sponsored retirement plans help workers save more? Maybe, says Baker Institute report Nov. 7, 2022
State-sponsored retirement plans could help workers save more and help retirees rely less on social services — as long as the cost-effectiveness of such plans aren’t bogged down by fees — according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Senior Day success Nov. 7, 2022
The Rice volleyball and swimming teams celebrated the careerlong contributions of their seniors over the weekend while besting their opponents.
Rice, Baylor to study how screen use affects young children Nov. 7, 2022
Rice engineers and Baylor College of Medicine researchers are studying how screen use affects young children.
People, papers and presentations for Nov. 7, 2022 Nov. 7, 2022
Phoebe Wang, a Rice Business alumna and clean tech venture capitalist who serves as an investment director at Shell Ventures, was selected as Clean Energy Education and Empowerment’s (C3E) 2022 Business Award winner and accepted the honor during the C3E symposium Nov. 2.
Early planetary migration can explain missing planets Nov. 7, 2022
Computer simulations by Rice University scientists and their collaborators explain two puzzling observations of exoplanets orbiting distant stars.
Rice wins Moore Foundation grant for quantum vacuum research Nov. 4, 2022
Junichiro Kono’s lab will study how matter and quantum vacuums become entangled thanks to a new grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
