Woodson Research Center moves to new digital archive platform May. 18, 2023
Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center recently announced it will move to a new archiving platform that will provide enhanced functionality and accessibility for its extensive digital cultural heritage materials.
‘Archives of the Impossible’ conference explores the cultivation of impossibility May. 18, 2023
An international conference challenging assumptions about reality itself and exploring paranormal phenomena across different cultures and generations was held May 11-13 at Rice.
World Bank Group president to discuss geoeconomic challenges at Baker Institute May. 18, 2023
David Malpass, World Bank Group president, will speak at a May 22 event hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice’s Social Policy Analysis students address pressing issues in final projects May. 17, 2023
With projects focused on rural food insecurity to juvenile mental health courts to teen health clinics, Rice’s graduating seniors and some juniors in the university’s Social Policy Analysis program gathered earlier this month to present and discuss these and other yearlong research efforts.
Rice mourns longtime Statistics professor and alumnus John Dobelman ’79 May. 16, 2023
The Rice community is mourning the loss of Statistics professor and alumnus John Dobelman ’79, who died May 9 at age 65.
Rice U.’s Anastasios Kyrillidis wins Amazon Research Award May. 16, 2023
Anastasios Kyrillidis, Rice University’s Noah Harding Assistant Professor of Computer Science, won one of 79 Amazon Research Awards (ARA) with a project titled “Efficient and affordable transformers for distributed platforms.”
Kinder Institute Luncheon recap May. 16, 2023
Houstonians’ views on social issues and the biggest challenges facing the region were revealed in the 2023 Kinder Houston Area Survey, which was released at a sold-out luncheon May 15 at the Marriott Marquis Houston.
New Rice U. research finds verbal prompts can make semi-automated driving safer May. 16, 2023
Semi-automated cars are becoming increasingly common, but real dangers exist when technology fails and drivers don’t intervene.
Filling in the blanks May. 15, 2023
A Rice clue was featured in the May 13 edition of the New York Times crossword puzzle.
View from a terrace May. 15, 2023
President Reginald DesRoches joined family members and friends of the late Rice Trustee Emeritus Ralph O’Connor’s family for a dinner and early preview of the landmark new science and engineering building named in his honor.
2023 Kinder Houston Area Survey: Concerns over economy and housing costs rattle the city’s optimism May. 15, 2023
A turbulent economy and increasingly expensive and unattainable housing were dominant concerns cited by respondents to the 42nd annual Kinder Houston Area Survey, released today at the annual Kinder Institute Luncheon at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Houston.
Magnetic gear tech company wins 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition May. 15, 2023
FluxWorks from Texas A&M University, a magnetic gear technology company, took home the grand prize at the 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC). The RBPC, hosted annually by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is the world’s largest and richest student startup competition. This year’s edition saw 42 startups competing for $3.4 million in prizes – the highest in the 23 years of the event. More than 80 prizes were awarded and every team took home cash.
People, papers and presentations for May 15, 2023 May. 15, 2023
Spot illustrations by Alex Eben Meyer for a story headlined “Searching the Universe for Answers” in the fall 2022 edition of Rice Magazine were featured recently in the Society of Publication Designers’ “Spot On.”
Owls take home 2023 Conference USA Championship May. 15, 2023
The Rice women’s track and field team won its first outdoor title since 2016 at the 2023 Conference USA Championships in Denton, Texas.
New priming method improves battery life, efficiency May. 15, 2023
Rice University engineers have developed a readily scalable method to optimize a silicon anode priming method that increases lithium-ion battery performance by 22% to 44%.
