Rice News Archive - 2024

Dateline Rice for July 31, 2024 Jul. 31, 2024

Dateline Rice for July 31, 2024

Rice welcomes Charles Murphy as executive director of admission Jul. 31, 2024

Rice’s Office of Admission is bolstering its recruitment and admission efforts by hiring Charles Murphy as executive director of admission. He will start Aug. 1.

Rice’s Sylvia Dee working to improve projections of extreme droughts, floods Jul. 31, 2024

Rice climate scientist Sylvia Dee has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the agency’s most prestigious early career honor.

Rice alums reflect on Olympic experiences: Lennie Waite Jul. 30, 2024

Lennie Waite, an Olympian and former Rice track and field star, talks about her experiences during the 2016 Olympics.

Students find inspiration at Tapia STEM Camps Jul. 30, 2024

The Tapia STEM Camps, founded by and named after Richard Tapia, aims to encourage students from underrepresented communities to pursue STEM careers.

Dateline Rice for July 30, 2024 Jul. 30, 2024

Dateline Rice for July 30, 2024

‘Truly stunning’: Rice Shepherd School of Music alumnus reflects on conducting during Olympics opening ceremony Jul. 30, 2024

In the minutes before the Orchestre National de France prepared to play Edith Piaf’s “L’Hymne à l’Amour” to close out the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, music director Cristian Măcelaru had a moment of confusion.

Breaking MAD: Generative AI could break the internet Jul. 30, 2024

Rice researchers have found that training successive generations of generative artificial intelligence models on synthetic data gives rise to self-consuming feedback loops.

Rice math camps prepare high school students to stand out in their upcoming math courses Jul. 29, 2024

Local students are learning math and having fun while doing so at the Rice University School Mathematics Project Preparing for Success programs.

Unlearning Paris offers new perspectives on iconic city Jul. 29, 2024

This summer, Rice brought back the innovative Unlearning Paris course at its Paris Center, providing students an opportunity to deconstruct and critically analyze the historic city of Paris.

Rice is top destination for Mexican students who receive Fulbright awards Jul. 29, 2024

Seven master’s and Ph.D. Fulbright recipients from Mexico will study at Rice this fall, the most of any university and nearly double the number of any other university, including Rice’s Association of American Universities peers.

Dateline Rice for July 29, 2024 (Weekend Edition) Jul. 29, 2024

Dateline Rice for July 29, 2024 (Weekend Edition)

Rice experts discuss President Joe Biden’s historic move to not seek reelection Jul. 29, 2024

In their interviews, the professors discussed a variety of topics ranging from presidential history to Vice President Kamala Harris’ potential candidacy to the impact on downballot races.

Rice lab finds faster, cleaner way to extract lithium from battery waste Jul. 29, 2024

Rice researchers uncover a rapid, efficient and environmentally friendly method for selective lithium recovery using microwave radiation and a readily biodegradable solvent.

Incoming Rice Owls experience Houston and service-learning through Moody Civic Immersion program Jul. 28, 2024

Several dozen incoming Owls traveled to Houston to immerse themselves in the city and the social justice issues local advocates are striving to address through the Ross Rankin Moody Civic Immersion program, one of the flagships of the university’s Center for Civic Leadership.