Rice News Archive - 2024

Dateline Rice for April 12, 2024 Apr. 12, 2024

Dateline Rice for April 12, 2024

Rice team demonstrates miniature brain stimulator in humans Apr. 12, 2024

Rice engineers have developed the smallest implantable brain stimulator demonstrated in a human patient that could revolutionize treatment for drug-resistant depression and other psychiatric or neurological disorders.

Rice sociologist hosts viewing of Israeli music festival massacre documentary Apr. 12, 2024

Members of the Rice and Houston community recently gathered for a screening of “SUPERNOVA: The Music Festival Massacre,” a documentary by award-winning German production company GebruederBeetz Filmproduktion. The film focuses on Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, specifically on the Supernova music festival.

Prestigious Truman Scholarship awarded to Rice’s Lee Waldman Apr. 12, 2024

Lee Waldman, a Rice junior majoring in sociology in the School of Social Sciences, has been awarded a Truman Scholarship , the premier graduate fellowship in the U.S. for those pursuing careers as leaders in public service.

Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Treva Lindsey explores the enduring power of Black freedom dreams Apr. 12, 2024

In belated honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Center for African and African American Studies at Rice University hosted a special event featuring Treva Lindsey, a distinguished professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Ohio State University.

Rice’s Megan Reiter wins NSF CAREER Award to investigate planet-forming environments Apr. 11, 2024

Megan Reiter, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to investigate the influence of neighboring stars on the formation of planets.

Rice professors discuss climate resilience and urban design at Scientia event Apr. 11, 2024

In a recent lecture titled “Climate Resilience and Urban Design,” Rice University professors Dominic Boyer and Albert Pope shed light on the hydrological and infrastructural challenges Houston faces. That includes flooding triggered by the impacts of climate change, the duo said, as they discussed the need for sustainable solutions at the recent Scientia Institute Lecture Series event in the Kyle Morrow Room at Fondren Library.

Dateline Rice for April 11, 2024 Apr. 11, 2024

Dateline Rice for April 11, 2024

Unconventional Students at Rice: Mohamed Abead is welcomed to Texas from Egypt Apr. 11, 2024

Mohamed Abead is a senior at Rice studying computer science. Originally from Cairo, Egypt, Abead came to Rice because he felt it had the perfect balance of computer science education and social opportunities in the residential college system.

University announces important changes to commencement exercises Apr. 11, 2024

Several important changes have been announced for Rice’s 100th commencement May 3-4, including ceremony schedule updates and a revamped comprehensive digital program.

Rice engineering students’ device could make intubation safer for young babies Apr. 11, 2024

TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice, created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube integrated with a camera and anchoring system that could make intubation procedures safer for babies 1 month and older by ensuring precise placement, stable anchoring and visibility access for up to 14 days.

Rice’s Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra presents ‘A Constellation of Sounds & Stories’ Apr. 11, 2024

Delving into realms both celestial and terrestrial, Rice University’s Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra presents “A Constellation of Sounds & Stories” in Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall at 7:30 p.m. April 19.

Rice, Lone Star College to sign agreement April 12 helping transfer students complete Rice degrees without losing credits Apr. 11, 2024

Rice University and Lone Star College will celebrate the renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and signing of an articulation agreement April 12 to allow transfer students in LSC’s Take Flight Program to receive Rice credit for core science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses completed at Lone Star College. The event will take place from 2-2:30 p.m. in the Rice Founder’s Room in Lovett Hall.

Michael Eric Dyson challenges ‘America’s amnesia’ at CAAAS lecture Apr. 10, 2024

Renowned scholar and public intellectual Michael Eric Dyson delivered a thought-provoking speech at Rice April 1, spurring conversations about race, history and the imperative of confronting what he called “America’s amnesia.”

Dateline Rice for April 10, 2024 Apr. 10, 2024

Dateline Rice for April 10, 2024