Rice collaborators host inaugural convening to promote advancement of global cancer detection efforts Nov. 26, 2024
The Center for Innovation and Translation of POC Technologies for Equitable Cancer Care hosted its inaugural convening at Rice, marking a significant milestone in ongoing efforts to advance health equity in cancer care.
Abell named Owls’ new head football coach Nov. 26, 2024
Rice Vice President and Director of Athletics Tommy McClelland announced that Scott Abell has been named the new Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach at Rice.
Rice celebrates Indigenous cultures during National Native American Heritage Month Nov. 26, 2024
Rice’s Native American Student Association hosted an Indigenous cultural celebration involving dancing, music, food, beading, crafts and storytelling Nov. 22 at Farnsworth Pavilion as part of National Native American Heritage Month.
Newly designed nanomaterial shows promise as antimicrobial agent Nov. 25, 2024
Newly developed halide perovskite nanocrystals show potential as antimicrobial agents that are stable, effective and easy to produce.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 25, 2024 (Weekend Edition) Nov. 25, 2024
Dateline Rice for Nov. 25, 2024 (Weekend Edition)
Alumna Elizabeth Freimuth to join Shepherd School of Music faculty Nov. 25, 2024
Elizabeth Freimuth ’98, Shepherd School of Music alumna and principal horn of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, will join the Shepherd School faculty as professor of horn in the fall of 2025.
Religion boosts interest in life extension for Black but not white Americans, suggests Rice research Nov. 25, 2024
Black Americans are more interested in life-extending health technologies than their white peers and religion increases this desire.
New insights into sleep uncover key mechanisms related to cognitive function Nov. 22, 2024
A new study by a team of researchers at Rice University and Houston Methodist’s Center for Neural Systems Restoration and Weill Cornell Medical College has uncovered a key mechanism by which sleep enhances neuronal and behavioral performance.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 22, 2024 Nov. 22, 2024
Dateline Rice for Nov. 22, 2024
The hidden cost of working across time zones Nov. 22, 2024
Remote working tools like Zoom and Slack have been around for more than a decade, but it wasn’t until the COVID-19 pandemic that remote work really took off. Since then, work-from-anywhere arrangements have allowed more workers to perform their jobs from the places they want to live, whether that is nearer to friends and family or in a resort town in the Rocky Mountains.
‘Introduction to Computer Science’ is latest free digital learning textbook from OpenStax Nov. 22, 2024
OpenStax, the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources and a provider of interactive learning technologies based at Rice, announces the publication of “Introduction to Computer Science.” As a free digital learning textbook, this resource provides extensive coverage of core concepts such as algorithms, data structures, computer systems and software development with real-world applications highlighting how these concepts solve complex problems.
Rice alumna Adrogué makes history as judge on new Texas Business Court Nov. 21, 2024
Rice University alumna Sofia Adrogué was sworn in as judge of the 11th Division Texas Business Court Nov. 19 at the Harris County Courthouse.
Staff Spotlight: Crystal Brower Nov. 21, 2024
Staff Spotlight: Crystal Brower
Rice thought leaders examine Texas’ move toward Bible-based school curriculum Nov. 21, 2024
Mark Jones and David R. Brockman discuss the ongoing Republican-led initiatives in the U.S. to introduce more religious content into classrooms.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 21, 2024 Nov. 21, 2024
Dateline Rice for Nov. 21, 2024
