Rice News Archive - 2024

Rice’s Office of Innovation awards inaugural One Small Step Grants Feb. 27, 2024

The Office of Innovation at Rice announced four awardees of the inaugural One Small Step Grants, marking a significant milestone in accelerating the transition from lab to market for Rice-developed technologies. Launched in September 2023 the grant aims to support lab-stage projects across Rice, providing crucial capital for projects to spin out of the university and successfully attract investment from angel investors and venture capital.

Coastal resilience, improved cancer care, Latinx communities and more in focus as Rice announces investment in research centers Feb. 26, 2024

The centers are the Rice Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences, Synthesis X Center, Center for Environmental Studies, Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies, and Center for Coastal Futures and Adaptive Resilience.

Owls show Texan and Rice pride on Go Texan Day Feb. 26, 2024

Two Houston traditions aligned Feb. 23 as Owls celebrated Rice University’s tradition of wearing blue on Fridays as well as dressing in western wear for Go Texan Day.

‘The Amazon wasn’t an empty place’: Visiting professor discusses past, future at Rice event Feb. 26, 2024

Rice University hosted professor Eduardo Góes Neves from the University of São Paulo, Brazil Feb. 22 for a discussion titled “Roads of Creation, Roads of Destruction: Landscapes in Conflict in Contemporary Amazon.”

Rice baseball players connect with newest Owl fan at Texas Children’s Hospital Feb. 26, 2024

The Rice baseball team unknowingly gained a special fan during its game against Sam Houston State Feb. 20.

Rice professor knighted by French education ministry Feb. 26, 2024

The call from the French Consulate of Houston was not one Rice University French studies associate professor Julie Fette expected.

Advancing materials science, Rice professors examine chirality in nearly 2D Feb. 23, 2024

Hanyu Zhu and Boris Yakobson shared their perspective on chirality in 2D materials in Nature Materials.

Dateline Rice for Feb. 23, 2024 Feb. 23, 2024

Dateline Rice for Feb. 23, 2024

Rice Office of Public Affairs expands government relations, media relations teams Feb. 22, 2024

The Rice University Office of Public Affairs is proud to announce the addition of two new hires and a promotion, enhancing the university’s capacity to engage with government, media and stakeholders across campus and beyond.

Dateline Rice for Feb. 21, 2024 Feb. 22, 2024

Dateline Rice for Feb. 21, 2024

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Dateline Rice for Feb. 22, 2024

‘Education is about opening doors’: Rice president, graduate detail impact of Teach For America Feb. 22, 2024

“Education dramatically changed my life,” Rice University President Reginald DesRoches told a crowd of nearly 300 at Teach For America’s annual Ignite Potential luncheon Feb. 21 at the Briar Club in Houston.

Study suggests anti-Black racism may account for conservatives’ negative reactions to jobs requiring DEI statements Feb. 22, 2024

According to new research from Rice University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, conservative-leaning job applicants indicate being less likely to pursue positions that require personal statements on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and those negative reactions are not independent of anti-Black racism.

Staff Spotlight: Henry Cash Feb. 21, 2024

Staff Spotlight: Henry Cash Student Behavioral Advisor

Google’s chief scientist discusses artificial intelligence history and future at Rice Feb. 21, 2024

Jeff Dean, chief scientist at Google, spoke at Rice University Feb. 13 to discuss trends in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).