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The Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East and director of the Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program, has been awarded the 2021 Emerging Scholars Policy Prize
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President Leebron challenges new students to prepare for a life of boldness, courage and contribution.
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An emotional move-in day greeted students and parents alike.
CAAAS asks: Has MLK’s dream been deferred?
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The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will deliver annual lecture commemorating the 1963 March on Washington.
The Way I See It: The state of quantum computing
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Ken Kennedy Institute Executive Director Angela Wilkins discusses the development and future of quantum computing.
DesRoches, Nakhleh, others tour startup Syzygy Plasmonics
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‘Smart cells’ show promise to treat disease
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Laura Segatori wins NIH backing to develop synthetic biological circuits for cells that may someday sense trouble and respond by making just enough of the appropriate drugs.
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With support from Rice’s Passport to Houston program, the Graduate Student Association gave away 50 tickets to the Aug. 6 Houston Astros game against the Minnesota Twins.
Helpful house design has an eye on history
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Rae Atkinson, a master of architecture student at Rice University, won first place in the American Institute of Architects Houston chapter’s Gulf Coast Green Student Competition to design a “self-help hub” for residents in Houston’s Fourth Ward.
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Rice staff member Ann Mikus has been honored with the RICE MILE Award.
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10 winners at IBB Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
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Posters by 10 summer interns were the best at this year’s IBB Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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