During two days of festivities May 3-4, Rice University’s Class of 2024 graduates celebrated the culmination of their experiences on South Main while ...
Kyriacos Zygourakis, the A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice, celebrated his retirement after 44 years at Rice....
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Ethics survey shows a campus unafraid to speak up
A recent survey of Rice employees found that 99% of respondents were comfortable reporting ethical concerns to at least one resource on campus.
‘Smart’ shirt keeps tabs on the heart
Carbon nanotube thread woven into athletic shirts gathered electrocardiogram and heart rate data that matched standard monitors and beat chest-strap monitors. The fibers are flexible and the shirts are machine washable.
New book explores the different — and surprising — types of atheism in science
A newly published book argues that a significant part of the public wrongly sees scientists who are atheists as immoral elitists who don’t care about the common good.
Paper: Wealth inequality shrinking after Trump-era tax reform, but progress at risk
Wealth inequality dropped in 2019 in the U.S. for the first time in almost three decades, but proposed tax legislation is threatening to reverse the progress, according to an expert at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice lab dives deep for DNA’s secrets
Structural biologist Yang Gao receives a five-year National Institutes of Health grant to detail how complex protein chains replicate DNA and fix errors on the fly. What they find could help treat genomic disease, including cancer.
Night of the Owl goes virtual to honor athletic achievement
Cross country and track and field athlete Adolfo Carvalho and basketball player Erica Ogwumike claimed the night's biggest awards.
Owl swimmer Lettenberger takes silver medal at Paralympics
Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger's late surge earned her a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley SM7 final Aug. 27 at the Paralympics in Tokyo.
US must take responsibility for Afghan refugees, says expert
As some Afghan refugees fleeing the chaos in their home country head to the United States, Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East and director of the Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, argues that the U.S. is dodging responsibility by distributing most refugees across the globe, which will force them to wade through more bureaucracy.
Chetna Koshy named chief compliance officer
Transnational Asian Studies expands its offerings with three new faculty members
‘A true pioneer,’ the department works across boundaries in space, time and discipline.
New fellows program will help grad students, postdocs commercialize research
Rice is launching a new program aimed at giving graduate and postdoctoral students the tools to turn their hard-earned research into tangible solutions to real-world problems.
Drive-through voting is a hit with Harris County voters, according to newly released Rice U. survey
HOUSTON – (Aug. 24, 2021) – As Texas legislators continue fighting over election reform, a new survey from researchers at Rice University finds that drive-through voting is a big hit with Harris County voters who chose to cast their 2020 general election ballots in their cars – even among Republicans.