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Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research releases its 2025 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report....
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October 4, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Rice’s campus Oct. 3 to discuss foreign policy and diplomacy at an event held at the Shepherd School of Music’s Stude Concert Hall.
Rice alum Louis Brus awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry
October 4, 2023
Rice alumnus Louis Brus (’65) has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Moungi Bawendi and Alexei Ekimov for the “discovery and development of quantum dots.”
Rice Biotech Launch Pad introduces external advisory board
October 4, 2023
Rice University today announced its external advisory board for the Rice Biotech Launch Pad, the new accelerator focused on expediting the translation of the university’s health and medical technology discoveries into cures.
Two Rice bioengineers win NIH Director’s New Innovator awards
October 3, 2023
Rice bioengineers Jerzy Szablowski and Julea Vlassakis received the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for their respective research projects. Szablowski’s work seeks to develop a noninvasive method of mapping gene expression, while Vlassakis is studying complex, single-cell level processes and interactions in pediatric bone cancer.
Ratkovic leads Owls during Houston Invitational
October 2, 2023
Divna Ratkovic bounced back from a first-set loss to win her match to highlight action for Rice on the final day of the Houston Invitational.
October 2, 2023
Rice stymied East Carolina’s last three drives with fourth down stops to give the Owls a win in its inaugural home game in the American Athletic Conference, 24-17 at Rice Stadium on Sept. 30.
Scientia opens fall season with lessons on resilience
October 2, 2023
Rice University’s Scientia Institute hosted its first lecture of the fall semester Sept. 26 to explore the concept of resilience through different fields of study. Scientia is a faculty-led institute at Rice that promotes multidisciplinary engagement to benefit the university community and Houston.
Welcome Back gathering unveils new Friday campus tradition
September 30, 2023
Each Friday is now Rice Spirit Friday. Rice faculty, staff, students, alumni and supporters are encouraged to wear clothing that bears the Rice logo or features Rice colors.
Rice welcomes families for weekend of festivities
September 30, 2023
Rice hosted Families Weekend Sept. 29-30. Over two sunny days, parents, families and loved ones got an inside look at the unique Rice experience.
Houston residents willing to pay more for city parks, Rice Kinder Institute survey shows
September 29, 2023
Despite having one of the largest urban park systems in the country and one of the highest levels of philanthropic support of parks, Houston falls behind other major cities in funding them — and a majority of residents say they are willing to spend more to elevate the city’s investment, a new study by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University has found.