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As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, government officials around the world were forced to make decisions that either prioritized human health or the eco...

Jing Chen, an assistant professor of psychological sciences in Rice’s School of Social Sciences, has been selected as a member of the National Academi...

Rice Head Football Coach Mike Bloomgren and quarterback JT Daniels will be among the attendees at the AZDC Presents: The Future of College Athletics s...

Rice pitcher Parker Smith has been invited to join 55 other premier players at the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp at the USA Base...

Rice researchers have discovered a natural cycle that repeats every 150 days in the north-south oscillation of the Southern Hemisphere’s prevailing we...

Using the National Academy of State Health Policy Hospital Cost Tool, authors Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker Chair in Health Economics at Rice Universi...

Jarett Dillard, the record-setting receiver who led Rice to a pair of bowl appearances after a 45-year absence, is one of 101 players from the Footbal...
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Rice mourns loss of Rodrigo Barnes
Rodrigo Barnes, one of the first four Black student-athletes to attend and compete for Rice University and a member of the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame, passed away on Tuesday, May 16 in Garland, Texas at the age of 73.

Rice U. chemist named to Chemical and Engineering News' Talented 12
Rice U.’s Raúl Hernández Sánchez is one of 12 early-career scientists named to Chemical and Engineering News’ 2023 Talented 12 cohort for his research in inorganic and supramolecular chemistry.

Rice, Baylor developing ‘glyco-immune’ checkpoint inhibitor
Researchers from Rice and Baylor College of Medicine are developing a first-of-its-kind “glyco-immune” checkpoint inhibitor for breast cancer survivors who develop metastatic bone cancer.

Woodson Research Center moves to new digital archive platform
Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center recently announced it will move to a new archiving platform that will provide enhanced functionality and accessibility for its extensive digital cultural heritage materials.

‘Archives of the Impossible’ conference explores the cultivation of impossibility
An international conference challenging assumptions about reality itself and exploring paranormal phenomena across different cultures and generations was held May 11-13 at Rice.

World Bank Group president to discuss geoeconomic challenges at Baker Institute
David Malpass, World Bank Group president, will speak at a May 22 event hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Rice’s Social Policy Analysis students address pressing issues in final projects
With projects focused on rural food insecurity to juvenile mental health courts to teen health clinics, Rice’s graduating seniors and some juniors in the university’s Social Policy Analysis program gathered earlier this month to present and discuss these and other yearlong research efforts.

Rice mourns longtime Statistics professor and alumnus John Dobelman ’79
The Rice community is mourning the loss of Statistics professor and alumnus John Dobelman ’79, who died May 9 at age 65.

Rice U.’s Anastasios Kyrillidis wins Amazon Research Award
Anastasios Kyrillidis, Rice University’s Noah Harding Assistant Professor of Computer Science, won one of 79 Amazon Research Awards (ARA) with a project titled “Efficient and affordable transformers for distributed platforms.”

Kinder Institute Luncheon recap
Houstonians’ views on social issues and the biggest challenges facing the region were revealed in the 2023 Kinder Houston Area Survey, which was released at a sold-out luncheon May 15 at the Marriott Marquis Houston.

New Rice U. research finds verbal prompts can make semi-automated driving safer
Semi-automated cars are becoming increasingly common, but real dangers exist when technology fails and drivers don’t intervene.

A Rice clue was featured in the May 13 edition of the New York Times crossword puzzle.

President Reginald DesRoches joined family members and friends of the late Rice Trustee Emeritus Ralph O’Connor’s family for a dinner and early preview of the landmark new science and engineering building named in his honor.

2023 Kinder Houston Area Survey: Concerns over economy and housing costs rattle the city’s optimism
A turbulent economy and increasingly expensive and unattainable housing were dominant concerns cited by respondents to the 42nd annual Kinder Houston Area Survey, released today at the annual Kinder Institute Luncheon at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Houston.

Magnetic gear tech company wins 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition
FluxWorks from Texas A&M University, a magnetic gear technology company, took home the grand prize at the 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC). The RBPC, hosted annually by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is the world’s largest and richest student startup competition. This year’s edition saw 42 startups competing for $3.4 million in prizes – the highest in the 23 years of the event. More than 80 prizes were awarded and every team took home cash.