Rice to host James Heckman for RISE Nobel Laureate Lecture Series
Heckman is best known for his work on how early childhood development impacts health, economic and social outcomes.
Visitors are encouraged to browse, read and linger, connecting the work they see on the gallery walls to broader histories and artistic traditions thr...
For John B. Anderson, the W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus of Oceanography at Rice, the Gulf Coast is personal. ...
A new coating for glass developed by Rice researchers and collaborators could help reduce energy bills, especially during the cold season, by preventi...
Rice Athletics will host a donation drive July 10-11 to assist with the ongoing recovery efforts in Central Texas in the aftermath of the flash floodi...
The study by Rice scientists shows why genetic sequences are not equally prone to errors....
Rice researchers showed that even if the materials used in thick battery electrodes have nearly identical structures, their internal chemistry impacts...
Rice helped launch a new speaker series at the Ion spotlighting the human side of space exploration....
Scientists at Rice and University of Houston have developed an innovative, scalable approach to engineer bacterial cellulose into high-strength, multi...
Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research offers critical statistics on Hurricane Beryl's lasting impact one year later....
A Rice graduate student has launched a company aiming to make graphene production faster, cheaper and more scalable. Alex Lathem founded Pattern Mater...
Chihtong “Lily” Lee recently earned second place in the undergraduate category at the ASME SB3C Summer Bioengineering Conference, a competition hosted...
The VIU Assembly unanimously ratified Rice’s membership in mid-May, making Rice only the third university in the Americas to be welcomed into the asso...
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 11, 2021
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 11, 2021
Former ambassadors to discuss agreements that shape US-Mexico relationship at Baker Institute event
Former ambassadors Christopher Landau and Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández and law professor Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez will discuss how the United States and Mexico maintain their relationship through political cycles — and how both formal and informal agreements help and hinder that relationship — in an Oct. 13 webinar.
Best yet to come for stellar jet researchers
New findings about stellar jets also provide a path forward for astronomers awaiting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines and boosters available to Rice community
Rice has partnered with the Houston Health Department to provide first and second doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to members of the university community and their families, and booster shots for those who are eligible as defined by the CDC and previously received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Consumers see diverse organizations as moral ones, study shows
When people see diversity in a corporate team, they’re more likely to believe the team behaves in a moral fashion, according to research conducted by Ajay Kalra, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Marketing at the Jones Graduate School of Business, and Uzma Khan, associate professor of marketing at the University of Miami Herbert Business School. Their work has just been published in a paper entitled "It's Good to Be Different: How Diversity Impacts Judgments of Moral Behavior."
Rice Cinema returns with a full schedule of films for fall
Rice Cinema reopens on the ground floor of Sewall Hall.
Rice University’s OpenStax welcomes nine new educational technology partners
OpenStax, Rice University’s educational technology initiative offering free and flexible textbooks and other resources, has added nine new technology partners to its OpenStax Ally program.
Rice recognizes World Teachers' Day
The Anderson-Clarke Center was illuminated in blue Oct. 5 to shine a light on those who have taught through overwhelming circumstances during the last year and a half.