People, papers and presentations for June 21, 2022
Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger won a bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle S7 during the World Para Swimming Championships last week in Madeira, Portugal.
Rebecca Schreib is the recipient of the 2026 George R. Brown Excellence in Teaching Award. ...
Rice professor Caroline Ajo-Franklin’s group, working in collaboration with researchers from Tufts University and Baylor College of Medicine, recently...
For Rice University junior D. Fitzgerald, what began as a personal journey of self-discovery has quickly grown into a powerful platform for advocacy —...
Composer and conductor John Adams rehearsed his iconic “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” with the school’s symphony orchestra in Stude Concert Hall....
One team rose to the top of this year’s Veterans Business Battle: IntuBlade. Their win capped a competitive two-day event at Rice Business that brough...
A team of Rice undergraduates set out to find a better solution for keeping Flamingos at the Houston Zoo warm during the winter months. ...
“The Logos” is a yearlong immersive installation that opened Easter Sunday and transforms more than 4,000 fast radio bursts into spatial audio....
Kenneth Tam, an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans video, sculpture, installation, performance and photography, is an assistant professor of ar...
Karma Elbadawy, a graduating senior at Rice, has been named a 2026 Thomas J. Watson Fellow....
Ten years after the 2016 Tax Day flood inundated parts of the Houston region with nearly two feet of rain in a matter of hours, new research from Rice...
Prabhakar Raghavan, chief technologist at Google, was the featured speaker in the Ken Kennedy Institute Distinguished Lecture Series....
“This moment reflects the scale and direction of Rice’s global engagement,” said Caroline Levander, vice president for global strategy. ...
Rice, TSU, Prairie View unite for Juneteenth event
Rice hosted a celebration of Juneteenth with a series of panels exploring ideas and questions relevant to the holiday.
Agriculture emissions pose risks to health and climate
Rice researchers find the economic cost of emissions from agriculture and their risks to populations through air pollution and climate change.
What’s up with oil? Impact on consumers, policy focus of upcoming Baker Institute event
Oil industry experts will discuss market response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, investor reluctance to fund shale operations and OPEC’s production decisions during a June 22 event at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice lab’s quantum simulator delivers new insight
A Rice University quantum simulator is giving physicists a clear look at spin-charge separation, a bizarre phenomenon in which two parts of indivisible particles called electrons travel at different speeds in extremely cold 1D wires. The research is published this week in Science and has implications for quantum computing and electronics with atom-scale wires.
Dittmar named new Rice University provost
Amy Dittmar, a distinguished scholar with an extensive background in economics, finance and university administration, has been named the new provost of Rice University.
Rice to begin play in American Athletic Conference next year
Rice will officially join the American Athletic Conference for competition in the 2023-24 academic year, the university and league has announced.
Humans in the loop help robots find their way
Rice computer scientists develop a method that allows humans to help complex robots build efficient solutions to “see” their environments and carry out tasks.
Leadership expert Stefanie Johnson named director of Doerr Institute
Stefanie Johnson, acclaimed leadership author, professor and keynote speaker, has been named the new director of the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University. She will take over for outgoing director Tom Kolditz July 1.
Stressful events can take big toll on those struggling most with death of spouse
Widowed individuals experiencing intense grief after the loss of their spouse experience a significant increase in body inflammation following other stressful events, according to new research from Rice University.