Seven Earth-sized planets orbit the star TRAPPIST-1 in near-perfect harmony, and U.S. and European researchers have used that harmony to determine how...
The Nov. 19-20 conference focused on narratives around natural catastrophes in the Americas and Circum-Caribbean...
Duncan College celebrated its 12th birthday with a week of activities Nov. 15-19...
Art exhibitions at Moody, MFAH will contextualize research presented Dec. 3-4...
Rice University engineers boost the efficiency while retaining the toughness of solar cells made of two-dimensional perovskites....
Six weeks into the annual Rice United Way Campaign, the effort has raised a total of $213,127, 85% of its $250,000 goal....
Two Rice Architecture students win a City of Houston competition to design an accessory dwelling unit with plans freely available to the public....
Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby, chair of the Rice's Crisis Management Advisory Committee, sent a message regarding the updated COV...
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October 18, 2021
Dancers from the Filipino Young Professionals of Houston performed folk dances on the central quad Oct. 8.
HP CEO to discuss future of science and technology sector, impact of remote work
October 18, 2021
Antonio Neri, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise — which recently relocated its global corporate headquarters to the Houston area — will discuss the role of funding in scientific innovation and the future of science and technology companies in an upcoming webinar from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 18, 2021
October 18, 2021
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 18, 2021
Anticorrosion coating sets new benchmark
October 18, 2021
Rice engineers adapt a compound to serve as a universal anticorrosive coating for steel.
October 18, 2021
The GCEC, hosted by Loyola University Maryland and the University of Baltimore on Oct. 13-16, showcased higher education’s role in supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs who have been most affected by economic crises and hold the most potential for growth. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship at the Jones Graduate School of Business is the administrative home for the GCEC.
NASA’s Shannon Walker ’87 returns with gifts from space
October 15, 2021
NASA astronaut and Rice alumnus Shannon Walker ’87 returned to campus Oct. 12 to present more than a dozen Rice-related mementos that flew with her during her latest six-month mission to the International Space Station.
Design competition announced for Little Free Libraries
October 15, 2021
Jury of Rice judges will consider feasibility, durability, creativity and public impact
New members elected to Baker Institute Board of Advisors
October 15, 2021
The Baker Institute Board of Advisors added eight new members in 2021, with expertise ranging from business and health to energy, finance and technology. The new members are Jay Brown, Benjamin Cheng, Thomas Falk, Robert Ladd, Fred Lummis, Gerald Smith, Ann Stern and Guillermo “Memo” Trevino.
Boniuk Institute, empathy advocates to present Compassion Week
October 15, 2021
Compassionate Houston, a partner of Rice’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, is hosting Compassion Week Oct. 16-22 to provide the community with perspectives from a variety of backgrounds through virtual sessions.
Rice sociologists honored by Children At Risk
October 14, 2021
Ruth López Turley and Stephen Klineberg were honored at the 2021 Accolades Luncheon Oct. 8.
Nanoscale lattices flow from 3D printer
October 14, 2021
Rice University engineers are printing 3D lattices of glass and crystal with sub-200 nanometer resolution. The technique could make it practical to print micro-scale electronic, mechanical and photonic devices.
Packard Foundation backs Rice bioengineer
October 14, 2021
Rice University bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski wins a prestigious Packard Fellowship to pursue noninvasive brain research.
Athletic programs report is now available
October 12, 2021
Copies of Rice’s 2018 “Report on Men’s and Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Programs” are now available.
National Academies Gulf Scholars Program launches at Rice
October 11, 2021
A new National Academies Gulf Research Program will expand the opportunities Rice students have to study and impact the most pressing environmental, health, energy and infrastructure challenges in the Gulf of Mexico region.
Congressman Crenshaw visits campus
October 11, 2021
Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas visited Rice University Oct. 6 to speak with the campus community about the latest happenings in Washington, D.C., and answer questions.