Rice University recognized members of the university community who have served students through excellence in teaching, mentoring and service at an aw...
Three Rice staff members — Kandice Lozano, Christine Gocek Medina and Armandina Ramos — were named the inaugural recipients of the Rice Staff Excellen...
The Rice University community gathered for the second year in celebration of the Moody Foundation’s historic $100 million gift to the campus. More tha...
Anne Santos, assistant dean for finance and administration in the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, was named this year’s winner of t...
OpenStax at Rice University was awarded $90 million from the National Science Foundation to build and lead SafeInsights, a groundbreaking research and...
A team of Rice University students has developed a cold spray metal 3D printing device that relies on pressure and velocity rather than temperature to...
Six-time Grammy Award-winning music director Giancarlo Guerrero led Rice University’s Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra through musical landscapes fr...
Experts on Christian nationalism will examine the ideology within American religious and political life at an April 26 event hosted by Rice University...
A recipient of the Elizabeth Lee Moody Undergraduate Research Fellowship in the Humanities and the Arts, Ayla Davis was provided $3,500 in funding to ...
The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University hosted the reception for its latest installation, “Practices of Attention,” as part of the ongoing Mo...
Lauded by the New York Times for “the ferocity of the music” and “the layered depths of the text,” “Music for New Bodies” made its world premiere at t...
The University of Houston and Rice University continue their 11-year collaboration to support Houston entrepreneurship by announcing the latest cohort...
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Rice bioengineer seeks better signals from cells
Jerzy Szablowski earns NIH support to research noninvasive reporters that monitor gene therapy in the brain.
Supreme Court abortion decision to be examined at Baker Institute event
Renowned journalist Dahlia Lithwick will join health policy experts to discuss the major consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson that overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to abortion.
People, papers and presentations for Nov. 14, 2022
David Medina, director of multicultural community relations in the Office of Public Affairs, recently won a Best of District IV Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education for an article in the fall 2021 issue of Rice at Large.
Growing pure nanotubes is a stretch, but possible
Rice engineers have a new strategy for making batches of carbon nanotubes with a single, desired chirality.
Investors, leaders recognize 11 companies at annual Texas Life Science Forum
Life science innovators, academics and investors – including those specializing in health tech, medical devices and therapeutics – convened at Rice University this week to discuss Houston’s role in the future of health care and give awards to top early-stage life science companies.
Ukrainian energy CEO to discuss energy security at Baker Institute webinar
Maxim Timchenko, CEO of Ukraine’s largest private energy provider, DTEK, will discuss the company’s efforts to maintain operations during war and continue to provide energy for the Ukrainian people at a webinar presented by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Engineers go further with the flow to model moving cars and tires
Mechanical engineers dramatically advance computational fluid dynamics models of airflow around a moving car and its tires.
Research computing veteran Melissa Cragin joins Rice
Melissa Cragin, a veteran of both the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is now leading Rice's Center for Research Computing as Rice's associate vice president of research computing.
From the Office of the President: A reason to give thanks
Although Thanksgiving is still a few weeks away, the advent of the holiday is on my mind due to a recent personal event that has caused me to reflect on life’s many blessings.
Seizures happen like clockwork — but depend on the clock
Statisticians use electronic diary entries by more than 1,000 patients with epilepsy to gain a better understanding of how “attractors” are associated with the likelihood of seizures.
Thomas Avalos, a Lovett College senior majoring in sport management at Rice University, is all smiles while working during the World Series at Minute Maid Park in Houston. Avalos is a ticket experience ambassador for the team. The Astros won the World Series in six games over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Student center transforms with Halloween cheer
This Halloween, the Rice Memorial Center (RMC) transformed into a smorgasbord of board game-themed displays.
TEDxRiceU Countdown to focus on ideas, solutions to climate change
Combating climate change will be the subject of featured speakers sharing their ideas from 5-8 p.m., Nov. 12 at Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts.
Could state-sponsored retirement plans help workers save more? Maybe, says Baker Institute report
State-sponsored retirement plans could help workers save more and help retirees rely less on social services — as long as the cost-effectiveness of such plans aren’t bogged down by fees — according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
The Rice volleyball and swimming teams celebrated the careerlong contributions of their seniors over the weekend while besting their opponents.