Anthropology

Graduate Student Loan Closet reopens, restocked and revamped

The ‘incredible resource’ for three decades of Owls had to shut down during the pandemic.

Rice sociologist Rachel Tolbert Kimbro named dean of School of Social Sciences

HOUSTON – (March 24, 2021) – Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, an award-winning educator and prolific researcher in the field of children's health, has been named the newest dean of Rice University's School of Social Sciences effective July 1.

People, papers and presentations June 28, 2021

The MD Anderson Leadership Institute at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Prism Award 2020 nominee.

Social Sciences in the summer: Timely issues on tap for upcoming courses

Summer will be here soon, but Rice's School of Social Sciences isn't taking a vacation from learning. A variety of classes focusing on timely social, political and economic issues are being offered during the summer term.

'Become human again' to address social, environmental challenges

"Hyposubjects: on becoming human," a new book from Rice professors Timothy Morton and Dominic Boyer, takes an experimental approach to thinking about the social and environmental challenges of our times.

Clements and Faubion convene conference of international Foucault ‘superstars’

Scholars’ twice-weekly talks this summer will consider newly published work by the French philosopher Micheal Foucault

Rice study to examine how ice melt in one area impacts sea level rise in another

How does ice melted by climate change in Greenland hit the shores of Honolulu?

Slave trade artifacts and records to be studied with aid of new grant

The institution of slavery caused centuries of harrowing misery, triggered wars and left a searing legacy of racial injustice, but many of the artifacts and records pertaining to slavery’s history have been understudied or altogether forgotten.

World's first memorial to a lost glacier up for Design Museum award

The first-of-its-kind plaque from Rice anthropologists is up for an award from the Design Museum in London.

Graduating Mellon Mays fellows grateful for opportunity — and the Rice mentors who helped

Increasing diversity in the faculties of colleges and universities across the U.S. is the mission of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program, which has helped fund the doctoral dreams of over 5,000 students at 48 member schools since 1986.

New resource for anthropology instructors enhances online teaching

Rice remembers Stephen Tyler, emeritus professor of anthropology and linguistics

Stephen Tyler, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Linguistics died April 2.

'A lexicon for troubled times'

It's no secret that human behavior is altering the world around us. This geologic era is referred to as the Anthropocene, the age dating from the beginning of significant human impact on Earth and its ecosystems, and is explored in a new book edited by a Rice University anthropologist.

Ex-CBS News president talks future of news at Social Sciences anniversary lecture

What does the future hold for journalism?

Social Sciences turns 40: A look back

More than a third of Rice undergraduates major in the social sciences, making it tough to imagine that Rice's School of Social Sciences didn't exist 40 years ago.