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

May 3, 2021

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.

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'Become human again' to address social, environmental challenges

April 29, 2021

"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.

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Clements and Faubion convene conference of international Foucault ‘superstars’

April 19, 2021

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

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

March 15, 2021

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

Plantation House at Varner-Hogg Plantation. Photo courtesy of Texas Historical Commission.

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

November 4, 2020

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.

A memorial recognizing Okjökull as the first named Icelandic glacier to fall victim to climate change. Photo by Amy McCaig.

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

October 27, 2020

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

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New resource for anthropology instructors enhances online teaching

April 20, 2020

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Rice remembers Stephen Tyler, emeritus professor of anthropology and linguistics

April 6, 2020

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

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'A lexicon for troubled times'

March 18, 2020

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.

David Rhodes. Photo by Jeff Fitlow.

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

March 2, 2020

What does the future hold for journalism?

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Social Sciences turns 40: A look back

March 2, 2020

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.

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Rice Social Sciences to celebrate 40 years Feb. 27-28

February 24, 2020

Rice University's School of Social Sciences will celebrate 40 years inside the hedges with a series of events scheduled for Feb. 27 and 28.

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America Through Foreign Eyes: Popular online course updated with Russian perspective

February 18, 2020

The massively popular online course, launching Feb. 17, now includes a module on Russian relations and perspectives.

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