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Matthews, Wise to receive ARA's Gold Medal at 2023 Laureates Awards

April 27, 2023

At the Association of Rice Alumni’s 2023 Laureates Awards ceremony May 4, the group will bestow its highest honor — the Gold Medal Award — to Kathleen Shive Matthews and Scott W. Wise. The annual ceremony also honored several prominent alumni with the Distinguished Alumni Award and several members of the Rice community with the Meritorious Service Award.

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D. Colette Nicolaou wins George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching

April 24, 2023

For Despina Colette Nicolaou, successful teaching comes down to one thing — connection.

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Faculty bestowed with award recognizing superior teaching

April 24, 2023

Nine faculty received the 2023 George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, which honors top Rice instructors by votes from alumni who graduated within the past two, three and five years.

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Faculty, staff, students honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring, service

April 24, 2023

Each year, Rice honors members of the university community who have served students through outstanding teaching, dedication and service. Here are recipients of some of this year's awards.

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Reginald DesRoches, Lydia Kavraki elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 24, 2023

Rice University President Reginald DesRoches and Professor Lydia Kavraki have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the nation’s foremost society of scholars.

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32 Rice students, alums win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

April 17, 2023

The National Science Foundation has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships to 32 current, incoming and former Rice students, and selected another six for honorable mention.

Amy Dittmar and Claudia Gee Vassar

Rice University provost, trustee recognized by Houston Woman Magazine

April 3, 2023

Rice University’s top brass is represented in Houston Woman Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Women of 2022 list. Among the honorees are Provost Amy Dittmar and Board of Trustees member Claudia Gee Vassar, as well as seven others with Rice connections.

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Rice psychologist Danielle King wins coveted NSF CAREER Award

March 31, 2023

Rice University’s Danielle King, an assistant professor of psychological sciences and a member of the faculty since 2018, has won a coveted National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. The accolade includes a five-year grant that will support her research on preventing and overcoming race-based threats and how employers can improve workplace experiences for employees who face such threats.

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Rice’s Todd Treangen wins NSF CAREER Award

March 30, 2023

Todd Treangen wins NSF CAREER Award to develop a comprehensive computational platform for detecting yet-unseen microbial pathogens.

Fred Higgs and Renata Ramos

Higgs, Ramos elected AIMBE Fellows

March 28, 2023

Engineering’s Fred Higgs and Renata Ramos have been elected fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

James Chappell

James Chappell wins NSF CAREER Award

March 27, 2023

Rice bioscientist James Chappell has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop RNA programming methods that can improve human health and the environment.

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Protein-based coating could keep fruits and vegetables fresh longer

March 27, 2023

Rice University materials scientist Muhammad Rahman has won a National Science Foundation grant to develop a sustainable, low-cost coating to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.

Materials scientist Hanyu Zhu

Rice’s Hanyu Zhu wins NSF CAREER Award

March 1, 2023

Rice materials scientist Hanyu Zhu has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, which includes a five-year research grant to probe quantum materials modified by terahertz quantum fluctuations.

Brandon Levin

Brandon Levin wins NSF CAREER Award

February 27, 2023

Brandon Levin, an assistant professor of mathematics at Rice University, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award to pursue his research on major unsolved problems in number theory.

Lauren Sadler has won an NSF CAREER Award

Lauren Stadler has won an NSF CAREER Award

February 21, 2023

Engineering’s Lauren Stadler has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to improve wastewater treatment by harnessing the power of microbiomes.

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