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Rice mourns Arthur Few, former professor and college magister

April 10, 2023

Rice University alumnus and professor emeritus Arthur Allen Few Jr. died Dec. 3, 2022, at his home in Gold Hill, Colorado, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease and related medical issues. He was 83.

Linda Welzenbach-Fries and Ipek Martinez pose for a photo in front of a new exhibit in Fondren Library that features photos from Fries' explorations to Antarctica.

Fondren exhibit features Rice faculty member’s experiences exploring Antarctica

April 10, 2023

A new exhibit in Fondren Library features photos from a Rice University science writer’s research expeditions to Antarctica and her interviews with students about the captivating experiences.

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NASA’s head of science visits Rice students

April 6, 2023

Nicola Fox, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, visited with students from the departments of Physics and Astronomy and Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences April 3.

LAB NOTES

Lab Notes for Feb. 27, 2023

February 27, 2023

Solomon launches Wild World podcast; Meteorite discovery in South Texas

people, papers, presentations

People, papers and presentations for Jan. 9, 2023

January 9, 2023

In celebration of its 100th year of publication, the Royal Astronomical Society’s Geophysical Journal International is publishing a collection of its most historically significant papers, including two co-authored by Rice’s Richard Gordon

scientific drill ship JOIDES Resolution

​​​​​​​Climate warming reduces organic carbon burial beneath oceans

January 4, 2023

A first-of-its-kind study suggests climate warming could reduce organic carbon burial and increase the amount of carbon that’s returned to the atmosphere.

people, papers, presentations

People, papers and presentations for Dec. 5, 2022

December 5, 2022

Richard Gordon, the W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geophysics in Rice’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, is to receive the European Geosciences Union (EGU) Stephan Mueller Medal for 2023. Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, a professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, has been named president of the American Geophysical Union Near-Surface Geophysics focus group.

illustration of a wide variety of known exoplanets

Early planetary migration can explain missing planets

November 7, 2022

Computer simulations by Rice University scientists and their collaborators explain two puzzling observations of exoplanets orbiting distant stars.

coral reefs at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

Climate risks for Gulf of Mexico coral reefs spelled out in study

October 5, 2022

Promptly reducing greenhouse emissions would give Gulf of Mexico corals up to 20 extra years to adapt to critical threshold temperatures, according to Rice research.

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm took the occasion of her visit to the Ion to announce the government’s latest “Earthshot” initiative, to focus on enhanced geothermal energy.

Department of Energy unveils geothermal ‘Earthshot’ at Ion

September 9, 2022

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, at the Ion, announces the government’s latest “Earthshot” initiative on enhanced geothermal energy.

people, papers, presentations

People, papers and presentations for Sept. 6, 2022

September 2, 2022

Melodie French, an assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, has won the 2022 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Mineral and Rock Physics Early Career Award.

Flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Southeast Texas on August 31, 2017 (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Martinez/Released)

Rice experts available to discuss 5th anniversary of Harvey

August 16, 2022

As the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey approaches, Rice University experts are available to discuss the storm’s ongoing impact.

Rice Ph.D. student Patrick Phelps atop Chile's Cordon Caulle volcano in March 2022

Science atop an active volcano

August 15, 2022

A Rice graduate student’s video and blog show what it’s like to conduct research atop an active volcano.

A survey of Texas college and high school coaches, trainers and athletic directors suggests many are not taking climate change into account as they plan their programs’ futures.

Most but not all Texas coaches say they’ll plan for climate change

August 1, 2022

A survey of Texas college and high school coaches, trainers and athletic directors suggests many are not taking climate change into account as they plan their programs’ futures.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover

Study: Explosive volcanic eruption produced rare mineral on Mars

July 25, 2022

Rice, NASA and Caltech scientists have solved a mystery that began with a 2016 discovery by Mars rover Curiosity.

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