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Fondren Fellows document Fifth Ward’s toxic history through archive

December 4, 2025

Seniors Catherine Cook and Shay Olaifa are building a public archive that preserves decades of community stories, environmental records and lived experiences surrounding creosote contamination in Houston’s Fifth Ward.

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Global temperature variations impact the planet’s water cycle

November 3, 2023

A new study by Rice climate scientist Sylvia Dee and an international team of collaborators sheds light on the impact that global temperature variation over the past 2,000 years has had on the planet’s hydrological cycle.

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Rice graduate students win NASA Future Investigator awards

September 24, 2023

Rice graduate students Aindrila Pal and Gregory Szypko have won NASA FINESST Awards, merit-based future investigator awards that include three-year grants to conduct research in Earth and space sciences.

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Iron-rich rocks unlock new insights into Earth’s planetary history

May 25, 2023

A new study by Rice University scientists suggests iron-rich ancient sediments may have helped cause some of the largest volcanic events in the planet’s history.

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