Shared Equipment Authority to celebrate 25 years with symposium
Rice’s Shared Equipment Authority is reaching a milestone. The organization is celebrating its 25 years of existence with a Silver Anniversary Symposium from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 29 at the BioScience Research Collaborative with all users, stakeholders, vendors and the larger Rice research community invited to join.
Fleet Week at Rice highlights research ties, military leadership and community connection
Rice played a key role in Houston’s Fleet Week celebration, hosting senior military leaders, engaging students and joining citywide events that highlighted the deep connection between the U.S. Navy and one of the nation’s busiest maritime hubs.
Why anti-Asian discrimination is often overlooked at work
A recent survey found that 75% of Asian Americans report experiencing racial discrimination across contexts, yet formal workplace complaints and charges remain comparatively low. That gap is the focus of a paper published in Organization Science and co-authored by Sora Jun, assistant professor of management and organizational behavior at Rice Business.
Now a senior in the Shepherd School of Music, Hazel Landers is majoring in music history while also pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in German studies through the School of Humanities and Arts.
3 Rice students receive Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Rice juniors Prasi Desai, Ellena Jeon and Eitan Feldman have all been awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, an annual award that recognizes pioneering science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) undergraduates in the United States.
Rice spring school brings together emerging and established leaders in quantum materials
More than 80 scientists and students from around the world gathered at Rice for the third annual Spring School on Electron Correlations and Topology.
Boniuk Institute charts global research agenda on religious violence and pluralism
Religious pluralism as an ideal exists around the world, flourishing under certain conditions of state, cultural and grassroot-level support. To do so, it requires active engagement, according to a new research paper from Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.
NASA grant supports Rice research on next-generation lunar dating technology
Rice University professor Bidong Zhang has received a grant to develop next-generation lunar radiometric dating techniques that will acquire more accurate ages for lunar samples.
Does gender diversity attract investors? New study says it depends
Do cues like gender diversity operate the same way when investor attention depends on interactions between two different teams? New research tests this question. Co-authored by Alessandro Piazza of Rice Business and Dana Kanze of Georgetown University, the study analyzes data from 984 startups that participated in Techstars accelerator programs worldwide.
New research shows how firms use hurdle rates differently in practice than finance theory predicts
A new study published in the Journal of Financial Economics, co-authored by Rice Business professors John Barry, Bruce Carlin and Alan Crane along with Duke professor John Graham, draws a sharp distinction between project evaluation and development — a separation that rarely appears in finance models.
Rice selected to lead US Space Force Strategic Technology Institute 4
Rice University has signed an $8.1 million cooperative agreement to lead the United States Space Force University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 4 (SSTI), called the Center for Advanced Space Sensing Technologies (CASST) at Rice.
Material previously thought to be quantum is actually new, nonquantum state of matter
A recent study found that the material cerium magnesium hexalluminate (CeMgAl11O19) was not actually in a quantum spin liquid phase despite evidence suggesting it was.
Rice hosts inaugural Houston Space Galette in honor of Texas-France Space Hub’s first anniversary
The Texas-France Space hub's first annual Houston Space Galette, held Feb. 12, fostered dialogue within the Houston space community.
‘The tools change, but the core concepts don’t’: Teaching finance in the age of AI
On the heels of Rice Business professor Kerry Back’s Financial Management Association Innovation in Teaching Award, he sat down for an interview with Rice Business to talk about how artificial intelligence is enhancing academia.
Led by composer and professor Anthony Brandt, the lab highlights a growing area of study at the intersection of the arts, neuroscience and the medical humanities.
