In the brain at rest, neurons rehearse future experience
New research from Rice and the University of Michigan sheds light on how individual neurons in the hippocampus of rats stabilize and tune spatial representations during periods of rest following the animals’ first time running a maze, offering first proof of neuroplasticity during sleep.
Rice and Houston Community College collaborate to diversify access to biomedical research training
Rice and Houston Community College collaborate to diversify access to biomedical research training through program funded by a $1.8M NIH grant.
Rice University experts are available to discuss a variety of hurricane-related topics with the media.
Electromechanical material doesn’t get ‘clamped’ down
A Rice-led study finds that a class of electromechanically active materials called antiferroelectrics may hold the key to overcoming performance limitations due to clamping in miniaturized electromechanical systems.
Provost announces newly promoted and tenured faculty
Provost Amy Dittmar announced Rice faculty member promotions who demonstrated excellence in scholarship, teaching, mentoring, service and leadership. Promotions are effective July 1.
Wearable devices get signal boost from innovative material
An international team of researchers from Rice and Hanyang University have developed a new material that moves like skin while preserving signal strength in electronics. The technology could enable the development of next-generation wearable devices with continuous, consistent wireless and battery-free functionality.
Rice senior design team selected as finalists for CASS Student Design Competition
A senior design team from Rice University’s George R. Brown School of Engineering was recently selected as one of four finalists for the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) Student Design Competition.
Rice’s Mamouras wins NSF CAREER Award
Konstantinos Mamouras, assistant professor of computer science at Rice, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to create software tools to support the development of advanced Internet of Things applications.
Rice’s online Master of Computer Science degree ranked No. 3 by Fortune
Rice’s online Master of Computer Science program was honored by Fortune Magazine with the No. 3 designation in its national rankings.
Rice doctoral alum turned Google executive wins technical Emmy
Rice doctoral alumnus and current Google executive and technical fellow Parthasarathy Ranganathan has won a technical Emmy for “design and deployment of efficient hardware video accelerators for cloud.”
Rice360 2024 graduation breakfast honors graduates, Karthik Soora and Michael Merson
Rice360 celebrated graduates of the 2024 class that completed its global health technologies minor, and it honored alumnus Karthik Soora ’11 and New York University’s Dr. Michael Merson at a breakfast and award ceremony May 3.
InterfaceRice 2024 conference convenes neuroengineering experts
The Rice Neuroengineering Initiative recently held its two-day InterfaceRice 2024 as experts in neuroscience, neuroengineering, neurotechnology and neurosurgery convened for an event that connects Rice and the Texas Medical Center with global researchers and clinicians.
Rice Business celebrates future trailblazers and world-changers at commencement
A new cohort of Rice University Master of Business Administration graduates crossed the stage May 3 and are heading out into the world to bring their knowledge and experience to organizations across the nation and beyond. This commencement weekend also featured the first class of students at Rice to attain their bachelor’s degrees in business May 4.
Rice honors achievements of over 700 advanced degree recipients
More than 700 of Rice University’s advanced degree recipients crossed the stage to thunderous applause and cheers from family, friends, faculty and staff during an afternoon graduation ceremony May 4 in Tudor Fieldhouse.
Rice engineers develop innovative microbiome analysis software tools
Rice engineers have developed two new graph-based computational tools for tracking genomic variation within microbiomes.
