Bioengineers call for scale-up of COVID-19 testing to academic labs
March 19, 2020
Rice bioengineers are calling on federal officials to draft their lab and thousands like it to rapidly scale up coronavirus testing.
'Hunker down' and hope for a controlled crash landing
March 18, 2020
Rice bioscientist Yousif Shamoo explains how diseases like the coronavirus spread quickly and discusses how big cities like Houston can respond.
Ex-CBS News president talks future of news at Social Sciences anniversary lecture
March 2, 2020
What does the future hold for journalism?
Kavraki honored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
March 2, 2020
Rice University computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has received the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Pioneer Award for her fundamental contributions to robot design.
BioScience's Rosa Uribe wins NSF CAREER Award
February 17, 2020
Rice University neurodevelopmental biologist Rosa Uribe has won a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
Feds back Rice computer scientist’s security strategy
February 9, 2020
Ang Chen, an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University, is clearly poised for success. The National Science Foundation agrees.
Rice on pace to double research spending by 2027
January 21, 2020
Rice is on pace to double research funding by 2027 thanks to faculty success in attracting large, programmatic grants.
Uighur humanitarian crisis in focus at Rice event
January 21, 2020
HOUSTON – (Jan. 21, 2020) – Rice University's Islamophobia Resistance Campaign and the Muslims in American Society sociology course will host "Voices From the Uighur Community" Jan. 23 to shed light on the humanitarian crisis in China.
Vardi leading new initiative on technology, culture and society
February 15, 2019
Rice University computer scientist Moshe Vardi is speaking out about the unintended ills of information technology, and he is marshaling support to directly address them through a campuswide Initiative on Technology, Culture and Society.
Computer scientist Vardi named University Professor
September 26, 2018
World-renowned computer scientist Moshe Vardi has been promoted to University Professor, Rice’s highest academic title.