Graduate Students

Rice flashes new life into lithium-ion anodes

Rice chemists use flash Joule heating to recover graphite anodes from spent lithium-ion batteries.

Pathogenic sensor’s surprising capabilities revealed

Rice synthetic biologists have uncovered new capabilities of a genetically encoded sensor that allows salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens to sicken millions of people each year.

Seiichi Matsuda receives top honors for leadership in graduate education

Rice Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Seiichi Matsuda has been named the recipient of the 2022 Debra W. Stewart Award for Outstanding Leadership in Graduate Education, the top honor bestowed by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).

Tropical wildlife follow the same daily patterns worldwide

A massive study of rainforest species across three regions of the world finds striking similarities in how animals spend their days.

New Rice policies to support stipend and improve graduate student experience

Rice Provost Amy Dittmar and Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Seiichi Matsuda provided a message to the Rice community in an email Nov. 23.

Rice lab’s catalyst could be key for hydrogen economy

A light-activated catalyst efficiently converts ammonia into clean-burning hydrogen using only inexpensive raw materials.

Rice Business launches new organizational behavior Ph.D. program

Rice Business will offer a Ph.D. with a concentration in organizational behavior starting next fall. The deadline to apply is Jan. 13, 2023.

Bacterial sensors send a jolt of electricity when triggered

Rice researchers develop programmable bacteria that sense contaminants and release an electronic signal in real time.

Even good gene edits can go bad

A Rice lab leads the effort to reveal threats to the efficacy of gene editing, even when it appears to be working.

Eat, drink and meet Reggie

As part of the multiday inauguration celebration in his honor, Rice President Reginald DesRoches invited both undergraduate and graduate students to mark the occasion at a pair of receptions Oct. 21.

Rice lab advances water-splitting catalysts

Rice University engineers have developed a stable water-splitting catalyst for clean hydrogen generation that could potentially replace expensive iridium catalysts.

Engineers explore the source of dreams and thoughts

Rice neuroengineers created a 3D electrode array that can identify up to 1 million potential synapses in the brain.

RiceVotes!

Owls are registering to vote across campus ahead of the Oct. 11 deadline. Students can also use the RiceVotes portal to register, check registration status, explore the ballot and access other helpful voting tools.

People, papers and presentations for Oct. 3, 2022

Casley Matthews, a senior health sciences and social policy analysis student, is lead author of a paper in the Journal of American College Health that describes how the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the nutrition of Houston college students.

RNA-editing tool a fast, sensitive test for COVID-19

Researchers at Rice University and the University of Connecticut modify a gene editing tool to serve as a highly sensitive diagnostic test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.