Graduate Students

‘Bound Away’ conference bringing new research on slave voyages

Art exhibitions at Moody, MFAH will contextualize research presented Dec. 3-4

Big data privacy for machine learning just got 100 times cheaper

Rice University computer scientists have discovered an inexpensive way for tech companies to implement a rigorous form of personal data privacy when using or sharing large databases for machine learning.

Rice Transportation adds on-demand night shuttle service to new transit app

Thanks to the blossoming partnership between Rice and transit software company TransLoc, the Rice Transportation Department recently unveiled a new smartphone app with more ways than ever to help the Rice community get across campus and beyond quickly and safely.

Starting from the bottom: Grad student charts an unconventional path from Venezuela to Rice

'Everybody needs to learn from him that nothing in the world is impossible'

'Amazing in every way': Rice mourns death of Fulbright engineer Ricardo Poveda Calderon

Ricardo Poveda Calderon, a Rice doctoral student studying mechanical engineering, died Oct. 24. He was 32.

People, papers and presentations for Oct. 11, 2021

People, papers and presentations for Oct. 11, 2021

Behind the scenes: What does a dramaturg do?

Party masters

Following a scavenger hunt across campus, a big batch of brand-new Rice grad students refueled with gigantic slices of pizza and ice pops at the Sept. 23 orientation picnic hosted by the Graduate Student Association (GSA)

Moody Foundation grants $100 million to Rice University

The Moody Foundation has granted Rice $100 million to build a transformative new student center designed by one of the world’s premiere architects and to create endowments supporting student opportunity and success, both as part of the center and in other areas of the university.

GSA welcomes grad students new and returning with fall festivities

After a year spent studying remotely, Rice’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) knows the importance of reestablishing connections on campus — and creating a community for those first-year students just arriving.

Graduate Student Loan Closet reopens, restocked and revamped

The ‘incredible resource’ for three decades of Owls had to shut down during the pandemic.

Take us out to the ballgame

With support from Rice’s Passport to Houston program, the Graduate Student Association gave away 50 tickets to the Aug. 6 Houston Astros game against the Minnesota Twins.

'Cool' kids in the cosmos may not be so unique

Rice University scientists show that "cool" stars like the sun share dynamic surface behaviors that influence their energetic and magnetic environments. Stellar magnetic activity is key to whether a given star can host planets that support life.

Rice team creating insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetes

Rice University bioengineers are using 3D printing and smart biomaterials to create an insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetics.

Jeffrey Kripal on how to think about the UFO phenomenon

To study the subject adequately is ‘to study pretty much everything’