Graduate Students

RAMBO speeds searches on huge DNA databases

Rice computer scientists are sending RAMBO to rescue genomic researchers who sometimes wait days or weeks for search results from enormous DNA databases.

Rice celebrates Juneteenth and emancipations to come

Rice’s second annual Juneteenth celebration will bring together professors across the university — from Computational and Applied Mathematics to Modern and Classical Literature and Cultures — for three panels exploring ideas and questions central to the meaning and promise of the important holiday.

Valhalla, I am coming

Following a morning commencement ceremony that combined advanced degree and doctoral candidates of the Classes of 2020 and 2021, freshly minted Ph.D.s headed to the Graduate Commons outside Valhalla for the traditional hoodings by their advisers.

Prestigious fellowship will send Rice graduate student to Morocco to study

Rice University graduate student Angel Smith will get some extra help mastering Arabic thanks to a coveted scholarship from the Department of State and the prestigious Boren Fellowship.

Kristof implores grads to ‘bridge the empathy gap’

Empathy is needed more than ever, said Nicholas Kristof, who encouraged two years of Rice University graduates to use their skill and kindness to make a difference, even if their actions only seem to be a “drop in the bucket.”

Kassim wins prestigious dissertation completion fellowship

A series of setbacks didn’t deter this Rice grad student, who is soon to publish his second book.

‘Red Book’ story map reveals history of Houston wards’ thriving Black communities

The spatial data retrieved by Rice from the rare 1915 book is now available for free public use via Fondren Library's Woodson Research Center.

Annual student club awards recognize efforts in diversity, creativity and inclusion

The third annual Club Awards recognized those who helped keep the university community engaged during a difficult school year.

Silver ions hurry up, then wait as they disperse

There’s gold in them thar nanoparticles, and there used to be a lot of silver, too. But much of the silver has leached away, and researchers want to know how.

‘An unprecedented year’: Record number of Rice grad students awarded NSF fellowships

Two dozen current graduate students are among 44 affiliated with Rice to win Graduate Research Fellowships and three years of financial support.

Final Low-Fi films bid a fiery farewell to the Rice Media Center

The all-analog Low-Fi film series from the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts (VADA) will conclude its weekly screenings with a bang May 6, marking the end of an era.

Graciela Sanchez, founder of San Antonio’s Esperanza Center, will deliver keynote address

Graciela Sanchez, founder of San Antonio’s Esperanza Center, will deliver keynote address.

New Student Association and Graduate Student Association members elected

Presidents look forward to a fresh fall semester.

Graduate symposium explores intersections of violence and care across disciplines

A dual graduate studies symposium on violence and care, complete with two keynotes, is slated later this month in a collaboration between Rice’s Department of English and the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality (CSWGS)

Rice graduate school programs score high in US News rankings

Eight Rice graduate programs rank among the country’s top 25 in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”