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.”
Corals may need their predators' poop
Fish that dine on corals may pay it forward with poop. Rice University marine biologists found high concentrations of living symbiotic algae in the feces of coral predators on reefs in Mo'orea, French Polynesia.
Graduate Student Association hosts COVID-conscious ‘Culture Night’ on campus
The Korean Graduate Student Association was giving out seaweed-wrapped kimbap and shots of a sweet yogurt drink from picnic tables outside Brockman Hall.
New sensation: Grad student symposium hosts international experts on five senses
‘Making Sense’ draws scholars from diverse array of disciplines March 12-13 for an international conference on humanistic research.
‘Soft’ nanoparticles give plasmons new potential
Bigger is not always better, but here’s something that starts small and gets better as it gets bigger.
“Doc Talks” podcast sheds light on new research and other behind-the-scenes work done by Rice historians and students alike.
Rice’s graduate entrepreneurship program again ranked No. 1 in US
Rice and its Jones Graduate School of Business have the No. 1 graduate entrepreneurship program in the U.S., according to the 2021 rankings announced Nov. 17 by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. This marks the second consecutive year the Rice program has topped this category, its fifth time in a top 3 position nationally and the 12th year in a row ranked in the top 10.
New Art/New Music series gets even more experimental this fall
Badie Khaleghian’s interactive composition with 1,024 possible permutations among new compositions for Moody’s ‘States of Mind.’