Graduate Students

Rice doctoral alumnus Jacob Beckham earns Schmidt Science Fellowship

This marks the third consecutive year a Rice graduate has won one of the prestigious awards.

Rice faculty and alumni travel to path of totality for ‘Great Owl Eclipse’

As the moon completely eclipsed the sun April 8, more than 300 Rice University alumni, faculty and staff gathered on the lawn of the Flying L Ranch Resort in Bandera, Texas, to view the last total solar eclipse in the contiguous United States for the next two decades.

Rice Shepherd School’s Kellan Dunlap wins Presser Graduate Music Award for project raising awareness of school shootings

Kellan Dunlap , a Rice Shepherd School of Music graduate student studying vocal performance, is a recipient of the 2024 Presser Graduate Music Award for a musical project that will take listeners on a “thought-provoking musical journey that addresses the multifaceted dimensions of school shootings.”

Data-processing tool could enable better early stage cancer detection

A team of Rice researchers has developed a tool that is better at integrating single-cell DNA and RNA data than more recent, state-of-the-art technologies. The findings could lead to better early stage cancer detection.

New CAAAS director Sherwin Bryant talks Black History Month, vision for center’s future

Sherwin Bryant is approaching his new role as director of the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) with energy, enthusiasm and a vision that he said reflects the capacious and thoughtful energy that went into creating the center.

Rice student-athlete Ahalya Lettenberger named Marshall Scholar

Rice swimmer and recent graduate Ahalya Lettenberger is one of 51 students nationwide selected for a 2024 Marshall Scholarship, it was announced Dec. 11.

Chance twists ordered carbon nanotubes into ‘tornado films’

Rice scientists in the lab of Junichiro Kono have developed two new methods to create ordered carbon nanotube films with either a left- or right-handed chiral pattern.

‘Enjoy every moment’: Rice December graduates reflect on journey, future plans

More than 700 Owls will graduate Dec. 5 during Rice University’s 2023 December commencement ceremony.

Rice community gathers for campus vigil supporting Israel and Jewish students, faculty and staff

Approximately 200 members of the Rice University community, including Rice President Reginald DesRoches and Provost Amy Dittmar, gathered Oct. 11 in solidarity with the campus’ Jewish students, faculty and staff at an evening vigil for Israel, held at Ray Courtyard outside the Rice Memorial Center.

Rice Shepherd School’s James McCarthy named 2024 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow

James McCarthy, a graduate student in voice at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music , has been named a recipient of the 2024 San Francisco Opera (SFO) Adler Fellowship.

Climate catastrophe produced instantaneous evolutionary change

A unique experiment by Rice University biologists in the wake of 2017’s Hurricane Harvey that revealed species can instantly evolve when they move in response to a climate catastrophe.

Rice joins nationwide effort to make financial aid more transparent

Rice University is one of more than 360 colleges in the U.S. committed to making financial aid offers more transparent.

It's easier to get valuable metals from battery waste if you ‘flash’ it

A battery recycling process developed by Rice scientists can retrieve valuable metals from mixed cathode and anode waste with a yield exceeding 98% in less time than normal using low-concentration acid, reducing both the cost and negative environmental impact.

Tiny CRISPR tool could help shred viruses

Rice scientists mapped out the three-dimensional structure of one of the smallest known CRISPR-Cas13 systems then used that knowledge to modify its structure and improve its accuracy.

Rice graduate students win NASA Future Investigator awards

Rice graduate students Aindrila Pal and Gregory Szypko have won NASA FINESST Awards, merit-based future investigator awards that include three-year grants to conduct research in Earth and space sciences.