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

February 20, 2024

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

Rice student-athlete Ahalya Lettenberger named Marshall Scholar

December 14, 2023

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

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Chance twists ordered carbon nanotubes into ‘tornado films’

December 11, 2023

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.

More than 700 Owls will walk across the stage at Tudor Fieldhouse to receive their degrees Dec. 5 during Rice University’s 2023 December commencement ceremony.

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

December 1, 2023

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

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

October 12, 2023

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.

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

October 11, 2023

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.

Rice bioscientists Scott Egan and Mattheau Comerford in Egan's lab in 2019

Climate catastrophe produced instantaneous evolutionary change

October 9, 2023

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.

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Rice joins nationwide effort to make financial aid more transparent

September 27, 2023

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

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

September 27, 2023

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.

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Tiny CRISPR tool could help shred viruses

September 27, 2023

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.

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Rice graduate students win NASA Future Investigator awards

September 24, 2023

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.

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Split gene-editing tool offers greater precision

September 21, 2023

To make a gene-editing tool more precise and easier to control, Rice University engineers split it into two pieces that only come back together when a third molecule is added.

Dan Preston, three students and a postdoc from his lab who won a 2023 Ig Nobel Prize

Preston, four others win Ig Nobel Prize for ‘necrobotic’ spider study

September 18, 2023

Mechanical Engineering’s Daniel Preston, three graduate students and a postdoctoral fellow have won a 2023 Ig Nobel Prize for their “necrobotic” robot arm that incorporated a dead spider.

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Lab Notes for Sept. 11, 2023

September 11, 2023

SCI Summer Research Colloquium awards; Applied physics students study in France

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You can leave your gloves on: Rice-developed material burns viruses, safe for skin

September 11, 2023

A new material that packs deadly heat for viruses on its outer surface while staying cool on the reverse side could be used to make sustainable, multiuse personal protective equipment. Marquise Bell, a Rice graduate student who is the lead author of the research, was also part of this year’s NextProf Nexus workshop, a national, competitive faculty development program for engineering students from underrepresented groups.

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