Graduate Students

RiceVotes!

Owls are registering to vote across campus ahead of the Oct. 11 deadline. Students can also use the RiceVotes portal to register, check registration status, explore the ballot and access other helpful voting tools.

People, papers and presentations for Oct. 3, 2022

Casley Matthews, a senior health sciences and social policy analysis student, is lead author of a paper in the Journal of American College Health that describes how the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the nutrition of Houston college students.

RNA-editing tool a fast, sensitive test for COVID-19

Researchers at Rice University and the University of Connecticut modify a gene editing tool to serve as a highly sensitive diagnostic test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Rice lab grows macroscale, modular materials from bacteria

Rice bioscientists have created bacteria that self-assembles into a material like putty that could soak up pollutants.

Physicists demo method for designing topological metals

Rice physicists and collaborators have demonstrated a new method for predicting whether metallic compounds are likely to host topological states that arise from strong electron interactions.

​​​​​​​Interwoven: Charge and magnetism intertwine in kagome material

Rice physicists have discovered a quantum material where electrons engage in a collective dance that appears to be governed by both their electronic and magnetic natures.

Owls flock to Student Activities Fair

Seasoned Rice Owls and new students alike were invited to the annual Student Activities Fair Sept. 1. Held in the student center and the adjacent Central Quad, Rice’s over 200 student clubs and campus departments set up shop to spread the word about their organizations and how interested students can get involved.

Rice rises to No. 15 in US News rankings

Rice has risen to No. 15 among the nation’s top universities ranked in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” guidebook.

All fun and games

The Rice Student Center and the Doerr Institute for New Leaders joined forces Aug. 25 to host a fun filled Owls After Dark Game Night.

Can fungi help Texas’ grasses cope with climate change?

Rice biologists are using Texas as a living lab to study how symbiotic fungi help grasses tolerate drought.

SU(N) matter is about 3 billion times colder than deep space

Physicists from Rice and Kyoto University are using the uni­­verse’s coldest fermions to explore quantum magnets.

ROBE Array could let small companies access popular form of AI

A breakthrough by Rice computer scientists could allow more labs and companies to use artificial intelligence.

New weapon targets antibiotic resistance

A new class of molecular motors triggered by visible light kills harmful bacteria by generating reactive oxygen species. The new strategy could be a weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Powering an ‘arm’ with air could be mighty handy

Rice University mechanical engineers develop a textile-based energy harvesting shoe able to power assistive devices for people with disabilities.

After a joyful O-Week 2022, student and staff leaders reflect on another rousing orientation

Rice O-Week 2022 wrapped up on a hot August Saturday after seven straight days of academic advising, introductions to all things Rice and more than a little fun along the way.