Rice names Associate Vice President for Industry and New Ventures
January 11, 2024
Rice University’s Office of Innovation has named Brad Burke as associate vice president for industry and new ventures. This new role creates alignment with initiatives in the Office of Innovation and enables the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship to further Rice’s industry relationships and accelerate the scaling of Rice startups.
Rice Biotech Launch Pad introduces external advisory board
October 4, 2023
Rice University today announced its external advisory board for the Rice Biotech Launch Pad, the new accelerator focused on expediting the translation of the university’s health and medical technology discoveries into cures.
DNA test could broaden access to cervical cancer screening
June 21, 2023
Rice bioengineers have demonstrated a low-cost, point-of-care DNA test for HPV infections that could make cervical cancer screening more accessible in low- and middle-income countries where the disease kills more than 300,000 women each year.
ARPA-E announces $100 million funding initiative at Rice event
June 13, 2023
Rice welcomed more than 100 energy innovation leaders to campus June 8 for a first-of-its-kind event by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) where ARPA-E director Evelyn Wang announced $100 million in new commercialization funding for innovative energy technologies.
AI innovation at the Ion
April 24, 2023
Business leaders, strategists and technologists from the energy industry attended the first International Workshop on AI-Powered Renewable Energy April 17-18 at the Ion innovation hub.
Sen. Ted Cruz visits Ion
April 4, 2023
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took time during a congressional recess to visit The Ion.