Construction begins on Center for Human Performance
Leaders from Rice and Houston Methodist gathered at Tudor Fieldhouse Aug. 19 to celebrate the start of construction on the Houston Methodist-Rice University Center for Human Performance.
People, papers and presentations for Aug. 8, 2022
Alyssa Cahoy, a senior Health Sciences student in the Department of Kinesiology, won the Morehouse College Project Imhotep Public Health Leadership Award during her summer internship at the Atlanta program.
Schooling status during pandemic predicted parents’ resilience
A new study suggests parents accustomed to home schooling felt more resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic than those whose public-school children were suddenly housebound, especially when the latter parents did not meet recommendations for physical activity.
Run not just fun for Rice students, elementary partners
Getting out and mentoring elementary students in physical fitness turns out to be just as beneficial for college students, Rice University study finds.
Rice, Houston Methodist launch Center for Human Performance
Rice and Houston Methodist are creating a center to advance research and education in human performance.
People, papers and presentations for Feb. 28, 2022
Rice materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan is co-lead author of a forward-thinking perspective of quantum materials manufacturing in Advanced Materials, and Will Rice College senior Eduardo Gonzalez Villarreal was named the Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine’s 2022 Undergraduate Major of the Year for Rice University.
People, papers and presentations for Feb. 7, 2022
Laura Kabiri, an assistant teaching professor of kinesiology, has won the Sam Drogo Technology in the Classroom Award for 2022 from the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society.
Relax, marathoners, we’ve got your back
Rice’s Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology student club helped provide more than 400 post-race medical massages to runners at the 2022 Chevron Houston Marathon.
Hand of kindness makes a child’s day
Rice University students have teamed with a Texas Children’s Hospital doctor to build a prosthetic hand for a 5-year-old boy.
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 25, 2021
A study led by Laura Kabiri, an assistant teaching professor of kinesiology, suggests that mentoring by college students can improve physical activity among elementary school students.
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 18, 2021
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 18, 2021
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People, papers and presentations for Oct. 11, 2021
People, papers and presentations for Sept. 20, 2021
Rice Space Institute Director David Alexander, a professor of physics and astronomy, has been named by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner to the board of the Houston Spaceport Development Corporation.
Rice among most acclaimed universities in Princeton Review history
Rice University ranks among the most lauded institutions in the history of the Princeton Review’s annual survey on the nation’s best colleges, according to a newly published report analyzing three decades of reviews on America’s institutions of higher education.
People, papers and presentations April 12, 2021
Nikhil Gattu, a junior kinesiology and chemistry major, has been named the winner of this year’s Undergraduate Scholar Award by the American Kinesiology Association.