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Rice joins Houston in celebrating legacy of MLK 

President Leebron and Provost DesRoches rode in the 44th Annual Original MLK Day Parade Jan. 17

NSF funds Rice effort to measure, preserve quantum entanglement

Rice University physicist Guido Pagano has won a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study quantum entanglement and develop new error-correcting tools for quantum computation.

Jo Nelson wins NSF CAREER Award

Rice University mathematician Jo Nelson wins a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for young faculty.

Awards boost biomed advances

Four faculty members and their collaborators win Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health seed grants.

Shepherd's got a new (old) set of strings

Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music is feeling the holiday spirit early this year thanks to a generous friend who’s lending it a coveted Stradivarius violin — and letting a different student play the instrument each year.

Flutist Marianne Gedigian to join Rice's Shepherd School of Music

Marianne Gedigian, a seasoned international concert flutist and widely respected music educator, will join Rice University's Shepherd School of Music as professor of flute after the next academic year, starting July 1, 2023.

Rice’s Technology Development Fund backs faculty projects

Nine projects proposed by Rice researchers have been granted seed funding by Creative Ventures' Technology Development Fund.

Hurricane Harvey led to poorer physical, mental health among Houston adults

Hurricane Harvey had a significant impact on the mental and physical health of Houstonians, especially those living in areas that suffered the most structural damage, according to a new study from Rice University.

NSF grant supports study of cells’ early decisions

Rice University receives National Science Foundation support to build a model of cell differentiation during the earliest stage of life. The model could help improve researchers’ ability to direct stem cells to a given fate.

Ruth López Turley named next director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research

HOUSTON – (Dec. 1, 2021) – Ruth López Turley, a prolific education researcher, professor of sociology and director of Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), has been selected as the next director of the university's Kinder Institute for Urban Research after current director Bill Fulton steps down June 30, 2022.

Rice conference on natural disasters draws international panelists, attendees

The Nov. 19-20 conference focused on narratives around natural catastrophes in the Americas and Circum-Caribbean

Alvarez, Mikos elected to Chinese Academy of Engineering

Pedro Alvarez and Antonios Mikos have been elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Houston must take steps now to preserve affordable housing for future, report says

Houston’s supply of affordable housing is on the decline, and a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research says the city must take advantage of community, state and federal support to reverse the trend.

Rice tapped to develop 3D-printed ‘smart helmets’ for the military

Rice University researchers have embarked upon a project to build the first printable “smart helmet” with funding from the Department of Defense.

High schoolers who change schools during academic year 40% more likely to drop out

​​​​​​​One in 10 Houston-area high schoolers who change schools during the academic year end up dropping out, a rate 40% higher than peers who do not change schools, according to a new study released today by the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC).