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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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Rice helps lead national quantum computing research efforts

September 8, 2023

A team of Rice University researchers have won a 4-year, $1.2 million grant from the Department of Energy to evaluate the strengths and limitations of different physical systems used to build quantum computers and inform strategies for achieving near-term advances in quantum computing.

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Rice names new head of digital learning and strategy

September 7, 2023

Shawn Miller will join Rice as associate provost for digital learning and strategy , effective Nov. 1, reporting directly to the provost.

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Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher visits Rice to discuss climate change and geothermal energy

August 30, 2023

Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas) visited the Rice campus Aug. 29. During the visit, she caught up with the university’s leadership team, including Rice President Reginald DesRoches, Rice Provost Amy Dittmar and Vice President of Public Affairs Melinda Spaulding Chevalier, before she met with Rice faculty to discuss climate change, geothermal energy and the university’s research in these areas.

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Smart fabrics’ informed touch can tell you where to go

August 29, 2023

Rice U. engineers developed a lightweight, wearable textile-based device that can deliver complex haptic cues, enabling a user to perform open-world navigation tasks. The device is resilient to regular daily use, withstanding multiple cycles of washing and other damage and repair without loss of function.

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Award-winning Rice economics instructor creates affordable and fun textbook for students

August 23, 2023

Rice economics instructor James “Jimmy” DeNicco has become known around campus for his straightforward and entertaining approach to teaching ECON 100, “Principles of Economics,” explaining complicated concepts using real-world examples like Texas barbecue, pop culture references and more.

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Michael King, Cynthia Reinhart-King to join Rice engineering faculty

August 22, 2023

Two leading experts in the biomedical engineering field, Michael King and Cynthia Reinhart-King, whose research programs have advanced the understanding and treatment of cancer and other diseases, will join the Rice University faculty next year.

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Rice’s Mikki Hebl honored with Academy of Management’s Advancing Women in Leadership Award

August 22, 2023

​​​​​​​Michelle “Mikki” Hebl , the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Professor of Psychological Sciences and professor in the Jones Graduate School of Business, is the 2023 recipient of the Advancing Women in Leadership Award from the Academy of Management (AOM).

Digital learning at Rice University is entering a new phase, underpinned by an enhanced focus on development and innovation.

Rice digital enters new phase of development

August 18, 2023

Digital learning at Rice University is entering a new phase, underpinned by an enhanced focus on development and innovation.

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Protective particles allow engineered probiotics to report gut disease

August 16, 2023

Rice U. bioengineers developed a platform that enhances survival and function of probiotics engineered to diagnose inflammatory bowel disease in animals. The technology holds promise for minimally invasive disease monitoring and advanced smart therapeutics.

Fireworks lit up the sky over Lovett Hall and the Sallyport the night of Aug. 13 as the incoming Class of 2027’s first day of O-Week culminated with Rice’s annual matriculation ceremony.

Class of 2027 lauded for diversity, talent during matriculation address

August 14, 2023

Fireworks lit up the sky over Lovett Hall and the Sallyport the night of Aug. 13 as the incoming Class of 2027’s first day of O-Week culminated with Rice’s annual matriculation ceremony.

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Rice’s Jing Chen receives early career award from American Psychological Association

August 10, 2023

Jing Chen, an assistant professor of psychological sciences at Rice University specializing in human factors and human-computer interaction, has received the Earl Alluisi Early Career Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association (APA), the world’s largest association of psychologists.

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Education program tackles race-based cancer health disparities

August 10, 2023

Rice U.’s Carolyn Nichol has won a competitive 5-year, $1,038,544 NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) award to address race-based cancer health disparities by increasing underrepresented minority student populations’ engagement and participation in biosciences education.

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Tiny, flexible spinal probe system could lead to better therapies

August 7, 2023

A $6.25 million National Institutes of Health grant supports Rice U. engineers optimizing a neural probe array that can record the activity of spinal cord neurons as bodies move and behave. Scientists would also develop an integrated data-processing and stimulation-feedback system.

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Rice lab’s boron nitride composite could be useful for advanced technology applications

August 7, 2023

Rice University scientists have found that a boron nitride nanocomposite interacts with light and heat in unexpected ways that could be useful for advanced technology applications.

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