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Rice's Yingyan Lin receives NSF CAREER Award

Rice engineer Yingyan Lin has won a National Science CAREER Award to help close the gap between fast “deep learning” algorithm advances and slow accelerator development.

Campaign promises more likely to be kept by governments run by women, research shows

Campaign promises more likely to be kept by governments run by women, research shows

Laura Segatori named AIMBE fellow

Rice bioengineer Laura Segatori has been named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Haotian Wang named Sloan Research Fellow

Rice University chemical and biomolecular engineer Haotian Wang has been selected as a 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.

Junghae Suh named AIMBE fellow

Rice bioengineer Junghae Suh has been named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Mark Torres wins Geochemical Society’s Clarke Award

Mark Torres with water samples collected from Iceland's Efri Haukadalsá River in 2016. (Photo by Woodward Fisher)

Restaurant recommendation system wins Rice Datathon

A restaurant recommendation system to support small Houston businesses during the pandemic wins this year’s Rice Datathon.

‘Access ain’t inclusion’: Anthony Jack talks privilege in President’s Lecture

President's lecture series featuring Anthony Jack

Untapped potential’: Rice partners with area universities in new African and African American studies consortium

Feb. 19 panel on history of AAAS in Southeastern Texas to kick off collaboration between Rice, UH, TSU and PVAMU.

HERC study spotlights struggles many HISD families face

HOUSTON – (Jan. 26, 2021) – A large number of students enrolled in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) need help with basic needs such as food, clothing, health care and school supplies, according to a new research brief from Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC).

STEM students whose career path and interests align enjoy more academic, professional success

Results suggest measuring career interest in college is a highly effective predictor of future trajectories and success.

Ostherr awarded DeBakey Fellowship for computational health research

The award supports research at the world's largest medical library at the National Institutes of Health.

Task Force hosts conversation with Rice’s first Black student, Raymond Johnson

Johnson’s discussion was the third “Black at Rice” webinar convened this semester to offer dialogue on the Black student experience.

Rice learns from its history in weekly podcast from Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice

“Doc Talks” podcast sheds light on new research and other behind-the-scenes work done by Rice historians and students alike.

Thomas Killian named dean of Wiess School of Natural Sciences

Rice University has named physicist Thomas Killian dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences, effective Jan. 1.