Rice celebrates Juneteenth and emancipations to come
Rice’s second annual Juneteenth celebration will bring together professors across the university — from Computational and Applied Mathematics to Modern and Classical Literature and Cultures — for three panels exploring ideas and questions central to the meaning and promise of the important holiday.
Moshe Vardi earns top computer science honor
Rice's Moshe Vardi has won the 2021 ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award for his influential work at the interface of logic and computer science.
Grande-Allen named fellow of medical and biological engineering academy
Bioengineer Jane Grande-Allen has been named one of 26 fellows of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering for 2021.
Rice's Moshe Vardi has won the 2021 Donald E. Knuth Prize, one of theoretical computer science's most prestigious annual awards.
There’s never been a better time to pursue an English degree at Rice
Creative writing program offers unique opportunity to learn from America’s foremost writers and scholars.
Igor Marjanović named dean of Rice Architecture
Marjanović comes to Rice from Washington University in St. Louis, where he is the JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen Professor and chair of undergraduate architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
40th Kinder Houston Area Survey: Hope for future despite pandemic's challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an array of challenges, but Houstonians remain optimistic about their personal futures, according to the 2021 Kinder Houston Area Survey. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, Houston’s usually positive feelings about race relations are on the decline. And more people than ever want the government to play a bigger role in solving the country's problems and addressing the growing inequalities.
Rice physicist Stanislav Sazykin dies at 49
Stanislav Sazykin, an associate research professor of physics and astronomy who was highly respected in his field of space science, died suddenly on May 3 at 49. The cause of his death has not yet been determined.
Ostherr’s online database offers a ‘different framing of what an intervention can look like.’
The landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the doctrine of "separate but equal," but for many decades after that segregation was enforced in virtually all aspects of life, including the military.
Rice approves new Master of Engineering Management and Leadership degree
The graduate program will launch on campus this fall and online in spring 2022.
Rice names architect for new engineering and science building
With the imminent demolition of Rice University’s Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory, the space will soon be cleared for a new engineering and science building, according to Rice administrators. International architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been selected as lead architect for the new building. Houston’s Scientia Architects will consult on laboratory design.
Marina Vannucci awarded Zellner Medal
Marina Vannucci, the Noah Harding Professor of Statistics at Rice, has been awarded the 2020 Zellner Medal from the International Society of Bayesian Analysis (ISBA).
Anthony Pinn elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rice Professor Anthony Pinn has been elected to the nation’s foremost society of scholars, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Established by America’s founding fathers in 1780, the academy’s members have included Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
B.J. Fregly, a professor of mechanical engineering and bioengineering and a CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
