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Rice University students and staff came together to pack care packages for refugees in Houston, offering essential supplies and a message of welcome and support.

Packing hope: Rice Psychological Sciences welcomes new refugees to Houston

June 11, 2025

Volunteers from the Department of Psychological Sciences assemble gift bags for those supported by Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston.

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Karen Lozano, Eduardo Salas elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 23, 2025

Rice professors Karen Lozano and Eduardo Salas have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious learned societies in the nation.

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New Rice center focuses on innovation in data, computing and advanced research methods to address societal inequality

April 8, 2025

A new center at Rice will bring together the insights of the social sciences and the power of computational methods to understand and address inequality in today’s society.

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New Rice institute to study lifetime health impacts and develop targeted interventions

April 2, 2025

Rice University has launched the Institute of Health Resilience and Innovation.

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Hidden costs of gig work: Job insecurity and customer ratings impact worker well-being

March 6, 2025

New research from Rice sheds light on a hidden downside of gig work.

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Rice public health, vaccine and religion experts available to discuss first measles death in US since 2015

February 27, 2025

Rice public health, vaccine and religion experts are available to discuss the surge of measles cases.

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Rice and UTHealth Houston advancing innovation in translational science

February 20, 2025

As a partner institution of the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences at UTHealth Houston, Rice has received approximately $1.69 million in grant funding to support pilot projects, student training and collaborative research in bioengineering, informatics, team science and related areas.

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Beier leads National Academies study on future of military education and training

January 27, 2025

A new Rice University-led study for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine reveals how military education can evolve to meet the demands of an increasingly unpredictable world.

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Emerging focus on brain health among several Rice researchers’ expertise

January 15, 2025

Rice is a hub of cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on the brain. In addition to a critical mass of researchers in the field, Rice is home to entities dedicated to collaborative clinical and scientific research on the brain.

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Supportive marriages key to caregiver well-being: Rice study reveals vital link for dementia spousal caregivers

December 18, 2024

A new study sheds light on the critical role marital relationships play in the mental and physical health of caregivers for spouses living with dementia.

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New Rice-TMC research projects drive advances in health and medicine

December 18, 2024

Seven research partnerships involving Rice, the Baker Institute for Public Policy and various institutions within the Texas Medical Center (TMC) received seed grants in 2024 through the Provost’s TMC Collaborator Fund. These grants were facilitated by Rice’s office for Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Health (ENRICH).

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Rice researchers examine why people remember certain things and not others

December 6, 2024

A recently published review paper from researchers at Rice University sheds light on human memory.

Refugee children enjoy a potato sack race at the Rice fall festival.

Rice hosts fall family festival for refugee families

December 4, 2024

The Rice Center for Civic Leadership and Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston partnered with students enrolled in Multicultural Psychology to host a fall family festival Nov. 23 for refugee families.

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Scientia lectures explore challenges to US democracy

October 30, 2024

Democracy and threats to it were front and center as the Rice Scientia Institute hosted its first event of the fall semester Oct. 24.

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Retirees more likely to forget similar events but recall positive memories more vividly

October 23, 2024

Retirement can make individuals more likely to recall positive events and forget more ordinary ones.

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