March 30, 2020
As the COVID-19 crisis plays out, Rice University faculty have been proactively making the best of a difficult situation for their students.
Rice University joins consortium to improve medical device design
March 30, 2020
The effectiveness of medical devices comes down to one simple question: Is it usable?
Analyzing patients shortly after stroke can help link brain regions to speech functions
March 23, 2020
HOUSTON – (March 23, 2020) – New research from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine shows analyzing the brains of stroke victims just days after the stroke allows researchers to link various speech functions to different parts of the brain, an important breakthrough that may lead to better treatment and recovery.
Rice U. experts available to discuss COVID-19's wide-ranging impact
March 23, 2020
HOUSTON – (March 23, 2020) – As the COVID-19 pandemic grows and impacts the lives of people across the globe, Rice University experts are available to discuss various topics related to the disease.
Oswald named national associate for NASEM
March 23, 2020
Fred Oswald, professor of psychological sciences and Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences at Rice University, has been named a national associate by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
How stress and loneliness can make you more likely to get COVID-19
March 19, 2020
What do stress, loneliness and lack of sleep have in common? They are all factors that can weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to COVID-19, according to Rice University's Christopher Fagundes, an associate professor in the department of psychological sciences who studies the link between mental and immune health.
Ex-CBS News president talks future of news at Social Sciences anniversary lecture
March 2, 2020
What does the future hold for journalism?
People, papers and presentations Feb. 24
February 24, 2020
Randi Martin, the Elma Schneider Professor of Psychological Sciences, has been elected chair-elect of the Linguistics and Language Science Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2020; she will serve as chair in 2021 and retiring chair in 2022.
Rice Social Sciences to celebrate 40 years Feb. 27-28
February 24, 2020
Rice University's School of Social Sciences will celebrate 40 years inside the hedges with a series of events scheduled for Feb. 27 and 28.
Chemistry of Art class partners with MFAH to give Rice students firsthand experience
February 20, 2020
In this popular course, chemistry and art conservation go hand in hand.
New computer system will detect bad ballot design before it reaches the voting booth
January 21, 2020
In 2000, the infamously confusing butterfly ballot led many voters in Florida’s Palm Beach County to mistakenly vote for the wrong presidential candidate, altering the outcome of the election – and American history.