New Rice research finds team coaching can improve health care and consequently save lives
Employee and team coaching are all the rage nowadays but are difficult to implement in the health care industry due to the specialized training required for most professions, including surgeries and other skilled medical care.
The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum (NQF) have announced that Eduardo Salas, the Allyn R. & Gladys M. Cline Professor in psychological sciences at Rice University, is a recipient of the 2023 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for individual achievement.
Rice study shows how allyship can combat discrimination in STEM for Blacks, Latinos
Calling out discriminatory behavior is an effective way for white students to help combat racism against Black and Latino science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students, according to new research from Rice University.
Rice’s Fred Oswald serves as panelist during AI House Davos
Fred Oswald, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Psychology at Rice University, was a panelist on "The Impact of U.S. and E.U. Regulation on Business and Society," held Jan. 16 at AI House Davos, a multi-stakeholder platform for responsible AI progress, held during the World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland.
Rice psychology, immigration expert at the border, available for interviews
Luz Garcini, a Rice University expert who focuses on the psychological impacts of migration on refugees and immigrants, will be at the Texas-Mexico border this week with the American Psychological Association’s Presidential Task Force on Immigration.
If you’re one of the many people who watched The Jetsons and envisioned a future of flying cars and delivery vehicles, your dreams might not be far off.
Rice receives $2.5M grant to support inclusive STEM education
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute awarded Rice University with $2.5 million spanning over five years as part of its Driving Change initiative designed to connect research universities that are working to build inclusive learning environments for students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Rice research: DACA uncertainty leads to psychological stress for recipients
After former President Donald Trump announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2017, beneficiaries of it experienced significantly higher levels of distress and post-traumatic stress diagnoses than their non-DACA counterparts, according to a new study from Rice University.
Luz Garcini, an assistant professor of psychological sciences at Rice University and interim director of Community Health at the university’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is a recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists.
Rice remembers psychology professor, groundbreaking administrator Robert L. Bell Jr.
Former professor Robert L. Bell Jr. passed away Sept. 18 at age 89.
The largest scientific association for human factors and ergonomics professionals in the world, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), has awarded the student chapter at Rice University with a Gold level of recognition.
Regulating emotions during negative experiences may lessen troubling memories
Training strategies that teach depressed individuals how to better manage their negative emotions may not only help their mood but also their memory of difficult events, according to new research from Rice University.
New Rice memory research examines how we remember faces
The common struggle of remembering a face or a name gets more difficult as we age, and new research from Rice University aims to figure out why.
Antidepressants may reduce negative memories while improving overall memory, according to Rice study
New research from Rice University finds that antidepressants may actually reduce negative memories in individuals suffering from depression while improving overall memory function.
New NSF grant to fund study of how AI affects hiring process
Can artificial intelligence (AI) select job candidates as well — or better — than traditional methods? A new, four-year study from the National Science Foundation seeks to find out.
