Amitav Ghosh tackles the 'unthinkable' in 2021 Campbell Lecture Series on climate change
The global thinker offers parables for a planet in crisis Sep. 13 and 14. during an event that's free and open to the public.
Class of 2025 welcomed to Rice in classic O-Week spirit
An emotional move-in day greeted students and parents alike.
CAAAS asks: Has MLK’s dream been deferred?
The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will deliver annual lecture commemorating the 1963 March on Washington.
‘Smart cells’ show promise to treat disease
Laura Segatori wins NIH backing to develop synthetic biological circuits for cells that may someday sense trouble and respond by making just enough of the appropriate drugs.
What can the relationships between the Prophet Muhammad and ancient Christians teach us about today's relations between the religions?
Incoming freshmen RISE to the occasion
New 10-day residential seminar acquaints humanities and social sciences students with Rice, Houston, race and urban life.
Why middle-class residents want to stay put after floodwaters recede
Flood disasters like Hurricane Harvey lead some people to move far from the places they had called home.
'Cool' kids in the cosmos may not be so unique
Rice University scientists show that "cool" stars like the sun share dynamic surface behaviors that influence their energetic and magnetic environments. Stellar magnetic activity is key to whether a given star can host planets that support life.
Rice expert: Using carbon is key to decarbonizing economy
Rice University carbon materials expert Matteo Pasquali is available to discuss ways to slash carbon dioxide emissions and rapidly decarbonize the global economy.
Data scientists go to the mat to learn about microbial networks
A project led by Rice University data scientists will attempt to define "social networks" in microbiomes, starting with microbial mats that thrive in Yellowstone Park's hot springs.
When many act as one, data-driven models can reveal key behaviors
Data science approaches can reveal subtle clues about the origins of such collective behaviors as aggregation of bacteria.
NSF grant kicks off Center for Adapting Flaws into Features
Rice University has won a Phase I National Science Foundation grant to establish the NSF Center for Adapting Flaws into Features to investigate nanoscale chemical phenomena and optimize the structures and electronic properties of materials.
How headless hydra feel, react to prodding
Researchers identify redundant neural networks in jellyfish-like, freshwater hydra. The work is a step toward modeling how internal states and external stimuli shape the behavior of an organism with a highly dynamic neural architecture.
Retired Rice economist Ken Wolpin receives prestigious Jacob Mincer Award
Ken Wolpin, the retired Lay Family Professor of Economics at Rice University and former department chair whose work revolutionized the field of labor economics, is this year's recipient of the Jacob Mincer Award for lifetime contributions to the discipline.
Programmed bacteria have something extra
Rice chemists expand genetic code of E. coli to produce 21st amino acid, giving it new abilities.