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Former Rice swimmer looks to be role model for disabled athletes across the globe

Former Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger is looking to represent her country on the global stage during the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.

Rice’s Shepherd School of Music announces 2024-25 season

The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University is preparing for a monumental milestone, beginning a multiyear celebration this fall in honor of the school’s 50th anniversary.

Rice Kinder Institute survey: More than 75% of HISD residents support bond, majority want focus on campus safety

More than 75% of in-district respondents signaled their support for a bond that does not result in a tax increase.

‘All the little things’: Orientation weekend helps international undergrads settle in at Rice

By 9 a.m. on a humid Friday morning, Eduarda Favero was already racing around the halls of Rice’s Sid Richardson College, greeting anxious families, leading international students from 40 different countries to their rooms and answering a flurry of questions.

‘You all belong here’: Rice faculty offer words of inspiration to Class of 2028

On the second morning of O-Week, Rice University’s Class of 2028 assembled in Tudor Fieldhouse to hear advice from a three-person panel of professors who shared their secrets for success — both at Rice and beyond. The faculty delivered short, TED Talk-style lectures encouraging new students to stay open to the possibilities the university offers.

Sanjoy Paul appointed executive director of the Rice Nexus, aims to ‘shape the future of technology’

Rice has appointed Sanjoy Paul as executive director of the Rice Nexus, the university’s premier innovation factory in the Ion that will offer state-of-the-art facilities for prototyping, testing and launching new ventures by Rice faculty and students.

‘Make the lift lighter’: Rice football helps freshmen move into residential colleges

The morning after a grueling three-hour scrimmage, Rice Football players spread out over campus to help rookies tackle their first big college move.

‘Critical knowledge’: Weekly radio show deconstructs local, global environmental concerns

Gathered around the microphones in one of KPFT’s Houston studios, Weston Twardowski, Haley Schultz and Alondra Torres discussed the impact of the coal-powered W.A. Parish plant in Fort Bend County for episode 42 of “Gulf Streams.”

Rice welcomes the newest Owls into the nest at O-Week matriculation

“Welcome to Rice!” President Reginald DesRoches exclaimed at the Aug. 18 matriculation ceremony for the Class of 2028. After spending the day helping the new class of freshmen move into its residential colleges, DesRoches and university leadership celebrated the new students’ official entry into Rice at Tudor Fieldhouse to share their advice and support for the upcoming years.

‘The start of a new chapter’: Rice Class of 2028 greeted with open arms at move-in day

Rice greeted the incoming Class of 2028 for the first time during an eventful, emotional and celebratory O-Week move-in day Aug. 18.

Glaciers in peril: World’s first glacier graveyard and global glacier casualty list unveiled

Iceland is a land made famous by its glaciers, but these ancient ice forms in the island country and around the world are in danger amid rising global temperatures.

‘Out of all the unknowns in science, we have so much to discover’

Rice’s Smalley-Curl Institute held its 38th annual Summer Research Colloquium Aug. 2 at Rice’s Duncan Hall, where undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral researchers gave presentations covering topics in nanoscience, quantum materials and quantum information science and technology to a multidisciplinary audience.

Researchers make breakthrough in fight against COVID-19

Jose Onuchic is part of a research team that has made a discovery in the fight against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.

New twist on synthesis technique developed at Rice promises sustainable manufacturing

James Tour’s lab at Rice has developed a new method known as flash-within-flash Joule heating.

OpenStax Assignable expands, brings interactive learning to higher education

OpenStax, a nonprofit initiative of Rice, announces the expansion of OpenStax Assignable, a product allowing instructors to create custom assignments from high-quality, peer-reviewed OpenStax resources directly within their institution’s learning management system (LMS). The expansion of Assignable is aligned with the OpenStax commitment to expand access to high-quality educational materials and experiences to all.