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Rice mourns loss of Frank Ryan

Frank Ryan, a member of the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame who went on to lead the Cleveland Browns to the NFL title, passed away on Monday at the age of 87.

Owl fans, alumni unite to support Rice football in First Responder Bowl

Owl fans and alumni showed up in full force Dec. 26 to cheer on the Rice football team as it squared off with Texas State University in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl in Dallas.

’Tis the season of giving . . . and engineering

The holiday season kicked off early this year for a Rice staff member who received a welcome and much-needed gift from a team of freshman engineering students.

Molecular jackhammers’ ‘good vibrations’ eradicate cancer cells

Rice scientists and collaborators at Texas A&M University and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a new way to kill cancer cells by using near-infrared light to make a small dye molecule attached to their membrane vibrate strongly. It is the first time this kind of mechanical molecular action has been used as a potential therapy.

For this emergent class of materials, ‘solutions are the problem’

Rice materials scientists developed a fast, low-cost, scalable method to make covalent organic frameworks (COFs), a class of crystalline polymers whose tunable molecular structure, large surface area and porosity could be useful in energy applications, semiconductor devices, sensors, filtration systems and drug delivery.

Electronic pathways may enhance collective atomic vibrations’ magnetism

A new study from Rice’s RAMBO laboratory and collaborators suggests the magnetism of phonons, collective atomic vibrations, is enhanced by electronic pathways.

Rice’s Moody Center unveils Tomás Saraceno's ‘Crux Australis 68.00’: A fusion of art and engineering

Welcoming visitors to the dedication ceremony hosted by the Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University President Reginald DesRoches expressed appreciation for the university’s newest public art installation, “Crux Australis 68.00,” a structure that spans multiple stories within the Ralph S. O’Connor Building for Engineering Science.

‘A thing like no other’: Rice students care for peers as volunteer EMTs

As the Rice Owls prepare to face off against the Texas State Bobcats in the 2023 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, a game all about recognizing fire, police and EMT professionals throughout our communities, the spotlight includes the student volunteers of Rice University Emergency Medical Services (REMS).

‘It’s been a long road’: Rice football’s sixth-year seniors reflect on experiences prior to final game as Owls

Rice football’s bowl-clinching victory against Florida Atlantic University last month was not only a testament to the teams hard work and tenacity this season, but for three particular senior Owls, it was the culmination of six years of dedication and perseverance paying off.

Working women feel unsupported by Christian congregations — even more progressive ones

As church membership declines across the United States, a new study from Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance finds that working women do not feel supported by their clergy and churches, regardless of whether they’re involved with a more conservative or liberal congregation.

President DesRoches statement on antisemitism

Given this past week’s national developments and debates regarding antisemitism on university campuses, I would like to provide clarity on Rice University’s position.

Rice-Hamburg U. of Technology launch research collaboration

Rice chemical engineer Walter Chapman is spearheading a collaboration with the Hamburg University of Technology’s SMART Reactors Collaborative Research Center, which aims to develop solutions in support of a transition from fossil fuel to renewables-based economic and production chains through innovative reactor design and development.

Rice study: AI provides more accurate analysis of prehistoric and modern animals, painting picture of ancient world

A new Rice University study of the remains of modern African antelopes found that AI technology accurately identified animals more than 90% of the time compared to humans, who had much lower accuracy rates depending on the expert.

Chance twists ordered carbon nanotubes into ‘tornado films’

Rice scientists in the lab of Junichiro Kono have developed two new methods to create ordered carbon nanotube films with either a left- or right-handed chiral pattern.

Chabad at Rice ushers in Hanukkah with latkes, music and more

Chabad at Rice University welcomed members of the Rice community in celebration of the beginning of Hanukkah during a gathering replete with hot latkes, donuts, music and festivities Dec. 7 at Ray Courtyard.