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Nathan Dautenhahn wins CAREER Award

Rice University computer scientist Nathan Dautenhahn wins a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to pursue simplified, automated security for sophisticated software.

Machine learning fine-tunes flash graphene

Rice University scientists are using machine learning techniques to streamline the process of synthesizing graphene from waste through flash Joule heating.

Pastors serve as primary source of mental health care for Black, Latino congregants

A new study of Black and Latino Christians found they often turn to their pastors for mental health care or information on mental health resources, even when those clergy feel ill-equipped to offer help or advice.

Opera singer Jennifer Johnson Cano returns to Rice to share advice from her 'wild and wonderful' career

Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano ’08, fresh off her Houston Grand Opera debut as Mother Marie in Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites,” found herself back on a familiar stage Jan. 21 to speak with some of the Shepherd School of Music's aspiring opera stars.

Geoff Wehmeyer wins CAREER Award

Mechanical engineer Geoff Wehmeyer wins an NSF CAREER Award to study nanoscale heat transfer.

Architecture’s Brittany Utting wins top honor for ‘Deep Geologies’

Brittany Utting wins the 2022 Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change and Society for her Rice Architecture studio on the relationship between resource extraction and the built environment in Texas.

'Cultures of Energy' podcast returns on Groundhog Day

The "Cultures of Energy" podcast, hosted by Rice University anthropologists Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe, returns Feb. 2 with the first of 10 new episodes after a more than two-year hiatus.

Deep dive into juvenile justice data shows opportunity for targeted, early intervention

A Rice University Texas Policy Lab (TPL) analysis of juvenile justice data reveals most youths in the Harris County juvenile justice system are "one and done" — that is, they only have one interaction with it.

James Pomerantz named AAAS fellow

James Pomerantz has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

Now you don’t see it … and now you do

Scientists and engineers from Rice University and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research discover fluorescence from silicon nanoparticles in cement and show how it can be used to reveal early signs of damage in concrete structures.

‘Lefty’ tightens control of embryonic development

A protein known as Lefty pumps the brakes as human embryos begin to differentiate into the bones, soft tissues and organs that make us.

Antibody with engineered peptide targets bone metastasis

A moderate amount of a peptide-enhanced cancer drug goes a long way in treating breast cancers that metastasize to the bone.

Heffes appointed co-president of Association for the Study of Literature and Environment

Gisela Heffes, professor of modern and classical literatures and cultures, has been appointed co-president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment.

Biologists discover new insect species at Rice University

Newly discovered insect Neuroterus valhalla is barely a millimeter long and spends 11 months of the year locked in a crypt. It’s legendary sounding name stems from where it was discovered: A tree outside Rice’s graduate student pub Valhalla.

Black and Hispanic communities bore disproportionate share of Texas’ early COVID-19 deaths

Texas state officials did not publish the race and ages of COVID-19 victims in early 2020, but a county-level statistical analysis spearheaded by Rice University undergraduates in collaboration with university faculty has found deaths statewide were disproportionately concentrated in Black and Hispanic communities.