Statistics

Rice funds new research collaborations with Houston Methodist

Rice and Houston Methodist have awarded seed grants for research in robotics, imaging, cardiovascular bioengineering, and psychological and behavioral health.

Seizures happen like clockwork — but depend on the clock

Statisticians use electronic diary entries by more than 1,000 patients with epilepsy to gain a better understanding of how “attractors” are associated with the likelihood of seizures.

COVID-19 amplified hardship for many Harvey victims

A study shows the economic and mental health consequences on victims of Hurricane Harvey and COVID-19 were cumulative.

People, papers and presentations for Sept. 12, 2022

Rice statisticians Katherine Ensor and Loren Hopkins and civil and environmental engineer Lauren Stadler are co-authors of a commentary in Nature Medicine that issues an urgent call to scale up wastewater monitoring to detect early signs of disease.

Racial segregation magnifies effects of childhood lead exposure

Racial segregation magnifies the effects of childhood lead exposure according to new research from Rice, Duke and Notre Dame

CDC names Houston Health Department, Rice a wastewater epidemiology Center of Excellence

A system to track COVID-19 through Houston’s wastewater became the basis of an epidemiology center that has now earned special designation from the U.S. government and $1 million in its first year of federal funding.

Rice creates major in sport analytics to offer training in rapidly expanding field

Sport analytics, the subject of the hit movie “Moneyball” and the book of the same name , has transformed the way professional and college teams scout and evaluate potential players.

‘Awesome in every possible way’

To understand why Statistics’ Philip Ernst won this year’s George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Rice’s top teaching award, one need only read a few of the student comments in anonymous evaluations of his STAT 310 course.

US News grad school rankings give high marks to Rice programs

A total of 19 graduate programs at Rice University rank among the nation's top 25 in their categories in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”

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.

Rice’s Technology Development Fund backs faculty projects

Nine projects proposed by Rice researchers have been granted seed funding by Creative Ventures' Technology Development Fund.

‘Super trees’ may help save Houston … and beyond

Rice statisticians are part of a study sharing strategies to identify “super trees” for urban areas that help mitigate pollution, flooding and heat.

Audubon project wins D2K Showcase

Students whose computer vision system can classify birds by species and count them from the air won the Data to Knowledge Lab Showcase.

Rice cuts ribbon on Maxfield Hall

Renovation of the historic Mechanical Engineering building, now called Maxfield Hall is complete.

Six Rice-TMC research teams earn seed grants

Rice's Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Health has announced six seed grants for research collaborations between faculty from Rice and the Texas Medical Center.