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Rice engineering students’ device could make intubation safer for young babies

April 11, 2024

TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice, created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube integrated with a camera and anchoring system that could make intubation procedures safer for babies 1 month and older by ensuring precise placement, stable anchoring and visibility access for up to 14 days.

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Rice, Lone Star College to sign agreement April 12 helping transfer students complete Rice degrees without losing credits

April 11, 2024

Rice University and Lone Star College will celebrate the renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and signing of an articulation agreement April 12 to allow transfer students in LSC’s Take Flight Program to receive Rice credit for core science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses completed at Lone Star College. The event will take place from 2-2:30 p.m. in the Rice Founder’s Room in Lovett Hall.

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Rice engineering students convert old truck into an electrical vehicle

April 9, 2024

Four teams of Rice engineering students converted a 1997 Chevy P30 delivery van into a fully electric vehicle in less than a year, using a combination of parts scavenged from out-of-use vehicles, custom-built elements and off-the-shelf items.

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New CAAAS director Sherwin Bryant talks Black History Month, vision for center’s future

February 20, 2024

Sherwin Bryant is approaching his new role as director of the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) with energy, enthusiasm and a vision that he said reflects the capacious and thoughtful energy that went into creating the center.

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Rice Sport Management’s Jack Turner ’25 completes internship with college football playoff host committee

January 26, 2024

Jack Turner ’25 spent the fall semester interning with the 2024 College Football Playoff Host Committee. One of his final responsibilities was working the National Championship game Jan 8 at NRG Stadium where Michigan defeated Washington 34-13.

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Rice bioengineering curriculum cultivates human-centered approach to medical design

January 8, 2024

A five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will support the development of an innovative undergraduate bioengineering curriculum component intended to cultivate inclusive design principles for Rice students contemplating a career as medical practitioners or medical technology innovators.

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Wearable art heels sport tree wart texture

November 17, 2023

A Rice student used galls — plant tissue growths caused by small wasps — to decorate a pair of shoes as part of an art project, creating some online buzz when a picture of the heels were posted on social media.

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Robotic cup helps wheelchair users stay hydrated

October 6, 2023

Rice undergraduate engineering students Thomas Kutcher and Rafe Neathery designed a robotic device that enables people with limited mobility to stay hydrated without caretaker help.

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Rice joins nationwide effort to make financial aid more transparent

September 27, 2023

Rice University is one of more than 360 colleges in the U.S. committed to making financial aid offers more transparent.

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Award-winning Rice economics instructor creates affordable and fun textbook for students

August 23, 2023

Rice economics instructor James “Jimmy” DeNicco has become known around campus for his straightforward and entertaining approach to teaching ECON 100, “Principles of Economics,” explaining complicated concepts using real-world examples like Texas barbecue, pop culture references and more.

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IBB spotlights summer undergraduate research

July 31, 2023

Undergraduate research was in the spotlight July 28 at Rice’s Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, where judges awarded best-poster honors to 10 students in eight categories.

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Four Rice undergraduates latest Owls to win coveted Goldwater Scholarship

July 19, 2023

Rising Rice seniors Maria Hancu, Alex Lin, Ryan Wang and Ruofeng “Charlie” Liu are the latest Owls to win the coveted Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious honors bestowed each year upon pioneering STEM undergraduates across the country planning to pursue doctoral degrees.

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People, papers and presentations for May 22, 2023

May 22, 2023

Eduardo Salas, the Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor and chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences, has been ranked No. 88 in the world and No. 53 in the United States in Research.com’s 2023 ranking of the best scientists in the field of psychology.

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Rice U. students design congenital hypothyroidism test for newborns

May 8, 2023

A team of Rice University students developed a low-cost, point-of-care screening tool that can diagnose congenital hypothyroidism in low-resource areas.

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Rice’s Class of 2023 heralded as ‘empathetic team players with superpowers to change the world’

May 7, 2023

Across two days of joyful tears, stirring speeches, embraces and exultation, Rice University’s 2023 graduates celebrated the end of one chapter in their lives inside the hedges and the thrilling possibilities that lay before them in the chapters beyond.

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