RUPD accreditation commission seeks public comments Oct. 19, 2020
HOUSTON -- (Oct. 19, 2020) -- A public forum for community comments about the Rice University Police Department will be held during a virtual visit to campus conducted by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
Trotting among the trees Oct. 19, 2020
On a pleasant fall day, not even the Houston Police Department Mounted Patrol can resist a stroll through Rice’s leafy campus — which, as it happens, is also an officially designated arboretum.
Rice United Way Campaign is underway Oct. 19, 2020
Rice kicked off its annual United Way campaign last week and is already nearly two-thirds of the way to its $250,000 goal, with $161,120 raised so far.
Social scientists to offer virtual COVID-19 lightning talks Oct. 19, 2020
Social sciences researchers have been examining the behavioral and social aspects of COVID-19 since the initial outbreak.
Dateline Rice for Oct. 16, 2020 Oct. 16, 2020
FEATURED ITEM Bryan Washington’s new book is being made into a TV show, and it hasn’t even hit stands yet "Memorial," a new novel by Bryan Washington, Scholar-in-Residence for Racial Justice at Rice and the George Guion Williams Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English, has been optioned for television. Houstonia http://dateline.rice/oct-16-washington
Dateline Rice for Oct. 15, 2020 Oct. 15, 2020
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL As Arizona, Texas and Georgia become less white, voter suppression could keep these states from turning blue Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted and interviewed. Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, also is interviewed in the last entry. MSN (This USA Today article also appeared in Head Topics, Yahoo! News Canada, Yahoo! Movies Canada and a previous edition of Dateline.) http://dateline.rice/oct-15-jones
Bisexual adults less likely to enjoy health benefits of education Oct. 15, 2020
HOUSTON – (Oct. 15, 2020) – Education has long been linked to health — the more schooling people have, the healthier they are likely to be. But a new study from Rice University sociologists found that the health benefits of a good education are less evident among well-educated bisexual adults.
Haotian Wang wins Packard Fellowship Oct. 15, 2020
Haotian Wang has been honored with a Packard Fellowship, one of 20 researchers in the nation to do so this year.
NSF renews Rice-based NEWT Center for water treatment Oct. 15, 2020
The National Science Foundation renews the Rice-based Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment Center for five years. The Engineering Research Center is dedicated to enabling access to clean water around the world.
Election security expert to address voting issues in Rice webinar Oct. 15, 2020
Dan Wallach, a Rice University professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, will hold a Zoom webinar on “Adventures in Voting Security Research” Oct. 15 at 4 p.m.
U.S. sanctions in Europe may hurt global energy industry Oct. 15, 2020
HOUSTON – (Oct. 15, 2020) – Imposing sanctions is not the most effective way to secure Europe’s natural gas supply against external coercion, according to a new study from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Instead, the authors recommend investing more in the continent’s natural gas infrastructure.
Civil engineers Nagarajaiah, Erazo awarded Takuji Kobori Prize Oct. 14, 2020
Research on earthquake protection system earns prestigious award from the International Association for Structural Control and Monitoring.
Rice Stadium part of record turnout on first day of early voting Oct. 14, 2020
Harris County voters turned out in record numbers for the first day of early voting in Texas, Oct. 13. Nearly 128,000 votes were cast across the county, almost doubling the previous record of 68,000 on the first day in 2016.
Dateline Rice for Oct. 14, 2020 Oct. 14, 2020
FEATURED ITEMS 'This is important': Texans flock to polls, smash Harris County early voting records Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted. Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Oct. 14 print edition of the Chronicle and online in 10 other media outlets.)
English professor’s first novel optioned for TV Oct. 14, 2020
Bryan Washington’s new novel, “Memorial,” doesn’t arrive in print until Oct. 27, yet the title has already been optioned for television.
