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Rice's Trei Cruz a third-round pick in MLB draft Jun. 12, 2020

Higgs addresses RCEL students; Engineering shares anti-racism resources Jun. 11, 2020

Find reading lists and toolkits for allies, information on self-care and ways to get involved in social justice initiatives.

New $2.9M grant to fund science and religion research Jun. 11, 2020

HOUSTON – (June 11, 2020) – A new subfield of sociological research examining how identities and beliefs are related to attitudes about science and religion will be advanced by a $2.9 million grant to sociologists at Rice University and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

Sun Belt cities comprise nearly half of US population growth Jun. 11, 2020

The Sun Belt's large metro areas are growing much faster than those elsewhere in the United States, and they are adding more young and old residents than the rest of the nation, according to a new white paper from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.

The design of thio-based photosensitizers, at left, by Rice University chemists shows promise for photodynamic cancer therapy, among other applications. One thiocarbonyl substitution -- trading an oxygen atom for a sulfur atom -- of a variety of fluorophores can dramatically enhance their ability to generate reactive oxygen species that kill cancer cells. At right, images of multicellular tumor spheroids treated with photosensitizers and light (in the bottom row) show how the compounds, when excited by ligh

Rice lab turns fluorescent tags into cancer killers Jun. 11, 2020

Fluorophores with one oxygen atom replaced by a sulfur atom can be triggered with light to create reactive oxygen species within cancer cells, killing them.

Rice University researchers have demonstrated methods for both designing data-centric computing hardware and co-designing hardware with machine-learning algorithms that together can improve energy efficiency in artificial intelligence hardware by as much as two orders of magnitude.

Rice engineers offer smart, timely ideas for AI bottlenecks Jun. 11, 2020

Rice researchers demonstrate methods to design data-centric hardware and co-designing hardware with machine-learning algorithms that can improve energy efficiency in artificial intelligence hardware.

Lunch, anyone? Rice Dining favorites now available to go with Curbside at the Club Jun. 10, 2020

Coming soon: Dinner packages with wine pairings.

Dateline Rice for June 10, 2020 Jun. 10, 2020

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War on drugs causes aggressive policing, says Baker Institute expert Jun. 9, 2020

The war on drugs has provided police with cover for aggressive tactics and unnecessary encounters with citizens, according to Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

A graphic shows the process by which a Rice University lab uses 3D printing to make shapeshifting materials that may be useful to make soft robots or as biomedical implants. (Credit: Verduzco Laboratory/Rice University)

Lab makes 4D printing more practical Jun. 9, 2020

Soft robots and biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality with a method developed at Rice to print shapeshifting materials.

Dateline Rice for June 9, 2020 Jun. 9, 2020

Campus Kindness: Chinese Parents Association donates PPE to Houston institutions Jun. 9, 2020

As a token of appreciation to Rice and Houston for educating and hosting their children, the Rice University Chinese Parents Association has donated 65,000 disposable masks and 250 face shields to Memorial Hermann hospital and the Harris Health System.

Dateline Rice for June 8, 2020 (Weekend Edition) Jun. 8, 2020

Rice University scientists have created an open-source algorithm, SEMseg, that simplifies nanoparticle analysis using scanning electron microscope images. Courtesy of the Landes Research Group

New tool helps nanorods stand out Jun. 8, 2020

Rice scientists introduce an open-source method to simplify nanoparticle analysis using scanning electron microscope images.

Thomas Freeman posed with the faculty of Rice University’s Department of Religious Studies in a photograph from the 1987 Campanile. L to R: Sylvia Louie, Niels Nielsen, Elizabeth Heitman, Werner Kelber, Clyde Manschreck, Thomas Freeman, Warren Frisina, George Rupp (President of Rice University at the time), Don Benjamin and James Sellers. "Religious Studies Department, Rice University." (1987) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/76275.

Former Rice religion professor, legendary TSU debate coach Thomas Freeman dies at 100 Jun. 8, 2020

Thomas Freeman, the legendary Texas Southern University debate coach who was the first African American professor to teach in the School of Humanities at Rice, has died at the age of 100.