Rice News Archive - 2020

Fulbright Scholars 2020

Rice grads win 10 Fulbright grants May. 8, 2020

The university celebrates one of its largest-ever cohorts of Fulbright Scholars this year.

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Dateline Rice for May 8, 2020 May. 8, 2020

Mask transposed over a model fo the corona virus

COVID-19 research funds back six new initiatives May. 8, 2020

Grants to Rice faculty will support diagnostic, environmental and social projects.

Mallesh Pai

Rice economist wins award for best paper from American Economic Association May. 8, 2020

Mallesh Pai, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Rice University, has won the 2020 award for the best paper in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (AEJ:Micro), a publication of the American Economic Association (AEA).

Members of the Rice Architecture community gather for the school's annual awards. Photo by Shawna Forney

Rice Architecture bestows virtual awards May. 7, 2020

Rice Architecture goes virtual for its annual awards ceremony.

Electrets — electrons trapped in defects in two-dimensional molybdenum dioxide — give the material piezoelectric properties, according to Rice University researchers. The defects (blue) appear in the material during formation in a furnace, and generate an electric field when under pressure. (Credit: Ajayan Research Group/Rice University)

2D oxide flakes pick up surprise electrical properties May. 7, 2020

Rice University researchers find evidence of piezoelectricity in lab-grown, two-dimensional flakes of molybdenum dioxide.

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Dateline Rice for May 6, 2020 May. 6, 2020

Jones College senior Savannah Cofer has been named a Knight-Hennessy Scholar.

Mech major Cofer named Knight-Hennessy Scholar May. 6, 2020

The Jones College senior will joining 75 other scholars from 26 countries pursuing Ph.D.s at Stanford University.

Superfund team

Rice faculty part of Baylor Superfund program May. 6, 2020

A $10 million federal grant establishes a center to study how toxic chemicals from Superfund sites impact preterm births.

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Dateline Rice for May 5, 2020 May. 5, 2020

COVID-19

Most Houstonians with symptoms are not being tested, according to Rice COVID-19 Registry May. 5, 2020

HOUSTON – (May 5, 2020) – The vast majority of Houston-area residents who are experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 are not getting tested for it, according to initial results of a survey from the COVID-19 Registry at Rice University.

Bus Station

Houston must address housing and transportation affordability jointly May. 5, 2020

Only 44% of rental housing units in Houston are affordable for families with average income, and only 1 out of every 3 of those dwellings is near reliable and affordable transportation, according to a new joint report by researchers from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and LINK Houston.

Courtesy of Noor Elsonbaty

Senior is first Rice student to earn prestigious coaching accreditation May. 4, 2020

Noor Elsonbaty, a graduate of the CoachRICE program at Rice's Doerr Institute for New Leaders, has made university history in earning his International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential.

Alan Arnold.

Rice Management Co.'s Alan Arnold dies at 46 May. 4, 2020

Alan Arnold, the investment director for real estate for the Rice Management Co. (RMC) who was best known for significantly increasing Rice University's funds for scholarships and scientific research, died April 28 after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 46.

A new book from Rice history professor Caleb McDaniel presents the previously little-known story of Henrietta Wood. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow)

Rice history professor wins Pulitzer Prize May. 4, 2020

Caleb McDaniel’s 'Sweet Taste of Liberty' tells true story of slavery and restitution in America.