Rice News Archive - 2021

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Dateline Rice for Aug. 24, 2021 Aug. 24, 2021

Leebron’s last ride

Leebron’s last ride Aug. 23, 2021

This year’s O-Week marks the final time Rice President David Leebron will welcome an incoming class of students before he steps down in 2022.

2021 Week Move In

Splash town Aug. 23, 2021

2021 Week Move In

Selfie love Aug. 23, 2021

Shaving cream battles have become a standard during O-Week, as demonstrated here by Lovett and Jones College. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow)

 Foam fights Aug. 23, 2021

Proving that the foamy stuff isn’t reserved exclusively for Baker 13 runs, shaving cream battles have become a standard during O-Week, as demonstrated here by Lovett and Jones College.

Rice students ensured a memorable O-Week for all. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow)

‘Truly magical’: O-Week welcomes new students despite pandemic pivots Aug. 23, 2021

Under challenging conditions, the experience remained as ‘intimate’ as ever thanks to Rice students' resilience and resolve.

Lan Li and Rafael Verduzco

Rice faculty address to Class of 2025: ‘Keep your curiosity close to you’ Aug. 23, 2021

What is a fact? Who is science for? And who does it harm? These are just a few of the questions posed by Rice faculty during O-Week video addresses to the incoming Class of 2025.

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Dateline Rice for Aug. 23, 2021 (Weekend Edition) Aug. 23, 2021

Rice bioengineer Isaac Hilton

Trailblazing Rice bioengineer is turning cells into disease fighters Aug. 23, 2021

Rice University bioengineer Isaac Hilton has been awarded an NIH Trailblazer Award to create synthetic circular DNA that can be used to reprogram cells as disease fighters.

“JIBA” chants and posters from the balconies of Jones College cheered on new students in the commons below playing musical chairs and tossing water balloons as part of their O-Week bonding sessions. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow)

Take it outside Aug. 23, 2021

Lovett Hall sunrise in 2015

University message shares important update on COVID-19 testing Aug. 23, 2021

We’ve discovered some anomalies with the test results we received this week from one of our three providers.

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Dateline Rice for Aug. 20, 2021 Aug. 20, 2021

Rice University has been awarded a $4 million grant by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to establish the Genetic Design and Engineering Center. (Credit: Illustration by Olivia Flynn/Bashor Lab)

CPRIT grant establishes Genetic Design and Engineering Center Aug. 20, 2021

Rice faculty members led by bioengineer Gang Bao have been awarded a $4 million CPRIT grant to establish the Genetic Design and Engineering Center.

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Rice, Baylor win defense grant to advance metastasis study Aug. 19, 2021

Rice University chemist Han Xiao and biologist Xiang Zhang at Baylor College of Medicine have won a $2.3 million Department of Defense grant to expand their efforts to halt bone cancer metastasis.

Rice, Penn State and Boise State have won a federal grant to expand ATOMIC, a national research center that develops atom-thin 2D coatings via university, industry and government partnerships

National 2D materials research center wins NSF funding Aug. 18, 2021

Rice, Penn State and Boise State have won a federal grant to expand ATOMIC, a national research center that develops atom-thin 2D coatings via university, industry and government partnerships.