Rice News Archive - 2021

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Dateline Rice for Aug. 2, 2021 (Weekend Edition) Aug. 2, 2021

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People, papers and presentations for Aug. 2, 2021 Aug. 2, 2021

Rice Architecture alumnus Cohen Hudson '21 won a Texas Society of Architects/AIA 2021 Studio Award for his master's thesis project USPS+, a proposal for a new post office in San Antonio that leverages mass timber technologies "to expand the United States Postal Service's functions and define a system for the construction of a new type of post office."

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Science and technology research is critical infrastructure, says Baker Institute Jul. 30, 2021

HOUSTON – (July 30, 2021) – Investments in science and technology research are vital to the United States’ economic growth and global leadership, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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Rice University researchers introduced noncanonical amino acid building blocks into proteins in living cells, pioneering a powerful tool for investigating and manipulating the structure and function of proteins. The resulting unnatural organism, a strain of Escherichia coli bacteria, is able to monitor low levels of oxidative stress. (Credit: Xiao Lab/Rice University)

Programmed bacteria have something extra Jul. 30, 2021

Rice chemists expand genetic code of E. coli to produce 21st amino acid, giving it new abilities.

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Dateline Rice for July 30, 2020 Jul. 30, 2021

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Vardi wins award for social and professional responsibility Jul. 29, 2021

Rice computer scientist Moshe Vardi has won the 2021 Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility from IEEE's Society on the Social Implications of Technology.

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Owls at the Olympics: Ogwumike is up Jul. 28, 2021

Rice Owls alumni are showcasing their skills in the Tokyo Olympics.

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People, papers and presentations for July 26, 2021 Jul. 28, 2021

Rice alumnus Ryan Udell ’21 has been named to the Aviation Week Network’s 20 Twenties Class of 2021, which honors exceptional students seen as the future of the aerospace and defense industries

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Dateline Rice for July 28, 2021 Jul. 28, 2021

Campus is quiet, but the Student Association is entering one of its busiest times of the year.

Rice University hurricane announcement Jul. 28, 2021

HOUSTON – (Aug. 25, 2020) – Due to Hurricane Laura, Rice University is suspending normal operations – including all classes and events -- at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, and all day Thursday, Aug. 27.

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Letters from camp Jul. 28, 2021

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Woodson Research Center team honored with Shapiro award Jul. 27, 2021

Library staff worked throughout pandemic to deliver invaluable documents, digitization and much more.

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Dateline Rice for July 27, 2021 Jul. 27, 2021

Jacob Robinson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a core faculty member of Rice's Neuroengineering Initiative, discussed research with U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (middle) and his wife, Tara Crenshaw(left), during a tour of neuroengineering research laboratories following Rep. Crenshaw's third annual Healthcare Innovation Summit July 23 at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw hosts health care summit, tours neuroengineering labs Jul. 26, 2021

U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (left), R-Texas, hosted his third annual Healthcare Innovation Summit July 23 at Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) in conjunction with the university's Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering.