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Dateline Rice for July 26, 2021 (Weekend Edition) Jul. 26, 2021

For Lettenberger, trip to Paralympics worth the wait Jul. 26, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived last year, Ahalya Lettenberger's lifelong dream was put on hold.

Graduate student Madison Royse demonstrates a laboratory setup for testing blood flow through 3D-printed hydrogel scaffolds for tissue engineering.

Rice team creating insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetes Jul. 26, 2021

Rice University bioengineers are using 3D printing and smart biomaterials to create an insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetics.

Airplane on clear blue sky through tree branches

Timothy Morton on giving up flight — at least when it comes to lectures Jul. 26, 2021

The environmental philosopher wants to model a new work-life balance that sends a message of care.

It's a kazoo MOB at Miller Jul. 23, 2021

Director Chuck Throckmorton (immediately below) and the Marching Owl Band led a "kazoo khorus" featuring players from the public June 21 at Hermann Park's Miller Outdoor Theatre.

Dateline Rice for July 23, 2021 Jul. 23, 2021

A “high quality” 3D-printed bioscaffold as designed with help from a machine learning algorithm developed at Rice University. Scale bar equals 1 millimeter. (Credit: Mikos Research Group/Rice University)

AI could expand healing with bioscaffolds Jul. 22, 2021

Artificial intelligence can speed the development of 3D-printed bioscaffolds that help injuries heal, according to Rice researchers.

"States of Mind" at Moody Center for the Arts fall 2020

'States of Mind' at the Moody Jul. 22, 2021

Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts premiered its fall exhibition Sept. 18 and 19 in a two-night, socially distanced opening; registration spots for both nights booked up quickly.

US should fully reopen Mexican border, vaccinate people on both sides, says expert Jul. 22, 2021

The United States-Mexico border should be fully reopened — with people on both sides given easier and expanded access to vaccines in the U.S. — according to a new brief from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Dateline Rice for July 22, 2021 Jul. 22, 2021

Dateline Rice for July 22, 2021

Patterns adorns a static model used to test Rice University’s Hyperspectral Stripe Projector, which combines spectroscopic and 3D imaging. Barcode-like black and white patterns are displayed on the DMD to generate the hyperspectral stripes. (Credit: Kelly Lab/Rice University)

3D camera earns its stripes at Rice Jul. 22, 2021

The Hyperspectral Stripe Projector captures spectroscopic and 3D imaging data.

New Houston innovation district to foster climate tech startups Jul. 22, 2021

The Ion, the centerpiece of a Houston innovation district developed by Rice University, has a new neighbor: Greentown Labs, a community of startups taking on climate change.

Meditation expert Alejandro Chaoul, the Huffington Foundation Endowed Director of the Mind Body Spirit Institute at the Jung Center of Houston, led a series of sessions at the Moody Center for the Arts throughout June.

From the ground up Jul. 22, 2021

Rice University bioengineers have developed hydrogels of various stiffness to see if they are more hospitable to intestinal cells and bacteria in lab experiments. The hydrogels proved far better at supporting cultures than traditional glass and plastic slides.

Pathogens get comfy in designer goo Jul. 22, 2021

Hydrogels developed at Rice University mimic intestines when lined with epithelial cells. A study by Rice and Baylor College of Medicine proved hydrogels in various stiffnesses are valuable for learning the dynamics of pathogens that cause diarrhea and other intestinal diseases.

Shannon Walker lecturing to students in Duncan Hall

Astronaut, Rice alumna speaks to RESP students Jul. 21, 2021

This year’s cohort of Rice Emerging Scholars Program students heard from astronaut Shannon Walker ’87 Monday at Duncan Hall.