Rice’s top tech exec headed for Harvard Jul. 6, 2021
After almost seven years of outstanding leadership, Rice’s top technology executive will be leaving her post to accept a position at Harvard University.
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Cell-wrangling circuit simplifies genetic experiments Jul. 6, 2021
A Rice alumnus' work pays off with The Equalizer, a synthetic circuit that assures consistent gene expression in laboratory-bred colonies.
Dateline Rice for July 5, 2021 (Weekend Edition) Jul. 5, 2021
Dateline Rice for July 5, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
NIH grant will help streamline chemical synthesis Jul. 5, 2021
Rice University chemist Julian West has won a five-year, $1.8 million National Institutes of Health grant to advance his lab’s efforts to simplify the synthesis of organic chemicals.
Rice sociologist Rachel Tolbert Kimbro named dean of School of Social Sciences Jul. 1, 2021
HOUSTON – (March 24, 2021) – Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, an award-winning educator and prolific researcher in the field of children's health, has been named the newest dean of Rice University's School of Social Sciences effective July 1.
Jeffrey Kripal on how to think about the UFO phenomenon Jun. 30, 2021
To study the subject adequately is ‘to study pretty much everything’
Flood relocation programs more disruptive to those who don’t live in white or affluent neighborhoods Jun. 29, 2021
HOUSTON – (June 29, 2021) – A government policy that removes homeowners from flood-prone areas disproportionately disrupts the lives of residents from less white and affluent neighborhoods, according to new research from sociologists at Rice University and Temple University.
Fungi embrace fundamental economic theory as they engage in trading Jun. 29, 2021
HOUSTON – (June 29, 2021) – When you think about trade and market relationships, you might think about brokers yelling at each other on the floor of a stock exchange on Wall Street. But it seems one of the basic functions of a free market is quietly practiced by fungi.
Reversal speeds creation of important molecule Jun. 29, 2021
A Rice lab’s reverse approach to making halichondrin B is the shortest route to a “rather complex and important molecule."
Dateline Rice for June 28, 2021 (Weekend Edition) Jun. 28, 2021
Dateline Rice for June 25, 2021 Jun. 28, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Texas power grid faces summer having changed little from February freeze Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in several articles on the Texas power grid. Reuters (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
Six Rice-TMC research teams earn seed grants Jun. 28, 2021
Rice's Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Health has announced six seed grants for research collaborations between faculty from Rice and the Texas Medical Center.
Keck backs Rice bid to ‘build a brain’ Jun. 28, 2021
A $1 million Keck Foundation grant will support work by Jacob Robinson to understand neural pathways.
Owl track and field stars add more achievements, accolades Jun. 28, 2021
A trio of Rice track and field standouts have added to their resumes in big ways following the conclusion of the collegiate season.
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