Rice updates COVID-19 policies following CDC guidance Jun. 22, 2021
Rice News Archive - 2021
Nightside radio could help reveal exoplanet details Jun. 22, 2021
Rice scientists enhance models that could be used to detect magnetosphere activity on exoplanets. The Rice model adds data from nightside activity that could increase signals by at least an order of magnitude.
Girls reach for the stars Jun. 21, 2021
Girls in grades 5-9 visited the Rice campus April 17 for the Reach for the Stars STEM Festival. The students interacted with hands-on exhibits, workshops, a jobs panel and a keynote speech by Kirsten Siebach, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, about the Mars Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity helicopter. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow.)
Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium offers supportive venue for students to share ‘incredible work’ Jun. 21, 2021
Lillian Wieland’s freshman-year presentation for the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) “went terribly,” as she recalls it.
Rice Business professor Zhou elected fellow of Academy of Management Jun. 21, 2021
Jing Zhou, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Psychology at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, has been elected as a fellow of the Academy of Management (AOM).
Dateline Rice for June 21, 2021 (Weekend Edition) Jun. 21, 2021
Happy Campers Jun. 21, 2021
The Rice baseball program hosted its first FUNdamental youth camp of the summer June 14-17.
Rice welcomes teachers for in-person physics workshop Jun. 21, 2021
QuarkNet returned to Rice last week for the first in-person workshop on campus since the start of the pandemic.
Celebrating Pride with a cold one Jun. 21, 2021
Revelers — and a few of their four-legged friends — celebrated Pride Month during a happy hour at Valhalla June 18.
Study examines how breast implant surfaces affect immune response Jun. 21, 2021
Rice University bioengineers collaborated on a six-year study that systematically analyzed how the surface architecture of silicone breast implants influences adverse side effects.
Solar energy collectors grown from seeds Jun. 21, 2021
Rice University engineers have created microscopic seeds for growing remarkably uniform 2D perovskite crystals that are both stable and highly efficient at harvesting electricity from sunlight.
‘Flashed’ nanodiamonds are just a phase Jun. 21, 2021
The “flash” process developed at Rice University can turn carbon black into functionalized nanodiamond and other materials. The carbon atoms evolved through several phases depending on the length of the flash.
CLEAN Future Act’s oil field-produced water provision could undermine energy transition, says Baker Institute expert Jun. 21, 2021
HOUSTON – (June 21, 2021) – A little-noticed section of an environmental bill pending in Congress could reclassify water extracted from oil and gas wells as hazardous waste, dramatically driving up drilling costs in the U.S. and destabilizing energy markets around the world, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Award, plaque to honor legacy of former Dean of Social Sciences Lyn Ragsdale Jun. 21, 2021
Lyn Ragsdale's legacy of excellence will live on with an award bearing her name and a memorial plaque on campus.
People, papers and presentations June 21, 2021 Jun. 21, 2021
Rice sophomore swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger earned a trip to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo with a strong performance over the weekend at the U.S. team trials in Minneapolis.
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