Rice student wins design competition aimed at addressing food scarcity in New Orleans May. 10, 2021
Estefania Barajas, a Rice Architecture graduate student, has won the Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans’ Edible Planter Box Design Competition.
Rice physicist Stanislav Sazykin dies at 49 May. 10, 2021
Stanislav Sazykin, an associate research professor of physics and astronomy who was highly respected in his field of space science, died suddenly on May 3 at 49. The cause of his death has not yet been determined.
Translational Humanities for Public Health project captures worldwide scholarly responses to pandemic May. 10, 2021
Ostherr’s online database offers a ‘different framing of what an intervention can look like.’
8 selected for Rice Alumni board; president and president-elect announced May. 8, 2021
Eight alumni have been selected to serve on the Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) Board of Directors: Travis San Pedro, Alejandro Chaoul, Amy Good, Meg Brigman, David Leal, Robert Lundin, Bobby Dixon and Ian Akash Morrison.
Konnichiwa May. 7, 2021
Students in Naoko Ozaki’s first-year Japanese course met for the first time face to face May 4 after a semester spent learning together online.
Unconventional Students at Rice 2021: Izzy Samperio gets ‘cute and gnarly’ in the arts May. 7, 2021
During the summer of 2017, Izzy Samperio got a head start on her college education before she was even enrolled at Rice. She attended a weeklong Black Humanities Seminar taught by Alexander Byrd.
Students’ model could help avoid costly natural gas compressor shutdowns May. 7, 2021
A student project to predict the need for maintenance in natural gas compressors and avoid unexpected shutdowns has won this year’s Data to Knowledge Lab Showcase.
‘Red Book’ story map reveals history of Houston wards’ thriving Black communities May. 7, 2021
The spatial data retrieved by Rice from the rare 1915 book is now available for free public use via Fondren Library's Woodson Research Center.
Past immigration policy can guide future policy, say trio of Baker Institute papers May. 6, 2021
HOUSTON – (May 6, 2021) – With President Joe Biden’s proposed immigration reforms facing scrutiny from both sides of the aisle, the authors of three papers on the topic from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy are available to discuss how the past can inform future policy.
Black and white soldiers' death rates in Korean War were similar regardless of segregation, study finds May. 6, 2021
The landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the doctrine of "separate but equal," but for many decades after that segregation was enforced in virtually all aspects of life, including the military.
Baker Institute's Abbey inducted into Texas Aviation Hall of Fame May. 6, 2021
George Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, was inducted to the Lone Star Flight Museum's Texas Aviation Hall of Fame during a virtual ceremony May 6.
In graphene process, resistance is useful May. 6, 2021
Lab uses laser-induced graphene process to create micron-scale patterns in photoresist for consumer electronics and more.
Nagarajaiah named distinguished member of American Society of Civil Engineers May. 6, 2021
Satish Nagarajaiah, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and of mechanical engineering at Rice’s Brown School of Engineering, has been elected a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Rice adds Master of Engineering Management and Leadership degree May. 5, 2021
The Rice University Faculty Senate has approved the creation of a new professional master’s degree in the George R. Brown School of Engineering, the Master of Engineering Management and Leadership (MEML), to become available to students beginning in the fall.
Award-winning writer Kiese Laymon joining English faculty May. 5, 2021
The critically acclaimed memoirist and essayist will be the Libby Shearn Moody Professor of Creative Writing and English, starting Jan. 1, 2022.
