Dateline Rice for April 26, 2021 (Weekend Edition) Apr. 26, 2021
Rice News Archive - 2021
Engineering Design Showcase returns Apr. 26, 2021
The George R. Brown School of Engineering’s annual Engineering Design Showcase returns on April 29, with 59 teams competing for more than $14,000 in prizes.
Managerial Studies makeover: Revamped degree program to emphasize leadership training Apr. 26, 2021
Students who dream of a career as a CEO and want the education and real-world experience that can get them there should look no further than Rice University's Managerial Economics and Organizational Sciences (MEOS) major.
The art of politics: Sperandio convenes April 30 panel on protest art in comics Apr. 26, 2021
As the New York Times put it in a recent profile, artist Sue Coe “proudly labels her own work propaganda.” Coe’s “searing social-political art,” notes Times writer Hilarie Sheets, “can feel like a punch in the face or a call to action — or both.”
AI's future and impact on US competitiveness, national security subject of webinar Apr. 26, 2021
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, ex-Lockheed Martin CEO and chairman Norman Augustine and Alphabet Inc. board chairman John Hennessy will discuss the role of artificial intelligence and other technologies play in the United States’ prosperity during a free webinar Thursday.
People, papers and presentations April 26, 2021 Apr. 26, 2021
Klara Jelinkova, vice president for international operations and information technology, has been named the 2021 Houston CIO of the Year ORBIE Award winner in the nonprofit/public sector category.
HOUSTON – (April 26, 2021) – Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, ex-Lockheed Martin CEO and chairman Norman Augustine and Alphabet Inc. board chairman John Hennessy will discuss the role of artificial intelligence and other technologies play in the United States’ prosperity during a free webinar Thursday.
Marina Vannucci awarded Zellner Medal Apr. 23, 2021
Marina Vannucci, the Noah Harding Professor of Statistics at Rice, has been awarded the 2020 Zellner Medal from the International Society of Bayesian Analysis (ISBA).
Rice webinar showcases big data’s rise in sports and gambling Apr. 23, 2021
HOUSTON – (April 23, 2021) – The 9th Eubank Conference on Real World Markets at Rice University is taking a close look at how computational tools and big data are impacting sports and changing fan experiences through gambling.
Dateline Rice for April 23, 2021 Apr. 23, 2021
COVID-19 PANDEMIC Survey of Houston families reveals pandemic's unequal impact on wages and employment An article features Rice research by the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) that found that Blacks and Hispanics were more likely to experience lost wages or unemployment than whites during the pandemic. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include HERC associate director of regional research Daniel Potter, research scientist Gabriela Sánchez-Soto and junior research scientist Kenneth Stice. Phys.org http://dateline.rice/april-23-herc
Anthony Pinn elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Apr. 22, 2021
Rice Professor Anthony Pinn has been elected to the nation’s foremost society of scholars, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Established by America’s founding fathers in 1780, the academy’s members have included Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
Classical music delivered to Houston's underserved communities Apr. 22, 2021
HOUSTON – (April 22, 2021) – Rice University's Shepherd School of Music has joined forces with the Houston Symphony to bring classical music to children and adults from Houston's underserved communities.
Dateline Rice for April 22, 2021 Apr. 22, 2021
COVID-19 PANDEMIC The biology of grief An article cites research by Christopher Fagundes, associate professor in psychological sciences, which found links between grief, depression and changes to the immune and cardiovascular systems. The New York Times (Subscription is required.) http://dateline.rice/april-22-fagundes
Silver ions hurry up, then wait as they disperse Apr. 22, 2021
There’s gold in them thar nanoparticles, and there used to be a lot of silver, too. But much of the silver has leached away, and researchers want to know how.
Survey of Houston families reveals pandemic's unequal impact on wages and employment Apr. 22, 2021
HOUSTON – (April 22, 2021) – During the pandemic, Blacks and Hispanics were more likely to experience lost wages or unemployment than whites, according to a new research brief from Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC).
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