Rice News Archive - 2023

Dateline Rice for Dec. 22, 2023 Dec. 22, 2023

Dateline Rice for Dec. 22, 2023

Dateline Rice for Dec. 21, 2023 Dec. 21, 2023

Dateline Rice for Dec. 21, 2023

‘Truly priceless’: Rice Business students deliver holiday cheer to Vietnamese children Dec. 20, 2023

During the inaugural course visit to Vietnam, students from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business embraced the true spirit of the holiday season by sharing joy and creating unforgettable memories with the children of Little Rose Shelter.

’Tis the season of giving . . . and engineering Dec. 20, 2023

The holiday season kicked off early this year for a Rice staff member who received a welcome and much-needed gift from a team of freshman engineering students.

Dateline Rice for Dec. 19, 2023 Dec. 19, 2023

Dateline Rice for Dec. 19, 2023

Molecular jackhammers’ ‘good vibrations’ eradicate cancer cells Dec. 19, 2023

Rice scientists and collaborators at Texas A&M University and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a new way to kill cancer cells by using near-infrared light to make a small dye molecule attached to their membrane vibrate strongly. It is the first time this kind of mechanical molecular action has been used as a potential therapy.

Dateline Rice for Dec. 18, 2023 (Weekend Edition) Dec. 18, 2023

Dateline Rice for Dec. 18, 2023 (Weekend Edition)

People, papers and presentations for Dec. 18, 2023 Dec. 18, 2023

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Newest Owls react to being accepted into Rice Class of 2028 Dec. 18, 2023

Congratulations to the newest Owls!

Rice, Hispanic community leaders celebrate Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Dec. 18, 2023

Rice President Reginald DesRoches and a host of Hispanic community leaders celebrated Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner for his eight years of service to the city at the university’s Faculty Club Dec. 15.

Joseph Novak honored by Rice Board of Trustees Dec. 18, 2023

Rice University’s Board of Trustees recognized Joseph Novak, faculty lecturer in the biosciences department and director of the Betty and Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden, for his contributions to both the university and the community. He has been a faculty member since 2014.

Campus Services and Sustainability Department announces winter break hours, closures Dec. 18, 2023

During the winter break, several of Rice University’s Campus Services and Sustainability operations will undergo amended hours. Here is a list of the change.

Chris Stipes joins Rice as executive director of news and media relations Dec. 18, 2023

Chris Stipes, a public relations leader and Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, has been appointed executive director of news and media relations in Rice University’s Office of Public Affairs.

For this emergent class of materials, ‘solutions are the problem’ Dec. 18, 2023

Rice materials scientists developed a fast, low-cost, scalable method to make covalent organic frameworks (COFs), a class of crystalline polymers whose tunable molecular structure, large surface area and porosity could be useful in energy applications, semiconductor devices, sensors, filtration systems and drug delivery.

Electronic pathways may enhance collective atomic vibrations’ magnetism Dec. 15, 2023

A new study from Rice’s RAMBO laboratory and collaborators suggests the magnetism of phonons, collective atomic vibrations, is enhanced by electronic pathways.