Rice caps off monthlong festivities at annual Pride parade Jun. 26, 2023
Dozens of members of the Rice community hit the streets of downtown Houston June 24 to walk in the city’s 45th annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade.
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Juneteenth events examine Black leadership and ideas central to the holiday Jun. 26, 2023
Rice honored Juneteenth with a discussion series on June 15 to discuss issues of race, racism and injustice. Author Annette Gordon-Reed joined audiences June 20 to discuss her book “On Juneteenth,” which recounts the holiday’s origins and the complex history of Black Texans before, during and after the rise of chattel slavery in the state.
Houston high-schoolers get environmental boot camp Jun. 26, 2023
Rice University’s Center for Environmental Studies, in partnership with the Houston Climate Justice Museum, hosted students from the Houston Independent School District the week of June 12 as part of a summer program focused on Houston environmental justice.
Baker Institute report: Russia-Ukraine provides policy lessons on oil, natural gas as geopolitical weapons Jun. 26, 2023
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought renewed focus on the use of energy resources as geopolitical “weapons.” But the respective experiences for oil and natural gas in the past year — Russia’s two main energy exports and the leading energy sources for Europe and the U.S. — provide strategic lessons for policymakers, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Study finds human impact on wildlife even in protected areas Jun. 25, 2023
The largest long-term standardized camera-trap survey to date finds that human activity impacts tropical mammals living in protected areas and sheds light on how different species are affected based on their habitat needs and anthropogenic stressors.
Researchers give robots new options for arrangements Jun. 23, 2023
Rice computer scientists have expanded the options robots have for rearranging objects with a new algorithm that allows them to switch between complementary skills like grabbing and placing individual objects or pushing and sliding entire groups.
Rice computer scientists advance cloud security architecture Jun. 23, 2023
Rice computer scientists have discovered a security architecture that could allow cloud service providers to more easily and rapidly deploy devices while also making them more secure.
Kyrillidis wins grant to address AI’s ‘catastrophic forgetting’ Jun. 23, 2023
Rice computer scientist Anastasios Kyrillidis has won a Microsoft Research Award to find ways to overcome the problem of “catastrophic forgetting” during the training of artificial intelligence.
Simpson-Sullivan, Slinkman named C-USA Field Athletes of the Year Jun. 23, 2023
Rice track and field athletes Tara Simpson-Sullivan and Alexander Slinkman were recently named Conference USA Female and Male Athletes of the Year, respectively.
Yimo Han receives NSF CAREER Award Jun. 23, 2023
Rice materials scientist Yimo Han has won a prestigious NSF CAREER Award to advance the use of complex 2D materials in flexible electronics, quantum computing and other applications.
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