Rice News Archive - 2023

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Dateline Rice for June 15, 2023

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Dateline Rice for June 14, 2023

Rice U. names AP for institutional research and effectiveness Jun. 22, 2023

Arun Chandran Natarajan will join the Office of the Provost as the associate provost for institutional research and effectiveness. Natarajan comes to Rice from Johns Hopkins University, where he was the assistant vice provost for institutional research. He will assume his new role July 1.

Nine Owls named to preseason All-AAC team Jun. 21, 2023

Josh Pearcy leads a group of nine Rice football players that were named to Phil Steele’s Preseason All-American Athletic Conference team.

DNA test could broaden access to cervical cancer screening Jun. 21, 2023

Rice bioengineers have demonstrated a low-cost, point-of-care DNA test for HPV infections that could make cervical cancer screening more accessible in low- and middle-income countries where the disease kills more than 300,000 women each year.

Rice announces new staff paid parental leave and updated short-term disability policies Jun. 21, 2023

Upon recommendations from the University Committee on Faculty and Staff Benefits and the President's Parental Leave Working Group, we are pleased to announce that the campus has approved a new staff Paid Parental Leave policy and an updated Short-Term Disability policy. Both policies will go into effect on July 1, 2023.

Rice names AVPs for research security, technology transfer Jun. 21, 2023

Rice University’s Office of Research has named Tam Dao as assistant vice president for research security and Patricia Stepp as assistant vice president for technology transfer. Both will begin their new roles on July 17.

People, papers and presentations for June 20, 2023 Jun. 20, 2023

Rice’s Department of Political Science, part of the School of Social Sciences, is ranked No. 8 in new rankings of journal research productivity.

Study: Childhood trauma survivors with high heart rate variability are more resilient when grieving spouse Jun. 20, 2023

While childhood trauma is often linked to mental and physical health problems later in life, a new study from Rice University finds that individuals who have faced mistreatment in their youth but have high heart rate variability — variation in the time between heartbeats — are more resilient emotionally and physically when grieving the loss of a spouse.

Athletics Director Karlgaard to leave Rice this summer Jun. 20, 2023

Joe Karlgaard, director of athletics, recreation and lifetime fitness, will be leaving Rice Aug. 1 to become CEO of GSV Summit LLC.

Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator announces Class 3 ventures Jun. 20, 2023

Fifteen new energy ventures that are building technologies to accelerate the energy transition will work with the Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator as part of the third cohort of the program.

Nakhleh elected a fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology Jun. 16, 2023

Rice Dean of Engineering Luay Nakhleh has been elected a fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology.

Rice mourns loss of Douglas Oliver, former School of Architecture professor Jun. 16, 2023

Rice University professor in practice Douglas Eugene Oliver Jr., an accomplished architect and teacher who was cherished for his personability and expertise in and outside of the classroom, passed away on Monday, June 12, at 63 years old.

Study: ‘Multiplicity of impact’ from natural disasters affects Black people most Jun. 16, 2023

The many personal, physical and social impacts of natural disasters disproportionately affect Black people, and such events can have political consequences for local governments regardless of constituents’ political ideology, according to new research from Rice University.

Rice U. chemist leverages heterogeneity for insight into catalysis, cancer initiation Jun. 15, 2023

Rice U. chemist Anatoly Kolomeisky has won a National Science Foundation award to study the role of heterogeneity in chemical and biological processes.