News Archive By Year | Rice News | News and Media Relations

Dateline Rice for May 30, 2024 May. 30, 2024

Dateline Rice for May 30, 2024

Lester Roy, Blindside, Chamillionaire, Archie Lee, Paul Wall, Michael "5000" Watts, Lil Ron, and Le Marcus. Image courtesy of Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Rice partners with CCM Foundation, Houston Public Library to showcase hip-hop exhibit in honor of Black Music Month May. 30, 2024

Rice University’s Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning and Fondren Library have partnered with the Houston Public Library and the CCM Foundation to help present the “‘Straight Flexin’, No Plexin’” hip-hop exhibit.

In the brain at rest, neurons rehearse future experience May. 30, 2024

New research from Rice and the University of Michigan sheds light on how individual neurons in the hippocampus of rats stabilize and tune spatial representations during periods of rest following the animals’ first time running a maze, offering first proof of neuroplasticity during sleep.

Rice researchers uncover surprising role of opioid receptors in gut development May. 29, 2024

Researchers at Rice have revealed a previously unknown function of opioid receptors in the development of the enteric nervous system.

Dateline Rice for May 29, 2024 May. 29, 2024

Dateline Rice for May 29, 2024

Rice and Houston Community College collaborate to diversify access to biomedical research training May. 29, 2024

Rice and Houston Community College collaborate to diversify access to biomedical research training through program funded by a $1.8M NIH grant.

Hurricane Harvey viewed from space. Elements of this image are furnished by NASA

Amid projections of active hurricane season, Rice experts available to discuss variety of storm-related topics May. 29, 2024

Rice University experts are available to discuss a variety of hurricane-related topics with the media.

Dateline Rice for May 28, 2024 May. 28, 2024

Dateline Rice for May 28, 2024

Research security as a top government, university priority examined at Rice Baker Institute workshop May. 28, 2024

Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy hosted a workshop with experts spanning disciplines such as public policy, mathematics, physics, computer sciences, engineering and the social sciences to chart a path forward for the emerging field of research on research security.