Academic achievement gaps cost the U.S. economy trillions of dollars each year, but significant progress toward closing these gaps has not been made since measurement began in 1969, despite significant developments in teaching and learning.
Rice News Archive - 2024
Dateline Rice for Feb. 5, 2024 (Weekend Edition) Feb. 5, 2024
Dateline Rice for Feb. 5, 2024 (Weekend Edition)
Rice alumna Caroline Shaw ’04 takes home Grammy gold Feb. 5, 2024
Rice Shepherd School of Music alumna and Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw ’04 has struck Grammy gold once again.
Owls take seven top-three finishes at Sterkel Classic Feb. 5, 2024
Rice swimming competed against No. 2-ranked Texas and TCU on Saturday at the Sterkel Classic, tallying one event victory and seven total top-three finishes during the competition.
Staff Spotlight: Bridgitt Dickey Feb. 5, 2024
Staff Spotlight: Bridgitt Dickey
Dateline Rice for Feb. 2, 2024 Feb. 2, 2024
Dateline Rice for Feb. 2, 2024
‘Decades of activism’: CSWGS Distinguished Alum Award recipient details lengthy struggle ‘Before Lawrence v. Texas’ Feb. 2, 2024
“Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement” traces the history of the queer social movement in Texas and the dedicated individuals who played pivotal roles in advocating for LGBTQ+ rights.
Houston Roughnecks to play 2024 season at Rice Stadium Feb. 2, 2024
The United Football League today announced that the Houston Roughnecks will play the 2024 UFL season at iconic Rice Stadium, on the campus of Rice University.
Rice Business’ Visiting Fellow Program kicks off with Wharton School’s Nancy Rothbard Feb. 2, 2024
Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business welcomed Nancy Rothbard, the David Pottruck Professor of Management and deputy dean at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Jan. 30 to speak about her research and spend a week with Rice Business faculty.
Dateline Rice for Feb. 1, 2024 Feb. 1, 2024
Dateline Rice for Feb. 1, 2024
Bruce Weisman wins Electrochemical Society’s Richard E. Smalley Research Award Feb. 1, 2024
Rice University chemist Bruce Weisman’s three-decade career in nanocarbons research has been honored with the namesake award of the Rice colleague who founded the field and sparked Weisman’s interest in it.
Rice Architecture hosts historian Bess Williamson for lecture on design and disability Feb. 1, 2024
Bess Williamson, a historian of design and material culture, gave a lecture at Rice University’s MD Anderson Hall Jan. 22, focusing on the history of built environments for disabled people.
A conversation with new director of Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Bernard Banks Feb. 1, 2024
Resilient, driven and collaborative. These three adjectives describe the new director of the Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Bernard “Bernie” Banks, who is looking to lead Rice University into a new era of leadership development.
Rice baseball kicks off 2024 season with annual Fan Fest Feb. 1, 2024
The Rice baseball team held its annual Fan Fest Jan. 28, inviting Owls supporters to meet the squad before the season begins.
Rice University’s new WaTER Institute, launched today, aims to address complex water related challenges.
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