Rice Staff Council announces the Rice Staff Excellence Award; nominations due Feb. 9 Jan. 22, 2024
In recognition of the outstanding contributions of Rice staff members, the Rice University Staff Council has created the Rice Staff Excellence Award.
Rice News Archive - 2024
Rice women’s basketball hits ground running in AAC Jan. 22, 2024
Following back-to-back conference road wins last week against East Carolina University and Tulane University, the Rice women’s basketball team is now tied for first place in its first year in the American Athletic Conference.
Engineering professor remembered as ‘brilliant and thoughtful scientist’ Jan. 22, 2024
Calvin “Herb” Ward, an Air Force veteran whose career at Rice spanned more than half a century, died Dec. 28 at the age of 90.
Friends of Fondren event celebrates Rice authors, artists Jan. 22, 2024
Friends of Fondren Library honored Rice University authors, editors, composers and artists of works published in 2023 during its annual celebration event Jan. 17.
Crises create opportunities for organizations to get ‘jazzy,’ Rice research shows Jan. 22, 2024
Organizational leaders may benefit from operating more like a jazz ensemble during crises in order to utilize their resources in unconventional ways, according to new research from Rice University.
Fast-rising star conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, music director of the Chicago Opera Theater and founder of the Refugee Orchestra Project, will lead the Rice University Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra in a Feb. 2 performance with works exploring different shades of the human experience.
Dateline Rice for Jan. 19, 2024 Jan. 19, 2024
Dateline Rice for Jan. 19, 2024
Rice’s Amanda Marciel wins NSF CAREER Award Jan. 19, 2024
Rice’s Amanda Marciel has won an NSF CAREER Award for her research on materials useful in applications such as stretchable electronics and biomimetic tissues.
Rice to hold winter clothing drive Jan. 22-31 Jan. 18, 2024
Rice University’s Emergency Medical Services and Housing and Dining departments have teamed up for a winter clothing drive set for Jan. 22-31.
Global health initiative targeting newborn mortality to announce next phase Jan. 23 with new, 8-figure funding Jan. 18, 2024
A major initiative to improve newborn care and survival across sub-Saharan Africa will announce the next phase of activities supported by new, eight-figure funding during a press conference held at Rice University’s Biosciences Research Collaborative Jan. 23.
Dateline Rice for Jan. 18, 2024 Jan. 18, 2024
Dateline Rice for Jan. 18, 2024
Rice research opens new arena to study quantum interactions Jan. 18, 2024
Rice scientists along with collaborators at Durham University prolonged quantum behavior in an experimental system nearly 30-fold by using ultracold temperatures and special laser wavelengths to generate a “magic trap” that delays the onset of quantum decoherence.
Owls to kick off ’25 season with Puerto Rico Challenge Jan. 18, 2024
Rice will open the 2025 baseball season in a unique setting as the Owls are one of eight college baseball teams who have been selected to play in the Puerto Rico Challenge, Feb. 13-16, 2025 in Ponce and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Rice Alliance, HETI and TEX-E Energy Venture Day and Pitch Competition applications open Jan. 18, 2024
The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, the Houston Energy Transition Initiative (HETI) and TEX-E have opened applications for their Energy Venture Day and Pitch Competition at CERAWeek, set to take place in the Agora program on March 20.
Mexico, US relationship examined in latest edition of Mexico Country Outlook report Jan. 18, 2024
The United States-Mexico border will be the greatest source of conflict between the two nations in 2024 — particularly with elections in both countries this year — according to the latest edition of the Mexico Country Outlook report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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