Campus Safety leader Kathryn Cavender to retire
Jan. 28, 2025
Kathryn Cavender, associate vice president for Campus Safety, will retire this June after 34 years of service to the university, leaving behind an legacy of leadership and dedication.
Rice Business Wisdom: Hidden inequality exists in auto lending
Jan. 28, 2025
Rice’s Alex Butler and James Weston uncover troubling inequalities in America’s auto loan market. Using a dataset that spans over a decade, the experts at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business find that Black and Hispanic borrowers face higher rejection rates and steeper borrowing costs than white borrowers, even when they have comparable credit profiles.
Rice researchers lead project using quantum phenomenon to transform super-resolution imaging
Jan. 27, 2025
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Rice and Texas A&M has received a $1.2 million award from the W.M. Keck Foundation to advance super-resolution imaging and single-molecule tracking by harnessing super-radiance, a quantum optical phenomenon with transformative potential for research and innovation in medicine, engineering and the physical sciences.