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Rice University Undergraduate Teaching Grants Foster Creativity in the Classroom
Rice University students will have hands-on opportunities to learn data collection, molecular visualization, language skills, CPR, digital engineering design, interdisciplinary thinking and more thanks to the George R. Brown Teaching…
Rice University Economist to Contribute to Next U.S. Department of Labor Survey on Youth in the…
Rice University economist Flávio Cunha will participate in the establishment of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 2027, the latest effort from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to understand how youth…
Rice University President DesRoches Participates in TEDx Talk on Men’s Health
Rice President Reginald DesRoches participated in a TEDx Talk where he joined community leaders in a discussion on men’s health and the challenges of leading during a health crisis.
This TEDxSunnyside Salon event, organized in…
Rice University: Ken Kennedy Institute Grants $175K in Seed Funding for Innovative Research
The Ken Kennedy Institute — supported by contributions from the Rice Synthetic Biology Institute, Smalley-Curl Institute, and Rice Advanced Materials Institute — awarded $175,000 across seven projects through the 2024 AI, Data, and…
Rice University Breaks Ground on New Business School Building, Reveals Design
Rice University broke ground today on a new $54.5 million building for the Jones Graduate School of Business, unveiling the innovative design of a facility that will support the school’s growing student and faculty population.
The new…
World University of Design Gives Artists Center Stage by Hosting India’s First Ever Performing…
DELHI : The World University of Design (WUD), Sonipat hosted the first International Performing Arts Conference in India, known as Anveshana. The conference aimed to foster dialogues and discussions to reimagine how traditional arts can be…
Breakthrough: Underwater Robot Innovates Energy-Efficient Buoyancy Control
A remotely operated underwater robot built by a team of Rice University engineering students pioneers a new way to control buoyancy via water-splitting fuel cells. The device, designed and constructed at the Oshman Engineering Design…
Rice University Celebrates Two Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rice University professors Pedro Alvarez and Antonios Mikos have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the nation.
Founded in 1780 “to help a young nation face its…
Rice University Cell Biology Student Earns Prestigious Watson Fellowship
When Trinity Eimer, a senior at Rice University, applied for the prestigious one-year postgraduate Thomas J. Watson Fellowship last September, she knew exactly what project to pitch to the evaluation committee. The cell biology and genetics…
Rice University Celebrates Class of 2024 as ‘More Resilient and Adaptive Than Ever’ at…
During two days of festivities May 3-4, Rice University’s Class of 2024 graduates celebrated the culmination of their experiences on South Main while also looking forward to the bright futures that await them.
This year’s undergraduate…