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The Doerr Institute for New Leaders recently named Alex Han and Zac Andrews as the winners of the first Doerr Leader Impact Award for their dynamic and innovative work in community leadership.Their winning idea was to develop an improved…

Silicon anode batteries have the potential to revolutionize energy storage capabilities, which is key to meeting climate goals and unlocking the full potential of electric vehicles.photo of researchersQuan Nguyen (left), Sibani Lisa…

The Rice women's track and field team took the lead on Day 1 and never looked back as the Owls earned their first outdoor title since 2016 at the 2023 Conference USA Championships in Denton, Texas.Rice's 187 points ranks third all-time in…

FluxWorks from Texas A&M University, a magnetic gear technology company, took home the grand prize at the 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC).The RBPC, hosted annually by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship…

A turbulent economy and increasingly expensive and unattainable housing were dominant concerns cited by respondents to the 42nd annual Kinder Houston Area Survey, released today at the annual Kinder Institute Luncheon at the Marriott…

Semi-automated cars are becoming increasingly common, but real dangers exist when technology fails and drivers don’t intervene.New research from Rice University and Old Dominion University finds that verbal prompts as simple as “Is…

Anastasios Kyrillidis, Rice University’s Noah Harding Assistant Professor of Computer Science, is one of 79 recipients of the recently announced Amazon Research Awards (ARA). His proposed research, “Efficient and affordable transformers…

With projects focused on rural food insecurity to juvenile mental health courts to teen health clinics, Rice’s graduating seniors and some juniors in the university’s Social Policy Analysis program gathered earlier this month to present…

An international conference challenging assumptions about reality itself and exploring paranormal phenomena across different cultures and generations was held May 11-13 at Rice.Titled "Archives of the Impossible: Transnationalism,…

Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center recently announced it will move to a new archiving platform that will provide enhanced functionality and accessibility for its extensive digital cultural heritage materials.Woodson is…