Rice Magazine

Spring 2025

Imagery of pancreas

A Breakthrough in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Photo of Christina Tringides

A Better Way to Remove Tumors

Dominic Boyer and Jim Elliott on the banks of Houston’s Buffalo Bayou

Our Changing Climate’s Social Challenges
Luis Campos at the podium addressing an audience

A Scientific Reckoning Returns
Illustration of cancerous tumor
Margin of Error

An $18 million ARPA-H grant will help surgeons develop a promising new cancer pathology system.

Moody Center Complex for Student Life
A New Roost for Owls

Rice will break ground on the new Moody Center Complex for Student Life in May.

Illustration of Melinda Spaulding Chevalier
Telling the Stories of Rice

A note from VP of Public Affairs Melinda Spaulding Chevalier

Photo of person looking at rows of books at Library Services Center
Books and Ladders

The Library Service Center is the nexus for storing and maintaining invaluable Rice treasures.

Photo of Lydia Kavraki
Kavraki Elected to NAE

Computer scientist Lydia Kavraki elected to the National Academy of Engineering for her transformative work on robotics

Illustration depicting creative use of ChatGPT
ChatGPT’s Creative Side

New study finds ChatGPT boosts creativity in everyday challenges.

Sarah Davidson
The Dam

Sarah Davidson brings a humanist’s perspective to a complex story about economic development and environmental justice.

The sculpture made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics submerged in liquid enzymes designed to break it down
Plastic Art + Plastic Science

An installation at the Moody Center for the Arts harnesses creativity and bioscience to imagine a solution for recycling plastic waste.

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