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President Reginald Des Roches
Our Research Future

A Letter from President DesRoches...

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Photosynthesis
The Environmental Lawyer

Unconventional Wisdom: Jim Blackburn in his own words<br /> <br /> ...

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A pop-up prairie garden in the shadow of Rice’s Shepherd School of Music and adjacent to the Turrell Skyspace intends to exemplify what Houston’s future landscape could look like.
Back to the Garden

“Prairie Plots” is a living installation incorporating more than 1,300 plants and seeds selected for their ability to thrive in a harsh South Texas climate....

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Cin-Ty Lee's drawings of birds seen on Rice's campus
Campus Scene: Migratory Birds

Cin-Ty Lee, the Harry Carothers Wiess Professor of Geology, has turned his lifelong passion for birds into a full-time hobby at night....

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Book: Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe
Now Reading: Alumni Books

Alumni Books...

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By the Numbers photo by Jeff Fitlow
By the Numbers

A snapshot of Rice research accomplishments in 2021 ...

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Photo of Bryan Hassin by Jeff Fitlow
A Force Multiplier

Bryan Hassin combines technology, dedication and passion in his fight against climate change....

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Julian Cooper’s research focuses on a more sustainable future for thermosets.
Scalable, Economical — and Recyclable

Julian Cooper’s research focuses on a more sustainable future for thermosets....

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Erica Ollmann Saphire Photo by Jenny Siegwart
Good Work in the World

Erica Ollmann Saphire studies viruses and immune molecules to develop life-saving therapies....

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Dornith Doherty. “Acacia” Digital chromogenic lenticular photograph (detail), 58 x 38.5 inche
Seeds of Life

Artist Dornith Doherty finds beauty and optimism in the layers of catastrophe and preservation....

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Books pictured: Confronting Climate Gridlock and Sex, Sea, and Self
Now Reading: Faculty Books

Recent books by Daniel Cohan, civil and environmental engineer, and Jacqueline Couti, the Laurence H. Favrot Professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cul...

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Illustration of a soldier wearing a smart helmet
A Rather Intelligent Helmet

Rice faculty to develop 3D-printed ‘smart helmets’ for the military....

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These vials contain drug-producing beads that can be implanted with minimally invasive surgery to deliver continuous, high doses of interleukin-2.
A New Way to Shrink Cancer Tumors

A promising treatment could begin human clinical trials this year....

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Hope Accelerator

New center will focus on restoring brain function after disease or injury....

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Illustration by Alex Eben Meyer
Toward 2030

Rice announces ambitious carbon neutral goal supported by initiatives in endowment, faculty research and campus sustainability. <br /> ...

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Members of Team Stroke Risk Samantha Fuentes, Nick Glaze and Josue Casco-Rodriguez. Photo by Brandon Martin
Every 40 Seconds

A model for predicting recurrent strokes wins Rice&#039;s 2022 Data to Knowledge (D2K) research showcase....

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A computer with the rice carpool app on the screen
Digital Solutions for Social Good

The RiceApps club releases three new useful products....

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Reed Corum, Rebecca Franklin, Victoria Kong and David Ikejiani
OEDK Team Prototypes Safer Intubation Device

Rice engineering team’s wireless video laryngoscope may aid airway managers....

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Photo by Alese Pickering
In An Entrepreneurial Class

Rice’s new Innovation Fellows program supports the promising ideas of young scientists and entrepreneurs....

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Syllabus: Brewery as Classroom

Rice students are using an inquiry-based learning framework to help solve practical problems for clients in the community. ...

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Illustration by Paddy Mills
Project & Prototype

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Illustration by Dan Page
Energy in Transition

Rice is leveraging its core research strengths in engineering and science — and its location in the U.S. energy capital — to tackle the urgent challenges of global climate change....

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Illustration by Katy Lemay
Living Voyages

A massive digital resource on the Atlantic and inter-American slave trade finds a home-base at Rice and leads to new discoveries about the history of slavery in Texas....

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Illustration by Chloe Niclas
Flood of Emotions

Two Rice faculty bring their perspectives on disaster to recent books about Hurricane Harvey and flooding in Houston. <br /> ...

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Photo by Jeff Fitlow
In Pursuit of Big Questions

The research enterprise at Rice is far-reaching, complex, ambitious — and available to all students. ...

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Summer 2022

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