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Unconventional Wisdom: Jim Blackburn in his own words<br /> <br /> ...
![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.](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/Prarie_GRID_0.jpg?itok=sj8v7B6s)
“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....
![Cin-Ty Lee's drawings of birds seen on Rice's campus](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/CinTyBirds-GRID.jpg?itok=1VAXyUHe)
Cin-Ty Lee, the Harry Carothers Wiess Professor of Geology, has turned his lifelong passion for birds into a full-time hobby at night....
![Photo of Bryan Hassin by Jeff Fitlow](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-07/Bryan_Fitlow_GRID3.jpg?itok=4RZwCRrl)
Bryan Hassin combines technology, dedication and passion in his fight against climate change....
![Julian Cooper’s research focuses on a more sustainable future for thermosets.](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/CooperJC_GRID.jpg?itok=5YfUV4zN)
Julian Cooper’s research focuses on a more sustainable future for thermosets....
![Erica Ollmann Saphire Photo by Jenny Siegwart](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/EricaOllmannSaphire_GRID.jpg?itok=rQnMIpK8)
Erica Ollmann Saphire studies viruses and immune molecules to develop life-saving therapies....
![Dornith Doherty. “Acacia” Digital chromogenic lenticular photograph (detail), 58 x 38.5 inche](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/DornithDoherty_Acacia_GRID.jpg?itok=PW_cgz85)
Artist Dornith Doherty finds beauty and optimism in the layers of catastrophe and preservation....
![Books pictured: Confronting Climate Gridlock and Sex, Sea, and Self](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/FacultyBooks_GRID.jpg?itok=HYpVCb7O)
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...
![Illustration of a soldier wearing a smart helmet](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/SmartHelmetGRID.jpg?itok=FU8wJ4b6)
Rice faculty to develop 3D-printed ‘smart helmets’ for the military....
![These vials contain drug-producing beads that can be implanted with minimally invasive surgery to deliver continuous, high doses of interleukin-2.](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/Cancer_GRID.jpg?itok=eTI0PkOj)
A promising treatment could begin human clinical trials this year....
![An engraving of a brain](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-08/brain_grid.jpg?itok=q3_M1yLu)
New center will focus on restoring brain function after disease or injury....
![Illustration by Alex Eben Meyer](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/CarbonNeutral_GRID.jpg?itok=rbo_okq-)
Rice announces ambitious carbon neutral goal supported by initiatives in endowment, faculty research and campus sustainability. <br /> ...
![Members of Team Stroke Risk Samantha Fuentes, Nick Glaze and Josue Casco-Rodriguez. Photo by Brandon Martin](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/d2k-stroke-team_GRID.jpg?itok=dxZ0xrzU)
A model for predicting recurrent strokes wins Rice's 2022 Data to Knowledge (D2K) research showcase....
![A computer with the rice carpool app on the screen](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/RiceApps-GRID.jpg?itok=KtktAXVW)
The RiceApps club releases three new useful products....
![Reed Corum, Rebecca Franklin, Victoria Kong and David Ikejiani](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/Intubation_GRID.jpg?itok=_DqCP1D-)
Rice engineering team’s wireless video laryngoscope may aid airway managers....
![Photo by Alese Pickering](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/InnovationFellows-grid.jpg?itok=DTPAcPww)
Rice’s new Innovation Fellows program supports the promising ideas of young scientists and entrepreneurs....
![Photo of beer being poured into a glass and overflowing](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/Syll-Brewery-grid.jpg?itok=bKNIAaBy)
Rice students are using an inquiry-based learning framework to help solve practical problems for clients in the community. ...
![Illustration by Dan Page](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/EnergyTransition-GRID.jpg?itok=nX8H-HRm)
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....
![Illustration by Katy Lemay](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/LIving-Voyages-grid.jpg?itok=9HnJDWrO)
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....
![Illustration by Chloe Niclas](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/FloodBooks_GRID.jpg?itok=gOiuIYY6)
Two Rice faculty bring their perspectives on disaster to recent books about Hurricane Harvey and flooding in Houston. <br /> ...
![Photo by Jeff Fitlow](/sites/g/files/bxs4576/files/styles/resize_350/public/2022-06/ResearchGRID.jpg?itok=h42ygttR)
The research enterprise at Rice is far-reaching, complex, ambitious — and available to all students. ...