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In North Carolina, Mark Little leads a collaborative approach to rural economic development that builds on community relationships to create and sustain job growth....
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Former roommates and careerlong colleagues Barney Graham and Bill Gruber have been instrumental in the development of vaccines for respiratory diseases and HIV. Today, they’re at t...
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The fall 2020 semester began in the midst of a relentless pandemic. But Rice was ready, and about 40% of undergraduates returned in August to live on campus. Six Rice students from...
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After stealing the show on “Indian Matchmaking,” Aparna Shewakramani is shaking off the haters and mulling her next role....
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A blur-correcting camera lets Gemini South telescope take crystal-clear images of star-forming nebula....
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Rice Opera’s first virtual opera combines recorded musical performances, green screen backgrounds and lots of ingenuity to tell a story of resistance....
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Houston’s wastewater treatment plants have emerged as a key source of data about the spread of COVID-19....
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A study of exhaled aerosols points to the importance of ventilation for performance artists....
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Every two years since 2006, Dan Wallach, Michael Byrne and Robert Stein have combined their back-grounds in computer science, psychology and political science, respectively, to lea...
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Just three weeks into the fall 2020 semester, we photographed 15 students and asked them about being optimistic in these unprecedented times....
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New podcast sheds light on research and the behind-the-scenes work of Rice historians....