Rice Physicists:
Rice physicists find ‘magnon’ in 2D magnet (Rice News)

Elaine Howard Ecklund:
The Way I See It (Rice News)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “How ‘bout a Fresca?”

Welch Institute:
Welch Institute names Matthew Tirrell to chair Scientific Advisory Board (RIce News)

William Akers:
Exhibit honors pioneer of artificial heart (Rice News)

Kory Evans:
Weird and wonderful fish with Kory Evans (Spotify)

Baker Institute:
Historic Houston neighborhoods focus of study on small business (RIce News)

Robert Ritner Jr '75:
Eminent Egyptologist and beloved teacher, 1953-2021 (UChicago News)

The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday.  You can check it out here.

Matteo Pasquali:
'Smart' shirt keeps tabs on the heart (RIce News)

Best colleges:
Rice ranked by Niche as one of nation’s top 10 universities (Rice News)

Ruth Simmons:
Q&A with Prairie View A&M President (Houston Chronicle)

Baker Institute:
US must take responsibility for Afghan refugees, expert says (RIce News)

Yang Gao:
Rice lab dives deep for DNA"s secrets (Rice News)

OEDK:
Team Brain Drain won second place at the NIH 2021 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge for CephaloPump, a negative pressure pump.  Read more.

Carbon Hub:
Rice scientists unveil secrets of carbon nanotubes (Houston Chronicle)

What's In Woodson:
Pottery and a Skull (Woddson Research Center)

Chetna Koshy:
Chetna Koshy named chief compliance officer (RIce News)

Rice HIstory Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “Jones College Instructions to Freshman Servers, no date”.

Class of 2025:
Rice welcomes largest class, with highest yield rate (The Rice Thresher)

Transnational Asian Studies:
Offerings expanded with three new faculty members (RIce News)

New Rice Survey:
Drive-through voting is a hit with Harris County voters (Rice News)

The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday.  You can check it out here.

Isaac Hilton:
Trailblazing Rice bioengineer is turning cells into disease fighters (Rice News)

Will Robin (Northwestern '10):
William Robin, a close family friend, is a regular contributor to the New York Times.  Yesterday, the Times published his obituary of R Murray Schafer (1933-2021), “the composer who heard nature’s music”.

Ada Dean Grundy (1924-2021):
On August 16, Ada Dean Grundy passed away.  A lifelong resident of Houston, she attended Rice (class of 1945) “where she was a member of the Pallas Athene Literary Society and the PALS Women’s Baseball Team and was an honoree at the Archi-Arts Ball”.  She was devoted to her husband of fifty-seven years, the late Thad Grundy, and their family.  Also, she was an avid sportswoman and competitor, she was passionate about art and she was active in the Texas Republican party as well as involved in her church and the community.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.