June 27, 2021
Hoatian Wang:
Quantum dots keep atoms spaced to boost catalysts (Rice News)
Hoatian Wang:
Quantum dots keep atoms spaced to boost catalysts (Rice News)
Gang Bao:
Sickle cell advance incorporates Rice lab’s tech (Rice News)
Ruth Maxwell:
Rice mourns retired RUPB officer Ruth Maxwell (Rice News)
Stephen Klineberg:
Q&A with Stephen Klineberg (Houston Chronicle)
What's in Woodson:
International Fairy Day (Woodson Research Center)
Southwest Airlines:
Gary Kelly, who was recruited to play football at Rice but instead got an accounting degree from UT, is stepping down as Southwest Airlines CEO next February. Read more.
Willy Rice Statue:
Rice Task Force to consider relocation of Willy Rice statue (Houston Chronicle)
Rice Bioengineers:
Study: How breast implant surfaces affect immune response (RIce News)
Kinder Institute:
Housing in Houston: Tough times for tenants, would-be homeowners (Rice News)
Amanda Marciel:
Rice scientists create process to seed solar panel crystals Houston Chronicle)
Lyn Ragsdale:
Award, plaque to honor legacy of former Dean of Social Sciences (Rice News)
Andy Karsner '89:
Why has Andy Karsner frightened the mighty ExxonMobil? (Washington Post)
Grant Youngman:
On June 4, Grant Youngman passed away at the age of 76. In 1968, He earned a BA from Rice and was commissioned as an ensign in the US Navy. Also, he earned an MBA from Georgia State. He taught computer science for the Navy at the University of Georgia in Athens. He is survived by, among others, his wife Lena. Click here for the Savannah Morning News obituary.
Jonathan Ajo-Franklin:
Seismic study will have keep carbon underground (Rice News)
Jing Zhou:
Study: Use rewards effectively to boost creativity (Rice News)
Mickey Norman "44:
Catching up with Mickey Norman GHBA News)
Chelsea Clark '21:
Chelsea Clark ‘surprised’ by Rice Engineering best-written thesis award (Rice News)
Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice:
Message to the Rice Community - June 16, 2021 (Rice News)
Rebecca Richards-Kortum:
When a Loss Becomes a Win (MacArthur Foundation News)
Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “this slaughter of the English language, 1928”.
Baker Institute:
Study: US and Mexico must work together on asylum (RIce News)