Olivia Trotto (2000-2025):
On July 25, Olivia Trotto passed away unexpectedly in her sleep.  Raised in Pennsylvania, she earned a BA in Cognitive Sciences from Rice in 2022.  After working as an Emergency Room Technician, she was currently attending the Drexel University College of Medicine.  “Olivia loved family, friends, children, animals, travel, languages, music and art, and lived so much life in her 25 years”. Click here for the obituary.

Baker Institute:
Report: What Houston Employers Gain from Transparent Hospital Pricing (Rice News)

Justin Shilke:
Rice deputy registrar advocates on Capitol Hill (Rice News)

Andriy Nevidomskyy:
Rice theoretical physicist helps map rare high-field phase (Rice News)

Tapia STEM Camps:
Camps inspire more than 1,200 students worldwide (Rice News)

Glasscock School:

New Dining Plan:
On-campus meal plan changed (Rice News)

Cancer Research:
Rice, BCM award seed grants (Rice News)

energycapitalhtx:
Click here to read an article entitled “Oil markets on edge: Geopolitics, supply risks, and what comes next”.  Scott Nyquist, Skip York, Abhi Rajendran and Jim Krane are all Fellows at the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute.

ContinuOWL Learning:

SPEED Center:
Philip Bedient to testify before Texas Legislative Committees (Rice News)

Lydia Kavraki:
Kavraki elected to European Academy of Sciences (Rice News)

Alexander Regier:

SPPEED CENTER:
FIRST system provides critical flood warnings in real time (Rice News)
Flash-flooding deaths can be prevented by Phil Bedient (Houston Chronicle)

DexMat:
DexMat is an advanced materials startup with technology originating at Rice and Bryan Guido Hassin ’01 serves as CEO.  The company produces a sustainable nanomaterial (called Galvorn) that is many times stronger than steel, lighter than carbon fiber and as conductive as copper.  Click here for an entertaining video promoting Galvorn.

Best in Class:
Rice rises 26 spots in ranking of Top 100 US universities for utility patents (Rice News)

Karen Burgess '92:

Terence Gee '86:
Terrence Gee named interim chief information officer at Rice (Rice News)

Venice International University:
Rice joins global academic network (Rice News)

Moody Center:

Tobin O'Donnell (1979-2025):

John B Anderson:
Coastal geologist issues urgent call to save the Gulf Coast (Rice News)

Moody Center:
The Reading Room HTX to complement “Figurative History” exhibition (Rice News)