March 30, 2023
Jeffrey Fleischer (Thanks, Charles Maynard!):
Ancient DNA reveals entwined African and Asian ancestry along the Swahili Coast (Rice News)
Glenn Youngkin '90:
March 29, 2023
Class of 2027:
Rice hits record low 7.7% acceptance rate for class of '27 (The Rice Thresher)
Shepherd School:
Spring opera, ‘L’incoronazione di Poppea’, set for April 14 and 16 (Rice News)
The Rice Thresher:
March 28, 2023
James Chappell:
James Chappell Wins NSF CAREER Award (Rice News)
AIMBE Fellows:
Higgs, Ramos elected to AIMBE College of Fellows (Rice News)
Richard Thomson MD (1933-2023):
March 27, 2023
Barney Graham '75 (Thanks, Peter Fasullo '75/'76!):
Dr Barney Graham ’75 wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times yesterday entitled “We Have Cutting Edge Science to Make Vaccines. But Will Everyone Benefit?”
Baker Institute:
March 26, 2023
Beer Bike, Saturday, April 1:
Beer Bike to divide races among safety concerns (The Rice Thresher)
March 25, 2023
Eduardo Salas:
Salas receives American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award (Rice News)
March 24, 2023
Naomi Halas:
Nanophotonics pioneer celebrated as newest University Professor (Rice News)
Beth Buchanan (1999-2023):
March 23, 2023
Academic Quadrangle:
Proposed Quad redesign decenters controversial history (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Business Plan Competition, May 11-13:
Largest intercollegiate student startup competition announces teams (Rice News)
March 22, 2023
Lane Martin:
Rice selects Lane Martin to lead new Advanced Materials Institute (Rice News)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Norma Gene Siegel (1931-2023):
March 21, 2023
Rice Engineers:
Upgraded tumor model optimizes search for cancer therapies (Rice News)
Martha McKean Wright (1942-2023):
March 20, 2023
Sam Davis Jr (1930-2023):
As reported, Sam Davis Jr '52/'53, who was a professor at Rice for fifty years (1957-2008), passed away on December 25. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, March 25 at noon at the Anderson Clarke Center.
Rice mourns professor and avid supporter (Rice News, 2/20/23)
March 19, 2023
Barney Graham '75 (Thanks, Peter Fasullo '75/'76!):
Barney Graham ’75 was recently interviewed by the New England Journal of Medicine here.
Baker Institute: