September 4, 2021
Boris Yakobson:
Bilayer borophene is a first (Rice News)
Boris Yakobson:
Bilayer borophene is a first (Rice News)
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”.