OpenStax:
OpenStax to launch open access organic chemistry textbook (Rice Owls)

Rice EMS:
Rice EMS receives grant from Firehouse Subs Foundation (Rice News)

Charu Jain, MBA '17:

Rice Chemists:
Gold buckyballs, oft-used nanoparticle ‘seeds’, are one and the same (Rice News)

Rice Emerging Scholars Program:
Program helps prepare first-year students for STEM rigor, success (Rice News)

Jim Lawler '73:
Author Jim Lawler ’73, who was a senior CIA Operations Officer, is interviewed on a podcast where he discusses “Injecting The Art of Espionage Into Novels”.

Rice Engineers:
Rice scientists win NIH grant to advance spinal cord research (Rice News0

Jing Chen:
Jing Chen awarded APA early career award (Rice News)

Carolyn Nichol:
Education program tackles race-based cancer health disparities (Rice News)

Scott Solomon (Thanks, Susan Zimmerman!):

Richard Francis '92:
Fitch Ratings director of sovereign ratings Richard Francis ’92 is CoStar News Person of the Week for his role in the agency’s downgrade of the U.S. credit ratings.  Read more.

Nikta Fakhri, PhD '10:

Rice Admissions:
How Rice tries to avoid unfair admission advantages for rich kids (NPR)

Vivan Ho:
Price increases to blame for rising hospital emergency room costs (Rice News)

Sasha Cooke '84:
Q&A with Sasha Cooke (OperaWire)

Allen Gilmer '84:
From Geoscientist to Filmmaker (ARA)

Wes Anderson:

Rice Engineering:
Rice Engineering names senior associate deans (Rice News)