2005 News Releases
12/22/2005 - Ultracold test produces long-sought quantum mix
12/22/2005 - Rice Names institute in honor of Smalley
12/13/2005 - Barron named Associate Dean of Natural Sciences
12/12/2005 - Rice University's Baker Institute issues 'Trilateral Action Plan for Road Map Phase I Implementation'
12/12/2005 - Magnetic transistor could "dial in" quantum effects
12/06/2005 - $20 million gift, largest in Rice history, boosts $80 million plan to make Humanities departments national leaders
12/06/2005 - Rice composer premieres four works in January
12/05/2005 - Hubble movies show traffic jam in stellar jets
12/05/2005 - Mathematician's insight helps unravel knotty problem
12/01/2005 - Head football coach Ken Hatfield resigns
11/28/2005 - Rice President brings C2C to London, Paris
11/21/2005 - Rice's Amy Jaffe makes Esquire's 'Best and Brightest' list
11/21/2005 - Rice student selected as Rhodes Scholar
11/09/2005 - New report analyzes Houston changes over nearly a quarter-century
11/09/2005 - School of Continuing Studies to be named for Susanne M. Glasscock
10/31/2005 - Mathematicians get a handle on centuries old shape
10/31/2005 - Out of sight, out of Mind? Not necessarily
10/28/2005 - Nanotech pioneer, Nobel laureate Richard Smalley dead at 62
10/27/2005 - Three from Rice elected AAAS Fellows
10/26/2005 - Modifications render carbon nanotubes nontoxic
10/25/2005 - Book sale set for Nov. 4-5 at Rice University
10/21/2005 - Journalist George Packer to speak at Rice Oct. 31
10/20/2005 - Rice scientists build world's first single-molecule car
10/14/2005 - Tapia promoted to university professor
10/13/2005 - Panel discussion at Rice University Oct. 29 will address problems of AIDS in Houston's black community
10/07/2005 - Mayor Bill White chosen as Rice's '06 commencement speaker
10/07/2005 - Mayor Bill White chosen as Rice's '06 commencement speaker
10/04/2005 - Free-energy theory borne out in large-scale protein folding
10/04/2005 - Study: nanotech processing "greener" than oil refining
09/28/2005 - Demand for gasoline doubled during evacuation for Rita
09/26/2005 - Study addresses control of body size in fruit flies
09/19/2005 - Findings relate aspirin-induced ulcers, hearing loss
09/15/2005 - Cunningham will read from his latest book at Rice Oct. 6
09/15/2005 - National study shows black immigrants' health erodes the longer they live in the U.S.
09/14/2005 - Rice researchers gain new insight into nanoscale optics
09/12/2005 - Immune system has evolved to prevent autoimmune disease
09/09/2005 - How tolerant should we be?
09/07/2005 - Method slashes quantum dot costs by 80 percen
08/29/2005 - Fungus helps tall fescue choke out native plants
08/23/2005 - Bacteria are key to 'green' plastics, drugs
08/19/2005 - Nano coalition unveils environmental, health and safety database
08/15/2005 - NSF center aims to bolster security and trust in e-voting
08/11/2005 - 'Gadonanotubes' greatly outperform existing MRI contrast agents
08/11/2005 - Natural scientists are less likely to believe in God than are social scientists
08/09/2005 - Getting to the TOPP of Houston's air pollution
08/01/2005 - 'Smart' nanoprobes light up disease
08/01/2005 - EdAdmin Council chooses open-access curricula
07/27/2005 - Amazon source of five-year-old river breath
07/25/2005 - Bioengineering student wins Hertz fellowship
07/21/2005 - Hamill Foundation funds innovation program at Rice
07/14/2005 - Rice earns three invites to coveted engineering symposium
07/13/2005 - Rice and other universities create Texas Digital Library
07/12/2005 - Rice Laboratory for Nanophotonics gets $3M training grant
07/12/2005 - Speed and endurance are doled out by the pound, Rice researchers find
07/08/2005 - Availability of vascular surgeons impacts amputation rate
06/29/2005 - Costly breeding programs for endangered species pay off
06/24/2005 - More women migrating to U.S. from Mexico
06/23/2005 - Report warns of challenges to U.S. leadership in space
06/23/2005 - Psychology's Martin named journal editor
06/22/2005 - CBEN: Buckyball aggregates are soluble, antibacterial
06/21/2005 - Rice Bioengineer Wins ASME's Van C. Mow Medal
06/16/2005 - Rice Physicist Earns White House Honor
06/07/2005 - Newest Rice building named for Janice and Robert McNair
05/26/2005 - Rice unveils ‘green' microcapsule production method
05/24/2005 - NIH awards Rice $1.1M for middle school science lessons
05/18/2005 - Rice names William Glick new dean of Jones School
05/16/2005 - Rice, Iowa State biologists search for ‘half-fusion'
05/12/2005 - Kennedy elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
05/10/2005 - Popular Rice professor to speak at Commencement
04/28/2005 - Database at Rice compiles info on state supreme courts
04/28/2005 - Drezek recognized for medical technology achievements
04/26/2005 - High school student writers read their work at Rice May 5
04/22/2005 - NASA awards $11M ‘Quantum Wire' contract to Rice
04/15/2005 - Nanoshells simultaneously detect and destroy cancer cells
04/15/2005 - Author of 'Bookseller of Kabul' to speak at Rice
04/15/2005 - Barron wins NAS/Keck Futures Initiative funding
04/05/2005 - Differential heart-attack risks among blacks, whites remain mystery
04/04/2005 - Obese shoppers more likely to experience discrimination
04/04/2005 - Sallie Keller-McNulty named new engineering dean at Rice
04/01/2005 - Drezek wins Beckman Young Investigator Award
03/31/2005 - PBS' Roadtrip Nation to visit Rice University
03/31/2005 - Tapia named one of tech's '50 Most Important Hispanics'
03/29/2005 - 'Color-blind' method opens new doors in DNA sequencing
03/28/2005 - Lovins to discuss 'Winning the Oil Endgame'
03/23/2005 - Opponents of needle-exchange programs should think about the message they're sending to drug users
03/16/2005 - Joe Hickerson to perform and lecture at Rice
03/15/2005 - Rice Cinema to feature early films of Olivier Assayas
03/14/2005 - Rice music professor awarded Library of Congress commission for new work
03/08/2005 - Nanoscience solutions for energy technologies advocated
03/07/2005 - Conserved amino acids play both structural and mechanistic roles in sandwich-like protein
02/28/2005 - Rice has new master's degree program designed for working adults
02/23/2005 - Tiny particles could solve billion-dollar problem
02/21/2005 - Ghandhi's grandson to speak on nonviolence Feb. 28
02/18/2005 - Rice eliminates borrowing for low-income undergraduates
02/17/2005 - Bringing high-speed Internet to Houston's East End
02/07/2005 - Rice's CNST awards Smalley/Curl Funds for Innovation
02/03/2005 - Group issues recommendations for Road Map to Peace
01/31/2005 - Shoah Foundation president to speak at Rice Feb. 10
01/28/2005 - Utah State University partners with Rice's Connexions Project
01/25/2005 - Rice scientist recognized as pioneer in tissue engineering
01/24/2005 - Study discovers serious deficiencies in “apparently normal” heart valves
01/21/2005 - Rice University names first dean of undergraduates
01/21/2005 - Gendered age differences expected among Oscar nominees
01/18/2005 - Rice student wins award for revolutionary MRI research
01/11/2005 - Study shows nanoshells ideal as chemical nanosensors
01/10/2005 - Rice's School of Architecture ranks No. 3 in the nation
01/07/2005 - Writer Suzanne O'Malley available to comment on Andrea Yates
01/06/2005 - Conference at Rice to focus on early childhood education
