2007 Rice News Headlines

December

November

October

10/31/2007 - Schoolhouse rocks
10/31/2007 - Video shows buckyballs form by 'shrink wrapping'
10/31/2007 - New findings help explain hearing loss
10/31/2007 - Could 'hairy roots' become biofactories?
10/31/2007 - Rice's Baker Institute launches Mexico lecture series
10/31/2007 - Fulbright scholar teaches, learns religious tolerance
10/26/2007 - Construction updates
10/26/2007 - German cathedral organist to make North American concert debut at Rice
10/25/2007 - Teachers paved road to professional success for Simmons
10/25/2007 - Biofuels offer no panacea for projected energy shortfall
10/25/2007 - SSPEED to build flood, water-quality sensor network prototype
10/25/2007 - Film directed by Rice alumna screens tonight at MFAH
10/25/2007 - Alumnus Southwick confirmed as Fifth Circuit judge
10/25/2007 - Rice scientists, engineer elected AAAS fellows
10/25/2007 - Lectures explore how humans use art to understand their world
10/24/2007 - Two Rice Alliance events planned for November
10/24/2007 - 'My God Told Me to Kill Your God'
10/24/2007 - Sign up for a dinner dialogue by Nov. 1
10/24/2007 - Lunch Bunch comes to Baker College
10/24/2007 - Get looped at lunch
10/24/2007 - Rice celebrates homecoming Nov. 2-4
10/24/2007 - Gomer speaks on blood proteins
10/24/2007 - Alumna is first female to command space station
10/23/2007 - Ethics help line available for employees
10/23/2007 - The Way I See It: True diversity doesn't come from abroad
10/23/2007 - Rice student-athletes help kids with fundraiser
10/23/2007 - Prominent architect joins Rice to teach science of building labs
10/23/2007 - Book sale bargains this weekend
10/19/2007 - Economist to discuss poverty, gender at Rice's Baker Institute
10/19/2007 - Alumna Astanova performs on 'Today' show
10/19/2007 - Kalam lecture photos
10/19/2007 - Shepherd School takes lead in helping solve classical music's career conundrum
10/19/2007 - Experts call for new emphasis on science, math education in Texas
10/19/2007 - Baker fellow to discuss plan for Jerusalem
10/19/2007 - Campus open for Families Weekend
10/19/2007 - Kalam lecture delivers bold vision for space, science technology
10/19/2007 - Leebron signs Presidents Climate Commitment
10/18/2007 - Back to the future
10/18/2007 - Information Technology establishes new mailing list
10/18/2007 - Spiro, Solis to speak at technology brown bag
10/18/2007 - Wolfram demonstrates updated software
10/18/2007 - Design for Shakespeare Apartments unveiled
10/18/2007 - 'Santa Maria' watches over students, faculty and staff
10/17/2007 - Astronaut to discuss Antarctic meteorite search
10/17/2007 - Jewish mysticism symposium to be held Oct. 26
10/17/2007 - Massad to speak at Rice's Baker Institute
10/17/2007 - Construction updates
10/16/2007 - Wong makes Smithsonian magazine's prestigious '37 under 36' list
10/16/2007 - Author Alix Ohlin to speak on relationship of nature, art
10/16/2007 - BCM, Rice scientists map flu's chemical key
10/12/2007 - Rice Alliance recognized as leading entrepreneurship center in U.S. for creation of new enterprises
10/12/2007 - Entrepreneur magazine ranks Rice among top 25
10/12/2007 - Halas receives honorary doctorate from La Salle University
10/11/2007 - Financial advice available
10/11/2007 - CBEN events with French groups planned
10/11/2007 - Learn about tech services
10/11/2007 - First Town Hall meeting this fall packs McMurtry Auditorium
10/11/2007 - Sidewalks to be closed temporarily
10/10/2007 - 2007 athletics report available next week
10/10/2007 - State regulations restrict use of coronary angioplasty
10/10/2007 - How does your garden grow?
10/10/2007 - Nationally acclaimed documentary returns to its roots
10/10/2007 - Archiving the Americas
10/10/2007 - Rice economist proposes immigration policy overhaul
10/10/2007 - Rice moves 40-foot-tall oak
10/10/2007 - A revived Rice University Press issues its first new title
10/10/2007 - Baker Institute conference looks at science, math education
10/10/2007 - McClellan pushes for innovation, accountability to cure ills
10/09/2007 - Leebron updates faculty on implementation of V2C in State of the University address
10/05/2007 - U.S. ambassador to Russia urges international cooperation
10/05/2007 - Ethiopian leader visits Baker Institute
10/05/2007 - Former president of India to discuss space science and technology Oct. 18 at Rice
10/04/2007 - Intel's Bell describes the 'magic' of technology
10/04/2007 - Russian ambassador to Canada to speak at Rice's Baker Institute
10/04/2007 - Rice hires government relations director
10/04/2007 - CORRUL announces fall speaker series
10/04/2007 - Walk for Rice women's sports Oct. 27
10/04/2007 - Students use designer virus to attack bacterial drug resistance
10/03/2007 - Rice experts offer solutions to the Texas dropout crisis
10/03/2007 - Rice community garden breaks ground in new location
10/03/2007 - Most promising energy and clean technology companies named
10/03/2007 - Athletics hosts lunchtime treat
10/03/2007 - Books on the Bayou discussion
10/03/2007 - Cart training continues
10/03/2007 - Weight Watchers returns to Rice
10/03/2007 - Coffeehouse celebrates Fair Trade Month
10/03/2007 - K-12 outreach parking fund applications due Nov. 30
10/02/2007 - Health-care expert to speak at Rice's Baker Institute

September

09/28/2007 - Taking initiative in Latin America
09/28/2007 - Conference examines solutions to dropout crisis
09/28/2007 - Green groundbreaking
09/28/2007 - Animals rebelled and went to Fondren
09/28/2007 - Emerson and Cox named faculty senators
09/28/2007 - Rice unveils $100 million global health initiative
09/28/2007 - Leebron to be honored by Chinese community
09/28/2007 - Brown University president to speak at President's Lecture Series
09/27/2007 - World of hedge funds to be explored
09/27/2007 - Wireless world of electric fairies to be discussed
09/27/2007 - Negotiating faculty positions
09/27/2007 - Bioengineering hosts 10th anniversary lecture series
09/27/2007 - Middle-school girls reach for the stars
09/27/2007 - IT policy prohibits illegal downloading
09/26/2007 - Research at Rice may help explain aspects of synesthesia
09/26/2007 - Former English Department chair Alan Grob dies
09/26/2007 - Town hall meetings need you
09/26/2007 - Project puts new spin on disease evolution
09/26/2007 - People, Papers and Presentations
09/26/2007 - Crossing the ocean for class
09/25/2007 - The Way I See It: Passing through history
09/25/2007 - Brinkley urges national debate on New Orleans at Baker Institute talk
09/25/2007 - 300 expected at 2007 Tapia Conference
09/20/2007 - U.S. ambassador to Russia to speak at Rice
09/20/2007 - Scientists get first look at nanotubes inside living animals
09/19/2007 - Construction sites aren't shortcuts
09/19/2007 - Jones School sponsors Hispanic MBAs conference
09/19/2007 - Rice Gallery artist creates paper sculpture wonderland
09/19/2007 - Brush up on those digital media skills
09/19/2007 - Lunch Bunch is back
09/19/2007 - Fellowship winners announced
09/19/2007 - DNA origami expert to speak at Rice
09/19/2007 - The Way I See It: Why Rice needs the national media
09/19/2007 - Jeb Bush to speak at Rice's Baker Institute
09/19/2007 - New program for nonprofit leaders receives scholarship support
09/19/2007 - Sociology's Lindsay to discuss power of U.S. evangelicals
09/19/2007 - Diehl wins Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award
09/19/2007 - Lectures explore social accountability in architecture and design
09/19/2007 - Duncan College groundbreaking set for Sept. 27
09/18/2007 - Rice housekeepers honored at luncheon
09/18/2007 - Welch Foundation gives $1.6 million for drug research
09/18/2007 - Chao Foundation pledges $15 million to Rice for Asian studies
09/16/2007 - Tailgating fun
09/16/2007 - Orbit to end zone: Astronaut presents flag during Tech game
09/16/2007 - Rice student-athletes honored in halftime ceremony
09/14/2007 - Three to speak this fall at Baker Institute on leadership
09/14/2007 - Warning: This is only a test
09/14/2007 - Two cases of measles confirmed
09/14/2007 - Bevan wins Coaches Choice Award
09/13/2007 - Rice’s unconventional wisdom goes national
09/13/2007 - Taxol® bristle ball: cancer-clogging drugs loaded onto nanospheres
09/13/2007 - Forum offers perspectives on and from the Arab world
09/13/2007 - Brinkley to discuss Katrina anniversary at Baker Institute
09/13/2007 - Davis, Gonzalez receive Distinguished Employee Award
09/13/2007 - Scientia panel debates 'Lucy' controversy
09/13/2007 - Lapel pin piques worldwide interest
09/13/2007 - Saturday's football game filled with special ceremonies
09/13/2007 - IT offers new discount
09/13/2007 - Weekly OWL-Space training available
09/13/2007 - Robotic minivan drives itself on Rice track
09/13/2007 - New Web sites to improve communication
09/13/2007 - Rice will show Puccini's 'La Bohème'
09/13/2007 - Rice nanotechnologist Tour among finalists for Feynman Prize
09/13/2007 - Faculty conversations through interactive theater
09/12/2007 - And the band played on
09/12/2007 - Fondren sports new look
09/07/2007 - Rice engineers show off latest high-tech prototypes
09/07/2007 - What matters to our leaders and why?
09/07/2007 - Plan to retire and to save
09/07/2007 - Mark your calendar for fall CITI lectures
09/06/2007 - Football season debuts
09/06/2007 - Tailgate Owley fun
09/06/2007 - Social sciences launches undergraduate research initiative
09/05/2007 - Anthropologist gets immersed in NASA culture
09/05/2007 - Stars just got clearer, closer for Rice astronomers
09/05/2007 - Rice, Nanyang Tech collaborate on sustainable nanoelectronics
09/05/2007 - Embryonic stem cells used to grow cartilage
09/05/2007 - Grants help study of issues related to women in science, engineering
09/05/2007 - Rice's Wallach finds flaws in e-voting system used in Harris County
09/05/2007 - New pavilion to carry Brochstein name
09/05/2007 - I think that I shall never see …
09/05/2007 - Human resources offers ways to stay healthy
09/05/2007 - Deconstruction of houses reflects Rice's sustainability efforts
09/05/2007 - Another giant leap for mankind

August

08/30/2007 - Two new directors anchor undergraduate enrollment
08/30/2007 - Grant expands reach, depth of Rice's Center for Civic Engagement
08/30/2007 - McMurtry College construction begins
08/30/2007 - Michael Oxley, vice chairman of NASDAQ, anchors Rice Alliance event
08/29/2007 - Rice undergrads work in Africa over summer
08/29/2007 - Scientia panel to debate 'Lucy' controversy
08/29/2007 - Pakistani novelist to speak at Baker Institute
08/29/2007 - Water-permeable concrete tested in North Lot Annex
08/29/2007 - Coffeehouse resumes in-school hours, adds desserts
08/29/2007 - Tickets now on sale for Shepherd School concerts
08/29/2007 - Solutions sought to Texas dropout crisis
08/29/2007 - Kama Sutra lecture coming soon
08/29/2007 - Register now for cart training
08/29/2007 - Practice leads to excellence, debate team learns
08/28/2007 - Students reach out to Houston
08/27/2007 - Passport to Houston Night -- photos
08/27/2007 - Academic advising -- photos
08/27/2007 - First day of class
08/24/2007 - Friday of O-Week -- photos
08/23/2007 - Rice launches new identity guidelines
08/23/2007 - Be a volleyball guest coach
08/23/2007 - Run, walk for breast cancer
08/23/2007 - Lucy exhibit to be discussed
08/23/2007 - Noted math teaching scholar to speak
08/23/2007 - Dancing doctor wins Fulbright
08/23/2007 - Vintage Rice
08/23/2007 - Rice physicists go deep for 'dark matter'
08/23/2007 - Physically safe programming
08/23/2007 - Nanotubes packing powerful alpha-emitters could target lone cancer cells
08/22/2007 - Summer window closes with gallery talk
08/22/2007 - Learn to build a life science business
08/22/2007 - Chapman paper named to "most-often-cited" list
08/22/2007 - Lecture series shows breadth of career options
08/22/2007 - Photos of O-Week 2007
08/22/2007 - O-Week antics - photos
08/22/2007 - Sports rally (1) - photos
08/22/2007 - Students rank Rice highly in quality of life
08/22/2007 - Rice announces $30M gift, plans for 'greenest' building yet
08/22/2007 - Sports rally (2) - photos
08/21/2007 - Matriculation - photos
08/21/2007 - President's barbecue - photos
08/21/2007 - Who knew you could move in without lifting a finger?
08/20/2007 - Move-in day - photos
08/20/2007 - Faculty address - photos
08/20/2007 - Baker College cheers - photos
08/20/2007 - O-Week letter
08/17/2007 - H2Woes
08/17/2007 - Hollywood bites into Cronin's novel
08/17/2007 - Rice ranks among top 20 nationally
08/17/2007 - The city and the university: essentials for success
08/16/2007 - Putting on the pads
08/16/2007 - Those Owls are looking good!
08/16/2007 - Adams featured as great mind of Houston
08/16/2007 - Special journal issue examines gender consequences of China's market reform
08/16/2007 - Rice's largest class of freshmen arrives for O-Week Sunday
08/16/2007 - Common reading program announced
08/15/2007 - Study-abroad department adds staff, programs
08/15/2007 - Summer beyond hedges provides invaluable lessons
08/15/2007 - Center to answer questions on Rice construction
08/15/2007 - Living with information technology
08/14/2007 - Public invited to learn about storm prediction, planning
08/13/2007 - Sailing club keeps the wind in their sails
08/13/2007 - Red carpet rolls out for graduate students
08/09/2007 - Skin-cancer screenings are back
08/08/2007 - Attacks on campus buildings actually fix problems
08/08/2007 - K-12 outreach enlivens campus during summer quiet
08/08/2007 - IT needs new recruits
08/08/2007 - Latest tissue-engineering research discussed at Rice
08/08/2007 - Two meetings for new faculty coming soon
08/08/2007 - Jazz Age book to be discussed
08/07/2007 - Racing Owls featured on CMT
08/07/2007 - Studies of desert duo show there's more to life than predator eats prey
08/03/2007 - Poster session highlights undergrad research
08/03/2007 - Library books are due
08/03/2007 - TIAA-CREF coming to campus
08/03/2007 - A break in the rain
08/03/2007 - Rice engineer shares insight on bridge inspections
08/02/2007 - Biology meets nanotechnology in HHMI summer program
08/02/2007 - Rice historian finds treasures among Autry detritus
08/02/2007 - Baker fellows attend migration conference on border
08/02/2007 - University recognized as one of the nation's most advanced campuses'
08/01/2007 - Wallach named one of top 40 researchers
08/01/2007 - Change passwords before classes begin
08/01/2007 - Branding Rice: New marketing director takes reins
08/01/2007 - Love of dogs, physical challenges drive this Rice graduate to legendary marathon race in Alaska

July

07/26/2007 - Neighbors and Rice work together to improve accessibility, appearance of city spaces
07/26/2007 - Zebrafish research points way to answers about human development
07/26/2007 - Rice alum named first woman to command space station
07/26/2007 - How he spent his summer vacation
07/26/2007 - Documentary born at Rice receives national attention
07/26/2007 - People, Papers and Presentations
07/25/2007 - Sanders appointed dean of graduate and postdoctoral studies
07/25/2007 - Hamill Innovations Awards announced
07/25/2007 - Foyle named associate vice president for resource development
07/25/2007 - Recreation center closings announced
07/25/2007 - Provide a home away from home
07/20/2007 - Benefits of university and K-12 partnership proven in national study
07/20/2007 - Rice student-athletes honored for classroom efforts
07/20/2007 - Homage to Lady Bird: She didn't like litter either
07/20/2007 - Rice needs emergency communication info from students, staff and faculty
07/20/2007 - Summertime cool-down
07/20/2007 - Autry Court renovations begin
07/19/2007 - English's Justin Cronin signs high-profile book deal
07/19/2007 - Seed funding to stimulate Rice, TMC collaboration
07/19/2007 - Cool off with coffeehouse specials
07/19/2007 - Summer discounts offered for backup care
07/19/2007 - Free summer cinema is back
07/19/2007 - Protein pulling: Learning how proteins fold by pulling them apart
07/19/2007 - Rice professor brings attention, expertise to homeland's plight
07/17/2007 - Fall personal development courses are available now
07/13/2007 - Around Rice
07/13/2007 - Owlmaha memories
07/13/2007 - Leebron reflects on trip to Israel
07/13/2007 - Rice undergrads to deliver papers at national conference
07/13/2007 - Two groves of Drake elms to be planted by pavilion
07/12/2007 - Savery named C-USA male athlete of the year
07/12/2007 - The Welch Foundation gives $5M to chemistry
07/11/2007 - Linguistics' Bowern earns prestigious NSF grant
07/11/2007 - New Rice greenhouse garners grant dollars
07/11/2007 - Tacker wins award for sportsmanship
07/11/2007 - Soccer stadium gets new locker rooms, athletics offices move, Reckling gets new field
07/06/2007 - Campanile Road to be resurfaced
07/06/2007 - Technology Marketplace sports new look
07/06/2007 - What does 'green' really mean?
07/06/2007 - People, Papers and Presentations for July 2007
07/05/2007 - Your wrist bone's connected to your cell phone
07/05/2007 - Food, school supplies wanted for needy
07/05/2007 - Amoebae control cheating by keeping it in the family
07/05/2007 - Leebron in Israel to meet with educational leaders and researchers
07/03/2007 - Blogs spotlight Rice undergrads' work in Africa
07/03/2007 - Workshop offers the keys to commercializing technology
07/03/2007 - Rice to establish Institute for Chinese Language Teaching

June

06/29/2007 - BP analyzes world energy
06/29/2007 - Almond selected 25th by Utah Jazz
06/29/2007 - Teacher from Malawi learns about global health at Rice
06/29/2007 - Coleman named vice provost for research
06/29/2007 - Tuna Fest adds summer fun to Friday afternoon
06/28/2007 - Direct deposit offers easiest, quickest way to get paid
06/28/2007 - Ghorbel receives prestigious Schlumberger position
06/28/2007 - Forecast: Hurricanes in a redesigned CITE
06/28/2007 - Rice's institute attracts teachers from around the globe
06/27/2007 - Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering's third annual symposium
06/27/2007 - Stay informed with Dateline Rice
06/27/2007 - Wait on that iPhone
06/27/2007 - July fitness classes announced
06/25/2007 - Nine Rice students develop research skills in D.C. this summer
06/25/2007 - Check your new paycheck
06/22/2007 - Rice’s baseball season ends with 7-4 loss to North Carolina in College World Series Semifinals
06/22/2007 - Former Jones School dean Gilbert Whitaker Jr. dies at age 75
06/22/2007 - Fans welcome Owls back from College World Series
06/21/2007 - Best places to work
06/21/2007 - A tradition that lasts long after the flavor is gone: the Bubble Gum Lady
06/20/2007 - Reaching for the stars
06/20/2007 - SSPEED is state's first hub for storm prediction, evacuation, disaster research
06/20/2007 - Rice summer camps host area kids
06/20/2007 - Rice suffers first loss in NCAA tournament at College World Series, 6-1 to North Carolina
06/19/2007 - Rice's Levander earns top Earth science prize
06/19/2007 - People, Papers and Presentations for June 2007
06/19/2007 - Benefits package expands to include backup care
06/19/2007 - Rice Alliance to host technology entrepreneurship workshop
06/19/2007 - Changes afoot at campus FedEx Kinko's
06/19/2007 - Ice cream social announced
06/19/2007 - New 'how to' IT pages posted
06/19/2007 - Biotech breakthrough could end biodiesel's glycerin glut
06/19/2007 - Players and youngsters benefit from Owls' visit to Omaha Home for Boys
06/18/2007 - Alumni support fuels Rice victories
06/17/2007 - Former Rice University President Norman Hackerman dies at age 95
06/17/2007 - Rice tops Tar Heels 14-4 to advance in College World Series winner's bracket
06/15/2007 - Opening celebration focuses on fans
06/15/2007 - Owls rally to beat Louisville 15-10 in CWS opener
06/14/2007 - Rice University ranked as Texas' top productive large research university
06/14/2007 - Owls fans flock to Omaha
06/13/2007 - Longtime sociology professor remembered
06/12/2007 - Lewis named Asia Society associate fellow
06/12/2007 - Speaker phones to make it easier to summon help
06/12/2007 - Rice construction will enhance campus for students and neighbors alike
06/12/2007 - Pool hours extended, new classes coming for summer
06/12/2007 - Rice Readers announces July book choice
06/12/2007 - $5 Fridays begin at Willy's Pub
06/12/2007 - New graduate student apartments approved
06/12/2007 - Rice Alliance announces 10 most promising life sciences companies in Texas
06/12/2007 - Owls open College World Series against Louisville
06/09/2007 - Savery and Langwell punch Rice's ticket to Omaha
06/08/2007 - Olivas takes Rice tradition into orbit aboard Shuttle Atlantis
06/08/2007 - Rice rallies past Texas A&M Friday for 3-2 Super Regional win in 10 innings
06/07/2007 - FE&P launches system to improve work-order processing
06/07/2007 - Rice to expand fair-trade coffee from coffee house
06/07/2007 - Go Rice! The Owls take on the Aggies in sold-out Super Regionals
06/07/2007 - Nanotube flickering reveals single-molecule rendezvous
06/06/2007 - Rice receives $10 million to establish Houston's only art history doctoral program
06/06/2007 - Community Involvement Center named Volunteer Group of the Year
06/06/2007 - Diamond attends American-Swiss Foundation young leaders conference
06/06/2007 - Sandcastle competition nets award for Rice
06/06/2007 - Sikh documentary
06/06/2007 - Campus construction updates
06/06/2007 - Fall 2007 town hall meeting dates announced
06/06/2007 - Register now for fitness classes
06/04/2007 - Rice advances to NCAA Super Regional with 3-1 win over TCU
06/01/2007 - Owls Host Prairie View in regional opener
06/01/2007 - Webcams focus on campus construction
06/01/2007 - Israeli ambassador to speak at Baker Institute
06/01/2007 - Undergrads offered class on how to communicate like leaders
06/01/2007 - HH Sheikha Mozah urges change in debate over status of Middle East women
06/01/2007 - Artwork will draw community together on campus
06/01/2007 - New art curator will add outreach component to campus art
06/01/2007 - Autry Court renovation to include academic center and club room

May

05/31/2007 - Rice students chronicling Africa trip online
05/31/2007 - Ask the experts about Connexions
05/31/2007 - Rose joins board of trustees
05/31/2007 - Oddball planet or oasis in the 'brown dwarf desert'?
05/31/2007 - Four faculty members win prestigious National Science Foundation award
05/31/2007 - First novel for well-published science fiction writer is a journey of discovery
05/31/2007 - Book spines and covers are canvas for Rice Gallery's summer window
05/31/2007 - Take a survey on digital mapping
05/31/2007 - Financial planning classes for employees begins
05/25/2007 - White receives Bearden award
05/25/2007 - Baker Institute panel discusses U.S. energy security
05/25/2007 - Willy's Pub reopens
05/25/2007 - 15 professors receive FIF awards
05/25/2007 - Vassar's mission is to improve Rice's international profile
05/24/2007 - Protect Rice from data theft today
05/24/2007 - Five steps to superior passwords
05/24/2007 - Rice, German team to participate in DARPA's Urban Challenge
05/24/2007 - For Rice students, community service is a lifestyle
05/24/2007 - Quasicrystals: somewhere between order and disorder
05/18/2007 - Famed golfer donates papers to Fondren Library
05/17/2007 - Author, historian Douglas Brinkley to join Rice faculty
05/17/2007 - Stein, Wilson describe hurricane evacuation data
05/17/2007 - Rice's Center for Education honored K-12 teachers in the School Science and Technology program
05/17/2007 - Students honored with scholarships, fellowships, awards
05/16/2007 - Peterson named director of alumni affairs and university events at Rice
05/16/2007 - RiceWorks far exceeds original goals
05/16/2007 - Rice's new high-tech utility plant casts 'green' shadow
05/16/2007 - Shepherd student earns competitive fellowship
05/16/2007 - Rice students conduct experiments aboard NASA's weightless aircraft
05/15/2007 - Rice scores big in national recycling contest
05/15/2007 - Rice named to Houston Business Journal's list of 'Houston's Best Places to Work'
05/12/2007 - Doerr shares four heartfelt stories at commencement
05/11/2007 - University commits to net gain of trees after building boom
05/11/2007 - Construction gets under way in May
05/10/2007 - Gorman wins Salgo Award
05/10/2007 - Long named a Piper Professor of 2007
05/10/2007 - Rice professor to play with Houston Symphony
05/10/2007 - Vardi elected to the Academia Europea
05/10/2007 - Haskell, Raphael receive GSA honor
05/10/2007 - Duncan award goes to Leeds, Chen
05/10/2007 - Gustin earns top teaching prize
05/10/2007 - Linguistics' Englebretson honored by Phi Beta Kappa
05/10/2007 - Humanities' Albin wins Sarofim award
05/10/2007 - Six faculty members honored with the George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
05/10/2007 - Alumni honored for distinguished achievements
05/10/2007 - Five recognized for meritorious service to Rice
05/10/2007 - Alumni John Doerr to give commencement address May 12
05/10/2007 - Hutchinson receives George R. Brown Certificate of Highest Merit Award
05/10/2007 - Founding member of Shepherd School of Music dies at age 69
05/10/2007 - John Richard named associate vice president, budget director
05/10/2007 - Making plasmas in the deepest of deep freezes
05/10/2007 - Weightless wonders
05/10/2007 - On-campus parking changes announced
05/10/2007 - Rice co-hosts premier physics conference
05/10/2007 - A Vision for the Second Century: Living the Vision
05/10/2007 - Civil and Environmental Engineering’s Bedient earns award for mentoring
05/04/2007 - Symposium seeks better response to severe storms
05/04/2007 - A Vision for the Second Century: Living the Vision
05/04/2007 - EL Alliance to tackle issues impacting minorities in computing
05/04/2007 - Rice videos win awards at WorldFest-Houston
05/04/2007 - Playing by design
05/03/2007 - For the love of the game
05/03/2007 - Students participate in Earth Day
05/03/2007 - Quantum dot recipe may lead to cheaper solar panels
05/03/2007 - Rice police hoof it to Arlington for Special Olympics
05/03/2007 - Speaker addresses Iran, Islam
05/03/2007 - Rice Student athletes top NCAA academic progress rankings
05/02/2007 - Lowman receives prestigious Shapiro Award
05/02/2007 - Dalai Lama advocates compassion, religious tolerance
05/02/2007 - Rice University Native American Student Association holds powwow
05/01/2007 - Study: 'wrapping' Gleevec® fights drug-resistant cancer
05/01/2007 - Dalai Lama gives talks at Rice
05/01/2007 - TFA Wireless: a working example for Houston's mammoth Wi-Fi project

April

04/30/2007 - BCM, Rice make major advance in structural biology
04/25/2007 - Film series focuses on Mexican avant-garde
04/25/2007 - Sidney and Mary Lee Burrus named 2007 Gold Medal winners
04/25/2007 - Speaker to discuss multiracialism in U.S.
04/25/2007 - Rice tops Princeton Review’s best-value list of private colleges
04/25/2007 - Rice community prepares for Dalai Lama
04/25/2007 - New book features works of Rice Building Workshop, Houston's Project Row Houses
04/23/2007 - Bucky's brother: the boron buckyball makes its debut
04/19/2007 - Employees attend RiceFest
04/19/2007 - Record number of students attend Owl Weekend
04/19/2007 - Eighty-four Rice students elected future Phi Beta Kappa members
04/19/2007 - Speaker to discuss barrio art
04/19/2007 - Two engineering students win Goldwater Scholarships
04/19/2007 - First CCE research fellows named
04/19/2007 - News Briefs for April 19
04/19/2007 - Rice MBA business team takes third place in international competition
04/19/2007 - Jones School to serve as lead academic sponsor for National Society of Hispanic MBAs
04/19/2007 - Rice tests water-permeable sidewalk
04/18/2007 - Remembering Holocaust victims
04/18/2007 - Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium winners announced
04/18/2007 - Emmett throws first pitch
04/18/2007 - IB program reaches teachers
04/18/2007 - C-USA Commissioner’s honor roll included 182 Rice Owls
04/18/2007 - Twenty-six Rice Owls earn C-USA Commissioner’s Medal
04/16/2007 - Focus on sustainability
04/13/2007 - News Briefs
04/13/2007 - Global Health Design Challenge Symposium: Integrated technology solutions to advance global health
04/12/2007 - Houston Business Journal accepting responses for the 2007 'Best Place to Work' survey
04/12/2007 - Bioengineering's Richards-Kortum and Saterbak honored for excellence
04/12/2007 - Speaker to discuss black motherhood
04/12/2007 - Stadel and Wells nab top honors
04/11/2007 - Baker Institute speaker to discuss Islam
04/11/2007 - News Briefs
04/11/2007 - April 12 RiceFest offers chance to talk benefits
04/09/2007 - MTV documents a group of Rice students participating in the university's Alternative Spring Break Program
04/09/2007 - International workshop dedicated to Rice's Angelo Miele
04/09/2007 - Can bioengineering cure arthritis?
04/09/2007 - Untying knots in 4-dimensional space
04/09/2007 - Pick up tax forms at Fondren Library
04/09/2007 - Exploring the final frontier
04/09/2007 - New algorithms could help speed drug discovery, understanding of disease
04/09/2007 - Rice’s memorial service for Bailey set for April 17
04/05/2007 - Mellon Foundation awards $500K to MFAH, Rice, Menil
04/05/2007 - Connexions hosts open educational resource meeting
04/05/2007 - Rice mourns loss of student
04/04/2007 - The future of nanotechnology: A Rice Q&A with the NSF's Mike Roco
04/04/2007 - Performing Arts Medicine Day symposium to be held April 28
04/03/2007 - Beer Bike races rescheduled
04/03/2007 - Rice student simplifies search for 'ice that burns'
04/02/2007 - Annual study finds Houstonians more anxious about crime, immigration and inequality — but more ready to address them
04/02/2007 - William Martin discusses needle-exchange programs in a video interview
04/02/2007 - Three graduate specialties at Rice University rank among top 10 nationally
04/02/2007 - Bank on it
04/02/2007 - Rice mourns loss of student

March

03/29/2007 - Benefit rates increase slightly: Open enrollment begins April 9
03/29/2007 - Development VP passes the baton: Zeidenstein to succeed Johnson
03/29/2007 - Rice to get exclusive audience with Dalai Lama at May 1 lecture on campus
03/29/2007 - April 4 Deans’ Summit to look at gender equity
03/29/2007 - Development’s Nash named director of Rice Annual Fund
03/29/2007 - Biochemist among most influential Chinese
03/29/2007 - Rice News ends print, goes digital
03/29/2007 - Farmer’s Market moving to Rice April 3
03/29/2007 - Rice celebrates 50 years of the residential college system
03/29/2007 - FE&P’s Franco featured on cover of national publication
03/29/2007 - Simulated populations used to probe gene mapping
03/29/2007 - Nano coalition launches virtual journal on risk research
03/29/2007 - A Vision for the Second Century: Living the Vision
03/29/2007 - Grob fund brings visiting director to Baker College
03/29/2007 - News Briefs
03/22/2007 - Rice Thresher: A student tradition
03/22/2007 - Gold nanorods assemble into rings
03/22/2007 - Shepherd School’s Chen receives fellowship
03/22/2007 - Campus Scenes
03/22/2007 - Thresher staff honored nationally
03/22/2007 - Rice News to become online publication
03/22/2007 - Syzygy marks 30 years with two nights of ‘new’ music
03/22/2007 - MoMA curator to present final lecture in Menil/Rice series
03/22/2007 - March 29 lecture to examine technology of voice
03/22/2007 - Campus organizations call for award nominations
03/22/2007 - Nobel Prize winner to discuss ‘music of the void’ March 26
03/22/2007 - Leadership in entrepreneurial business topic of March 28 talk
03/22/2007 - March 24 conference at Rice to examine environmental injustices
03/22/2007 - News Briefs
03/15/2007 - President uses town hall meetings to answer questions about the Vision for the Second Century
03/15/2007 - Rice ranks No. 4 among best values
03/15/2007 - Rice alumnus Ed Emmett ’71 named Harris County judge
03/15/2007 - Marfin named associate dean
03/15/2007 - Baker conference examines evolution of national oil companies in energy markets
03/15/2007 - Leaders of Chinese universities to visit Rice
03/15/2007 - Revolutionary debate set for March 20
03/15/2007 - Libraries struggle to adapt to digital age
03/15/2007 - Leebron to serve on war powers panel
03/15/2007 - ECE’s Koushanfar earns DARPA Young Faculty Award
03/15/2007 - Rice’s residential college system turns 50
03/15/2007 - Scientist Eric Heller to present Phi Beta Kappa lectures
03/15/2007 - Rice Classifieds offers a new, easier property-disposal process
03/15/2007 - Sociologist, author Paul Gilroy to speak at Rice March 28
03/15/2007 - Bio-ethicist Zoloth to present March 20 Scientia lecture
03/15/2007 - Symposium to examine the impact of the hacienda and plantation
03/15/2007 - Scholars to discuss Aristotle’s philosophy at March conference
03/15/2007 - Shepherd School Opera to perform ‘Street Scene’
03/15/2007 - Vision for the Second Century: Living the Vision
03/15/2007 - Political scientists, brothers turn their eyes toward America’s political power struggle
03/15/2007 - News Briefs
03/15/2007 - People, Papers and Presentations
03/01/2007 - Rice marks 40 years of African-American undergraduates
03/01/2007 - Moody tapped to head Rice University Press
03/01/2007 - Experts weigh health-care reforms
03/01/2007 - Manning Marable examines diversity, democracy in America
03/01/2007 - Leebron starts task force on diversity
03/01/2007 - Linda Faye Williams Social Justice Prize announced
03/01/2007 - Tolerance, religious differences to be focus of talks hosted by Boniuk Center
03/01/2007 - NPR reporter Juan Williams to speak March 13
03/01/2007 - Senior class hopes to raise $3,500 gift for new rec center
03/01/2007 - Lecture, undergrad symposium to close Da Vinci Code Series
03/01/2007 - Lectures to highlight contributions of Arab women
03/01/2007 - A Vision for the Second Century: Living the Vision
03/01/2007 - News Briefs
03/01/2007 - In the News

February

02/22/2007 - Atomic blemishes move, repairing molecular skin in their wake
02/22/2007 - Rice tuition remains less than peer institutions’
02/22/2007 - Economics’ Zodrow appointed Oxford fellow
02/22/2007 - China-U.S. research center launch set for Feb. 26
02/22/2007 - V2C town hall meetings will be March 6, 7
02/22/2007 - John Cornwell joins Rice to oversee institutional effectiveness
02/22/2007 - A Vision for the Second Century: Living the Vision
02/22/2007 - Ping Sun to speak on leadership
02/22/2007 - Thomas Jefferson is the focus of history symposium Feb. 23-25
02/22/2007 - Conference to look at changing role of national oil companies
02/22/2007 - Organizer of nationwide climate change initiative to speak Feb. 28
02/22/2007 - Center for Civic Engagement to hold open house Feb. 22
02/22/2007 - News Briefs
02/15/2007 - Clinton holds court
02/15/2007 - Rice mourns Ken Kennedy
02/15/2007 - Keck gives Rice $1.4M to probe quantum matter
02/15/2007 - Rice to commemorate 40th anniversary of first African-American undergraduates
02/15/2007 - Historian, activist Manning Marable to speak on diversity
02/15/2007 - Baker Institute to host conference on health-care reform
02/15/2007 - Archeologist Joan Oates to offer alternative theory on locations of civilization's beginnings
02/15/2007 - Artists, curators to answer questions about the art world at Feb. 22 lecture, discussion
02/15/2007 - CCE seeks students for inaugural fellowship
02/15/2007 - Science teachers to come to Rice for MATS conference
02/15/2007 - People, Papers, Presentations
02/15/2007 - IT's Deigaard earns Elizabeth Gillis Award for commitment, leadership
02/15/2007 - Rice honors employees for their years of service and dedication to the university
02/15/2007 - Iraq Study Group report draws hits for Baker Web site
02/15/2007 - Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra to premiere work by Rice's Al-Zand
02/15/2007 - A Vision for the Second Century: Living the Vision
02/15/2007 - Saving for the Future
02/15/2007 - News Briefs
02/15/2007 - Campus Scenes
02/09/2007 - Former Pres. Clinton’s speech draws huge crowd to Autry Court
02/08/2007 - $7M gift to help Autry renovation
02/08/2007 - Art history coming into its own
02/08/2007 - President and dean reflect on trip to India
02/08/2007 - Professor, author to discuss suicide bombers in Iraq
02/08/2007 - A Vision for the Second Century: Living the Vision
02/08/2007 - Author Coletti to present next ‘Da Vinci Code’ lecture
02/08/2007 - Film festival to debut Feb. 23-25
02/08/2007 - News Briefs
02/08/2007 - Campus Scenes
02/01/2007 - Economists’ World Gas Trade Model gives a 30- to 50-year estimate of natural-gas supplies, demand, prices
02/01/2007 - Clinton speech venue changed to Autry Court
02/01/2007 - Psychology’s Randi Martin elected to prestigious society
02/01/2007 - Gifts help Rice’s IBB expand innovation funds
02/01/2007 - Feminist Economics rises in journal rankings
02/01/2007 - A Vision for the Second Century: Living the Vision
02/01/2007 - ‘Dateline Rice’ to spread the word
02/01/2007 - Feb. 8 lecture to examine race, medicine relationship
02/01/2007 - Bioengineer seeks answers to the speed, complexity of evolution
02/01/2007 - Researcher tracks paths of genetic disease
02/01/2007 - Study explores debate on cancer operations
02/01/2007 - Rice to honor its authors, editors, artists, composers at Feb. 8 reception
02/01/2007 - Polish filmmaker to speak at Rice Feb. 6
02/01/2007 - Mayor’s sustainability planners go to class
02/01/2007 - RecycleMania begins
02/01/2007 - Continuing Studies courses available at a discount to employees
02/01/2007 - News Briefs

January

01/25/2007 - Buckyballs deliver drugs to cancer cells
01/25/2007 - Rice names new head football coach
01/25/2007 - Djerejian to speak at leadership lecture series
01/25/2007 - Breakthrough aims to prevent fibrotic diseases
01/25/2007 - Bad moods, negative attitudes at work have gotten a bad rap
01/25/2007 - Pioneer of installation art Judy Pfaff to open new exhibit at Rice Gallery Feb. 1
01/25/2007 - Music school alum recognized as a rising star in her field
01/25/2007 - People, Papers, Presentations
01/25/2007 - In the News
01/25/2007 - News Briefs
01/18/2007 - Former President Bill Clinton to speak Feb. 8
01/18/2007 - Rice’s Drezek wins $3M grant for breast cancer research
01/18/2007 - Rice ranks competitively among top schools
01/18/2007 - University librarian Henry leaving Rice
01/18/2007 - Rice mourns trustee emerita Lee Hage Jamail
01/18/2007 - Rice begins search for new head football coach
01/18/2007 - President builds relationships with India
01/18/2007 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer Lin to speak Feb. 2
01/18/2007 - Thierstein named new Connexions head
01/18/2007 - Researcher Mikos honored as one of Texas’ best
01/18/2007 - Sixth nanotech venture forumset for Jan. 25
01/18/2007 - Rice to host workshops on alcohol use among students
01/18/2007 - Rice rolls out direct deposit for reimbursement payments
01/18/2007 - News Briefs
01/18/2007 - In the News
01/18/2007 - Anthropologist studies how Cold War’s end changed a Russian scientific community
01/18/2007 - People, Papers, Presentations
01/11/2007 - Construction under way on Collaborative Research Center
01/11/2007 - Two national business leaders join Rice University Board of Trustees
01/11/2007 - Rice to offer child care
01/11/2007 - Architecture school secures top ranking
01/11/2007 - Dalai Lama slated to make his third appearance at Rice in May
01/11/2007 - Deutch to speak on energy security
01/11/2007 - Libraries of the future to be focus of sixth De Lange Conference
01/11/2007 - Aging and the human experience to be topic of Jan. 16 Scientia
01/11/2007 - Sociology’s Gorman examines the ‘morbidity paradox’
01/11/2007 - Physicists use supercomputers, idle PCs to create database of mineral designs
01/11/2007 - Change the world with your computer
01/11/2007 - Shepherd School’s Mentzer takes the stage at The Met
01/11/2007 - People, Papers, Presentations
01/11/2007 - In the News
01/11/2007 - News Briefs