2007 News Releases
December
12/21/2007 - Rice sociologist named U.S. Census director
12/18/2007 - Rice keeps tuition below $30,000 for the 2008-09 school year and doubles no-loan threshold
12/17/2007 - New property found in ancient mineral lodestone
12/13/2007 - 'Intellectual Salon' engages Rice students in discussions with religious leaders
12/13/2007 - Bioengineering's Jianpeng Ma elected APS fellow
12/07/2007 - U.S. Gen. Eikenberry to speak at Baker Institute on role of NATO
12/04/2007 - Rice University joins Education Policy Alliance
12/04/2007 - Robotics lab helps TIRR stroke patients with recovery
12/03/2007 - Study: Re-engineered Gleevec™ reduces heart risks
November
11/27/2007 - Commerce secretary to address Baker Institute conference on free trade
11/16/2007 - Rice U. mathematician named Texas Professor of the Year
11/13/2007 - Changing environment organizes genetic structure
11/12/2007 - Proteins pack tighter in crowded native state
11/09/2007 - Rice alum funds new program to study political campaigns
11/05/2007 - Rice's Baker Institute launches Mexico series with lecture on development policy
11/05/2007 - Rensselaer Polytechnic president to speak at Baker Institute
11/01/2007 -
Radio waves fire up nanotubes embedded in tumors, destroy liver cancer
October
10/30/2007 - Could 'hairy roots' become biofactories?
10/26/2007 - Astronaut to discuss Antarctic meteorite search at Rice's Baker Institute
10/26/2007 - Video shows buckyballs form by 'shrink wrapping'
10/25/2007 - Rice scientists, engineer elected AAAS fellows
10/25/2007 - Astronaut to discuss Antarctic meteorite search at Rice's Baker Institute
10/25/2007 - Palestinian to discuss Middle East negotiations at Baker Institute lecture
10/24/2007 - Economist to discuss poverty, gender at Rice's Baker Institute
10/23/2007 - Baker Institute conference calls for new emphasis on science, math education in Texas
10/16/2007 - Wong makes Smithsonian magazine's prestigious '37 under 36' list
10/15/2007 - BCM, Rice scientists map flu's chemical key
10/10/2007 - Rice partnership receives National Leadership Grant
10/10/2007 - Students use designer virus to attack bacterial drug resistance
10/09/2007 - Rice University economist proposes immigration policy overhaul
10/08/2007 - Former president of India to discuss space science and technology Oct. 18 at Rice
10/04/2007 - Baker Institute conference looks at science, math education
September
09/28/2007 - Rice Sociologist Lindsay to discuss book on power of U.S. evangelicals
09/28/2007 - Rice unveils $100 million initiative for world health technology
09/26/2007 - U.S. ambassador to Russia to speak at Rice's Baker Institute
09/24/2007 - Scientists get first look at nanotubes inside living animals
09/24/2007 -
Research at Rice may help explain aspects of synesthesia
09/18/2007 - Chao Foundation pledges $15 million to Rice for Asian studies
09/12/2007 - Taxol® bristle ball: a wrench in the works for cancer
09/06/2007 - Embryonic stem cells used to grow cartilage
09/04/2007 - Rice, Nanyang Tech collaborate on sustainable nanoelectronics
August
08/23/2007 - New cancer weapon: nuclear nanocapsules
08/21/2007 - Rice announces $30M gift, plans for 'greenest' building yet
08/16/2007 - Special journal issue examines gender consequences of China's market reform
08/13/2007 - Which came first, the moth or the cactus?
July
07/30/2007 - Zebrafish research points way to answers about human development
07/19/2007 - Protein pulling: Learning how proteins fold by pulling them apart
07/17/2007 - Renovation of Autry Court begins
07/05/2007 - Amoebae control cheating by keeping it in the family
June
06/29/2007 - Rice's institute attracts teachers from around the globe
06/28/2007 - Rice will establish Institute for Chinese Language Teaching
06/26/2007 - Biotech breakthrough could end biodiesel's glycerin glut
06/22/2007 - Former Jones School dean Gil Whitaker dies at age 75
06/22/2007 - Rice to welcome Owls back home from World Series at 2 p.m. at Reckling Park
06/20/2007 - Texas establishes severe storm research center
06/07/2007 - Nanotube flickering reveals single-molecule rendezvous
06/07/2007 - President of Rice University to speak in Kerrville June 15
06/06/2007 - Rice receives $10 million to establish Houston's only art history doctoral program
06/04/2007 - Rice students chronicling Africa trip online
May
05/30/2007 - XO-3b: Supersized planet or oasis in the 'brown dwarf desert'?
05/25/2007 - Rice's new high-tech utility plant casts 'green' shadow
05/23/2007 - Quasicrystals: somewhere between order and disorder
05/17/2007 - Author, historian Douglas Brinkley to join Rice faculty
05/17/2007 - Torch Run for Special Olympics in Texas begins at Rice U. at 7:30 a.m. May 22
05/14/2007 - Peterson named director of alumni affairs and university events at Rice
05/11/2007 - Making plasmas in the deepest of deep freezes
05/11/2007 - Rice co-hosts premier physics conference
05/02/2007 - Quantum dot recipe may lead to cheaper solar panels
05/01/2007 - Study: 'wrapping' Gleevec® fights drug-resistant cancer
April
04/30/2007 - BCM, Rice make major advance in structural biology
04/24/2007 - Rice tops Princeton Review’s best-value list of private colleges
04/23/2007 - Bucky's brother: the boron buckyball makes its debut
04/18/2007 - Twenty-six Rice Owls earn C-USA Commissioner’s Medal
04/18/2007 - C-USA Commissioner's honor roll includes 182 Rice Owls
04/05/2007 - Rice mourns loss of student
04/03/2007 - Farmer’s Market moving to Rice University campus April 3
04/03/2007 - Rice student simplifies search for 'ice that burns'
March
03/30/2007 - Three graduate specialties at Rice University rank among top 10 nationally
03/30/2007 - Annual study finds Houstonians more anxious about crime, immigration and inequality – but more ready to address them
03/29/2007 - Zeidenstein appointed VP for resource development at Rice University
03/28/2007 - Eighty-four Rice students elected future Phi Beta Kappa members
03/23/2007 - Simulated populations used to probe gene mapping
03/22/2007 - Houston National College Fair planned for April 15
03/22/2007 - Nano coalition launches virtual journal on risk research
03/15/2007 - Presidents of Chinese universities to attend leadership forum at Rice University
03/13/2007 - Rice University is fourth on Kiplinger’s list of best values among private universities
03/09/2007 - Legacy of the hacienda and the plantation on history, politics and culture in the Americas will be discussed March 23-24 at Rice
03/09/2007 - Ancient philosophy on science and medicine to be discussed
03/09/2007 - Finding by Rice University chemists could aid development of new nanodevices
03/06/2007 - Gilroy to lecture on ‘Race and the Right to be Human’ March 28 at Rice
February
02/20/2007 - Rice sets tuition rates for 2007-08
02/15/2007 - Nanotube, heal thyself
02/15/2007 - Quantum effects writ large
02/12/2007 - Keck gives Rice $1.4M to probe quantum matter
02/07/2007 - $7 million gift from Tudors jump-starts renovation of gymnasium at Rice University
02/07/2007 - Rice mourns the loss of Ken Kennedy
January
01/30/2007 - Asian and Asian-American film festival at Rice to feature four movies
01/29/2007 - Does evolution select for faster evolvers?
01/18/2007 - Rice biochemists find genetic flaw starts biochemical domino effect
01/18/2007 - Buckyballs used as 'passkey' into cancer cells
01/18/2007 - Rice breakthrough could prevent multiple fibrotic diseases
01/10/2007 - Rice University to build child-care center
01/10/2007 - Two national business leaders join Rice board
01/08/2007 - Rice's Drezek wins $3M grant for breast cancer research
01/05/2007 - Rice's Mikos honored as one of Texas' best researchers
01/04/2007 - Study: Repetitive motion speeds nanoparticle uptake
