2008 News Releases
December
November
October
September
11/17/2009 - New funds for Rice, M.D. Anderson program 11/17/2009 - Rice ties in race for atomic-scale breakthrough 11/11/2009 - Rice sociologist looks at pediatric physicians' views on religion, spirituality 11/11/2009 - World Religions Lecture Series promotes peaceful coexistence through understanding 11/10/2009 - $1M in stimulus funds awarded to Rice University, Texas Heart Institute for MRI tracking of stem cells 11/09/2009 - What is the meaning of 'one'? 11/05/2009 - Rice wins NIH funding for oral-cancer test 11/03/2009 - Study sheds light on evolution of human complexity 11/02/2009 - Rice U. lab leads hunt for new zeolites 11/02/2009 - Breakthrough in industrial-scale nanotube processing 10/26/2009 - A little nano, a lot of oil 10/21/2009 - Sayler named interim director of athletics
10/21/2009 - Rice University receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant for innovative global health research 10/20/2009 - Study: Americans who believe in equality are more likely to buy on impulse 10/20/2009 - Rice opens Cure for Needy on the Web 10/20/2009 - Flu focus: NIH project aims for better drugs 10/19/2009 - Learn from the differences: How do Chinese firms benefit from the diversity of foreign direct investment? 10/19/2009 - Rice Management Company will focus on investments 10/16/2009 - Rice's house named a top 10 competitor in Solar Decathlon 10/09/2009 - Rice professor co-founds North Korean university 10/09/2009 - Rice film series will explore Latin American left 10/08/2009 - Rice's unconventional house making waves -- and energy -- at Solar Decathlon 10/06/2009 - Rice to host National Night Out Oct. 6 10/05/2009 - Quilting exhibition honors Houston's hearts, hands and heritage 10/05/2009 - Pakistani foreign minister comments on today's suicide bomb attack in Islamabad at Rice University speech 10/02/2009 - The State of America's Leadership 09/30/2009 - San Andreas affected by 2004 Sumatran quake 09/30/2009 - In amoeba world, cheating doesn't pay 09/29/2009 - Rice's Tapia receives Hispanic Heritage Award 09/25/2009 - Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to present 2010 commencement address at Rice 09/24/2009 - Police at Rice and Houston identify BB shooters 09/21/2009 - Rice, Alberta join forces to produce green energy through nanotechnology 09/21/2009 - 'Evolutionary forecasting' for drug resistance
09/18/2009 - 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' director to speak at Baker Institute Sept. 21 09/17/2009 - Rice University joins other leading research universities to launch futurity.org 09/14/2009 - New Rice University report shows Houston SafeClear program saves money, reduces collisions 09/09/2009 - Graphitic memory techniques advance at Rice 09/08/2009 - Rice team offers tours of DC-bound Solar Decathlon house 09/08/2009 - Rice researchers seek better vaccine procedure 08/31/2009 - Platinum nanocatalyst could aid drugmakers 08/27/2009 - Study: Oil speculators dominate open interest in oil futures
08/20/2009 - Nostrils alternate to process competing odors
08/18/2009 - Rice tapped for role in computing research center 08/17/2009 - Multimillion-dollar gift will bring Turrell masterpiece to Rice University 08/11/2009 - Rice University's Shell Center for Sustainability calls for submissions to art exhibit
08/11/2009 - High school teacher's algebra book aces California test 08/06/2009 - Sept. 3 conference at Rice University will look at ways to protect computer networks 08/06/2009 - Protein folding: Diverse methods yield clues
08/05/2009 - Rice appoints new architecture dean 07/29/2009 - Little-known protein found to be key player 07/29/2009 - Nanotubes take flight 07/28/2009 - Study: Newspapers located closer to the Mexican border slant news coverage of immigration 07/28/2009 - Princeton Review ranks Rice No. 1 for 'best quality of life' 07/27/2009 - Video shows nanotube spins as it grows 07/27/2009 - Houston couple helps fund Center for Philanthropy at Rice University
07/27/2009 - Texas Children's is first TMC institution to join Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative 07/22/2009 - Rice's Shell Center funds effort to measure city sustainability 07/22/2009 - Silicon with afterburners 07/21/2009 - Fighting disease atom by atom 07/20/2009 - Rice wins stimulus funding for physics building 07/16/2009 - Rice U. researchers weigh environmental, economic costs of biodiesel production 07/14/2009 - New theory on why male, female lemurs same size
07/14/2009 - Global warming: Our best guess is likely wrong 07/09/2009 - Nature cites GoodNanoGuide 07/07/2009 - Students' handiwork earns honors 06/22/2009 - Rice computing pioneer wins IEEE Computer Society award 06/17/2009 - Nano-safety journal debuts ratings 06/17/2009 - SSPEED Center wins $1.25M for Ike study 06/17/2009 - Rice professor, students make artistic outreach trip to the heart of Mexico
06/16/2009 - Providing health insurance for US children would be cheaper than expected, study says 06/12/2009 - Rice U. researchers ask if biofuels will lead to a 'drink or drive' choice 06/08/2009 - Rice gives Houston teachers a hand 06/01/2009 - GoodNanoGuide shares best practices 05/28/2009 - Rice biologist wins Beckman Foundation award
05/27/2009 - First 'nanorust' field test slated in Mexico 05/27/2009 - What goes down, must come up: Earth’s leaky mantle
05/22/2009 - HISD students who won Rice University essay contest to be honored Saturday at Rice
05/15/2009 - Rice wins more than $9 million in DOD funding 05/08/2009 - Study: US-Canadian shale could neutralize Russian energy threat to Europeans 05/06/2009 - Rice alumni association honors nine 05/05/2009 - Rice study finds shortcomings in Katrina evacuees' health status
05/05/2009 - Rice students offer sneak peek of zero-energy house 04/29/2009 - Nanophysicists find unexpected magnetic effect 04/23/2009 - Look out! Here comes 'Impact Earth' 04/07/2009 - Rice-led project aims to boost performance on every chip 04/02/2009 - Rice students turn billboards into works of art 03/26/2009 - Rice researchers model growth of Texas' power systems 03/25/2009 - Rice fine-tunes attack on cancer 03/20/2009 - Teams announced for 2009 Rice Business Plan Competition 03/17/2009 - Better by design: engineering flu vaccines 03/16/2009 - New musical to premiere at Miller Outdoor Theatre in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Week 03/13/2009 - Nanocups brim with potential 03/12/2009 - Rice announces tuition and financial aid increases for fall 2009
03/12/2009 - Free conference at Rice to focus on businesses' environmental responsibility 03/12/2009 - Physicists offer new theory for iron compounds 03/12/2009 - Rice report shows lessons from Hurricane Rita not practiced during Ike 03/11/2009 - Texas-sized tract of single-celled clones 03/10/2009 - Nanotubes find niche in electric switches 03/10/2009 - Indian schools to benefit from new computer chips 03/09/2009 - Rice psychologist explores perception of fear in human sweat 03/09/2009 - ICON convenes international group to assess environmental impacts of tiny tech 03/05/2009 - Public forum at Rice with mayor and county judge marks six-month Ike anniversary
03/03/2009 - Teach for America founder to address aspiring school principals in Rice training program 03/03/2009 - Rice University-based journal shapes UN policy 03/03/2009 - Mountain on Mars may answer big question 02/27/2009 - Rice springs into service over break 02/27/2009 - Teachers worldwide flock to Rice for professional development
02/25/2009 - Rice to host Real World Markets conference 02/23/2009 - Breaking news: A positive business story 02/20/2009 - Rice University students take to red carpet at the Academy Awards 02/17/2009 - Image pinpoints all 5 million atoms in viral coat 02/17/2009 - Mutant rats offer clues to medical mystery 02/16/2009 - Padgett in National Engineers Week spotlight 02/12/2009 - Rice microfinanciers get major boost 02/10/2009 - Internationally acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming to perform at Rice 02/09/2009 - Batteries get a boost at Rice 02/09/2009 - Revolutionary microchip uses 30 times less power 02/09/2009 - Rice researchers get hip, use video games to teach kids 02/05/2009 - Nanotube's 'tapestry' controls its growth 02/03/2009 - Rice U. conference to explore music's role in human cognition and behavior 02/02/2009 - Gift will help fund new physics building at Rice University 01/30/2009 - Rice eyes risks of quantum dots 01/30/2009 - Rice rolls out new nanocars 01/29/2009 - Wireless at WARP speed 01/28/2009 - Rice-TMC teams win two 'fracture putty' grants 01/27/2009 - Easing regulations does not mean lower quality of cardiac care 01/23/2009 - Rice University's Neal Lane wins National Academy of Sciences' highest honor 01/21/2009 -
Teams from Rice University, Texas Children's Hospital and The Methodist Hospital Research Institute study breast and childhood cancers, hearing loss, tuberculosis 01/16/2009 - Rice draws record number of applications 01/15/2009 - Rice University School of Architecture ranked among the nation's best 01/12/2009 - Rice University software helps ID terrorists carrying out attacks 01/09/2009 - Rice ranks No. 4 on two new best-value lists 01/08/2009 - New study by Rice University psychologist finds women's brains recognize, encode smell of male sexual sweat
12/24/2008 - Research by Rice psychologist identifies area of brain key to choosing words 12/19/2008 -
Carnegie awards Rice 'Community Engagement Classification' 12/18/2008 - Rice University, Roquette Fréres sign deal for bio-based succinic acid 12/16/2008 - Rice’s James Tour wins Feynman Prize 12/16/2008 - Rice increases no-loan threshold to $80,000 12/11/2008 - Rice filmmaker one of three finalists in Houston's 'Recycle Ike' contest 12/10/2008 - Rice U. helps Houston lock up CO2 in Ike waste 12/08/2008 - Rice study finds possible clues to epilepsy, autism 12/08/2008 - Rice University's Shell Center for Sustainability funds studies of air quality, Gulf Coast planning 12/08/2008 - Wii bit of fun at Rice has serious intent 12/05/2008 - Founder of Women for Women International to speak at Rice University commencement
12/02/2008 - Baker Institute fellow urges new look at government 'Web-tapping' 11/26/2008 - Halas wins high-profile national security award 11/25/2008 - Study highlights role of cooperation, narrows search for genetic cause 11/21/2008 - Molecular memory a game-changer
11/19/2008 - Researchers shed new light on catalyzed reactions 11/13/2008 - Attorney Benjamin Hall to speak at Rice U. Nov. 17 11/11/2008 - Rice professor on ‘Top 20 under 40’ list 11/10/2008 - Forced evolution: Can we mutate viruses to death? 11/10/2008 - Rice-African partnership is open-education blockbuster 11/07/2008 - Rice University launches $1 billion campaign for its second century 11/07/2008 - California couple gives Rice University $15 million to redesign education of engineers 10/28/2008 - Contest aims to expose wider audience to supercomputing 10/17/2008 - Better beer: college team creating anticancer brew 10/14/2008 - Thousands from different faiths to break bread and talk tolerance 10/14/2008 - Single-pixel camera has multiple futures 10/14/2008 - Government officials and academicians to discuss Texas and the election during Oct. 20 forum at Rice University
10/14/2008 - Rice will host conference on storm prediction and planning, climate 10/10/2008 - Local K-12 teachers REEP-ing the benefits of a Rice business education 10/08/2008 - Hack-a-Vote: Rice students learn how vulnerable electronic voting really is 10/08/2008 - Rice research gets high marks 10/02/2008 - Dunn Foundation gives Rice $3 million for collaborative research grants 10/02/2008 - Bays on US Gulf Coast vulnerable to flooding 09/26/2008 - Rice establishes National Corrosion Center 09/25/2008 - Award-winning technique inexpensively finds gaps in wireless networks
09/25/2008 - Rice helps honor Hispanic high achievers 09/23/2008 - New study looks to define evangelicals and how they affect polling 09/22/2008 - Physiological traits predict political attitudes 09/22/2008 - Purifying nanorods: big success with tiny cleanup 09/22/2008 - Teach for America director to speak at Rice Thursday night 09/17/2008 - Houston's handling of Katrina offers warnings 09/17/2008 - Global warming's ecosystem double whammy 09/17/2008 - Former U.N. envoy to discuss fight against AIDS/HIV in Baker Institute lecture 09/10/2008 - Rice part of Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
09/09/2008 - 'Smart' shock absorbers for quake-prone structures 09/08/2008 - Princeton Review: Rice among nation’s most 'wired' campuses 09/05/2008 - $100 million in funding a milestone for Rice programs 09/05/2008 - Rice part of NSF-funded Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
09/04/2008 - NSF-funded Rice study will trace path of nanomaterials 09/03/2008 - Halas wins prestigious nanotechnology research award
August
08/26/2008 - Scientists aim for green production of pharmaceuticals via cell engineering
08/21/2008 - Rice University/Old Dominion study: Americans need to save paycheck-to-paycheck
08/21/2008 - Genome of saltwater creature could aid understanding of gene grouping
08/19/2008 - Rice lab finds molecular clues to Wilson disease
08/19/2008 - Rice computer engineer named to MIT Technology Review's TR35
08/14/2008 - Missing former Rice student found
08/13/2008 - Textbook for one of most-taught community college courses available free
08/13/2008 - New theory for latest high-temperature superconductors
08/07/2008 - Rice University president invited to opening ceremony for Olympics
July
07/31/2008 - Baker Institute report proposes strategies to ensure global energy security
07/30/2008 - Rice ranks No. 2 for quality of life and for race/class interaction
07/11/2008 - Houston Endowment donates $6.4 million to Rice for new Ph.D. program in sociology; emphasis is on Houston
07/10/2008 - China's Nankai University awards honorary degree to Rice U. president
07/09/2008 - Early earthquake warning: New tools show promise
07/03/2008 - Rice U. and China's Zhejiang U. form research collaboration
07/02/2008 - Rice again picked for TI's Leadership University Program
07/01/2008 - Physicists create millimeter-sized 'Bohr atom'
07/01/2008 - Research yields pricey chemicals from biodiesel waste
June
06/22/2008 - Construction accident remains under investigation
06/19/2008 - Study finds that consumers may fare better with peer-to-peer online lending Web sites
06/14/2008 - Missing Rice U. student's car found in California
06/13/2008 - Secret ingredient: nanoparticles aid bone growth
06/12/2008 - Designing microchips that contain multiple selves
06/10/2008 - Rice U. to host job fair Thursday for potential employees
06/09/2008 - BTB sends more Rice undergrads to Africa in year two
06/04/2008 -
Cartilage regeneration '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'
06/03/2008 - Study shows why more than 25 percent of new CEOs last less than three years
May
05/29/2008 - Nanoparticles assemble by millions to encase oil drops
05/23/2008 - US District Judge Rosenthal joins Rice Board of Trustees
05/22/2008 - AECOM, Rice, UH to help modernize Libya's housing, infrastructure
05/21/2008 - Simmons Family Foundation gives $3 million for biomedical health research
05/21/2008 - Rice research aims to grow local businesses
05/21/2008 - Baker Institute study finds continuing upward pressure on retail gasoline prices
05/20/2008 - Open-education pioneer wins Berkman Award for Internet innovation
05/16/2008 - Study revives Olympic prospects for amputee sprinter
05/14/2008 - Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics
05/06/2008 - Hispanic/Latino Summit to address pressing social issues
05/01/2008 - Gates Foundation has had positive impact on NIH's global health research, study at Rice U. finds
April
04/30/2008 - Rice biologists elected fellows of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
04/29/2008 - Annual study finds Houstonians' attitudes sour toward immigration
04/28/2008 - Holocaust awareness and remembrance event features art, lecture
04/24/2008 - Rice, Methodist and TFA receive $1.5 million NSF grant to study in-home health management and next-generation wireless networks
04/22/2008 - Rice, Lockheed Martin partner on nanotech research
04/22/2008 - Rice breaks ground for a new multipurpose Recreation and Wellness Center
04/18/2008 - Rice and UT Houston join DOD push for regenerative medicine
04/16/2008 - Are sacrificial bacteria altruistic or just unlucky?
04/11/2008 - April 11 forum to focus on cultural differences in global business
04/09/2008 - CEO of Opportunity International to speak at Rice U. April 16
04/09/2008 - Rice Powwow offers free entertainment Friday night
04/01/2008 - Rice MBA moves up eight places in the U.S. News & World Report Ranking
04/01/2008 - Continents loss to oceans boosts staying power
March
03/31/2008 - Anderson and Carlson named to Rice University Board of Trustees; Foshee and Oshman re-elected
03/20/2008 - Tiny buckyballs squeeze hydrogen like giant Jupiter
03/13/2008 - Rice ranked No. 5 best value by Kiplinger
03/12/2008 - Astronomers find grains of sand around distant stars
03/11/2008 - Microchip fingerprints used to lock out chip pirates
03/10/2008 - World's top scholars come to Rice to discuss Judas
03/10/2008 - Chemistry's Zubarev named Sloan Research Fellow
03/07/2008 - Biologists surprised to find parochial bacterial viruses
03/06/2008 - ConocoPhillips supports expansion of Rice University’s model science labs
February
02/26/2008 - BP selects Rice University to lead consortium of renowned universities to support its global technical learning program
02/20/2008 - Baker Institute discussion will examine the debate on patenting embryonic stem cells
02/19/2008 - Rice computer chip makes Technology Review's top 10
02/18/2008 - Rice University's Baker Institute offers briefing on the future of U.S. health-care policy
02/14/2008 - As graduation rates go down, school ratings go up
02/13/2008 - Rice University launches national media Web site
02/13/2008 - Microbial 'cheaters' help scientists ID 'social' genes
02/11/2008 - Rice bioengineer elected to National Academy of Engineering
02/07/2008 - Sen. John Kerry available to media after keynote address at Rice University's Baker Institute conference on climate change
02/07/2008 - Baker Institute experts cite shortcomings in U.S. energy bill
02/06/2008 - Rice scientists make breakthrough in single-molecule sensing
January
01/28/2008 - Houston mayor, Shell Oil Company president and a Nobel Prize winner to speak at Rice Thursday during national 'teach-in' on global warming solutions
01/28/2008 - Feds fund study of drug that may prevent radiation injury
01/28/2008 - Department of Energy selects Rice to build solar-powered home
01/28/2008 - Rice wins innovation award for international program
01/28/2008 - Rice experts available for comment on State of the Union Speech
01/25/2008 - Sen. John Kerry to keynote Rice University's Baker Institute conference on climate change
01/24/2008 - South Korea's U.N. ambassador to speak at Rice's Baker Institute
01/22/2008 - Scientists develop low-cost, 'green' antimicrobial paint
01/22/2008 - Nanotech yields darkest material ever measured
01/17/2008 - Deep-ocean researchers target tsunami zone near Japan
01/17/2008 - Rice helps provide Ethiopia's first planetarium
01/15/2008 - Rice student has been missing one month; clues still sought
01/15/2008 - Advanced Energy Consortium Will Develop Micro and NanoSensors to Boost Energy Production
01/11/2008 - Oshmans and National Instruments give major gifts to Rice for engineering design facility
01/10/2008 - Rice's West honored as one of Texas' best researchers
01/08/2008 - Baker Institute named among top think tanks in U.S.
