2008 News Releases
July
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 breaks ground for a new multipurpose Recreation and Wellness Center
04/22/2008 - Rice, Lockheed Martin partner on nanotech research
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 - Rice Powwow offers free entertainment Friday night
04/09/2008 - CEO of Opportunity International to speak at Rice U. April 16
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 - Chemistry's Zubarev named Sloan Research Fellow
03/10/2008 - World's top scholars come to Rice to discuss Judas
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 - Microbial 'cheaters' help scientists ID 'social' genes
02/13/2008 - Rice University launches national media Web site
02/11/2008 - Rice bioengineer elected to National Academy of Engineering
02/07/2008 - Baker Institute experts cite shortcomings in U.S. energy bill
02/07/2008 - Sen. John Kerry available to media after keynote address at Rice University's Baker Institute conference on climate change
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 - Department of Energy selects Rice to build solar-powered home
01/28/2008 - Rice wins innovation award for international program
01/28/2008 - Feds fund study of drug that may prevent radiation injury
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 - Nanotech yields darkest material ever measured
01/22/2008 - Scientists develop low-cost, 'green' antimicrobial paint
01/17/2008 - Deep-ocean researchers target tsunami zone near Japan
01/17/2008 - Rice helps provide Ethiopia's first planetarium
01/15/2008 - Advanced Energy Consortium Will Develop Micro and NanoSensors to Boost Energy Production
01/15/2008 - Rice student has been missing one month; clues still sought
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.
