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Rice University Native American Student Association holds  powwow
The Rice University Native American Student Association Powwow was held April 21.

TFA Wireless: a working example for Houston's mammoth Wi-Fi project
When the Houston city council this month approved a plan to blanket the city with a 600-plus square mile wireless network by 2009, the city sprang to the top of the list of cities that have committed to providing ubiquitous broadband Internet access. Houston's network will dwarf the 52-square-mile Wi-Fi network in Taipei, Taiwan, which is today's largest, and Houston's plan calls for a larger network than all but a handful of regional and or national networks that are still years, if not decades from being built.

Dalai Lama promotes peace
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso visited Rice May 1.

Lowman receives prestigious Shapiro Award

Study: 'wrapping' Gleevec® fights drug-resistant cancer
A new study highlighted on the cover of this week's Cancer Research finds that the anti-cancer drug Gleevec® is far more effective against a drug-resistant strain of cancer when the drug wraps its target with a molecular bandage that seals out water from a critical area.

BCM, Rice make major advance in structural biology
 Scientists from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Rice University have discovered a new way to analyze the moving parts of large proteins – a breakthrough that will make it easier for structural biologists to classify and scrutinize the active sites of proteins implicated in cancer and other diseases.

Bucky's brother: the boron buckyball makes its debut
 A new study by Boris Yakobson, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and of chemistry, and his associates Nevill Gonzalez Szwacki and Arta Sadrzadeh predicts the existence and stability of another “buckyball” consisting entirely of boron atoms. The paper is an editor’s selection in the latest issue of Physical Review Letters, which will be published April 20.

Rice tops Princeton Review’s best-value list of private colleges
Rice University is the nation’s No. 1 best value among private colleges, according to the 2008 edition of the Princeton Review’s “America’s Best-Value Colleges.”

Sidney and Mary Lee Burrus named 2007 Gold Medal winners
The Association of Rice Alumni has named C. Sidney and Mary Lee Burrus its 2007 Gold Medal winners, the highest honor given by the association. The award recognizes Rice alumni, faculty and staff or friends who have rendered extraordinary service and dedication to the university.

Jones School to serve as lead academic sponsor for National Society of Hispanic MBAs
Rice University’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management will be the first ever lead academic sponsor for the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) 18th Annual Conference and Career Expo happening October 4-6 in Houston at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

Houston Business Journal accepting responses for the 2007 'Best Place to Work' survey
The Houston Business Journal's "Best Place to Work" survey for 2007 needs your responses.

Rice tests water-permeable sidewalk
If a short section of sidewalk near the Abercrombie parking lot tests well, Rice could become one of the first places in Houston to use water-permeable concrete on a large scale.

Rice student simplifies search for 'ice that burns'
Thanks to the award-winning research of Rice University graduate student Gaurav Bhatnagar the search for gas hydrates just got easier. Bhatnagar is a chemical engineering doctoral student in the lab of George Hirasaki, the A.J. Hartsook Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

First CCE research fellows named
The Center for Civic Engagement at Rice University has chosen its first class of research fellows. Each fellow will receive $4,000 to conduct research that is faculty-supervised and conducted in collaboration with a Houston-based community partner.

Bioengineering's Richards-Kortum and Saterbak honored for excellence
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) will honor two faculty members in the Department of Bioengineering for excellence in instruction, research, public service and engineering practice.

International workshop dedicated to Rice's Angelo Miele
Angelo Miele, the Foyt Family Professor Emeritus in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, will attend a workshop in Russia dedicated to him on the occasion of his 85th birthday.

Twenty-six Rice Owls earn C-USA Commissioner’s Medal
Twenty-six Rice University Owls are among 321 student-athletes have earned the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal during the 2006-07 academic year, Commissioner Britton Banowsky announced today.

182 Rice Owls make C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
The Rice Owls account for 182 student-athletes named to the annual Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Rice MBA business team takes third place in international competition
The Rice MBA business team secured third place in the second annual Cerebration 2007, a business challenge organized by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. The entire competition spanned November through March, and the finals were held March 29-31 in Singapore.

Two engineering students win Goldwater Scholarships
Two students in the George R. Brown School of Engineering are recipients of prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for the 2007-2008 academic year.

MTV documents a group of Rice students participating in the university's Alternative Spring Break Program
A group of Rice students participated in the university's Alternative Spring Break program. The undergrads spent six days and five nights at YMCA of the Redwoods Camp Campbell, helping younger students in the Outdoor Science School.