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2009 Rice News Headlines

November

11/20/2009 - Baker Institute to host discussion of IEA's 'World Energy Outlook' Nov. 24
11/20/2009 - The Way I See It: The Rice-BCM merger: of history, risk and opportunity
11/20/2009 - Shell Sustainability Center to fund research on water, energy, climate change and solar studies
11/20/2009 - Russian ambassador to US will speak at Baker Institute Dec. 2
11/20/2009 - Rice's early decision applicant numbers are up more than 27 percent
11/20/2009 - Rice-run poll: Parker, Locke in close race ahead of Houston mayoral election
11/19/2009 - New funds for Rice, M.D. Anderson program
11/19/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
11/19/2009 - Open Education Cup honors two Connexions writers
11/19/2009 - Take a student to Houston's AutoRama for free
11/19/2009 - Rice Chorale offers a place, and concert, for one and all
11/19/2009 - International Education Week celebrates cultural diversity at Rice
11/19/2009 - Rice hosts C-USA Volleyball Championship
11/19/2009 - FE&P staffers use lunch break, talents to knit for soldiers
11/19/2009 - United Way Campaign more than halfway to goal
11/19/2009 - Rice community welcomed into BRC
11/19/2009 - New heights for Shepherd School Opera program
11/19/2009 - Shepherd School to hold two free concerts
11/19/2009 - Douglas Hofstadter tells Rice audience analogy is key to cognition
11/19/2009 - Student Professional Development, Alumni Affairs temporarily move
11/19/2009 - Rice ROTC honors veterans with run
11/18/2009 - Ask the Shepherd School's Dean Yekovich Dec. 2
11/18/2009 - Imaging a catalyst one atom at a time
11/17/2009 - 'Networks of Knowledge' topic of Dec. 1 Scientia lecture
11/17/2009 - Killian lab creates Bose-Einstein condensate from strontium
11/17/2009 - Zodrow, Mieszkowski honored by National Tax Association
11/17/2009 - Rice's Wade Adams part of NPR's upcoming Ig Nobel broadcast
11/17/2009 - No Rice News next week
11/17/2009 - Engineering design facility wins coveted LEED Gold designation
11/17/2009 - Rice Alliance recognized as one of 'world's best entrepreneurship centers'
11/13/2009 - New Web site compiles variety of info about Rice-BCM merger
11/13/2009 - Indian ambassador outlines improvement in relations with US at Baker Institute event
11/13/2009 - NASA in the kitchen
11/13/2009 - Perseverance carried chemist Noe Alvarez from Bolivian farm to Rice doctorate
11/13/2009 - Rice honors veterans
11/13/2009 - Dean flies with angels
11/13/2009 - Sun honored with Arrival Award
11/13/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
11/13/2009 - Author will discuss opium's role in the Afghan conflict at Baker Institute lecture Nov. 17
11/13/2009 - Maintain, don't gain, during the holidays
11/13/2009 - Friday the 13th sets tone for 'The Threepenny Opera'
11/12/2009 - Rice hosts International Education Week Nov. 17-21
11/12/2009 - Baker Institute panel to debate marijuana legalization
11/12/2009 - Memorial service to honor Margie Sass to be held Nov. 15
11/12/2009 - Pediatric physicians see religion, spirituality as barrier, bridge to medical care, Rice sociologist finds
11/12/2009 - New EMS director brings leadership, expertise to Rice's student-run service
11/12/2009 - Rice's Rob Griffin studies Houston's atmospheric condition
11/12/2009 - United Way campaign 45 percent of way to goal in week No. 4
11/12/2009 - 99K house wins environmental honor
11/12/2009 - Campus blood drive set for Nov. 16-18
11/11/2009 - 'Stenciling Power' breaks boundaries between anthropology and art
11/11/2009 - Historian's book on 19th-century US-Arab encounter wins Franklin Prize
11/11/2009 - World Religions Lecture Series promotes peaceful coexistence through understanding
11/11/2009 - Rice, Texas Heart Institute to use nanoparticles to track stem cells
11/11/2009 - Pulitzer Prize winner to give President's Lecture Nov. 17
11/06/2009 - Hitting the high note
11/06/2009 - Students' Solar Decathlon house installed in Houston's Third Ward
11/06/2009 - Brochstein Pavilion earns another award
11/06/2009 - Rice Theatre, Shepherd School collaborate on upcoming opera
11/06/2009 - Campbell lectures explore 'Who owns museums – the public or nations?'
11/06/2009 - A tail-wagging good time
11/06/2009 - Final Four-casting
11/06/2009 - Rice women's cross country team takes 3rd in C-USA championship
11/06/2009 - Baker Institute panel members recall fall of the Berlin Wall, German unification
11/05/2009 - BRC open house Nov. 13 will celebrate leading research, infinite possibilities
11/05/2009 - Rice remains among top five best-value schools
11/05/2009 - EthicsLine available to report unethical behavior confidentially
11/05/2009 - Class blog breaks down classroom walls
11/05/2009 - Rice authors, artists, composers sought
11/05/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
11/05/2009 - Study sheds light on evolution of human complexity
11/05/2009 - A flOWLer bed
11/05/2009 - Rice-developed 'CSI: The Experience' wins interactive gaming award
11/05/2009 - 'Water for Elephants' Rice Readers' next book selection
11/05/2009 - Rice wins NIH funding for oral-cancer test
11/05/2009 - Rice pioneers method for processing carbon nanotubes in bulk fluids
11/05/2009 - Four Owl seniors earn Conference USA All-Academic honors in soccer
11/05/2009 - Fondren Library celebrates its 60th with friends, cake and stories
11/04/2009 - Sadat's widow to speak on vision for Middle East peace at Baker Institute Nov. 12
11/04/2009 - From the Web to the cell, Nov. 10 Scientia to exam network systems
11/04/2009 - Rice professor's first book nabs top prize
11/04/2009 - Rice Architecture alum's Ice House project will raise awareness of urban woes
11/04/2009 - Rice to honor veterans with ceremony Nov. 11
11/04/2009 - United Way campaign a third of the way to goal
11/04/2009 - Dec. 3 symposium to connect health care and business worlds
11/04/2009 - Mexican filmmaker to offer thoughts on border at Baker Institute
11/03/2009 - Rice evolutionary biologists Queller, Strassmann redefine the meaning of 'one'
11/03/2009 - Y. Ping Sun to be honored at Arrival Awards
11/03/2009 - Rice celebrates homecoming Nov. 13-15

October

10/30/2009 - Unconventional Wisdom on the air
10/30/2009 - Leebron discusses challenges, opportunities in State of the University, Student Association and Town Hall addresses
10/30/2009 - President presents overview of Rice at Town Hall meeting
10/30/2009 - Rice soccer hosts bone-marrow registration drive during season's biggest game
10/29/2009 - Allgood's art on view during November
10/29/2009 - Shepherd School opera production highlights joy of music making
10/29/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
10/29/2009 - Rice lab leads hunt for new zeolites
10/29/2009 - Lecture to examine "A National Initiative for Technology-Mediated Social Participation"
10/29/2009 - International economist to speak on financial reform at Rice's Baker Institute Nov. 3
10/29/2009 - Science and socializing
10/29/2009 - Life-saving technologies featured at Nov. 6 workshop
10/29/2009 - United Way campaign off to strong start
10/29/2009 - Indian ambassador to US will speak at Baker Institute Nov. 6
10/29/2009 - Library celebrates 60 years
10/29/2009 - Former US diplomats to discuss Iraq policy at Baker Institute Nov. 4
10/27/2009 - Cyber expert to discuss cyberspace in US at Baker Institute
10/27/2009 - Tour campus with the click of a mouse
10/27/2009 - Rice-TMC win funds for cancer research
10/27/2009 - OCFR open house Nov. 6 offers opportunity to learn about funding
10/27/2009 - ADVANCE to present research on women's progress
10/27/2009 - Rice cuts deal to research graphene-infused drilling fluids
10/27/2009 - Rice-run poll: Brown ahead in Houston mayoral election
10/23/2009 - The Way I See It: Campus trees different, but beautiful
10/23/2009 - 13th annual Rorschach Memorial Lecture
10/23/2009 - United Way campaign off to an impressive start
10/23/2009 - Quilt exhibition showcases talents of Blue Triangle Quilt Guild
10/23/2009 - 'Water: Effects on Life' art exhibition on view through Oct. 29
10/23/2009 - Negotiation tactics
10/23/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
10/23/2009 - Baker Institute panel to feature leading players in forging a united Germany after fall of the Berlin Wall
10/23/2009 - Dog walk will benefit women's athletics, orphaned pets
10/22/2009 - GSA wins award
10/22/2009 - Study shows that Americans who believe in equality are more likely to buy on impulse
10/22/2009 - Rice scientists unveil one-of-a-kind instrument
10/22/2009 - Rice prof and alumna among BioHouston honorees
10/22/2009 - Sayler named interim director of athletics
10/22/2009 - Learn from the differences: How do Chinese firms benefit from the diversity of foreign direct investment?
10/22/2009 - Award-winning freshman enjoying first semester at Shepherd School
10/22/2009 - A slamming good time
10/21/2009 - Students invite chemists everywhere to help with orphan drugs, diseases
10/21/2009 - Students meet MFAH challenge to create art-storage system
10/21/2009 - Gates Foundation backs BRC research into needle-free malaria test
10/21/2009 - IMF official will speak on Pakistani economy at Baker Institute
10/21/2009 - Break bread, build bridges at annual Dinner Dialogues Nov. 12
10/21/2009 - Camera-in-a-needle will screen for cancers
10/21/2009 - Political scientist wins grant to study effectiveness of economic sanctions
10/21/2009 - Prediction, control of H1N1 topic of next Scientia lecture Oct. 27
10/21/2009 - RUPD's Citizens Police Academy to begin in January
10/21/2009 - Faculty, staff invited to town hall meeting Oct. 29
10/21/2009 - Flu focus: NIH project aims for better drugs
10/19/2009 - Art Institute of Chicago director to present 2009 Campbell Lecture Series Oct. 27-29
10/16/2009 - Rice Theatre offers 'Threepenny Opera' in November
10/16/2009 - Rice's house named a top 10 competitor in Solar Decathlon
10/16/2009 - Rice scientists argue nanotubes can be treated like polymers
10/16/2009 - Rice researcher examines campaign finance regulations in new 'laboratory'
10/16/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
10/16/2009 - Pulitzer-winning playwright Tony Kushner delivers President's Lecture
10/15/2009 - Athletics offering NCAA tickets with purchase of select group of basketball season tickets
10/15/2009 - Ambassador of Exploration Award to be displayed at Rice
10/15/2009 - Rice is tops in Texas for sustainability
10/15/2009 - FedEx Shipping Center opens on campus
10/15/2009 - Former CIA officer to speak on clandestine intelligence at Baker Institute Oct. 26
10/15/2009 - Hip, HiPco hooray for Rice's pioneering nanotube process
10/14/2009 - Political scientist thrilled at mentor's Nobel Prize
10/14/2009 - Artwork makes ZEROW HOUSE a home
10/14/2009 - Rice and The Methodist Hospital win stimulus funding
10/13/2009 - Town hall meeting set for Oct. 29
10/13/2009 - Last chance for free flu shots Oct. 23
10/13/2009 - CAAM grad student wins Ken Kennedy-Cray Inc. Graduate Fellowship Award
10/13/2009 - National Academy of Sciences president to present Oct. 20 Rorschach lecture
10/13/2009 - Ask the Budget Office Oct. 21
10/12/2009 - Rice in Solar Decathlon's top 3
10/09/2009 - Wise named president of Rice Management Company
10/09/2009 - Pakistani foreign minister outlines policies at Baker Institute lecture
10/09/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
10/09/2009 - Graduate Student Association celebrates 40 years at Rice
10/09/2009 - Rice University to accept Kennedy award and moon rock from NASA
10/09/2009 - Wischmeyer, founding director of Continuing Studies, dies
10/08/2009 - Auto-biography
10/08/2009 - Rice's unconventional house making waves -- and energy -- at Solar Decathlon
10/08/2009 - Jewish Studies offers lecture series on medieval scholar Maimonides
10/08/2009 - A 'Night Out' to remember
10/08/2009 - Sociologist's study of White House Fellows puts spotlight on nation's elites
10/07/2009 - Dropbox is new solution to sending very large files
10/07/2009 - Rice's Gillis co-founds private university in North Korea
10/07/2009 - Athletic programs report available
10/07/2009 - Rice-based training program wins $1 million in stimulus funds
10/07/2009 - Professor emeritus Hale dies at age 94
10/07/2009 - Who knew a thousand students could make Rice grand?
10/07/2009 - Farmers market begins Saturday hours at Rice Oct. 10
10/07/2009 - Free flu shots available to faculty, staff Oct. 12, 16, 23
10/07/2009 - ZEROW HOUSE already producing energy on National Mall
10/07/2009 - Award-winning playwright Tony Kushner to give first President's Lecture Oct. 14
10/07/2009 - Cin-Ty Lee earns high honors from Geological Society of America
10/02/2009 - Study: Largest quakes can weaken fault zones worldwide
10/02/2009 - Rice Center for Engineering Leadership established
10/02/2009 - Astronauts touch down on Rice campus
10/02/2009 - Rice mourns loss of architecture student
10/02/2009 - Rice's United Way Campaign now accepting donations
10/02/2009 - Quarterly newsletter Rice at Large calls for submissions
10/02/2009 - Passport to Houston
10/02/2009 - Rice to remember Weeks brothers at memorial service Oct. 5
10/02/2009 - Rice film series will explore Latin American left
10/02/2009 - Sally Ride Science Festival Oct. 24 aims to motivate, educate girls
10/01/2009 - Bill Courtney brings marketing muscle to Rice Public Affairs
10/01/2009 - OAS official to discuss hemispheric relations at Baker Institute lecture Oct. 9
10/01/2009 - Boniuk Center helps bring world-renowned religious scholar to Houston
10/01/2009 - Rice community celebrates opening of state-of-the-art rec center
10/01/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
10/01/2009 - Free flu shots available to faculty, staff in October
10/01/2009 - Rice's Richard Tapia honored at Washington ceremony
10/01/2009 - Moon rock to land at Rice next week
10/01/2009 - Astrophysicist James Gunn earns National Medal of Science
10/01/2009 - Writes complete computer programming textbook for open-access repository
10/01/2009 - You're invited to a Public Affair Oct. 9
10/01/2009 - Role of water today and in Houston's future is topic of Shell Center conference Oct. 13
10/01/2009 - Rice Players get 'Earnest'
10/01/2009 - ZEROW HOUSE arrives in Washington, DC
10/01/2009 - Rice psychologists to study gender bias in scientific, medical job applications
10/01/2009 - Rice, Baylor researchers find nobility among single-celled creatures
10/01/2009 - Quilting exhibition honors Houston's hearts, hands and heritage
10/01/2009 - Rice to host National Night Out Oct. 6
10/01/2009 - Ramping up

September

09/28/2009 - Rice community celebrates opening of state-of-the-art rec center
09/25/2009 - ZEROW HOUSE makes first leg of 1,500-mile journey
09/25/2009 - Police at Rice and Houston identify BB shooters
09/25/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
09/25/2009 - Fudan University representatives tour Rice facilities
09/25/2009 - Rice and Baylor College of Medicine extend MOU
09/25/2009 - Astronaut to discuss mission to the Hubble Space Telescope Sept. 30
09/25/2009 - Visual and Dramatic Arts hosts two solo exhibitions by Houston-based artists
09/24/2009 - Journalist to speak on future world order at Baker Institute event Oct. 1
09/24/2009 - Dunn Foundation awards first grants under $3M collaborative research program
09/24/2009 - Passport to the Houston Symphony
09/24/2009 - Nuclear cancer-treatment advance sends undergraduates to Hawaii
09/24/2009 - BP scholarship recipients and interns honored
09/24/2009 - Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to present 2010 commencement address at Rice
09/24/2009 - Pakistani foreign minister to speak at Baker Institute Oct. 5
09/24/2009 - T-shirt trade
09/24/2009 - Lower Saxony premier to highlight Germany's energy agenda at Baker Institute lecture Oct. 1
09/24/2009 - Engineering's Ann Lugg earns board kudos
09/24/2009 - Baker Institute conference examines latest in stem cell research
09/24/2009 - A wise young Owlet
09/24/2009 - ZEROW HOUSE -- photo gallery
09/24/2009 - Rice MBA program places 5th in entrepreneurship
09/24/2009 - Splish splash
09/24/2009 - We the people
09/24/2009 - Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center opens today
09/24/2009 - Houston mayoral candidates debate at Rice
09/18/2009 - Rice to celebrate grand opening of Gibbs Recreation Center Sept. 25
09/18/2009 - Humanities Research Center supports emerging disciplines
09/18/2009 - Seasonal flu shots now available to students
09/18/2009 - Gift givers
09/18/2009 - Speakers urge upgrades, vigilance at Baker Institute conference on cybersecurity
09/18/2009 - Humanities Research Center symposium offers a chance to reflect on changes in humanities
09/17/2009 - 'Evolutionary forecasting' for drug resistance
09/17/2009 - Tea time
09/17/2009 - New Rice University report shows Houston SafeClear program reduces collisions, saves money
09/17/2009 - Rice's McStay to have play read at Ike fundraiser Sept. 26
09/17/2009 - Brinkley to appear at book signing Sept. 22
09/17/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
09/17/2009 - Former Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi to speak at Baker Institute
09/17/2009 - Learn about Rice from historian Melissa Kean Sept. 24
09/17/2009 - Rice-born company to ease solar-panel manufacturing goes public, gives back
09/17/2009 - Rice to host mayoral debate Sept. 23
09/17/2009 - Tuition benefits extended to more employees' children
09/16/2009 - Picture this
09/16/2009 - Action! Student film contest offers cash prizes
09/16/2009 - Rice's Morosan wins NSF CAREER award
09/16/2009 - Teardown completes $2-a-day challenge
09/16/2009 - System holds fast for flu vaccine
09/16/2009 - Sociology's Lindsay to discuss 'Networks as Channels of Power' at Sept. 22 Scientia
09/16/2009 - Rice community visits new residential colleges
09/16/2009 - Families Weekend 2009
09/16/2009 - Passport fair coming to campus Sept. 21
09/15/2009 - Rice's ZEROW HOUSE gets a lift Sept. 24
09/15/2009 - Museum District Day at Rice University Art Gallery
09/08/2009 - Rice team offers tours of DC-bound Solar Decathlon house
09/04/2009 - Towers topic of architecture lectures
09/04/2009 - Rice researchers seek better vaccine procedure
09/04/2009 - Rice Readers announces September book selection
09/04/2009 - Foreman's a hit with Rice Alliance
09/04/2009 - Former Owls Kramer, Berkman to be inducted into Texas Sports Hall of Fame
09/04/2009 - State leaders express support for health coverage for Texas Children
09/04/2009 - CCE Fellows Symposium shows multidisciplinary undergraduate research
09/04/2009 - Rice's Hamza named men's foil coach for Team USA
09/04/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
09/04/2009 - Students go 'clubbing'
09/04/2009 - Siler goes 'On the Town'
09/04/2009 - Former football players called to 'huddle up' Sept. 25-26
09/04/2009 - Tour group advances fabrication of nanoscale memory, chip-design tools
09/04/2009 - From O-week to Outreach Day, community carries over
09/04/2009 - Political scientist's book wins award for best in comparative politics
09/04/2009 - Baker Institute conference to discuss latest developments in stem cell research
09/04/2009 - See Rice's Solar Decathlon house before it heads to DC
09/04/2009 - Provost Levy to step down next June
09/03/2009 - Housing and Dining's Owl-la-carte, chefs earn accolades
09/03/2009 - Tezeno receives Distinguished Employee Award
09/03/2009 - Sneak a peek at Duncan and McMurtry colleges Sept. 8
09/03/2009 - Rice hosts 'Hurricane Ike: Revisited' Sept. 14
09/03/2009 - Rice student named correspondent for Glimpse
09/02/2009 - Ragged but right installation transforms Rice Gallery into puppet show
09/02/2009 - Learn about funding opportunities at OCFR open house Sept. 11
09/02/2009 - Fondren's GIS/Data Center offers resources for mapping
09/02/2009 - Everybody at Rice has an Ike story, and here are six
09/02/2009 - Beckford, Knodel, Thames to enter Rice Athletic Hall of Fame
09/02/2009 - Lovely day for a walk
09/02/2009 - O-week Outreach Day
09/02/2009 - Platinum nanocatalyst could aid drugmakers
09/02/2009 - Rice takes steps to protect students, faculty and staff during flu season
09/02/2009 - Forum to look at Web design, university branding Sept. 11
09/02/2009 - Frequently Asked Questions about Flu


August

08/31/2009 - Free health screenings available in September
08/31/2009 - Campus blood drive set for Sept. 17-18
08/31/2009 - Farmers Market expands to two days a week in October
08/31/2009 - No Rice News Sept. 11
08/31/2009 - Rice-run poll finds low interest in Houston mayoral election
08/31/2009 - Rice Gallery to participate in Houston Museum District Day Sept. 12
08/31/2009 - Rice students to build shantytown, live on $2 a day to aid world's poor
08/28/2009 - Common Reading weaves new students into Rice's fabric
08/28/2009 - Raymond Johnson, Rice's first black student, back as math professor
08/28/2009 - Owls flock back to campus
08/28/2009 - Students, staff and faculty should read -- and heed -- flu guidelines
08/28/2009 - Children's advocates, community leaders to speak in support of national children’s health reform Sept. 1
08/27/2009 - Inaugural departmental grants focus on mentoring programs
08/27/2009 - Recent Shepherd School alum earns place at top-tier orchestras
08/27/2009 - Houston Marriott at TMC welcomes Rice's BRC to the neighborhood
08/27/2009 - Rice quarterback coach faces decision as season opener looms
08/27/2009 - Study: Oil speculators dominate open interest in oil futures
08/26/2009 - Glasscock School reaches out to small business owners
08/26/2009 - Experience a rare U.S. performance of Javanese puppet theater Aug. 30
08/26/2009 - Correction
08/26/2009 - Passport to Houston shows new students there's more to Rice than the campus
08/26/2009 - Aquatics' Harwood earns Bearden award
08/26/2009 - Schedule a free health screening in September
08/25/2009 - Boxing, business champ George Foreman to speak at Rice Alliance celebration Sept. 3
08/25/2009 - Rice sets rules for cycling on campus, but pedestrians must help, too
08/25/2009 - Researcher granted nearly $1 million to create genome-analysis tools
08/25/2009 - Stay safe and secure on campus
08/25/2009 - Rice team defines nanotubes' flexing characteristics 'once and for all'
08/21/2009 - President welcomes Class of 2013
08/21/2009 - Rice bioengineer finds domestic payoff in designing devices for Africa
08/21/2009 - O-Week: Breaking bread with college associates
08/21/2009 - Rice continues to be ranked as one of the top 20 best colleges by U.S. News & World Report
08/21/2009 - O-Week: New students find fun at the museums
08/20/2009 - Baker Institute conference will look at ways to protect computer networks
08/20/2009 - Rice tapped for role in computing research center
08/20/2009 - Improve with HR and ACT Program training
08/20/2009 - Rice University study examines the role of gender and morality in charitable giving
08/20/2009 - Nepalese grad student sees better future for homeland through Rice experience
08/20/2009 - Forbes names Elsenhans '78 to '100 Most Powerful Women' list
08/20/2009 - Rice grad student takes up computer challenge, walks away with cash
08/20/2009 - Public Affairs moves to Allen Center, no Rice News Sept. 11
08/20/2009 - Rice University study finds 'rivalry' between nostrils
08/20/2009 - Rice research examines efforts to increase voter turnout
08/20/2009 - Privacy, education records topic of Aug. 25 'Legal Brown Bag'
08/20/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
08/20/2009 - O-week coordinators provide more choices for incoming students
08/20/2009 - Sign up for free weight, cardio room orientation sessions Aug. 27, 29, Sept. 2
08/19/2009 - O-Week: Off to the races
08/19/2009 - O-Week: Sports rally
08/19/2009 - O-Week: Colleges practice cheers
08/18/2009 - O-Week: President's barbecue
08/17/2009 - O-Week: Matriculation
08/17/2009 - O-Week: New students move into the colleges (2)
08/16/2009 - O-Week: New students move into the colleges (1)
08/16/2009 - O-Week brings life to new North colleges
08/14/2009 - Rice students compare UK and US health care systems
08/14/2009 - Results of Rice-area neighborhood parking study available
08/14/2009 - Brinkley's new book examines Teddy Roosevelt's role in preserving US wilderness
08/14/2009 - Suzanne Deal Booth’s gift the largest ever for art at Rice
08/13/2009 - Technology catches up -- 30 years later -- to Rice scientists' idea for trace-gas sensor
08/13/2009 - Be a guest coach for Rice volleyball
08/13/2009 - Tissue engineers gather for Rice 'short course'
08/13/2009 - Rice Architecture grad second alum to win SOM fellowship in four years
08/13/2009 - Rice Children's Campus first university building certified for environmental friendliness
08/13/2009 - Department of Education grants Rice $1 million to train K-12 teachers as historians
08/13/2009 - Immerse in Houston, soak up the Rice experience
08/13/2009 - Rice welcomes newest Owls, largest freshman class during O-week
08/12/2009 - Book from Rice University's Connexions used in historic K-12 initiative
08/11/2009 - Ask the dean of undergraduates Aug. 19
08/11/2009 - TMC/BRC shuttle service starts Aug. 24
08/07/2009 - Shell Center for Sustainability calls for submissions to art exhibit
08/07/2009 - 'Free'-cycling a success
08/07/2009 - Disability Support Services, Financial Aid Office relocate
08/07/2009 - Solar harvest
08/07/2009 - Continuing Studies fall courses open for registration
08/07/2009 - Fresh faces
08/06/2009 - Rice junior qualifies for US Amateur golf tour
08/06/2009 - Rice football has first practice of the year this weekend
08/06/2009 - Rice alum McReynolds wins UTMB honor
08/06/2009 - Rice offers computer training for high school freshmen
08/06/2009 - Rice Gallery announces 2009-10 season
08/06/2009 - Protein folding: Diverse methods yield clues
08/06/2009 - Rice alum helps craft Obama's international message


July

07/31/2009 - Rice's McStay appearing in local play
07/31/2009 - It's a bird, it's a plane … it's a palm?
07/31/2009 - What's the scoop?
07/31/2009 - Teachers immerse themselves in real-world research at Rice
07/30/2009 - Campuswide FREE-cycling of office supplies to be held Aug. 6
07/30/2009 - New Rice study shows California newspapers located closer to the Mexican border slant news coverage of immigration
07/30/2009 - Rice graduates among top earners
07/30/2009 - Gender equality matters for long-term economic growth
07/30/2009 - Rice to host Galveston seawall design challenge
07/30/2009 - Princeton Review ranks Rice No. 1 for 'best quality of life'
07/30/2009 - Scuseria elected to prestigious international academy
07/30/2009 - Shepherd School bassists take top honors
07/30/2009 - Rice names architecture dean
07/30/2009 - Jones School's Zeff honored for contributions to accounting profession
07/29/2009 - Smalley scientists show astounding nanotube growth with flying carpets, 'odako' kites
07/29/2009 - Little-known protein found to be key player
07/29/2009 - Tapia profiled in SACNAS video
07/28/2009 - Two alumni named City Hall Fellows
07/28/2009 - Images show atom-by-atom growth of rotating carbon nanotubes
07/27/2009 - Rice University, Baker Institute mourn loss of Weeks brothers
07/27/2009 - Texas Children's is first TMC institution to join Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative
07/24/2009 - Rice junior chosen for Olympic Committee's program for minority student leaders
07/24/2009 - Rice mourns Professor Emerita Edith Wyschogrod
07/24/2009 - Boys of summer
07/24/2009 - To infinity and beyond!
07/24/2009 - Rice retirement plan adding Fidelity Investments Aug. 1
07/23/2009 - Hudspeths help fund Center for Philanthropy at Glasscock School
07/23/2009 - Rice lab's atomic map of hepatitis E may reveal strategies to fight it
07/23/2009 - Surprised Rice student accepts moon rock awarded to JFK
07/23/2009 - Rice Athletics earns C-USA Institutional Excellence Award for fourth straight year
07/23/2009 - Rice eases move for couple -- and lab -- to BioScience Research Collaborative
07/22/2009 - Alum Justin Romberg of Georgia Tech wins presidential award
07/22/2009 - Reiff honored for spreading space science education
07/22/2009 - Baraniuk honored for Connexions work
07/22/2009 - Centennial historian experiences thrills, chills in hunt for Rice history
07/22/2009 - Rice's Shell Center funds effort to measure city sustainability, using Houston as a case study
07/22/2009 - Rice wins stimulus funding for physics building
07/17/2009 - From astrophysicist to astronaut -- and back
07/17/2009 - The Rice stuff: The moon as our laboratory
07/17/2009 - New online storefront has all the Rice stuff
07/17/2009 - National TV show filmed at Rice to air July 21
07/17/2009 - This weekend's SpaceFest activities commemorate Apollo 11 moon landing
07/16/2009 - Rice researchers weigh environmental, economic costs of biodiesel production
07/16/2009 - 'We choose to go to the moon'
07/16/2009 - Houston, we have a space program
07/16/2009 - Apollo launched Abbey's rise at NASA
07/16/2009 - Hurricane's impact analyzed at first of two RDA forums
07/16/2009 - Bailiff spends time with troops in Afghanistan
07/16/2009 - Hot, dry weather causing water-line breaks
07/16/2009 - Rice student interns with space research institute
07/16/2009 - Development's Bryant gives her husband the ultimate gift -- a kidney
07/16/2009 - To the moon and beyond
07/16/2009 - NASA brought profound change to Rice
07/15/2009 - Nine projects earn nod from Rice Faculty Initiatives Fund
07/15/2009 - Rice launches scholarship Web site for local students
07/15/2009 - The Way I See It: The lessons of rejection shouldn't be overlooked
07/15/2009 - Lindsay wins NAEd fellowship to study elites' educational backgrounds
07/14/2009 - Feds show faith in Rice-born solar film
07/14/2009 - 'Silicon with afterburners' developed at Rice could be boon to electronics manufacturers
07/14/2009 - Enjoy a sweet break from the heat July 24
07/14/2009 - New theory on why male, female lemurs same size
07/14/2009 - Rice alum wins coveted White House award
07/14/2009 - NanoJapan expands summer intern program
07/14/2009 - Global warming: Our best guess is likely wrong
07/10/2009 - Departing architecture dean Lars Lerup takes a hard look at Houston's future
07/10/2009 - Casbarian named RSA dean
07/10/2009 - Loewenstern Fellowships enable Rice students to transcend boundaries
07/10/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
07/10/2009 - It's moving day(s) for the Colvin group
07/10/2009 - Fifth annual IBB Symposium is July 15
07/10/2009 - Student researchers get a piece of the pie in the BRC
07/10/2009 - Path to collaboration
07/09/2009 - Owls announce 2009 home football game start times
07/09/2009 - Changes at Fondren Library
07/09/2009 - RUPD to host third annual blood drive July 13
07/09/2009 - Urban Immersion gets students out into the community
07/09/2009 - Two alumni scholars 50 years apart
07/09/2009 - Football at Rice makes an impact on Houston youth
07/08/2009 - Colwick named C-USA Athlete of the Year
07/08/2009 - Jimoh '07 makes Team USA
07/08/2009 - Red, White and Blue and Gray
07/08/2009 - 99K House to be on Channel 39's 'Going Green'
07/08/2009 - Rice architecture students deliver solid results in competition
07/08/2009 - Hurricane center chief to speak at Rice Design Alliance forum
07/08/2009 - Computer scientist will study evolution of biological networks
07/08/2009 - PRIME team honored again
07/08/2009 - High schoolers don lab gear for Project SEED at Rice
07/08/2009 - Chronicle of Higher Ed names Rice one of its 2009 'Great Colleges to Work For'
07/01/2009 - Going forth before the Fourth


June

06/30/2009 - Our pride is showing
06/26/2009 - New name, new look for Rice University’s business school
06/26/2009 - Baker Institute presentation chronicles energy's wild ride in 2008
06/26/2009 - Rice wins best-place-to-work trophy
06/26/2009 - Centennial Campaign on target as fiscal year ends

06/26/2009 - Rice named 'best-buy school' in Fiske Guide
06/25/2009 - Alumni appearing in local play
06/25/2009 - Students blog from European physics lab
06/25/2009 - Recreation Center closed July 3-5 but open July 6
06/25/2009 - International researchers and students learn American idioms over cups of coffee
06/25/2009 - Rice researchers detail mechanism of hydrogen storage on graphene
06/25/2009 - Shortstop selected to play for Team USA
06/25/2009 - Alexander receives Distinguished Employee Award
06/25/2009 - Project GRAD summer institutes at Rice prepare college hopefuls
06/24/2009 - Rice alumna among train crash victims in Washington
06/24/2009 - Rice computing pioneer wins IEEE Computer Society award
06/24/2009 - Most promising life science technology companies announced at Rice Alliance Life Science Venture Forum
06/24/2009 - A ringing success
06/24/2009 - No Rice News during July 4 holiday
06/24/2009 - Rice extends Fourth of July weekend
06/24/2009 - Weight Watchers begins June 29
06/24/2009 - Correction
06/24/2009 - 'Visitor' wireless network security changed
06/22/2009 - Rice's Alex Tran wins pageant, serves community
06/19/2009 - Houston doctor Anh Reiss and family search for stem cell donor to save her life
06/19/2009 - Rice faculty member's initiative spurs Chinese lessons throughout Texas
06/19/2009 - Update your emergency contact info
06/19/2009 - Rice alumnus named interim president of Texas A&M
06/19/2009 - Barry, Deal Booth elected Rice trustees
06/18/2009 - Rice professor, students make artistic outreach trip to the heart of Mexico
06/18/2009 - Rice's Advanced Placement Institute draws teachers from around the world
06/18/2009 - Rice joins other top research universities to launch Futurity.org – ‘Breaking News from the Future’
06/18/2009 - Rice-based journal research part of training for Chinese economists
06/18/2009 - Anthropologist's new book urges rethinking of discipline's methods
06/18/2009 - Engineering workshop helps schools meet state requirements
06/17/2009 - Nano-safety journal ratings debut
06/17/2009 - Providing health insurance for US children would be cheaper than expected, Baker Institute study says
06/17/2009 - Write on
06/17/2009 - Rice graduate students journey to Germany to meet laureates
06/17/2009 - SSPEED Center wins $1.25M for Ike study
06/17/2009 - Skin cancer screening available Aug. 7
06/17/2009 - New office supply agreement offers better rates, easier purchasing
06/17/2009 - Alumnus to premiere film at Los Angeles Film Festival
06/17/2009 - Rice cycling team excels at championships
06/17/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
06/16/2009 - PRIME team tops at IShow
06/16/2009 - Rice junior pole vaulter captures NCAA title
06/16/2009 - Join the Grand Slam Fitness Challenge at the Recreation Center
06/12/2009 - Shepherd School offers classes for youngest students
06/12/2009 - Rice U. researchers ask if biofuels will lead to a 'drink or drive' choice
06/12/2009 - College counselors on campus this weekend
06/12/2009 - Save our oceans
06/12/2009 - Rice alum to lead Texas Access to Justice Commission
06/12/2009 - Excitement tangible as researchers prepare for BRC
06/11/2009 - The Way I See It: President Obama's first 100 days
06/11/2009 - Rice at Large calls for submissions
06/11/2009 - Rice establishes Spanish Resource Center
06/11/2009 - Rice discount available for 'Phantom of the Opera'
06/11/2009 - 'Wine Around Texas' comes to Houston Farmers Market at Rice June 16
06/11/2009 - BTB summer interns are back online
06/11/2009 - Phone service outage scheduled for June 19-20
06/11/2009 - Track and field athlete, coach take tops
06/09/2009 - Rice baseball season ends with loss to LSU
06/09/2009 - 99K House ready for occupancy
06/09/2009 - Rice Earth science students take grand tour of Morocco's dramatic terrain
06/09/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
06/06/2009 - Rice's road to Omaha comes to an end with loss to LSU
06/06/2009 - Photo gallery: Rice falls in first super regional game
06/06/2009 - Photo gallery: Rice's road to Omaha comes to an end
06/05/2009 - Rice faces LSU in today's 6 p.m. NCAA Super Regional
06/05/2009 - Colleges get a facelift
06/05/2009 - Sneak a peek at the BRC
06/05/2009 - Baker Institute Energy Forum interns build sustainable garden in Houston's Fifth Ward
06/05/2009 - Rice falls in first super regional game
06/04/2009 - Manifold hits the streets
06/04/2009 - The Way I See It: Buenger's blast underscores hard work, determination
06/04/2009 - Student recruitment efforts are getting results
06/04/2009 - Planned outages for storage.rice.edu
06/04/2009 - Hirasaki's latest honor echoes family history
06/04/2009 - Art Gallery installation extended through Aug. 11
06/04/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
06/03/2009 - Annual BP world energy review to be held at Baker Institute
06/03/2009 - Rice's Anthony Rendon named National Freshman of the Year
06/02/2009 - Rice-based ICON introduces open-source wiki on safe handling of nanomaterials
06/02/2009 - Through power grids and body mass, institute gives undergrads real-world look at statistics
06/02/2009 - Photo gallery: Rice defeats Kansas State 13-4 at Reckling Park
06/01/2009 - Owls beat Kansas State 8-0 to avoid elimination


May

05/29/2009 - $6.6 million Holloway estate will establish scholarships at Rice and replace track at stadium
05/29/2009 - Parking gates at Greenbriar Lot should improve security
05/29/2009 - Ready to rumble at Reckling
05/28/2009 - Rice biologist wins Beckman Foundation award
05/28/2009 - Rice named best place to work fourth year in a row
05/28/2009 - Sanitary precautions
05/28/2009 - Rice's Garfinkel shines in 'Awake and Sing!'
05/28/2009 - IBB awards 2009 Hamill Innovation grants
05/28/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
05/28/2009 - Office Depot vendor fair set for June 2
05/28/2009 - Rice Readers chooses June book
05/28/2009 - Ask the experts from the Controller's Office
05/28/2009 - Physical education
05/27/2009 - Log in to send Rice e-mail
05/27/2009 - Rice's Anthony Rendon named a Golden Spikes semifinalist
05/27/2009 - New director of sponsored research Sarah White sees the beauty in science
05/27/2009 - First field test of Rice's arsenic-cleansing 'nanorust' slated in Mexico
05/27/2009 - Rice wins C-USA tournament, tapped to host NCAA Regional
05/27/2009 - Rice alum receives Swedish knighthood
05/27/2009 - Geoscientists offer new model for degassing of Earth's mantle
05/27/2009 - International researchers call Rice their summer home
05/22/2009 - Rice professor applies elbow grease to free Hubble handrail
05/22/2009 - Free for all
05/21/2009 - Library offers resources to stretch your budget
05/21/2009 - Barron part of trans-Atlantic group seeking molecular key to stop HIV
05/21/2009 - Rice labs hope tiny clusters will find new oil in old wells
05/21/2009 - Sub-Pacific cores let Rice grad student study Earth's climate millions of years ago
05/21/2009 - Rice physicist unravels 'hole' story of cell suicide
05/21/2009 - Web Services launches new FIS system
05/21/2009 - Fondren Library develops research aid for tools of the trade
05/21/2009 - HISD students win essay contest at Rice
05/21/2009 - O'Connor House renamed in honor of alumnus Peter Huff and his wife
05/21/2009 - Newest awardees bring this year’s total of Rice Fulbright winners to seven
05/21/2009 - Zipcars memberships now available for departments
05/21/2009 - Skin cancer screenings available
05/21/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
05/21/2009 - Health economists at Baker Institute conference predict national reform legislation this year
05/21/2009 - Pedal pusher
05/20/2009 - Political scientist named visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation
05/20/2009 - Preview new recreation center offerings at May 27 expo
05/20/2009 - Rice takes track titles
05/15/2009 - Dig in
05/15/2009 - Rice's sister university raises profile in European rankings
05/15/2009 - Rice's DOD funding this decade tops $100 million
05/14/2009 - Siler elected president of state association
05/14/2009 - Rice to host employers' forum
05/14/2009 - Shuttles running on summer schedule
05/14/2009 - Baker Institute report urges renewed cooperation along US-Mexico border
05/14/2009 - Barron named Prince of Wales Visiting Innovator
05/14/2009 - Owl-la-carte offers breakfast, lunch through summer
05/14/2009 - Rice Readers chooses May book
05/14/2009 - New regulations affect new foreign interns
05/14/2009 - Shepherd School student to debut on historic stage
05/14/2009 - Rice rookies rock robotics championships
05/13/2009 - Rose Sundin named honorary ARA member
05/13/2009 - Lucky ticket
05/13/2009 - Shepherd School offers summer music camp for kids
05/12/2009 - Rice ‘Owl’ Olson goes to Washington
05/12/2009 - Get ready for hurricane season at May 20 brown-bag event
05/12/2009 - Campuswide "free"-cycling of office supplies set for May 21
05/12/2009 - Former Rice track star Jimoh holds world's No. 2 mark in the long jump
05/12/2009 - Tour honored by Houston Technology Center
05/12/2009 - Rice students bring strength-measurement device to national stage
05/11/2009 - 2009 Art Car Parade
05/09/2009 - Commencement 2009
05/09/2009 - Salbi inspires graduates with message of humility, truth and resilience
05/09/2009 - Rice University graduates Class of 2009
05/08/2009 - Huston, Pasquali earn kudos for outstanding service to graduate student education
05/08/2009 - Awards recognize service to graduate students
05/08/2009 - Grande-Allen, Patten earn Presidential Mentoring Award
05/08/2009 - Five students earn Fulbright Scholarships
05/07/2009 - Class of 2009 graduates Saturday
05/07/2009 - Israeli scholar to present new strategy for Middle East peace at Baker Institute lecture
05/07/2009 - Individual attention a priority for Economics' Brown, winner of Rice's top teaching award
05/07/2009 - Rice conference will weigh policy choices on underrepresented groups
05/07/2009 - Brendan Hassett named Duncan winner
05/07/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
05/07/2009 - Zammito named a Piper Professor of 2009
05/07/2009 - Houchens honored with Salgo Award by junior and senior class
05/07/2009 - Crisis Management Team continues to monitor H1N1 flu
05/07/2009 - Spanish lecturer Patterson receives Allison Sarofim Distinguished Teaching Award
05/07/2009 - Rice students offer sneak peek of zero-energy house
05/07/2009 - Rachel Kinney wins Salbi Commencement Award
05/07/2009 - Four Jones School professors recognized for excellence in teaching
05/07/2009 - Rice students elected to Phi Beta Kappa
05/07/2009 - Baker Institute workshop panelists call for innovative approaches to bolster international scientific collaboration
05/06/2009 - Jordana Mosten receives Williams Prize in Social Justice
05/06/2009 - ConocoPhillips Rice lab trained about 80 local teachers this school year
05/05/2009 - Rice study finds shortcomings in Katrina evacuees' health status
05/04/2009 - Alumni recognized for distinguished achievements
05/04/2009 - Six faculty members honored with the George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
05/04/2009 - Nakhleh wins Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize
05/04/2009 - Association of Rice Alumni bestows gold medals on Djerejian, Lane
05/04/2009 - Student awards support educational endeavors
05/04/2009 - Disability Support Services helps level playing field for Rice pair
05/01/2009 - Zeff Fellowship will aid senior in human rights studies abroad
05/01/2009 - Ze-Row energy house opens for tours on campus next weekend
05/01/2009 - New issue of Social Sciences magazine available
05/01/2009 - Crisis Management Team monitoring H1N1 flu scenario
05/01/2009 - Rice's Tapia, Symes among inaugural SIAM Fellows
05/01/2009 - Rice's Sperandio to give Menil gallery talk May 3



April

04/30/2009 - Astronaut Mike Massimino brings a piece of Rice to famed space telescope
04/30/2009 - Nanophysicists find unexpected magnetic effect
04/30/2009 - Rice Design Alliance awards initiatives for Houston
04/30/2009 - Author, activist Salbi to speak at Baker Institute on women's roles in Middle East
04/30/2009 - I-SWEEP 2009
04/30/2009 - Rice seniors refine 'hot cots' for infants in clinics around the world
04/30/2009 - Rice students recognized for participating in Martin Luther King Day parade
04/30/2009 - Bioengineering sophomore tweaks bili lights to cure babies of jaundice
04/30/2009 - Health economists to discuss strategy at Baker Institute conference
04/30/2009 - Rice seniors receive Watson Fellowships to study abroad for one year
04/30/2009 - Rice Beinecke scholar to focus on medieval history
04/29/2009 - Last chance to take the Houston Business Journal's 2009 Best Places to Work survey
04/29/2009 - Online open enrollment for benefits ends May 1
04/29/2009 - Kripal explores paranormal activity in new book, film
04/29/2009 - Commencement will feature address by founder of Women for Women International
04/29/2009 - Will Clifton's 'Everyone is Catholic' tops Rice student video contest
04/24/2009 - Employees take advantage of RiceFest
04/24/2009 - Leebron to receive Alumni Award of Merit
04/24/2009 - Three Rice graduate specialties make US News' top 10 rankings, Jones School moves up to 38th
04/24/2009 - Carnegie Mellon team wins grand prize at Rice Business Plan Competition
04/24/2009 - Rice engineering students head to Middle East on senior design projects
04/24/2009 - Baker Institute speaker calls for religious engagement to counter political extremism
04/24/2009 - Library research pays off for Rice students
04/24/2009 - Remember to secure valuables
04/24/2009 - IT Help Desk announces new hours
04/24/2009 - Zipcars relocated to Lovett Lot near Cohen House
04/23/2009 - Rice Professor Naomi Halas, alums John Doerr and Karen Davis elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
04/23/2009 - Participate in the Houston Business Journal's 2009 Best Places to Work survey
04/23/2009 - Are you ready to serve on a committee?
04/23/2009 - Rice, BCM explore nanoscale biophysics of key hearing protein
04/23/2009 - Students engineer rehab robots to help stroke patients
04/23/2009 - Online open enrollment for benefits ends May 1
04/23/2009 - NCAA ranks Owls among nation's elite for academic performance
04/23/2009 - New Rice University Press book offers artwork, history
04/23/2009 - Concert for kids takes walk on wild side
04/23/2009 - For the first time, Rice team competes in collegiate national triathlon
04/23/2009 - Online knowledge base surpasses 10,000 modules, launches Consortium, plans enterprise version
04/23/2009 - Three earn scholarships for math, science, engineering prowess
04/23/2009 - Relay For Life weathers the storm
04/23/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
04/23/2009 - Rice production shows what would happen if a comet hit near Houston
04/23/2009 - Design kitchen team cooks up winning device in national NASA competition
04/23/2009 - Architecture's Lerup wins Rome Prize to study Pantheon
04/23/2009 - Houstonians more positive about city despite economic woes, annual survey finds
04/17/2009 - Rice's Makdisi named Carnegie Scholar
04/17/2009 - Building gets new name, new Web site
04/17/2009 - Relay racing
04/16/2009 - Baker Institute workshop to discuss international scientific collaboration
04/16/2009 - Geopolitics, energy are focus of April 29 Baker Institute panel discussion
04/16/2009 - Rice, M.D. Anderson physicists tackle proton treatment plans
04/16/2009 - 'The House at Sugar Beach' selected for Common Reading program
04/16/2009 - Donate toner cartridges, support Community Involvement Center
04/16/2009 - Student art exhibition offers something for everyone
04/16/2009 - Docs' concert supports I AM LIFE research
04/16/2009 - Friday cancer fundraiser moved to Rice Stadium
04/16/2009 - Three Rice alumni to chair Centennial Commission, plan celebration
04/16/2009 - Battlefield prompts study in medical field
04/16/2009 - Millionth fan!
04/16/2009 - Golf tournament will benefit women's athletics
04/16/2009 - Turkish Night
04/15/2009 - Public Affairs wins three CASE awards
04/15/2009 - Online open enrollment for benefits now under way
04/15/2009 - Digital Media Center's Spiro recognized for offering innovative educational opportunities
04/15/2009 - Scientia lecture April 21 to explore genome science, policies
04/15/2009 - Sharing plans for renovation
04/15/2009 - Rice University, local nonprofits present new musical in remembrance of Holocaust
04/15/2009 - Emerson String Quartet offers something extra
04/15/2009 - Rice researchers unzip the future
04/10/2009 - Physicist to present Houston lecture April 16
04/10/2009 - Co-founder of microlending Web site Kiva.org to speak April 14
04/10/2009 - Undergrad helped build Rice's first Capteur Soleil prototype
04/10/2009 - Contest winner's plan would pay tribute to Rice's most generous donors
04/10/2009 - Leebron explains efforts to protect Rice's financial health
04/10/2009 - Broad agreement on US-China relations at Baker Institute conference
04/10/2009 - Lane wins American Institute of Physics' Compton Award
04/10/2009 - This Tuesday is Turkish Night at RMC
04/09/2009 - Rice students win Schweitzer grants to reach beyond the hedges
04/09/2009 - Rice speech and debate team finishes season in the top 25
04/09/2009 - People, Papers, Presentations
04/09/2009 - Rice hosts 5K fun run this Saturday
04/09/2009 - Rice senior's tiny microscope will relieve burden on Lab-in-a-Backpack carriers
04/09/2009 - Capstone creates community partnerships for students
04/09/2009 - Business Plan Competition: It's 'American Idol' for entrepreneurs
04/09/2009 - Student's prize-winning video nets electric car for Rice
04/09/2009 - Relay For Life will rock Rice track
04/09/2009 - Byrd's book examines black migrants' impact on British colonialism
04/08/2009 - Are you ready to serve?
04/08/2009 - Journalist to discuss Israeli politics at Baker Institute lecture
04/08/2009 - Rice political scientist offers prognosis on US-Central American relations during Costa Rica, Honduras trip
04/08/2009 - Rice team to test low-tech solar device in rural Haiti
04/08/2009 - Rice-led project aims to boost performance on every chip
04/08/2009 - Nanotech for Teachers shared via video with Colorado classroom
04/08/2009 - Rice astronaut has pre-launch Twitters
04/08/2009 - Quick fix saves Rice engineers in Georgia aero competition
04/08/2009 - Participate in the Houston Business Journal's 2009 Best Places to Work survey
04/08/2009 - Art historian caps lecture series on museums and medical humanities
04/07/2009 - Rice hosts 5K fun run this Saturday
04/03/2009 - Luminaries call plays at annual scrimmage game
04/03/2009 - Owls come together to honor Brigance April 18
04/03/2009 - RUPD to help raise funds tonight for Special Olympics Texas
04/03/2009 - Rice gets e-mail spoof on April Fools' Day
04/03/2009 - African energy sector to be focus of April 8 Baker Institute lecture
04/03/2009 - Kissinger speaks on the relationship between the US and China
04/02/2009 - Supporting National Public Radio
04/02/2009 - Statistician to explain 'Why Engineering Matters' April 7
04/02/2009 - Residential colleges open doors and dining tables to create opportunities for students
04/02/2009 - Rice professor visits President Obama's grandmother in Kenya
04/02/2009 - Advocate details fight against feds, telecoms over warrantless wiretaps
04/02/2009 - Baker Institute to host book tour for soldier involved in capture of Saddam Hussein
04/02/2009 - Proponent of 'faith-based diplomacy' to speak at Baker Institute April 8
04/02/2009 - Rice anthropologist to lead archeology expedition to East Africa
04/02/2009 - Houston mayor honors Rice engineering student Tony Castilleja
04/02/2009 - Two Rice students bring ideas to DC workshop with Obama staff
04/02/2009 - Baseball diamond is a life's journey, a body of work
04/02/2009 - Rice Readers selects April book
04/02/2009 - Next 'Ask the Experts' set for April 8
04/02/2009 - People, Papers, Presentations
04/01/2009 - Weight-lifting challenge draws aircraft designers to Georgia
04/01/2009 - Conference increases dialogue between musicians and scientists
04/01/2009 - Ashrawi urges Middle East peace initiative at Baker Institute presentation
04/01/2009 - April 16 RiceFest offers chance to talk benefits
04/01/2009 - April events bring prospective students to campus



March

03/27/2009 - Rice IT has the moves to share Alvin Ailey dance class with UT-Austin
03/27/2009 - Baker Institute panelists decry bureaucratic delays in wake of Hurricane Ike
03/27/2009 - 'The Songs of Nature'
03/27/2009 - Visit Rice through newly updated virtual tours
03/27/2009 - 'Lily' lands at Rice
03/26/2009 - University Corporate Council coordinates Rice's contacts with business world
03/26/2009 - Rice researchers model growth of Texas' power systems
03/26/2009 - Rice Design Alliance offers a tour of small, smart Houston houses
03/26/2009 - Hanszen wins the battle
03/26/2009 - Author Sandra Cisneros to speak at Rice April 1
03/26/2009 - Rice students turn billboards into works of art
03/26/2009 - Couple adds a little extra drama to Baker Shake's 'The Tempest'
03/26/2009 - Kennedy Institute offers $500k in seed grants
03/26/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
03/26/2009 - Rice honors the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth with lecture
03/26/2009 - Watch for Great Colleges to Work For survey
03/26/2009 - Rice and Baylor College of Medicine sign MOU
03/26/2009 - Baker Institute event to mark 30 years of US-China ties
03/26/2009 - 'Jimmy Baseball' branches out
03/26/2009 - Owls fly in a bear market
03/25/2009 - Political scientist's research looks at relationship between globalization and human cooperation
03/25/2009 - Rice's annual powwow celebrates Native American culture
03/25/2009 - Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer to discuss US wiretapping March 31
03/25/2009 - The Way I See It: A burning question
03/25/2009 - Easter egg hunt set for April 4 at Sewall Hall Plaza
03/25/2009 - Campus blood drive set for April 7-10
03/25/2009 - Rice Theatre to hold auditions for "The Threepenny Opera"
03/20/2009 - People, Papers, Presentations
03/20/2009 - Rice opens doors for interdisciplinary students
03/20/2009 - Graduate students at Rice Village complex agree to bring no cars
03/20/2009 - Who says you can't have it all?
03/20/2009 - Summit focuses on improving graduate student experience for all
03/20/2009 - What a Willy big picnic!
03/20/2009 - Forty-two teams selected to compete in the world’s richest and largest business plan competition
03/19/2009 - Brochstein Pavilion earns Merit Award for landscape architecture
03/19/2009 - Design kitchen garners architectural award
03/19/2009 - Pitman Exhibition goes beyond traditional artistic methods
03/19/2009 - Rice Light Opera Society to present Gilbert and Sullivan classic
03/19/2009 - Changes in the graduate shuttle route
03/19/2009 - New AT&T White Pages and Residence Pages available
03/19/2009 - Recreation Center offers certification, training classes
03/19/2009 - Upcoming HR training courses scheduled
03/17/2009 - Pioneer in environmental justice to speak at Rice March 24
03/17/2009 - Better by design: engineering flu vaccines
03/17/2009 - Rice's Boniuk Center joins in presenting story of courage, compassion
03/17/2009 - Rice helps local teachers study science
03/17/2009 - Discarded wood finds new life at Rice Gallery
03/17/2009 - Rice staffer's struggle with cancer defined her life's work
03/13/2009 - Rice pole vaulter Jason Colwick rides hot streak to NCAA Championship
03/13/2009 - Physicists offer new theory for iron compounds
03/13/2009 - A spring break spent well
03/13/2009 - New research shows that your looks, creditworthiness may go hand in hand
03/13/2009 - Rice report shows lessons from Hurricane Rita not practiced during Ike
03/13/2009 - Rainy days and Mondays
03/12/2009 - Rice announces tuition and financial aid increases for fall 2009
03/12/2009 - Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi to speak at Baker Institute March 24
03/12/2009 - Mayors from around the globe discuss sustainable cities at De Lange Conference
03/12/2009 - Baker Institute conference examines different approaches to energy policy in Latin America
03/12/2009 - Art History's Brennan explores Jewish mysticism in new book
03/12/2009 - Jim Crownover: How a not-so-simple life brings vision, leadership and growth to Rice
03/12/2009 - Student microfinanciers to hold fundraiser March 17
03/12/2009 - Nominations sought for Linda Fay Williams Prize
03/12/2009 - Rice IT welcomes feedback through annual online survey
03/12/2009 - Paper pay stubs to be discontinued
03/12/2009 - Shepherd School presents Mozart's 'Don Giovanni'
03/12/2009 - Pitman Exhibition features student art at professional level
03/12/2009 - Head of the class
03/11/2009 - Study finds nanotube structures could improve electric motors
03/11/2009 - Biologists find world-record colony of amoebae in Houston cow pasture
03/11/2009 - Indian schools to benefit from new computer chips
03/11/2009 - Pulitzer Prize-winning author to discuss Champlain
03/11/2009 - Rice to screen film about Iraq war
03/11/2009 - 'Stop Kiss' explores living life to the fullest
03/11/2009 - Rice scientist analyzes the state's future power options
03/11/2009 - Light-bending particles could lead to optics breakthroughs
03/10/2009 - Residential colleges are competing for first Sammy Cup
03/06/2009 - Two Scientia lectures to explore biopolitics
03/06/2009 - Human Resources, Controller's Office and Administrative Systems moving on up
03/06/2009 - Conference to examine environmental responsibility in business world
03/06/2009 - Thresher wins Best of Show award
03/06/2009 - Baker Institute to host discussion on nanotechnology and environment
03/05/2009 - Rice Readers selects March book
03/05/2009 - Judges needed for annual bike race
03/05/2009 - Passport fair coming to campus March 16
03/05/2009 - Rice Golf Classic set for May 11
03/05/2009 - Center for the Study of Languages presents film festival
03/05/2009 - Teach for America's founder talks with REEP students about education reform
03/05/2009 - Public forum at Rice with mayor and county judge marks six months since Hurricane Ike
03/05/2009 - Levy, Jaffe to participate in March 24 energy symposium
03/05/2009 - Shepherd School conference increases dialogue between musicians and scientists
03/05/2009 - Rice's Strassmann selected for UN's expert consultation to improve status of women
03/05/2009 - Mikos honored with distinguished engineering educator award
03/05/2009 - March 12 Web Forum to focus on accomplishing work
03/05/2009 - Lunch Bunch to visit Brown College March 11
03/05/2009 - Remember to change clocks, passwords
03/05/2009 - People, Papers, Presentations
03/04/2009 - Rice sociologist wins career enhancement award
03/04/2009 - Rice University-based journal shapes UN policy
03/04/2009 - Rice study of Olympus Mons hints at water – and life – inside Mars
03/04/2009 - Rice student brings 19th-century style to 21st-century campus
03/04/2009 - Evangelical leader tells Baker Institute audience Christians should lead on environmental issues
03/04/2009 - Artist to reflect on healing powers of art
03/04/2009 - Baker Institute panel to debate Hurricane Ike lessons
03/03/2009 - Stem cell researcher encourages advocacy, education to improve policy



February

02/27/2009 - Officer of the Year
02/27/2009 - De Lange Conference will bring together mayors, scholars, activists to discuss sustainable cities
02/27/2009 - Ye olde good time
02/27/2009 - Tea time
02/27/2009 - Rice mourns loss of History's Atieno Odhiambo
02/27/2009 - The Shepherd School raises record-breaking $2.4 million at gala
02/27/2009 - Chinese diplomat visits Rice, praises Sino-US ties
02/27/2009 - MBA students spend spring break in Rwanda
02/26/2009 - Rice alum reunited with long-lost class ring
02/26/2009 - TIAA-CREF to discuss weathering volatile times March 12
02/26/2009 - Teach for America founder to address aspiring school principals in Rice training program
02/26/2009 - Rice recognized at Commit for Life awards ceremony
02/26/2009 - Ice sculpture and appetizer demo at March 4 brown-bag event
02/26/2009 - Houston Livestock Show tickets available at a discount
02/26/2009 - Leebron to speak on Asia Society Texas Center panel March 3
02/26/2009 - Feedback on town hall meeting requested
02/26/2009 - New mileage reimbursement rates effective March 1
02/26/2009 - Vote for your favorite Rice Owl
02/26/2009 - Rice springs into service over break
02/26/2009 - Teachers worldwide flock to Rice for professional development
02/26/2009 - Rice Theatre's play features set design by architecture student
02/24/2009 - Put 'Your Life at Rice' on the silver screen
02/24/2009 - Rice postdoc earns rare NSF fellowship
02/24/2009 - Rice Marketplace simplifies purchasing process for campus supplies
02/24/2009 - Rice Solar Group advances new theories about sunspots, solar flares
02/24/2009 - M.D. Anderson added to all Rice medical plans
02/24/2009 - First Social Sciences International Ambassadors return from abroad
02/24/2009 - Go green and save green
02/23/2009 - Premed students serve as Oscar correspondents
02/20/2009 - Clinton honors Owl Microfinance
02/20/2009 - Two Rice engineering school professors named 2009 Sloan Fellows
02/20/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
02/20/2009 - New shuttle route goes to Graduate, Rice Village apartments
02/20/2009 - Congressman takes Smalley tour
02/20/2009 - Weight Watchers returns to Rice Feb. 23
02/20/2009 - A night to remember
02/20/2009 - Rice University students take to red carpet at the Academy Awards
02/20/2009 - Baker Institute conference will look at energy landscape in Latin America
02/20/2009 - Open house
02/20/2009 - Evolutionary philosopher to speak at Rice Feb. 25
02/20/2009 - Rice to honor its authors, editors, artists, composers at Feb. 26 reception
02/20/2009 - History's Byrd to read from, sign new book Feb. 23
02/20/2009 - Learn what you don't know about the university archives Feb. 24
02/20/2009 - Deadline for Shapiro Award nominations is Feb. 25
02/20/2009 - Alumna's passion for art and philanthropy betters campus
02/19/2009 - Fondren's Debra Kolah wins Elizabeth Gillis Award
02/19/2009 - Cohan receives NSF CAREER Award
02/19/2009 - Science editor calls for changes in science education at Baker Institute event
02/19/2009 - Evangelical leader to speak on environmental issues at Rice's Baker Institute
02/19/2009 - Rice's Bill Symes leads the way in sophisticated seismic modeling
02/19/2009 - Longtime Rice employees recognized for service, dedication
02/18/2009 - Town hall meeting set for Feb. 24
02/18/2009 - Padgett in National Engineers Week spotlight
02/18/2009 - Original Tuskegee Airman to speak at Rice Feb. 20
02/18/2009 - Rice's Michael Kohn finds rodents immune to poison provide clues to medical mystery
02/18/2009 - Rice statistician's strategies inform Real World Markets conference
02/18/2009 - Researchers decipher protective shield used by hundreds of viruses
02/17/2009 - A 'Tex' message
02/13/2009 - Vote for Rice team to become Oscar correspondents
02/13/2009 - 'Green urbanism' topic of Feb. 16 lecture
02/13/2009 - Student exhibition explores nothingness in art
02/13/2009 - Former exec speaks on MLK's leadership skills
02/13/2009 - National Engineers Week at Rice features competition, food and fun
02/13/2009 - Ron Paul speaks at Rice
02/13/2009 - Tips from RUPD help save woman
02/13/2009 - Inside the Rice Village Apartments
02/12/2009 - National cancer study part of Relay For Life at Rice in April
02/12/2009 - Service awards to be presented Feb. 17
02/12/2009 - Researcher reaches new depths
02/12/2009 - News briefs for Feb. 13, 2009
02/12/2009 - Howard Hughes fellowship winner found a life during wartime
02/12/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
02/12/2009 - Revolutionary microchip uses 30 times less power
02/12/2009 - Change in leadership for K-12 engagement
02/12/2009 - Rice students' project earns honor from Clinton Global Initiative
02/11/2009 - Rice students to be featured on TV this weekend
02/11/2009 - Healing medical problems doesn't always improve quality of life
02/11/2009 - Town hall meeting set for Feb. 24
02/11/2009 - Internationally acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming to perform at Rice
02/11/2009 - Leebron meets with graduate students
02/06/2009 - Alberta, Saskatchewan leaders discuss energy initiatives at Rice
02/05/2009 - Name the Leebrons' puppy
02/05/2009 - Iron Chef
02/05/2009 - Gift will help fund new physics building at Rice University
02/05/2009 - Rice Alliance receives national and local recognition
02/05/2009 - Batteries get a boost in Rice lab
02/05/2009 - Freeman steers Center for the Study of Languages to better serve students
02/05/2009 - Nanotube's 'tapestry' controls its growth
02/05/2009 - Panel at Baker Institute event raises alarm over budget deficit
02/05/2009 - Baker Institute researchers test terror-ID software on Mumbai attacks
02/05/2009 - Editor of Science to speak on scientific education, role of science in society at Baker Institute Feb. 9
02/05/2009 - Rice researchers get hip, use video games to teach kids
02/03/2009 - Rice student gets weightless while testing personal navigation aid for spaceflight
02/03/2009 - Rice conference to explore music's role in human cognition and behavior
02/03/2009 - Rice MBA expands to offer a weekend option for young professionals
02/03/2009 - News briefs for Feb. 6, 2009
02/03/2009 - Feb. 11 Scientia to look at politics of teaching evolution in Texas



January

01/30/2009 - New building temperature policy aims to save energy, money, environment
01/30/2009 - Interdisciplinary engineering and humanities course investigates disasters
01/30/2009 - Baker Institute issues policy recommendations for the Obama administration
01/30/2009 - Baker Institute speaker to discuss British approach to stem cell debate
01/30/2009 - 'Emergency Response Studio'
01/29/2009 - Industry titans race to Rice's new open-access platform
01/29/2009 - Centennial Challenge off to a solid start
01/29/2009 - Dash for 'dots' raises questions
01/29/2009 - News briefs for Jan. 30, 2009
01/29/2009 - Rice professor selected for coveted artist-in-residence award
01/29/2009 - Geneticist calls for government investments in scientific research at Baker Institute event
01/29/2009 - Rice alumnus supports America's female troops -- literally
01/28/2009 - Stem cell research turns personal for bioengineering student
01/28/2009 - Knightly, Vardi named IEEE fellows
01/28/2009 - Easing regulations does not mean lower quality of cardiac care
01/28/2009 - Rice again ranks among top 10 for baseball
01/28/2009 - Rice MBA program among the best worldwide
01/28/2009 - Rice hosts Women in Leadership conference
01/28/2009 - Undergrad researchers key in creation of new cardiac lab
01/28/2009 - Owls honored for partnership program with local school
01/28/2009 - Rice-TMC teams win two 'fracture putty' grants
01/28/2009 - Students perform alongside faculty for special concerts
01/28/2009 - Rice rolls out new nanocars
01/23/2009 - Lane wins National Academy of Sciences' highest honor
01/23/2009 - Gary Wihl to become dean of faculty of Arts & Sciences at Washington University
01/23/2009 - Free CPR training for Rice
01/23/2009 - Open house Jan. 31 at Rice Campus Observatory
01/23/2009 - Inaugural research sends Rice students to Washington
01/23/2009 - Rice's electronic music festival is a success
01/23/2009 - Be a RecycleManiac
01/22/2009 - Fiscal Wake-up Tour to stop at Baker Institute
01/22/2009 - Rice researchers win grants to collaborate on cures
01/22/2009 - Honoring Martin Luther King Jr., Rice reaches out
01/22/2009 - Applications to Rice exceed 11,000
01/22/2009 - Rice presents record-breaking check to United Way
01/22/2009 - Grad student is top local finisher in Houston Marathon
01/22/2009 - Rice University-based journal takes top honors
01/22/2009 - Larry McMurtry reflects on what he sees as the end of reading
01/21/2009 - Shapiro Award nominations sought
01/21/2009 - New office supply agreement offers better rates, easier purchasing
01/21/2009 - Sarkar named 2008 ACM fellow
01/16/2009 - Rice junior heads to Washington to witness history
01/16/2009 - Rice applications top 10,000 for the first time
01/16/2009 - Change Chancellor of DC schools kicks off Rice program for principals
01/16/2009 - Report energy waste on campus
01/16/2009 - Correction
01/16/2009 - Rice in space
01/16/2009 - Crystal campanile
01/16/2009 - This year's United Way campaign breaks all Rice records
01/15/2009 - People, Papers and Presentations
01/15/2009 - Postal Service shipping rates increase Jan. 18
01/15/2009 - Don’t overlook possible tax credits
01/15/2009 - Learn about campus sustainability projects at Jan. 29 brown-bag event
01/15/2009 - Watch history unfold Jan. 20
01/15/2009 - No shuttle service Jan. 19
01/15/2009 - Famed geneticist to join Baker Institute panel on science and public life
01/15/2009 - Hale and Tudor to receive Distinguished Owl Club Award Jan. 22
01/15/2009 - Groups at Rice volunteer to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
01/15/2009 - Baker answers diplomats' questions during State Department-sponsored visit
01/15/2009 - Internationally acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming to perform at Rice
01/14/2009 - Rice University School of Architecture ranked among the best
01/13/2009 - New Family and Medical Leave Act regulations take effect Jan. 16
01/13/2009 - Rice at Large calls for submissions
01/13/2009 - Oscar and Pulitzer Prize winner to speak at Rice
01/13/2009 - Urban Harvest fruit tree sale at Rice Stadium Jan. 17
01/13/2009 - New installation at Rice Gallery is a solar-powered mobile artist's studio
01/13/2009 - Rice hosts talk on rebuilding Rwanda
01/13/2009 - OfficeMax vendor show Jan. 29
01/13/2009 - Upcoming HR training courses scheduled
01/09/2009 - Discount tickets to 'Body Worlds 2' available
01/09/2009 - Rice University commissions celebrated artist for campus art installation
01/09/2009 - One week left to donate to United Way
01/09/2009 - Rice mourns loss of graduate student
01/09/2009 - Rice undergraduates release final study of Houston's red-light camera program
01/09/2009 - Research by Rice psychologist identifies area of brain key to choosing words
01/09/2009 - Rice ranks No. 4 on two new best-value lists
01/09/2009 - New study by Rice psychologist finds women's brains recognize, encode smell of male sexual sweat
01/09/2009 - Baker Institute conference weighs US-European cooperation to counter climate change
01/08/2009 - Rice hosts Houston Youth Symphony's special concert
01/08/2009 - An 'island of excellence'
01/08/2009 - Three chefs earn recognition from top professional culinary organization
01/08/2009 - Baker Institute to screen film on religion, US politics
01/08/2009 - Bike safety panel rolls out survey
01/08/2009 - Kartoon Kings
01/08/2009 - Alumna Megan Francis wins Rice’s first Linda Faye Williams Award
01/08/2009 - Rice Design Alliance hosts lecture series to explore innovations in the profession
01/08/2009 - Rice ranks third in nanotoxicology publications
01/08/2009 - Pickens suggests ways to solve energy problems
01/08/2009 - Ring in 2009 with concerts at the Shepherd School of Music
01/08/2009 - Rice rolls over Western Michigan in Texas Bowl
01/07/2009 - Rice retiree Bob O’Dell is space telescope’s longest-serving scientist
01/07/2009 - Brochstein Pavilion earns 'best of' award
01/07/2009 - Neal Lane to present 'Scientists Speaking Out' at Jan. 13 Scientia lecture

 
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