Rice University engineers have discovered a method that could make oxygen evolution catalysis in acids, one of the most challenging topics in water electrolysis for producing clean hydrogen fuels, more economical and practical. #RiceU #RiceResearch bit.ly/3gJ5Re7

Ruth López Turley, director of Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology, has been appointed to the National Board for Education Sciences by President Biden. bit.ly/3WbpsDQ Ruth López Turley Kinder Institute for Urban Research Rice Social Sciences #RiceU

WalletHub financial publication has ranked Rice among the nation’s top 10 universities. Rated as No. 7 in the US and No. 1 in Texas, the university was ranked based on cost, faculty resources, campus safety and post-attendance earnings. bit.ly/3So2437 #RiceU

A team of neuroengineers at Rice University are working to unravel the mysteries of dreams and thoughts with research focused on creating a system that can record all of the electrical activity in a living brain. #RiceU #RiceResearch bit.ly/3TuhILO

A Rice University bioengineering lab has developed a procedure to find large deletions and other anomalies in ‘on-target’ CRISPR-Cas9 editing. #RiceU #RiceResearch bit.ly/3D2wZMO

Rice University President Reginald DesRoches was inaugurated Oct. 22, in a historic investiture. The former provost and engineering dean was celebrated as the university's first Black, immigrant leader. #RiceU bit.ly/3gCKWJy

'This is a place where the greatest problems of the world can and will be solved,' said Reginald DesRoches during his investiture as the eighth president of Rice University.

The inauguration of Reginald DesRoches was celebrated by all, with attendees witnessing the historic event as DesRoches was invested with the seals and powers of office as the eighth president of the university.

Reginald DesRoches, born in Haiti, earned his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering, a master of science in civil engineering degree and a doctorate in structural engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. In July 2022 he became Rice's eighth president. #RiceU

“He was one of Rice's biggest fans. The Rice community will forever be grateful for his support and generosity, which will have a lasting impact on the university and the Houston community,” said President Reginald DesRoches about Charles Duncan Jr. ’47. bit.ly/3MMUXQk

Melissa Kean ’96, Rice's former centennial historian, sat down with Reginald DesRoches, the soon-to-be inaugurated eighth president of Rice University, for a wide-ranging interview, published in the Fall 2022 issue of Rice Magazine. bit.ly/3CDyoco

A new study by Rice University researchers has found that an improved lighting configuration on motorcycles could help improve other motorists' abilities to see them, potentially saving lives. #RiceU #RiceResearch bit.ly/3D6mU2s

Rice University researchers are developing a method to get immediate results of wastewater tests for coronaviruses, and have received National Science Foundation support to speed the analysis from hours to seconds. bit.ly/3Tolrd2 National Science Foundation #RiceResearch #RiceU

“Prairie Plots,' a living garden installation created at Rice by Maggie Tsang, Rice School of Architecture Wortham Fellow, in collaboration with Rice’s Facilities Engineering and Planning, exemplifies what Houston’s future landscape could look like. #RiceU bit.ly/3SZYI6U

Rice University researchers along with national & international physicists, have found for the first time a way to switch the topological state of a quantum material on and off. The switchable topological states could possibly be used for sensor technology bit.ly/3EFWKVx

Rice English professor & acclaimed author Kiese Laymon has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, the prestigious honor popularly known as the “genius grant.” The renowned writer is the university’s second recipient of the prize. bit.ly/3EzVdAg bit.ly/3SYOQuD

How do we engineer materials that mimic heart tissue? How can we reduce flood risks in Houston? How do planets form? What can we learn from history? Could a novel material save lives? These and more are current topics being researched at Rice #RiceResearch bit.ly/3EojWY4

Announcing Rice’s newest 100% online Intro to #Biology specialization w/ #Ecology 🌿 + #Evolution 🐾 + #Biodiversity 🐝 courses. Congrats to Scott Solomon & team! FREE to try out
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Early detection of #Alzheimer ’s is the goal of a new research project from Rice, to discover interventions that prevent/slow progression of the currently incurable disease, w/ the goal of the research possibly leading to a cure in the future. #RiceResearch bit.ly/3ejsyVk