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"In Habit" Rice Dance Theatre Concert
Original at Rice University Events
• 13 hours ago
Contemporary Dance Performance in the Recreation Center Dance Theater Studio. Choreography by Rice Dance Theatre student choreographers and guest choreographer Leslie Scates. Tickets for sale at the door or reserve by email: lscates@rice.edu. $5 students $7 Faculty / Staff / Non Rice. F...
High-level Tasks to Correct, Low-level Robot Control
Original at Rice University Events
• 13 hours ago
Computer Science Speaker: Hadas Kress-Gazit Monday, November 23, 2009 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM 1049 Duncan Hall Rice University 6100 Main St Houston,Texas,USA
Copenhagen or bust? an introduction, analysis, and assessment of international climate change agreements and the role of the United States.
Original at Rice University Events
• Thu, Nov 19
Civil and Environmental Engineering Dean of Engineering Speaker: Charles Irvine Monday, November 30, 2009 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM 251 Mechanical Laboratory Rice University 6100 Main St Houston,Texas,USA
Some Graph Optimization Problems in Data Mining
Original at Rice University Events
• Thu, Nov 19
Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics Speaker: Paul Van Dooren Monday, November 23, 2009 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM 1064 Duncan Hall Rice University 6100 Main St Houston,Texas,USA
H-Town Rock
Original at Houstonist
• Thu, Nov 19
By Marc Brubaker Fat Tony at Willy's Pub [Rice University] Grandfather Child at Continental Club Hed PE, Trancend & Elysian at Scout Bar The Hidden Images, Lasien, Witness The Fall at Jet Lounge Jackopierce at Warehouse Live Los Pistoleros de Texas at Charlie's Big Top
Rice Earth Science Thursday Seminar - "Ocean acidification: emerging impacts on North American coastal ecosystems"
Original at Rice University Events
• Mon, Nov 16
Earth Science Speaker: Dr. Simone R. Alin Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Room 100 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories Rice University 6100 Main St Houston,Texas,USA
STENCILING POWER, an exhibition by Michael Adair-Kriz
Original at Rice University Events
• Sun, Nov 15
Rice anthropology doctoral candidate Michael Adair-Kriz illustrates the intersection of art, storytelling, and grass-roots political engagement through multimedia works inspired by his two years of ethnographic fieldwork in Santiago, Chile. Stencil street art, branded graffi...
PASSAGES FROM JAMES JOYCE'S FINNEGAN'S WAKE & PASTORALE (A Tribute to Mary Ellen Bute) -Cinema Arts Festival
Original at Rice University Events
• Sun, Nov 15
In this festival celebrating the ties between film and the other arts, we could not overlook Mary Ellen Bute, the pioneer experimental filmmaker, born in Houston in 1906. Bute’s work, and the two examples of it included in this program, crosses over film, painting, music, and literature....
WHEN IT WAS BLUE (film by Jennifer Reeves & Music by Skúli Sverrisson) - Cinema Arts Festival
Original at Rice University Events
• Sun, Nov 8
The Houston Cinema Arts Society presents WHEN IT WAS BLUE, a double-projector performance by Jennifer Reeves with live musical accompaniment by Skúli Sverrisson. When It Was Blue is an ode to nature and 16mm film as they rapidly vanish. This double-projection 16mm film rejoices in the sp...
Rice Earth Science Seminar- "Thermal and Chemical Evolution of Earth's Deep Interior: The New Paradigm"
Original at Rice University Events
• Thu, Nov 5
Earth Science Speaker: Dr. John Hernlund Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:00 PM to 5:00 AM Room 100 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories Rice University 6100 Main St Houston,Texas,USA
Opinion: Abdo S. Yazbeck, Lead Health Economist and Program Leader of the Health and AIDS Program at the World Bank Institute, to discuss a new landmark report on health disparities at Rice University
Original at Rice University Events
• Tue, Oct 27
Robin Sickles Economics Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Speaker: Abdo S. Yazbeck Friday, October 30, 2009 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM 116 Baker Hall Rice University 6100 Main St Houston,Texas,USA
Rice's chairman on Houston and its challenges
Original at Houston Strategies
• Mon, Oct 26
By Tory Gattis(noreply@blogger.com) Jim Crownover, former McKinsey director and current chairman of the board at Rice University, spoke at event last week and made some interesting comments on Houston. He discussed some of the incredible growth Rice has seen in recent years, and expressed hope for the Baylor merger. The ben...
Rice Earth Science Thursday Seminar - "What can small scale experiments tell us about large scale subduction zones? New in situ techniques for determining mineral solubility at high pressures"
Original at Rice University Events
• Fri, Oct 23
Earth Science Speaker: Juliane Gross Thursday, October 29, 2009 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Room 100 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories Rice University 6100 Main St Houston,Texas,USA
H-Town Rock
Original at Houstonist
• Thu, Oct 15
By Marc Brubaker Well well well, look who's back to check on a weekend full of shows! We've got everything you need to know about the weekend in Houston music right here for you, dear reader. Here's the lowdown on what we'll be seeing this weekend. The calendar, as always, is below the jump. Let us know where you'...
Rice Earth Science Thursday Seminar - "Glaciers Limit the Height of Mountains: Clues about this 'snow buzzsaw' from glaciers that touch the sea"
Original at Rice University Events
• Thu, Oct 8
Earth Science Speaker: Dr. Bernard Hallet Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Room 100 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories Rice University 6100 Main St Houston,Texas,USA
Opinion: STORMS IN SPACE: Insights from Numerical Simulations
Original at Rice University Events
• Tue, Oct 6
The Earth’s magnetosphere is a highly dynamic, coupled nonlinear system that is essentially a large plasma physics laboratory. The primary energy source of the magnetosphere is the Sun through its interaction with the solar wind, but it also interacts with, and in many ways is controll...
Knowledge is Infinite: The Mystery of Space
Main Sponsor: Crossroads Cultural Center-Houston
Original at Rice University Events
• Fri, Sep 25
Rice Space Institute Physics & Astronomy Speaker: Thomas I HansonSpeaker: Mark E KellySpeaker: Dr. Massimo Robberto Friday, October 2, 2009 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM 210 Herzstein Hall (Physics Lab) Rice University 6100 Main St Houston,Texas,USA
Volunteer Opportunity - National Public Lands Day
Original at Rice University Events
• Sat, Sep 19
Hermann Park - Bayou Parkland Texas Questions about the details of the work project should be directed to Sam Molina, Volunteer Coordinator at Hermann Park Conservancy, by phone (713-524-5876 x-332) or e-mail (volunteer@hermannpark.org).
Daily-ist Tuesday: Houston Farmer's Market
Original at Houstonist
• Mon, Aug 31
By Brittanie Shey What's for dinner tonight? Don't know yet? Or still have groceries to pick up? Instead of swinging by Disco Kroger (pun totally intended) why not head south to Rice University for the Tuesday night version of the Houston Farmer's Market. (That link even includes lists of the seasonal vege...
What was here? 7575 Kirby edition
Original at Houstonist
• Mon, Jun 29
By Lauren Glennlee You may have noticed the condominiums on the northeast corner of Kirby at North Braeswood - 7575 Kirby and the Brentwood directly behind it - or if you're like us, you probably noticed the smell more than anything. Anyhow, this corner of prime real estate used to be really prime wat...
Spotlight on Houston Breweries
Original at Houstonist
• Sat, Jun 20
By Kaylan Tannahill Southern Star's Bombshell Blonde is perfectly refreshing for hot Houston summers. Ice cold beer is synonymous with summer and Houston is home to a few great local breweries. Some of these you might be familiar with and others you might not, either way we encourage you to stop by and take a sip....
Lemonade Day has sweet success
Original at Bizjournals.com
• Mon, Jun 15
NC First-time events in Austin and Richmond, Ind., had 2600 and 1100 lemonade stands, respectively. Smaller-scale events were also held in Bryan-College Station and Minneapolis, Minn. Students from Rice University and the University of Houston are helping ...
Kiesewetter willl walk on at Rice
Original at Texas Prep Sports
• Sun, May 24
Cinco Ranch's Bobby Kiesewetter will continue his football playing days at the Rice University. Bobby was a force in the Cougars defensive front this past ... and more »
Rice University to Develop Graphene Nanodevices and High ...
Original at Azom.com
• Sun, May 17
Rice, located in Houston, is the lead institution on one MURI project and a member institution on two others. It led all Texas universities in the number of projects funded, despite having only about one-tenth the number of students as the University ...
Daily-ist Tuesday: Brian O'Neill's 5K Running Club
Original at Houstonist
• Mon, May 11
By Brittanie Shey For the past six months, Brian O'Neill's Irish Pub in Rice Village has been sponsoring a running club whereby participants meet at the bar, run the 3-mile loop around Rice University (if you want to be an overacheiver, you can add in the loop around Hermann Park, which brings you to five mil...
State Editorial Rdp
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Mon, May 4
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United States Texas now has two public universities UT-Austin and Texas A&M in the nation's top tier, along with Houston's private Rice University. California has nine at that level, and New York has seven. Dallas-Fort Worth remains the nation's most populous metro ...
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Texas thinks big about adding casino gambling - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Thu, Apr 9
Texas Tech University, Baylor University and Healthcare System, Rice University, Texas Christian University, University of Houston System, SMU, University of North Texas, Trinity College, and many smaller accredited colleges and universities. ...
Opinion: FDA to speed nanomedical product creation
Original at United Press International
• Tue, Mar 10
The alliance's eight academic institutions are the Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas' MD Anderson Cancer Center, Rice University, the University of Houston, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas A & M Health ...
Unconstrained Networking Research
Original at Rice University Events
• Thu, Feb 26
Electrical and Computer Engineering Rice Networks Group Dean of Engineering Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology Speaker: Supranamaya Ranjan Monday, March 9, 2009 12:00 to 13:00 1049 Duncan Hall Rice University 6100 Main St Houston,Texas,USA
QUANTUM RIGIDITY : What Is It and How Is It Lost - Application to High Temperature Superconductivity
Original at Rice University Events
• Wed, Feb 18
Physics & Astronomy Speaker: Vivek Aji Wednesday, February 25, 2009 16:00 to 17:00 210 Herzstein Hall (Physics Lab) Rice University 6100 Main St Houston,Texas,USA
Podcast: 24 Oct 2008: A Molecular View of Model Membranes
Original at Rice University Webcasts
• Wed, Jan 28
Manolis Doxastakis Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston Keck Seminar Friday, October 24, 2008 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM 102 Keck Hall Rice University 6100 Main St Houston, Texas, USA
Podcast: 22 Jan 2009: Bridge 2 Rwanda: Creating Tomorrow's Leaders to Transform a Nation
Original at Rice University Webcasts
• Fri, Jan 23
The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Beyond Traditional Borders, Rice 360�, and the World Affairs Council of Houston is hosting Dale Dawson, the founder and CEO of Dallas-based relief agency Bridge2Rwanda. He will deliver a talk at Rice University titled �Creating Tomorro...
Podcast: 21 Jan 2009: The Language of God: Intellectual Reflections of a Christian Geneticist
Original at Rice University Webcasts
• Thu, Jan 22
The Veritas Forum at Rice Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM Shell Auditorium Jones School Rice University 6100 Main St Houston, Texas, USA Join us as Dr. Francis Collins, world-renown geneticist, physician, and Former Director of the National Human Genome Research Institu...
Campus and Community Blood Drive
Original at Rice University Events
• Tue, Jan 20
The next campus blood drives are tomorrow and Thursday (January 21 and 22) in the Rice Memorial Center (RMC) Grand Hall. Rice University participates with the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center as a "Commit For Life" partner. Through this relationship, Rice University sponsors 4 blood dri...
Opinion: Pitt beats Penn State in home town affordability
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sat, Nov 29
PA - Nov 29, 2008 Others in the top 10 are the University of Houston, $158412; Rice University, also in Houston, $158412; the University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, $166109; ...
Podcast: 01 Dec 2008: Rice Faculty Members Talk About Audience Response Systems
Original at Rice University Webcasts
• Wed, Nov 19
As Rice University continues to evaluate solutions for a campus wide deployment of audience response systems, we set out to talk with faculty members and students that currently use ARS in the classroom. This video shows Dr. Paul Padley (Physics and Astronomy), and Dr. Rachel Kimbro (Soci...
Podcast: 18 Oct 2008: 2008 Sally Ride Festival: Reach for the Stars!
Original at Rice University Webcasts
• Mon, Oct 20
Reach for the Stars! Sally Ride Science Festival Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM Engineering Quadrangle Rice University 6100 Main St Houston, Texas, USA Sally Ride Science Festival returns to Rice with a street fair, keynote speaker, and workshops. Designed for middle-s...
Opinion: EXPERIMENTS WITH GASES IN 0D, 1D AND MORE
Original at Rice University Events
• Thu, Sep 18
Rice University 6100 Main St Houston, Texas, USA I will review the physics of 1D Bose gases, show how we experimentally implement them, and describe experiments that confirm the longstanding exact theory across all coupling regimes. ...
Opinion: Rice professor named top innovator
Original at Bizjournals.com
• Wed, Aug 20
NC - Farinaz Koushanfar, Rice University assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named to MIT Technology Review magazine’s list of ...
Princeton Review recognizes Rice University
Original at KHOU
• Thu, Jul 31
TX - Rice ranks second in the nation for best quality of life and interaction among students of different race and class. The publication also ranked rice 15 th ...
Opinion: Crews Tear Down Dozens of Trees on Kirby Drive
Original at MyFox Houston
• Tue, Jul 29
TX - Jul 29, 2008 But on the campus of Rice University, architectural historian Stephen Fox disagrees. He sees the project as an example of what he calls Houston's poor ... Princeton Review recognizes Rice University KHOU all 42 news articles
Tips for getting new ID linked to missing Rice student
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Tue, Jul 1
United States - By DANE SCHILLER California police found books and notes on how to assume a new identity when they searched the abandoned car of a Rice University student ...
How To: OWL-Space Best Practice Lunch and Learn
Original at Rice University Events
• Wed, Jan 9
Rice University 6100 Main St Houston, Texas, USA A look at how to get the most out of your OWL-Space for course management and collaborations. Find out what students want to see in OWL-Space course sites; collect tips and tricks, ...
Author Douglas Brinkley leaving New Orleans to teach at Rice - Houston Chronicle
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Wed, May 16
Author Douglas Brinkley leaving New Orleans to teach at Rice TX - critical look at the government response to Hurricane Katrina, is leaving Tulane University to become a tenured professor at Rice University in Houston. ...
Catching up with Vincent Sinisi
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Tue, May 15
By Brian McTaggart(brian.mctaggart@chron.com) Vincent Sinisi, the former The Woodlands High and Rice University star, has returned to Texas, if only for a few days. Sinisi is the right fielder of the Portland Beavers, the Class AAA affiliate of the San Diego Padres. The... Vincent Sinisi, the former The Woodlands High and Rice University s...
World's Longest Nanotubes
Original at Medgadget.com
• Tue, May 1
By Michael Years of effort by UC researchers Vesselin Shanov and Mark Schulz, co-directors of the University of Cincinnati Smart Materials Nanotechnology Laboratory, along with Yun YeoHeung and students, led to the invention of the method for growing long nanotube arrays. Employing this inven...
Princeton Review Names America's 'Best Value' Colleges in Annual Book:
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Tue, Apr 24
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PR-inside.com) NEW YORK, April 24 /PRNewswire-USNewsire/ -- According to The Princeton Review, Rice University is the nation's 'best value' private college, while New College of Florida is (for the second consecutive year) the 'best value' public college. The schools hold #1 spots on...
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J. Glenn Morris Jr. named director of UF Emerging Pathogens Institute
Original at University of Florida
• Thu, Apr 5
By khowell Morris, 55, received his bachelor’s degree from Rice University in Houston and his medical degree and a master’s in public health and tropical medicine from Tulane University in New Orleans. He maintains an active, National Institutes of Health-funded research program working in the...
(BW) Energy Solutions Enhances Sales & Marketing Teams
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Mon, Dec 12
BW) Energy Solutions Enhances Sales & Marketing Teams United States - undergraduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston and holds a Masters of Business Administration from Rice University. ...
Mathematician's insight helps unravel knotty problem
Original at PhysOrg.com
• Mon, Dec 5
The latest insight from Rice University assistant professor Shelly Harvey is the kind of idea that comes along rarely for a theorist in any discipline: It's an idea that is both simple and capable of explaining much.