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Triple Owl’s Rice experience shapes her career at Google Friday, Apr 4, 2025

Kathryn S. McKinley ’85 ’90 ’92 reflects on her career path, Rice experience as Rice Engineering and Computing celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Tomasz Tkaczyk Inducted into the 2025 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows Wednesday, Apr 2, 2025

This distinguished honor recognizes his pioneering research contributions and leadership to bioengineering community

Omid Veiseh inducted into the 2025 Class of AIMBE College of Fellows Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025

A distinguished honor recognizing Veiseh’s achievements in biomedical research

Maria Oden receives the 2025 AIMBE Professional Impact Award for Education Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025

This award recognizes her profound impact on teaching engineering design and innovation

New initiatives enrich Future Faculty Fellows’ job search journey Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025

Program expansions give additional guidance and mentorship to Fellows pursuing faculty positions.

Michael King Named the 2025 President-Elect of AIMBE Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025

This selection is a testament to Prog. King's immense research contributions and leadership in bioengineering

Prof. Marina Vannucci receives the prestigious 2025 Don Owen Award Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025

The award recognizes Vannucci’s excellence in research, contributions to editorial activities, and service to the statistical community.

Karen Lozano honored by American Chemical Society for mentorship Monday, Mar 31, 2025

Rice Trustee Professor wins 2025 ACS Award for Encouraging Underrepresented and Economically Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences

Digital Signal Processing Symposium honors Don Johnson for 50 years at Rice Thursday, Mar 20, 2025

Rice Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to host April 28 event celebrating Don Johnson’s legacy in research and teaching

Rice establishes Center for Membrane Excellence to advance separation technologies for energy and sustainability Wednesday, Mar 19, 2025

The announcement was made during the Rice Global Paris Center Symposium held March 17-18 in Paris.

Prof. Moshe Vardi announced as a recipient of the 2025 IEEE CS Computer Pioneer Award in Honor of the Women of ENIAC Thursday, Mar 13, 2025

This award recognizes and honors those whose long-standing efforts have resulted in the advancement and continued vitality of the computer industry.

Rice CS faculty explore the future of AI: LLMs, Deepseek, and GenAI Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025

Panel discussion provides an accessible introduction to recent AI innovations and challenges

Finding sustainable environmental solutions for communities around Lake Chad in Nigeria Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025

Prof. Viens leads a new international consortium of researchers in this effort

Santiago Segarra wins EURASIP Early Career Award Friday, Mar 7, 2025

Rice professor honored for advancements in graph signal processing and graph-based machine learning

Charlos Ward ’98 ’06 brings expertise in sustainability to alma mater Thursday, Mar 6, 2025

Chemical engineering alumna shares highlights from her multifaceted career and the importance of alumni connections

Rice ECE faculty and students win prestigious awards and accolades at 2025 ISSCC Friday, Feb 28, 2025

The department has an impressive showing at ISSCC for the second year in a row

Larin and Kruse win awards at HACASA Friday, Feb 7, 2025

Two graduate students receive awards from the Houston chapter of American Statistical Association

Jiaming Liu wins a prestigious student paper award from the American Statistical Association Thursday, Feb 6, 2025

The association’s Section on Bayesian Statistical Science selected Liu for his groundbreaking research on improving uncertainty quantification in scalable Bayesian methods.

Eight Rice Engineering and Computing faculty named to endowed chairs Thursday, Jan 30, 2025

Faculty exemplify excellence in research across engineering and computing disciplines.

Rice Fulbright alumna leads Colombia’s equitable energy transition Monday, Jan 27, 2025

Johanna Castellanos’ leadership at the Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME) paved way for national energy transition roadmap, data governance policies.