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José-Miguel Yamal to give 2024 Hispanic/Latino Heritage Statistics Colloquium lecture
Rice alumnus, biostatistician and data scientist to deliver talk titled, “Diverse Data: A Hispanic Biostatistician’s Perspective in Academia.”

Rice INFORMS Student Chapter receives Magna Cum Laude Award
World’s largest operations research society recognizes achievements of the new undergraduate-led student chapter.

Naomi Halas honored with 2024 Houston Inventor of the Year Award
Houston Intellectual Property Law Association recognizes University Professor as “an undisputed world pioneer in the field of nanophotonics.”

Alina Stavroula Kampouri receives Petroleum Research Fund grant
Funding from the American Chemical Society to support research in metal-organic frameworks for semiconductor technologies.

Vivas Kumar ’14 receives Rice University's Builders Award
Association of Rice Alumni honors Mitra Chem co-founder for innovations in lithium-ion battery production.

Haotian Wang receives AAASE Rising Star Award
Associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering recognized for contributions to decarbonization and sustainable chemical production.

Rice team develops blood-free, point-of-care diagnostic test
Microfluid skin patch, microneedles detect protein biomarkers in dermal interstitial fluid.

Shiqian Ma receives INFORMS Computing Society Prize
Rice Engineering and Computing professor recognized for work in Riemannian optimization.