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2009 News Releases

August

08/27/2009 - Study: Oil speculators dominate open interest in oil futures
08/20/2009 - Nostrils alternate to process competing odors
08/18/2009 - Rice tapped for role in computing research center
08/17/2009 - Multimillion-dollar gift will bring Turrell masterpiece to Rice University
08/11/2009 - Rice University's Shell Center for Sustainability calls for submissions to art exhibit
08/11/2009 - High school teacher's algebra book aces California test
08/06/2009 - Sept. 3 conference at Rice University will look at ways to protect computer networks
08/06/2009 - Protein folding: Diverse methods yield clues
08/05/2009 - Rice appoints new architecture dean

July

07/29/2009 - Little-known protein found to be key player
07/29/2009 - Nanotubes take flight
07/28/2009 - Study: Newspapers located closer to the Mexican border slant news coverage of immigration
07/28/2009 - Princeton Review ranks Rice No. 1 for 'best quality of life'
07/27/2009 - Video shows nanotube spins as it grows
07/27/2009 - Houston couple helps fund Center for Philanthropy at Rice University
07/27/2009 - Texas Children's is first TMC institution to join Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative
07/22/2009 - Rice's Shell Center funds effort to measure city sustainability
07/22/2009 - Silicon with afterburners
07/21/2009 - Fighting disease atom by atom
07/20/2009 - Rice wins stimulus funding for physics building
07/16/2009 - Rice U. researchers weigh environmental, economic costs of biodiesel production
07/14/2009 - New theory on why male, female lemurs same size
07/14/2009 - Global warming: Our best guess is likely wrong
07/09/2009 - Nature cites GoodNanoGuide
07/07/2009 - Students' handiwork earns honors

June

06/22/2009 - Rice computing pioneer wins IEEE Computer Society award
06/17/2009 - Nano-safety journal debuts ratings
06/17/2009 - SSPEED Center wins $1.25M for Ike study
06/17/2009 - Rice professor, students make artistic outreach trip to the heart of Mexico
06/16/2009 - Providing health insurance for US children would be cheaper than expected, study says
06/12/2009 - Rice U. researchers ask if biofuels will lead to a 'drink or drive' choice
06/08/2009 - Rice gives Houston teachers a hand
06/01/2009 - GoodNanoGuide shares best practices

May

05/28/2009 - Rice biologist wins Beckman Foundation award
05/27/2009 - First 'nanorust' field test slated in Mexico
05/27/2009 - What goes down, must come up: Earth’s leaky mantle
05/22/2009 - HISD students who won Rice University essay contest to be honored Saturday at Rice
05/15/2009 - Rice wins more than $9 million in DOD funding
05/08/2009 - Study: US-Canadian shale could neutralize Russian energy threat to Europeans
05/06/2009 - Rice alumni association honors nine
05/05/2009 - Rice study finds shortcomings in Katrina evacuees' health status
05/05/2009 - Rice students offer sneak peek of zero-energy house

April

04/29/2009 - Nanophysicists find unexpected magnetic effect
04/23/2009 - Look out! Here comes 'Impact Earth'
04/07/2009 - Rice-led project aims to boost performance on every chip
04/02/2009 - Rice students turn billboards into works of art

March

03/26/2009 - Rice researchers model growth of Texas' power systems
03/25/2009 - Rice fine-tunes attack on cancer
03/20/2009 - Teams announced for 2009 Rice Business Plan Competition
03/17/2009 - Better by design: engineering flu vaccines
03/16/2009 - New musical to premiere at Miller Outdoor Theatre in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Week
03/13/2009 - Nanocups brim with potential
03/12/2009 - Rice announces tuition and financial aid increases for fall 2009
03/12/2009 - Free conference at Rice to focus on businesses' environmental responsibility
03/12/2009 - Physicists offer new theory for iron compounds
03/12/2009 - Rice report shows lessons from Hurricane Rita not practiced during Ike
03/11/2009 - Texas-sized tract of single-celled clones
03/10/2009 - Nanotubes find niche in electric switches
03/10/2009 - Indian schools to benefit from new computer chips
03/09/2009 - Rice psychologist explores perception of fear in human sweat
03/09/2009 - ICON convenes international group to assess environmental impacts of tiny tech
03/05/2009 - Public forum at Rice with mayor and county judge marks six-month Ike anniversary
03/03/2009 - Teach for America founder to address aspiring school principals in Rice training program
03/03/2009 - Rice University-based journal shapes UN policy
03/03/2009 - Mountain on Mars may answer big question

February

02/27/2009 - Rice springs into service over break
02/27/2009 - Teachers worldwide flock to Rice for professional development
02/25/2009 - Rice to host Real World Markets conference
02/23/2009 - Breaking news: A positive business story
02/20/2009 - Rice University students take to red carpet at the Academy Awards
02/17/2009 - Image pinpoints all 5 million atoms in viral coat
02/17/2009 - Mutant rats offer clues to medical mystery
02/16/2009 - Padgett in National Engineers Week spotlight
02/12/2009 - Rice microfinanciers get major boost
02/10/2009 - Internationally acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming to perform at Rice
02/09/2009 - Batteries get a boost at Rice
02/09/2009 - Revolutionary microchip uses 30 times less power
02/09/2009 - Rice researchers get hip, use video games to teach kids
02/05/2009 - Nanotube's 'tapestry' controls its growth
02/03/2009 - Rice U. conference to explore music's role in human cognition and behavior
02/02/2009 - Gift will help fund new physics building at Rice University

January

01/30/2009 - Rice eyes risks of quantum dots
01/30/2009 - Rice rolls out new nanocars
01/29/2009 - Wireless at WARP speed
01/28/2009 - Rice-TMC teams win two 'fracture putty' grants
01/27/2009 - Easing regulations does not mean lower quality of cardiac care
01/23/2009 - Rice University's Neal Lane wins National Academy of Sciences' highest honor
01/21/2009 - Teams from Rice University, Texas Children's Hospital and The Methodist Hospital Research Institute study breast and childhood cancers, hearing loss, tuberculosis
01/16/2009 - Rice draws record number of applications
01/15/2009 - Rice University School of Architecture ranked among the nation's best
01/12/2009 - Rice University software helps ID terrorists carrying out attacks
01/09/2009 - Rice ranks No. 4 on two new best-value lists
01/08/2009 - New study by Rice University psychologist finds women's brains recognize, encode smell of male sexual sweat