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News Release: Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business developing plans to offer new online MBA for professionals
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read more »Tech Company Video Ads Still Dominated By White Males
28 Jun 17:20 | Business
Consumer tech companies that are serious about attracting more women and people from minority groups into their workforce might want to revisit the video advertisements featured on their websites. read more »
How To Stay Sane When Your Child Can't Sleep
28 Jun 13:12 | U.S. News
Your child's sleep problems may be making you depressed and unsure of your parenting skills, says a new paper by UBC sleep expert and nursing professor Wendy Hall. The good news is you can turn the situation around. read more »
U. of I. News: Annual Beginning Teacher Conference to be July 17-18
28 Jun 12:24 | SciTech
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Annual Beginning Teacher Conference to be July 17-18read more »Rice News Release: Mexico’s Southern Border Program lacks ‘structure and a clear-cut road map’
28 Jun 11:46 | SciTech
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read more »News Release: Rice University project disperses single atoms on graphene to match platinum standard
28 Jun 10:28 | SciTech
SUMMARY: Rice University scientists have fabricated a durable catalyst for high-performance fuel cells by attaching single ruthenium atoms to graphene.
read more »Persistent mental distress linked to higher risk of death in heart patients
27 Jun 17:13 | SciTech
Persistent moderate to severe mental distress is linked to a significantly heightened risk of death among patients with stable coronary heart disease, finds new research.read more »
Rice News Release: OpenStax's 2016 partner schools expected to save students $8.2M
27 Jun 14:24 | SciTech
SUMMARY: Eleven U.S. colleges and universities that partnered in 2016 with Rice University-based nonprofit publisher OpenStax to boost the use of freely available textbooks and learning materials on their campuses expect the program to save their students nearly $8.2 million in the 2017-18 academic year.Image
read more »Study details evidence for past large earthquakes in the Eastern Tennessee seismic zone
27 Jun 11:07 | U.S. News
The Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone (ETSZ), a zone of small earthquakes stretching from northeastern Alabama to southwestern Virginia, may have generated earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater within the last 25,000 years, according to a study.read more »
Media advisory: Campus walk, concert Thursday night for missing scholar
27 Jun 09:32 | SciTech
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Media advisory: Campus walk, concert Thursday night for missing scholarread more »Researchers Make A More Friendly Car Horn
26 Jun 17:16 | U.S. News
Sound permeates the human experience -- we are exposed to sounds from birth to death, and the human auditory system can distinguish and classify about 400,000 different sounds, according to some estimates. It is noise that gets our attention. Sometimes traumatically so.read more »
Eating your feelings? The link between job stress, junk food and sleep
23 Jun 17:23 | SciTech
Stress during the workday can lead to overeating and unhealthy food choices at dinnertime, but there could be a buffer to this harmful pattern.read more »
Uncomfortable Summer Heat Makes People Moody And Unhelpful, New Research Finds
23 Jun 13:14 | World
Researchers conclude in a new study, that when when it's uncomfortably hot, we're less likely to be helpful or "prosocial."read more »
Rice News Release: Vardi wins ACM Presidential Award, available to discuss AI
23 Jun 12:03 | SciTech
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read more »Media Advisory: Rice's Higgs to testify before Congress Wednesday
23 Jun 06:58 | SciTech
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read more »Study Identifies Most Popular Selfies For Men And Women, Age Groups
22 Jun 17:10 | Entertainment
When it comes to selfies, appearance is (almost) everything. To better understand the photographic phenomenon and how people form their identities online, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers combed through 2.5 million selfie posts on Instagram to determine what kinds of identity statements people make by taking and sharing selfies.read more »
CORRECTION: Rice U. chemists create 3-D printed graphene foam
22 Jun 15:36 | SciTech
SUMMARY: Nanotechnologists from Rice University and China's Tianjin University have used 3-D laser printing to create centimeter-sized objects of graphene foam, a 3-D version of atomically thin graphene. The research could yield industrially useful quantities of bulk graphene.
read more »Warming Temperatures Threaten Sea Turtles
22 Jun 13:12 | World
A study by Dr Jacques-Olivier Laloë argues that warmer temperatures associated with climate change could lead to higher numbers of female sea turtles and increased nest failure, and could impact negatively on the turtle population in some areas of the world.read more »
Research suggests sexual appeals in ads don’t sell brands, products
22 Jun 12:54 | SciTech
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Research suggests sexual appeals in ads don’t sell brands, productsread more »When will the Venezuela crisis end?
22 Jun 12:16 | SciTech
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When will the Venezuela crisis end?read more »MEDIA ADVISORY: Emerging Leaders Conference to Offer Legislative Leadership Opportunities to High School Students
22 Jun 10:06 | SciTech
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read more »U. of I. News: Campus meeting Thursday night for missing scholar support
21 Jun 13:22 | SciTech
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Media advisory: Campus meeting Thursday night for missing scholar supportread more »Perceptions about Body Image Linked to Increased Alcohol, Tobacco Use for Teens
21 Jun 12:33 | SciTech
Findings provide support for increased body-image awareness to improve overall health read more »
Total Eclipse Of The Sun Crosses The U.S. From Oregon To South Carolina On August 21st
21 Jun 11:18 | U.S. News
Astronomers and solar physicists will be out in force during this summer's total eclipse of the Sun, now just two months away. read more »
Record High Temperatures Grip Much Of The Globe, More Hot Weather To Come
21 Jun 09:22 | World
Extremely high May and June temperatures have broken records in parts of Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the United States, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, warning of more heatwaves to come.read more »
News Release: Rice U. chemists create 3-D printed graphene foam
21 Jun 07:09 | SciTech
SUMMARY: Nanotechnologists from Rice University and China's Tianjin University have used 3-D laser printing to create centimeter-sized objects of graphene foam, a 3-D version of atomically thin graphene. The research could yield industrially useful quantities of bulk graphene.
read more »Familiar Faces Look Happier Than Unfamiliar Ones
20 Jun 17:35 | SciTech
People tend to perceive faces they are familiar with as looking happier than unfamiliar faces, even when the faces objectively express the same emotion to the same degree, according to new research.read more »
Mizzou Freshman Orientation Program Contributes to Higher Retention, Graduation Rates
20 Jun 16:36 | SciTech
FIGs program has become a national model to help students transition to college liferead more »
U. of I. News: Fourteen U. of I. students and recent alumni offered Fulbright grants
20 Jun 15:39 | SciTech
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Fourteen U. of I. students and recent alumni offered Fulbright grantsread more »Rice Expert Alert: NAFTA does not matter as much as people think
20 Jun 14:42 | SciTech
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Deadly Heatwaves Will Continue To Rise, According To Study
20 Jun 13:06 | World
Seventy-four percent of the world's population will be exposed to deadly heatwaves by 2100 if carbon gas emissions continue to rise at current rates, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change. read more »
U. of I. News:Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds
20 Jun 11:04 | SciTech
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Corn better used as food than biofuel, study findsread more »U. of I. News: Studies link nutrient, academic achievement in pre-adolescent children
20 Jun 10:06 | SciTech
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Studies link nutrient, academic achievement in pre-adolescent childrenread more »Media advisory: News conference to announce $40K reward for arrest in missing scholar investigation
19 Jun 18:48 | SciTech
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Media advisory: News conference to announce $40K reward for arrest in missing scholar investigationread more »Global Diet And Farming Methods 'Must Change For Environment's Sake'
19 Jun 17:29 | SciTech
Reducing meat consumption and using more efficient farming methods globally are essential to stave off irreversible damage to the environmental, a new study says.read more »
MEDIA ADVISORY: Mizzou Astronomer Angela Speck to be Featured on NASA Science Panel
19 Jun 16:42 | SciTech
Event will be live-streamed; local reporters’ questions encouragedread more »
Rice News Release: Freshwater from salt water using only solar energy
19 Jun 15:01 | SciTech
SUMMARY: A federally funded research effort to revolutionize water treatment has yielded a direct solar desalination technology that uses energy from sunlight alone to heat salt water for membrane distillation. The technology could provide off-grid water treatment for some of the 1 billion people who lack access to clean water.
read more »Media Advisory: With Gulf of Mexico storm likely, Rice experts available
19 Jun 12:16 | SciTech
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read more »Rice News Release: Focus on pickup trucks, not Priuses, to reduce gasoline use, emissions
19 Jun 10:23 | SciTech
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'Purposeful Leaders' Are Winning Hearts And Minds In Workplaces, Study Finds
16 Jun 2017 | Business
People are happier and more productive when their leaders show strong morals, a clear vision and commitment to stakeholders, a new study has found.read more »
News Release: Statement from James A. Baker III on death of Helmut Kohl
16 Jun 2017 | SciTech
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Widespread Snowmelt In West Antarctica During Unusually Warm Summer
16 Jun 2017 | World
An area of West Antarctica more than twice the size of California partially melted in 2016 when warm winds forced by an especially strong El Nino blew over the continent, an international group of researchers has determined.read more »
'Big Food' Companies Have Less Power Than You Might Think
15 Jun 2017 | SciTech
A Dartmouth study finds that "Big Food" companies are striving to make food more sustainable from farm to factory but have less power than you might think. read more »
Media Advisory: Rice experts available to discuss Trump rollback of US relations with Cuba
15 Jun 2017 | US Politics and Govt
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read more »Mizzou Announces New Animal Research Adoption Partnership
15 Jun 2017 | SciTech
Homes for Animal Heroes partnership to augment robust adoption program at MUread more »
People 'Phone Snubbed' By Others Often Turn To Phones, Social Media For Acceptance
14 Jun 2017 | SciTech
People who are phone snubbed - or "phubbed" - by others are, themselves, often turning to their smartphones and social media to find acceptance, according to new research from Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business.read more »
Community Partnerships Can Help Art Programs Succeed
14 Jun 2017 | SciTech
MU researcher has received $90,000 NEA grant to study impacts of arts enrichment on students’ academic and social outcomes read more »
Long Term Exposure To Aircraft Noise Linked To High Blood Pressure
14 Jun 2017 | U.S. News
Long term exposure to aircraft noise, particularly during the night, is linked to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure and possibly heart flutter and stroke as well, suggests research.read more »
Media Advisory: Rice professor available to discuss astronaut training
14 Jun 2017 | SciTech
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read more »Long After 1980s Farm Crisis, Farmers Still Take Own Lives At A High Rate
13 Jun 2017 | SciTech
The number of suicides among farmers and farmworkers in the United States has remained stubbornly high since the end of the 1980s farm crisis, much higher than workers in many other industries, according to a new study from the University of Iowa.read more »
