News Links

Dean flies with angels, 11.13.09
Times Higher Education: Richard Baraniuk quoted in "'Giving it away' a textbook argument", 11.12.09
ScienceNews: Better Living Through Plasmonics, 11.7.09
Renal Business Today: Group Receives $2M to Research Wireless Patient Monitoring, 10.14.09
Molecular Imaging: Laser-controlled cellular drug delivery shows promise, 10.11.09
HospiMedica.com: Precise Gas Sensor Could Monitor Pollution and Detect Disease, 10.8.09
EthioPlanet: Naomi Halas research on gold nanoshells mentioned in "Light-Switched Drug Delivery", 10.7.09
The GOOD 100: Open Courseware (Connexions is mentioned), 10.7.09
The Engineer: Highly sensitive gas detector, 10.6.09
Princeton: Portable and precise gas sensor could monitor pollution and detect disease, 9.16.09
Lockheed Martin Today: Daniel Mittleman is quoted in feature on LANCER nanotechnology program (pdf), 8.26.09
Chronicle for Higher Education: The Wired Campus - P2P U., an Experiment in Free Online Education, Opens for Business, 8.19.09
MSN Money: Rice part of medical computer study, 8.19.09
Boston.com: Naomi Halas mentioned in article on Everyday Nanotechnology, 8.17.09
Houston Chronicle: As textbook costs stack up, interest grows in e-books, 8.15.09
New York Times: In a Digital Future, Textbooks Are History, 8.8.09
High School Science Teachers Learn a ‘Handy’ Lesson, 8.1.09
The Economist: Huddled maths - An academic journal provides haven for rejected work, 7.29.09
USA Today: Rejected math papers find a home, 7.15.09
Ed Knightly is helping lead the wireless revolution
PC Today: Tech To Watch - Wireless Open-Access Research Platform, 6.09
The Hindu: Palem is featured for winning the W. Wallace McDowell Award from the IEEE, 6.30.09
Activate 09: Connexions founder, Richard G. Baraniuk, featured in Q-and-A on use of the internet in education, 6.24.09
Houston Business Journal: Rice scientist wins highest IEEE honor, 6.22.09
MobiHealthNews.com: Lin Zhong's research mentioned in "BlackBerry application aims to keep teeth whiter", 5.21.09
Elionix to host student for NanoJapan internship program, 5.18.09
Houston Business Journal: Rice gets $9 million in funds from Defense Department, 5.18.09
Azimuth partners with Rice University's WARP Group, 5.11.09
IEEE Spectrum Online: Engineering the Future at IEEE, 4.29.09
Dallas Business Journal: Rice is mentioned in an article reporting on an $8.3 million gift to Texas universities from the ExxonMobil Foundation, 4.21.09
Naomi J. Halas has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 4.20.09
Houston Chronicle: $16 million grant to Rice may boost computer speeds, 4.7.09
Laser Focus World: Daniel Mittleman mentioned in Conference Preview of CLEO/IQEC, 4.1.09
Farinaz Koushanfar receives ONR 2009 Young Investigator Award, 3.30.09
Alternative Energy: Naomi Halas' and Nikolay Mirin's research featured in "Nanocups Could Improve Solar Cell Efficiency", 3.22.09
KIAH-TV: Krishna Palem featured in story about his "breakthrough" technology PCMOS and the I-slate, 3.25.09
Computer Weekly: Research by Krishna Palem and Lakshmi Chakrapani featured in "Probably the best logic in the world", 3.22.09
Electronics Design, Strategy, News: One sensor does the work of many, 3.19.09
MIT Tech Review Blog: Why compressive sensing will change the world, 3.17.09
ACM TechNews: Indian schools to benefit from new computer chips, 3.13.09
RadioWorld: Krishna Palem mentioned in "Seven Technologies That Could Change the World", 3.12.09
Popular Mechanics: I-Slate: Is this the Next One Laptop Per Child?, 3.10.09
IEEE125.org: Krishna V. Palem participating in IEEE's 125th Anniversary Celebration, 3.9.09
Discovery Channel: Naomi Halas' research featured in "'Invisibility Cloak' Directs Light Away From Eye", 3.6.09
Information Today, Inc.: Richard Baraniuk mentioned in "Open Educational Resources (OER) and Libraries", 3.2.09
PhyOrg.com: Scientists Create Light-Bending Nanoparticles, 3.3.09
SoftPedia.com: Nanoparticles Can Be Harnessed to Bend Light, 3.3.09
Houston Business Journal: Rice spawns Mango to meet growing demand for WARP, 2.27.09
Forbes: Krishna Palem's research featured in "A Chip That is Probably Right", 2.25.09
FindingDulcinea: College campus becomes a testing ground for e-textbooks, 2.25.09
ACS Nano: Fluorescence Enhancement by Au Nanostructures: Nanoshells and Nanorods, 2.20.09
Houston Chronicle: A surprisingly not-dumb idea: What if you designed computers that made mistakes?, 2.8.09
4G Wireless Evolution: New Wireless Technology Creating Waves, 2.3.09
Campus Technology: Connexions is mentioned in an article called "Beyond Access", 2.1.09
Houston Chronicle: Naomi Halas quoted in article on funding of Houston's nanotech research, 1.25.09
World Gold Council: Gold nano techniques 'contributing to medical research', 1.7.09
EE Alum Maya Gupta (BSEE '97) receives a 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 12.18.08
Houston Business Journal: Rice professor awarded national security grant, 12.11.08
SpectroscopyNOW.com: Naomi Halas mentioned in Catalytic chlorinated cleanup article, 12.1.08
Times Higher Education: Welcome to a world of free access, 11.27.08
The Economist: The next generation of cancer treatments may be delivered by nanoparticles, 11.6.08
C&EN: Rice NanoJapan program featured in article on International Internships , 11.3.08
MSNBC: Class voting hacks prompt call for better audits, 10.20.08
Christian Science Monitor: Textbooks built to fit student budgets, 10.17.08
Ars Technica: Sculpting light: interview with Naomi Halas, plasmon pioneer, 10.17.08
MSN Tech & Gadgets UK: Single pixel cameras shoot ahead, 10.15.08
Rob Butera (MS '94, PhD '96) selected by U.S. State Department as Jefferson Science Fellow for 2008-09, 10.6.08
Ars Technica: Popping no-coverage bubbles in citywide WiFi networks, 10.1.08
ITNews Australia: HP collaborates to identify Wi-Fi dead zones cheaply, 9.30.08
DailyIndia.com: Wi-Fi 'dead zones' may soon be history, 9.26.08
Sciencedaily.com: Zeroing In On Wi-Fi 'Dead Zones' To Inexpensively Fill Gaps In Wireless Networks, 9.25.08
RedOrbit.com: Alum Sarah Rajala (MS '77, PhD '79) is featured for her career in engineering, 9.24.08
NewScientistTech: The future of photography, 9.16.08
Rui Castro (PhD '08) joins engineering faculty at Columbia University, 9.14.08
NYTimes.com: Don't Buy That Textbook, Dowload It Free, 9.15.08
WorldChanging.com: Ivory tower revolutionaries: Free textbooks still on the rise, 9.15.08
Dallas Morning News: Thanh Tran: Remembering the chip that changed the world, 9.12.08
Houston Business Journal: Rice University reaches funding milestone, 9.5.08
PCMag.com: America's Top Wired Colleges, 2008 Edition, 9.3.08
Houston Business Journal: Rice professor receives major nanotechnology award, 9.3.08
Austin American Statesman: Celebrate the chip that changed the world, by Thanh Tran, 8.30.08
Connexions featured on KHOU-TV focus on open-educational resources, 8.28.08
NetworkWorld: NSF-funded Clean Slate Internet project gets a home for its testbed, 8.20.08
Houston Business Journal: Rice professor named top innovator, 8.20.08
Los Angeles Times: Connexions mentioned in article on movement for digital textbooks in colleges, 8.18.08
Inside Higher Ed: Open Textbook Meets Community Colleges, 8.12.08
WomenWorking.com: Naomi Halas is featured for her career in photonics, 8.4.08
Houston Chronicle: Naomi Halas and Jennifer West quoted in story on the first human clinical trials of gold nanoshells in cancer therapy, 7.31.08
NanoWerk.com: Halas and West research mentioned in article on nanotechnology-based therapeutics in humans, 7.25.08
AlterNet: The Latest Spin From Voting Machine Makers: What Problems?, 7.7.08
Rice News & Media Relations: link to Rice overall news & media
Sallyport: Rice University Magazine