The magic number to encourage giving
An article features collaborative Rice research into increasing donation contributions. Co-authors Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, and Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at the Jones School, are mentioned.
Newswise
http://dateline.rice/dec-18-dholakia-sonensheinHow to train computers faster for ‘extreme’ datasets
An article mentions that computer scientists from Rice and Amazon have shown they can slash the amount of time and computational resources it takes to train computers. Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science, and graduate student Tharun Medini are quoted.
GCN
http://dateline.rice/dec-18-shrivastava
Desire for more holistic approach drives new industry engagement structures
Katie Cervenka, assistant vice president for corporate and foundation relations, is quoted.
Tech Transfer Central (This article also appeared in the December 2019 digital and print editions.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-18-cervenka
Controlling inflammation to help healing using new hydrogels
An article features collaborative Rice research analyzing how chemically distinct hydrogels provoke the body’s inflammatory response. Jeffrey Hartgerink, professor of chemistry and bioengineering, is quoted. Graduate student Tania Lopez-Silva is mentioned.
Innovation Toronto
http://dateline.rice/dec-18-hartgerink
Rice nabs $10 million partnership with Shell to launch climate change research hub
A Houston-area news roundup mentions that Rice has launched the Carbon Hub, a major research initiative to fund and direct $100 million to deploy technologies for a zero-emissions future. Matteo Pasquali, the A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and of chemistry and director of the Carbon Hub, is quoted.
Tech Transfer Central
http://dateline.rice/dec-18-carbon-hub
Trilogy, Northwestern partner on fintech boot camp
An article mentions that Rice will offer a financial technology boot camp.
HR Dive
http://dateline.rice/dec-18-fintech
Ann Arbor publisher announces new partnership to provide low-cost textbooks
An article mentions that Michigan-based publisher XanEdu has partnered with Rice to be the exclusive printer of OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
Concentrate
http://dateline.rice/dec-18-concentrate
An update on my efforts to challenge Title IX violations in higher education
Rice is mentioned.
AEI.org
http://dateline.rice/dec-18-aei
Founders find investors at November ‘NJEDA Founders & Funders’ event, Part 3
An article mentions that NangioTx uses a Rice technology platform based on the creation of new blood vessels through regeneration.
NJ Tech Weekly
http://dateline.rice/dec-18-njtech
How Houston is becoming America’s next dense city
An article cites research from the annual Kinder Houston Area Survey by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Catalyst
http://dateline.rice/dec-18-catalyst |
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