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Rice University to build tolerance institute with $28M donation
Rice University will create an institute aimed at promoting religious tolerance after receiving a $28.5 million donation from Houston philanthropists. Comment?
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Rice's OwlSpark startup accelerator launches first class
OwlSpark, Rice University's three-month startup accelerator, is supported by 60 mentors who will help companies improve their business plans and find investors. Comment?
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Robots will soon rule the roost
... humans can, including standing in line for new Apple products. Moshe Vardi, a computer science professor at Rice University, traces the evolution of the idea that artificial intelligence may one day surpass human intelligence, from Turing to ... Comment?
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Venezuela's Maduro still waiting on Washington's recognition
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... "Maduro is certainly now the president of Venezuela," says Mark Jones, professor of political science at Rice University in Texas . "The US's refusal to recognize him is more symbolic than anything else. Ignoring Maduro's win sends a signal to other ... Comment?
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Add boron for better batteries
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... . The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters , 2013; : 1737 DOI: 10.1021/jz400491b A theory developed at Rice University determined that a graphene/boron compound would excel as an ultrathin anode for lithium-ion batteries. The compound would store ... Comment?
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Annise Parker: The Modern American Boomtown
... surpassed New York as the country's most racially and ethnically diverse, according to a study last year by Rice University. One in five residents was born outside the U.S. The city attracted the second-highest number of new, foreign-born residents ... Comment?
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When Will Humans Upload Their Brains to Computers?
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... and the robots they control are getting smarter, according to Moshe Vardi, professor of computer science at Rice University. Comment?
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... (double bassists) are the ones that only go booom-badoom-boom" A graduate of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Herman joined the San Diego Symphony in 2010 after three seasons with the New World Symphony in Miami and a year with the ... Comment?
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Jose de la Isla: Slanting an immigration study
... the analysis discredits the notion of cost-benefit analysis. It was like the one economist Donald Huddle of Rice University did in the 1990s where costs, and wrong assumptions, were reported and, benefits, less so. This type of research is also ... Comment?
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The $1 million mouse hunt
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... desperately sniffing for a way out. It's as if she can sense the pressure building in the practice room at Rice University in Houston, where I'm watching two young founders of a startup called MouseHouse rehearse a pitch using the rodent as a prop. ... Comment?
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Nominations for SC13 Cray, Fernbach and Kennedy Awards Due July 1
... service or mentoring contributions. The award was established in memory of Ken Kennedy, the founder of Rice University's nationally ranked computer science program and one of the world's foremost experts on high performance computing. Awardees ... Comment?
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Global health innovations could lower costs in Texas, Houston expert says
Health care innovations used in the developing world have potential to reduce the cost of care in the U.S. Innovations in health care are already reducing the cost of care in developing countries around the globe and have the potential to do the same here, said Y. Ping Sun , a Rice University representative and attorney with Houston's Yetter ... (more) Comment?
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Leaving on a high note
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... to honor Simson, who is making her final MahlerFest appearance before leaving Boulder to take a job at Rice University. She has sung many MahlerFest performances over her years on the CU faculty, and will also sing a farewell gala in her honor, at ... Comment?
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Now, shoes that generate electricity
... perhaps someday, life-preserving medical devices, US media reported. Four mechanical engineering students at Rice University in Houston, for a project required for graduation, created PediPower shoes, which deliver 400 milliwatts of energy through ... Comment?
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Why the SATs are still important
... University in Educational Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice. Aradhana currently interviews for Rice University and worked as an admissions reader at MIT. She also successfully navigated college admissions as a student. She completed... Comment?
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Boyd grad selected by Als in CFL draft
... overall by the Montreal Alouettes in the CFL Draft. Shahin will be entering his senior season this fall at Rice University where he is coming off a career best campaign that saw him record 45 tackles and six sacks as the Owls starting defensive ... Comment?
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5 Houston-Area Barbecue Joints Top Texas Monthly List of 50 Best BBQ Spots
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... Worth Metroplex and the greater Houston area also garnered five spots on the list. In Houston proper, Rice University graduate-run Gatlin's BBQ and old-timer Virgie's Bar-B-Que made the cut. Newcomers CorkScrew BBQ (in Spring) and Brooks Place BBQ ... Comment?
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GHP initiative takes aim at major labor issues in Houston
... initiative to tackle major labor issues in Houston. Surrounded by Houston business and civic leaders at Rice University , the Greater Houston Partnership said Wednesday it has launched a regional workforce development initiative to tackle major ... Comment?
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Bergen Community College to Hold 44th Commencement Exercises at Izod Center Thursday, May 16, 2013
... research, and institutional effectiveness. A native of Texas, she earned a doctorate in chemistry from Rice University in Houston, a master's degree in divinity from Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Mo., and a bachelor's degree in ... Comment?
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Katherine Whaley named KHOU noon anchor
... bio, Whaley grew up in West Houston, attended Memorial High School and graduated with a history degree from Rice University. She went on to work as an anchor and reporter at KLFY-TV in Lafayette, Louisiana, and KAVU-TV in Victoria, Texas. She then ... Comment?
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