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 E-Mail IMAGE: Students enjoy learning in Rice Universitys version of the physics for girls program similar to those evaluated in a new study by STEM education professionals. The Rice study quantifies how... view more  Credit: Office of STEM Engagement/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 5, 2021) - Even a small effort up front can boost the abilities and confidence of girls as they anticipate taking challenging science courses. A long-running summer program at Rice University and elsewh...

5WPR CEO Ronn Torossian Announces Virtual College Speaking Tour News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, March 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 5W Public Relations, one of the largest independently-owned PR firms in the U.S., is pleased to announce that CEO and Founder, Ronn Torossian, will lead a virtual speaking tour across several U.S. colleges and universities over the coming months. Through a series of guest lectures and Q&A sessions, Torossian will speak to communications...

Norwich University Newsroom Sullivan Museum and History Center presents “The Work of Daniel Hopfer: 16th Century Armorer, Artist and Religious Radical” By NU Office of Communications March 03, 2021 NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center presents History Professor Emily Gray’s “The Work of Daniel Hopfer: 16th Century Armorer, Artist and Religious Radical,” a Lunch and Learn event that looks at decorative armor and social ch...

 E-Mail IMAGE: A model produced by scientists at Rice University shows the conformational changes caused by a mutation in the cancer-fighting p53 protein. At top left, the red box highlights the aggregation-prone... view more  Credit: Kolomeisky Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 4, 2021) - A mutation that replaces a single amino acid in a potent tumor-suppressing protein turns it from saint to sinister. A new study by a coalition of Texas institutions shows why that is m...

On Friday night, Elkton High School marked the end of Black History Month with their third annual African American History Festival. This year’s festival, presented by seniors Myla Bowers and Bryson Bean, was entirely virtual and focused on Black excellence. “Black excellence is someone who is Black and portrays qualities and abilities that make the Black community proud,” said William Davis Jr., the first Black judge in Cecil County, during his keynote speech. “Now, what do...

The sound of service March 03, 2021 2018 class valedictorian and former men’s hockey star Braeden Ostepchuk brings voice to ‘Learn II Perform’ podcast Braeden Ostepchuk, as scores of Norwich University students had before and since, learned the Guiding Values and used them as a behavioral lodestar through academics, athletics and campus life. He succeeded at seemingly every turn, becoming class valedictorian and an ice hockey Academic All-American. When Ostepchuk’s postc...

Norwich announces partnership with National Cryptologic School By NU Office of Communications March 02, 2021 NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Norwich University and the National Security Agency’s National Cryptologic School have partnered to create pathways into Norwich’s online bachelor’s degree programs, master’s degree programs, graduate-level certificate programs and Norwich Pro’s continuing professional education programs. This partnership, which continues Norwich’s lo...

Nanotechnology Now Our NanoNews Digest Sponsors Home > Press > Quantum quirk yields giant magnetic effect, where none should exist: Study opens window into the landscape of extreme topological matter Rice University theoretical physicists (from left) Hsin-Hua Lai, Qimiao Si and Sarah Grefe worked with experimental collaborators at Vienna University of Technology to understand topological features of a nonmagnetic Weyl-Kondo semimetal allowed it to produce a giant Hall effect in the absence of a...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Rice University graduate student Grant Gorman at work in Rices Ultracold Atoms and Plasmas Lab. view more  Credit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 1, 2021) - Rice University physicists have discovered a way to trap the worlds coldest plasma in a magnetic bottle, a technological achievement that could advance research into clean energy, space weather and astrophysics. "To understand how the solar wind interacts with the Earth, or to generate clean e...

Nanotechnology Now Home > Press > Bioinformatics tool accurately tracks synthetic: DNA Computer scientists show benefits of bioinformatics with PlasmidHawk The Rice University computer science lab of Todd Treangen challenged -- and beat -- deep learning in a test to see if a new bioinformatics approach effectively tracks the lab of origin of a synthetic genetic sequence. CREDIT Tommy LaVergne/Rice University Abstract: Tracking the origin of synthetic genetic code has never been simple, but it c...