RICE ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT:  In the News

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2009

• Rice's unconventional house making waves -- and energy -- at Solar Decathlon
• Rice, Alberta join forces to produce green energy through nanotechnology
• Graphitic memory techniques advance at Rice
• Rice's Shell Center funds effort to measure city sustainability
• Study: Oil speculators dominate open interest in oil futures
• Who Killed the Electric Car?' director to speak at Baker Institute Sept. 21
• Rice U. researchers weigh environmental, economic costs of biodiesel production
• Global warming: Our best guess is likely wrong
• Nature cites GoodNanoGuide
• SSPEED Center wins $1.25M for Ike study
• Rice U. researchers ask if biofuels will lead to a 'drink or drive' choice
• First 'nanorust' field test slated in Mexico
• What goes down, must come up: Earth’s leaky mantle: Rice researchers model growth of Texas' power systems
• Study: US-Canadian shale could neutralize Russian energy threat to Europeans
• Rice students offer sneak peek of zero-energy house
• Rice researchers model growth of Texas' power systems
• Free conference at Rice to focus on businesses' environmental responsibility
• Public forum at Rice with mayor and county judge marks six-month Ike anniversary
• Padgett in National Engineers Week spotlight
• Batteries get a boost at Rice
• Revolutionary microchip uses 30 times less power
• Rice rolls out new nanocars

2008

• T. Boone Pickens to speak at Rice Jan. 6
• PBS program that Jaffe appeared on wins Emmy
• Rice establishes National Corrosion Center
• Rice part of NSF-funded Center for Biorenewables
• Offshore oil from moratoria areas: A gusher? Or too little, too late?
• NSF-funded Rice study will trace path of nanomaterials
• Office of Technology Transfer celebrates 10 years of turning Rice research into reality
• Baker Institute report proposes strategies to ensure global energy security
• Advanced Energy Consortium issues request for proposals to develop micro- and nanosensors to boost energy production
• College architect named Sustainable Architect of the Year
• Expert discusses energy projections, effects on climate at Baker Institute lecture
• Green’ chemicals closer to market
• Rice’s James Tour wins Feynman Prize
• Rice team gets top prize in 'Recycle Ike' contest
• Rice air sensors tested near Beijing's Olympic stadium
• Baker Institute conference will debate climate policy Dec. 15
• Rice University's Shell Center for Sustainability funds studies of air quality, Gulf Coast planning
• Lightbulb swap one of many green initiatives undertaken by student EcoReps
• California couple gives Rice University $15 million to redesign education of engineers
• Rice professor honored for nano breakthroughs
• Think Swiss Climate Trail stops at Rice
• National Hurricane Center czar lists goals at Rice conference
• Rice community can volunteer to help build sustainable communities
• Seismic clues help Rice researcher peer deeply into Earth’s center
• Shell Center for Sustainability conference Oct. 16 looks at Houston's air
• Bays on US Gulf Coast vulnerable to flooding
• Flood-alert system eased fears at Texas Medical Center 

2007

• Turning a Glycerin Glut Into Ethanol Helps Biofuel Industry
• SSPEED to build flood, water-quality sensor network prototype 
• Wong makes Smithsonian magazine's prestigious list
• $30M gift; Plans for 'greenest' building yetRice engineers find way to make ethanol from waste glycerin
• EESI Director Chapman named to "Most-Cited Paper" list
• Brinkley urges national debate on New Orleans at Baker Institute talk
• Lectures explore social accountability in architecture and design
• Rice nanotechnologist Tour among finalists for Feynman Prize
• Deconstruction of houses reflects Rice's sustainability efforts
• BP analyzes world energy at Rice
• CITE magazine publishes hurricane issue
• Ghorbel receives Schlumberger Paris' Visiting Chair in Mechatronics and Robotics
• CITE magazine publishes hurricane issue
• Texas establishes storm research center at Rice
• Rice engineers find way to make ethanol, valuable chemicals from waste glycerin
• Rice's Levander wins top earth science prize
• Rice ranked as top productive large research institution
• Four faculty members win prestigious National Science Foundation award
• Noted environmental historian David Brinkley joins Rice faculty
• Rice Sociologists examine what went right/ Wrong after Katrina and Rita
• Rice scores big in national recycling contest
• Rice's new high-tech utility plant casts 'green' shadow
• Two Rice professors to be on Discovery Channel series on "FuturCar"
• Rice nanotech pioneer Naomi Halas makes Esquire's Best & Brightest list: Research may improve solar power 
• Rice researchers use "nanorust" to clean water
• Ph.D. candidate Gaurav Bhatnagar wins International Student Paper Contest, Society of Petroleum Engineers 
• Rice commits to building energy-saving facilities
• Study breaks ice on Arctic thaw
• Rice stands to gain from biobutnal's return
• Rice researchers among elite 'Nano 50'  recognized for innovative breakthroughs
• Architecture grad wins $50,000 to study weather’s effect on buildings