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From Rice kitchens to Food Network! 🎂📺 Rice Sous pastry chef Sarah Ono Jones is putting her cake artistry to the test on “Sweet Deceit,” creating cakes designed to fool even the closest eye. Catch her work when the show premieres Oct. 5 on Food Network! Food Network

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✨A new AI degree is coming to Rice.

Launching in fall 2027, the Master of Artificial Intelligence program will combine strong technical foundations with practical experience, preparing students for careers building and deploying AI systems. https://bit.ly/4rHKVoo

Caffeine, it’s a necessary ingredient in any successful college experience. Happy , Owls! 😉

A new approach to finding potential leukemia treatments starts by working backward.

Rice researchers used machine learning to narrow more than 4 million compounds down to promising drug candidates, while also uncovering a potential new target specific to acute myeloid leukemia cells. https://bit.ly/4hQ76oQ

What started with a personal book collection has grown into a nonprofit reaching more than 30,000 children.

Noto ’29 founded Butterfly Books to bring books, encouragement and hope to children in hospitals and underserved communities. Now, she’s bringing that mission to Houston — and has her sights set on an even bigger next chapter.

Read the full story from Rice Magazine: https://bit.ly/3VxKLUn

From watching baseball at the Tokyo Dome to capturing it from the field. Rice senior Kairi Mano turned a lifelong passion for sports into an opportunity to tell stories from behind the camera on one of baseball’s biggest stages.

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See you so soon, mom & dad 🫶

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Combining radar, data and modeling for faster flood warnings. https://bit.ly/4hqAXTs

What if cameras could capture more while collecting less? Rice researchers are exploring how generative AI could help reinvent the way cameras see and process the world.

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Beyond the hedges, all the way to Venice. 🇮🇹 Rice’s first students enrolled at Venice International University are settling in for a semester of global learning, cultural exploration and life in the Venetian lagoon. https://bit.ly/4y1Zo0B

Rice researchers are taking a closer look at how nerves protect themselves. A new 3D platform recreates how nerve cells form myelin, a protective coating that helps electrical signals travel faster, giving researchers a new way to study nerve damage and repair. https://bit.ly/4hp3j1B

The momentum continues. Rice University has climbed to No. 16 nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings, with top 10 recognition for value, undergraduate teaching and learning communities.

From exceptional faculty and hands-on learning to a close-knit student experience, these rankings reflect the many ways a Rice education creates opportunity and prepares students to shape what’s next. https://ow.ly/3loZ50ZQh9A

Where art meets materials science. Rice researchers helped bring artist Jitish Kallat’s dynamic installation at the Menil Collection to life, using materials that shift between transparency and opacity to reveal a once-classified piece of history. https://bit.ly/4ydNQr2

Listening or creating: What benefits the brain most? https://bit.ly/4y22EJt

Honoring the cultures, stories and communities that enrich Rice! This Hispanic Heritage Month, Rice University will host events showcasing the rich history, culture, and impact of Hispanic and Latin Americans. The theme "Florecemos Con Comunidad: We Bloom with Community" focuses on finding growth and strength within one's community, a sentiment often expressed in Hispanic communities and collectivist cultures.

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For many scientists, one field is just the starting point. A new Rice-led study found that researchers tend to broaden their disciplinary ties as their careers progress, especially when working across fields.

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