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Rice CEE hires Avantika Gori as assistant professor Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023
Gori, who starts January 1, is among 21 new faculty hires in the School of Engineering.

Rice ranked 12th in environmental engineering, 19th in civil in US News best graduate programs Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2023
Both programs rose in rankings to top 10 among private universities.

Stadler receives NSF CAREER Award Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023
With grant, Rice engineer intends to harness microbiomes to improve wastewater treatment processes.

Rice workshop examines resilience, equity in Houston Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023
'Steering Cities and Regions Towards Resilience and Equity' co-chaired by professors Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio and Jamie Padgett and the Kinder Institute's Daniel Potter.

Padgett named NSF BRITE Fellow Friday, Dec. 9, 2022
Rice professor and department chair receives $1 million grant to rethink disaster resilience modeling.