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Environmental ranks No. 18, civil No. 31 in US News top undergraduate engineering programs Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2022
Civil engineering undergraduate program moves up three spots in latest rankings.

Gong, Novelino join Rice Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty Monday, Aug. 8, 2022
Novellino started July 1, and Gong will join the faculty in January 2023 — both as assistant professors.

Rice finalist for DOE's $4 million Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize Wednesday, Jul. 13, 2022
Prize Supports Innovation to Help Secure U.S. Sources of Lithium .

Rice trio awarded Greene Prize for paper on solar energy Thursday, Jun. 23, 2022
Environmental engineering junior Kathryn Dale and alumni Johnathan Roberts and Hannah Vincent were students in Daniel Cohan's 'Energy and the Environment' course

Cohan appointed to EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselors’ Climate Change Subcommittee Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2022
The subcommittee is charged with “providing expert review and advice” to the EPA’s Executive Committee.