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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 .


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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


Daniel Cohan

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.


Rice environmental engineering 16th, civil 34th in national graduate program rankings

Rice environmental engineering 16th, civil 34th in national graduate program rankings Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2022

Among private universities, environmental engineering at Rice ranked eighth and civil engineering ninth.


Daniel Cohan holds up copy of new book.

Cohan book looks at global warming, causes and solutions Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2022

Rice environmental engineer believes wind and solar will form 'backbone of a clean electricity grid.'