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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.

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.'

Jamie Padgett named CEE department chair, effective July 1 Monday, Nov. 22, 2021
Professor, who joined Rice in 2007, is faculty director of recently-launched Gulf Scholars Program at Rice.

Rice undergraduates win Greene Prize for environmental writing Friday, Nov. 12, 2021
Winning paper written for Daniel Cohan's “Energy and the Environment” course.

Li receives CAPEES Frontier Research Award Thursday, Sep. 30, 2021
Honor recognizes professors who have 'achieved recognized research leadership and pioneered an innovative research area.'