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Rice undergraduate environmental engineering program ranks No. 15 in U.S. News Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020
Civil engineering program ranks at No. 31 in annual rating.

DesRoches named chair of the National Construction Safety Team Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020
NCST is the body charged with investigating building failures resulting in significant loss of life.

Garcia proposes development of next-generation flood alert system Friday, Jul. 31, 2020
New system will provide specially and temporally distributed flood inundation maps in near-real time.

Padgett among engineering faculty named to endowed chairs Friday, Jun. 5, 2020
Padgett among engineering faculty named to endowed chairs

Padgett, Dueñas-Osorio promoted to full professor Monday, May. 18, 2020
Promotion effective July 1.