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Good hedges make good neighbors

Rice and Houston. Houston and Rice. It's a synergistic relationship that's been mutually beneficial for more than 95 years. And, as we approach our next 100 years of service, we have renewed and strengthened our commitment to engaging the Houston community. As one of the nation's premier research universities, we look at our home city as the fourth-largest laboratory in the U.S., and we're committed to making it central to student discovery through community-based research and learning experiences. We're also committed to taking care of it just like we do our own internationally acclaimed facilities. After all, isn't that what being a good neighbor is about?


Air
Something in the air? Rice studies Houston’s air quality

When Rob Griffin looks out from atop a tall building at the University of Houston, he may see blue sky, but he senses something else. That "something else" is why the Rice associate professor of civil and environmental engineering came to Houston — to investigate air pollution in other urban environments.

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99K House
Rice’s energy-efficient home wins an environmental honor

The Citizens' Environmental Coalition, a clearinghouse for information about environmental issues in Greater Houston and Galveston, has named Rice Design Alliance and the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects as the winners of its 2009 Sustainable Planning Award for their 99K House project. The energy-efficient home in Houston's Fifth Ward was designed and built for less than $100,000.

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Religions
Rice promotes religious tolerance through lecture series

Rice University will honor the more than 100 veterans among its faculty, staff and students Wednesday morning with a ceremony at Rice Memorial Center's Ray Courtyard. The ceremony will feature remarks from Col. Daniel Ragsdale, who is a visiting American Council on Education fellow.

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Zerow House
Solar Decathlon house finds a home in Houston

By bringing together new lecturers and educators on various faiths, Rice University's Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance is revamping the World Religions Lecture Series. The lectures offer a basic understanding of world religions to the community in an effort to reduce ignorance and promote peaceful coexistence among people of all faiths and no faith.

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