“Exciting new opportunities lie ahead for the journal in areas such as AI, machine learning and open science.' - Fred Oswald news.rice.edu/news/2024/rice… #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture Rice University News American Psychological Association

Elaine Howard Ecklund, RiceSociology, was featured in a recent nature article: nature.com/articles/d4158… #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture

The best way I can describe what happened tonight in Houston was that essentially a quick moving equivalent to a category 1 or low-end 2 storm just trucked across a large portion of a major metro area.

We had a wonderful time at yesterday's School of Social Sciences end of year reception and awards ceremony for our faculty and staff! Thank you to our amazing faculty and staff for all of your hard work, and congratulations on another fantastic year! #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture

A $90M grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation is set to transform education by making Rice University home to the country's largest education research hub.

Learn more about how this funding will impact learning strategies across diverse backgrounds in our latest issue.

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A big congratulations on this grant award for an important undertaking that is truly #ShapingTheFuture ! #RiceSocSci

We are excited to announce the launch of the Public Service Practicum, starting in Fall 2024 under the Gateway Program. The course will be co-taught by Mayor Annise Parker '78 and Judge Official Ed Emmett '71: socialsciences.rice.edu/news/school-so… #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture

“What we’ve cultivated here in the School of Social Sciences is an environment that encourages exploration, collaboration and intellectual exchange...we couldn’t be more proud of these students and faculty members.”-Rachel T. Kimbro news.rice.edu/news/2024/stud… #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture

'The Center for Coastal Futures and Adaptive Resilience and the Center for Environmental Studies will focus on the Gulf Coast’s intersecting social and environmental challenges, working synergistically with the new Rice Sustainability Institute.' magazine.rice.edu/spring-2024/ri…

New paper just accepted at Demography Journal with Regina Baker & Ryan Finnigan: “The Role of Single Motherhood in America’s High Child Poverty.”

The role is small or modest. The US would have HIGH child poverty even if there was ZERO single motherhood.

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We did it! Because of you, we raised $70,030 for the Social Sciences Dean's Discretionary Fund during the 24-Hour Challenge! Your gifts ensure that our Owls have the resources needed to thrive. Thank you! Rice Annual Fund Rice University #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture #1Day1Rice

Tomorrow is Rice University’s 24-Hour Challenge! When you give to the School of Social Sciences Dean's Discretionary Fund, you help us meet our goal of $20,000 to help educate and enrich the lives of students: givecampus.com/67o3ge #RiceSocSci #1Day1Rice Rice Annual Fund

We had a great time! 🦉Well done, Rice Natural Sciences

Looking forward to seeing the results of Rice Social Sciences’s Anna Rhodes’ U.S. National Science Foundation-backed research, which will ultimately benefit the educational experiences of children growing up in low-income families. bit.ly/3VEgaCO

Huge congrats to Kristin Turney on winning the UCI Academic Senate's 2024 Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Research! UC Irvine Sociology #bestandbrightest 🥳🎉👏🌷
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So proud of our Rice Women’s Basketball team for how well they represented themselves, our city and the #Rice community in the NCAA Tournament. It was a competitive game against #LSU . Thank you to all our community partners who encouraged our #Rice Owls today! #Marchmadness #Rice #Houston

This statement by leaders of the PSID, Add Health, NLSY, and other major national surveys is an important corrective on misinformation

We had a productive and insightful Social Sciences Advisory Board meeting today! Thank you to our fantastic SSAB members for their hard work and dedication to supporting our School! #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture

Regarding allegations against Christina Cross: We, a group of scientists who lead public datasets (including PSID), wish to state that her discussion of PSID isn't plagiarism. Standard language to describe public data is, in fact, good scientific practice docs.google.com/document/d/1te…

Join SPE International and Rice’s MEECON program for a 'Fast Five” series to learn about the five most important things in energy. On 4/5 at 12pm in KRF 110, Peter Hartley will host “What’s economics got to do with energy?” spegcs.org/events/6857/ #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture Rice Economics