Haitian-American engineer makes history as first Black president of Rice University
Reginald DesRoches is riding a wave of successes in his academic career, Five years ago, the renowned civil engineer joined…
South LA grad earns $3.5M in scholarships, accepted to 39 universities, heading to Berkeley
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Ever since Jaden Hunter was a little boy growing up in South Los Angeles, he’s always…
ME Joint Professor Peter Hosemann Wins DOE Research Grants
ME Joint Professor Peter Hosemann is the lead PI of two winning Department of Energy research grants. The project entitled…
Fired Up for the Future
As another potentially devastating wildfire season begins, California is facing a shortage of wildland firefighters. To meet this challenge, the…
David Schaffer: Research that takes risks must be supported
David Schaffer remembers sitting on his father’s lap as a child, curiously delving into science books and crafting mnemonic phrases…
Lisa Anne Torres receives 2022 Outstanding GSI Award in Engineering
The Graduate Division and Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Teaching and Resource Center recently presented Lisa Anne Torres with the Outstanding…
Innovative Early-Career Engineers Selected to Participate in The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2022 Symposium of the National Academy of Engineering
Eighty-four highly accomplished early-career engineers have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s The Grainger Foundation…
Oliver O’Reilly, Victoria Plaut selected as 2022-23 vice provosts
UC Berkeley selected Oliver O’Reilly as the vice provost for undergraduate education and Victoria Plaut as the vice provost for…
UC Berkeley advances cyber-physical systems research as part of $6 million NSF project
A new project funded by the National Science Foundation will revamp the way we engineer the cyber-physical systems (CPSs) underpinning…
Parallel Journeys, Lasting Legacies
When Reggie DesRoches assumes the presidency of Rice University on July 1, he will become the fifth Black leader of a…