📣 Come to our university-wide graduate student mixer! Today, 4-6 p.m. at Valhalla. All graduate students are welcome to come and connect!

Student Spotlight: William Schmid 🌊 A Chevron Energy Fellow, Schmid is solving for water scarcity by developing solar-powered desalination technology for off-grid communities. Read more about Schmid’s work: https://bit.ly/4h3irSr #Desalination #CleanWater

Student Spotlight: Md Abid Shahriar Rahman Saadi 🌎 As a Chevron Energy Fellow, Saadi is developing renewable, biodegradable polymers that bridge performance and sustainability. Read more about Saadi’s research: https://bit.ly/44lAcVL #ClimateTech #PlasticPollution

Rice is showcasing an innovative carbon nanotube swingset at FIFA Fan Fest. Read more: https://bit.ly/4vKCJon #WorldCup2026 #FIFAFanFest #CarbonNanotubes

Student Spotlight: Ratnika Gupta 💥 As a Chevron Energy Fellow in @ricegradschool.bsky.social, Gupta is developing silicon-based electrodes to make lithium-ion batteries longer-lasting and more sustainable. Read more: https://bit.ly/3SrBFqW #SiliconAnode #BatteryInnovation

Student Spotlight: Davide Cavuto ⚡ As a Chevron Energy Fellow in @RiceCHBE, Cavuto is improving carbon nanotube and hydrogen production processes to help with the energy and materials transition. Read more about Cavuto’s research: https://bit.ly/4vOmQx6 #ProcessIntensification #ClimateTech

How do large-scale data centers affect Houston heat? Our faculty scholar Dr. Laura Schaefer explains climate implications and solutions on @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social Listen here: https://bit.ly/3QqI8So #Houston #DataCenters #ExtremeHeat #ClimateAction

Student Spotlight: Cristel Carolina Brindis Flores 🌟 As a Chevron Energy Fellow in @ricegradschool.bsky.social, Flores is researching how fluids behave so as to aid hydrogen and carbon storage. Read more about Flores’ work: https://bit.ly/4vw7H3G #CarbonCapture #CarbonStorage

Student Spotlight: Johanna Bangala 🌿 As a Chevron Energy Fellow @ricegradschool.bsky.social, Bangala is researching the effects of agricultural nitrogen pollution on climate stability, water quality, and food security. Read more: https://bit.ly/4gnKTOX #NitrogenPollution #ClimateStability

Congratulations Brittany Utting, @gsd.harvard.edu Wheelwright Prize finalist 👏✨ Utting’s work focuses on architecture and environmental care, exploring spatial and technical practices of climate research. Read more: https://bit.ly/43qc43R #WheelwrightPrize #SustainableArchitecture

Student Spotlight: Jessica Persaud 🌟 Jessica’s research aims to improve all-perovskite tandem solar technologies to increase energy efficiency as a Chevron Fellow @ricegradschool.bsky.social Read more about Jessica’s research: https://bit.ly/44dO4Be #SolarEnergy #ClimateTech

Student Spotlight: Kashif Liaqat 🌟 Kashif uses interdisciplinary methods to increase energy resilience and reduce carbon as a Chevron Fellow @ricegradschool.bsky.social Read more about Kashif’s research: https://si.rice.edu/news/2026/student-spotlight-kashif-liaqat #CleanTech #RenewableEnergy

Jaewoo is developing methods to ensure sustainable operations of Enhanced Geothermal Systems that help provide carbon-neutral baseload energy as a Chevron Energy Fellow. Read more about Jaewoo’s research: https://bit.ly/4uXJx1v #Geothermal #CleanEnergy

Student Spotlight: Wei Ping Lam 🌱 Chevron Energy Fellow Wei Ping is working on closing the carbon cycle through converting captured CO₂ into valuable fuels and chemicals. Read more about Wei Ping’s research: si.rice.edu/news/2026/st... #CarbonRecycling #CleanFuels

Congrats to SI board member Matteo Pasquali on winning the 2025 Braskem Award from AIChE! His pioneering work on carbon nanotube fibers is pushing sustainable materials toward a net-zero future. More via @RiceEngineering → engineering.rice.edu/news/pasqual...

We're proud to be a flagship sponsor of #BasicScience at the #CarbonHub. Discover how researchers are redefining the meaning of carbon nanotubes—and the future of #SustainableMaterials —in this recap of the annual meeting news.rice.edu/news/2025/fo... #KavliNano #AdvancedMaterials #Sustainability

Featured speaker at the #CarbonHub2025 meeting, #KavliNano Program Officer Jeff Miller shared expertise on advancing fundamental science through partnerships. Learn more about the Carbon Hub and their mission: carbonhub.rice.edu #SustainableMaterials #EnergyTransition #CarbonEconomy

🎉 The Rice Sustainability Institute is proud to celebrate 5 years of innovation and impact from CarbonHub at Rice! From clean hydrogen to sustainable materials, this year’s Annual Meeting showed what’s possible when science drives sustainability. news.rice.edu/news/2025/fo...

75 students from Lone Star, San Jacinto & HCC joined Rice teams to tackle sustainability challenges with data science. Big congrats to all REDA scholars! REDA—powered by Google—brought together @ricecompsci.bsky.social with mentors like Risa Myers, Canek Phillips & Carrie Masiello. bit.ly/4dgm0AW

🎓 Deadline extended! Grad students at Rice — you now have until May 23 to apply for the Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows program. 💰 ~$10K in funding 🌱 Open to all schools at Rice 📅 New deadline: May 23, 2025 Apply here → si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...

👏 Big congrats to Dr. Matteo Pasquali—A.J. Hartsook Professor and Director of Carbon Hub—on being named a Fellow of the Society of Rheology! His groundbreaking work in complex fluids and sustainable carbon materials is shaping a more sustainable future. news.rice.edu/news/2025/pa...

🛑 Poster session reminder! Present your research at Carbon Hub 2025 | May 12, 5–6 PM at Rice U. Posters due by 10 AM that day. Climate, energy, & sustainability work welcome! 🎓 Students register FREE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #CarbonHub2025 #ClimateResearch #EnergyInnovation

🌎 Big thanks to everyone who joined us at the first-ever Texas Climate Conference at Rice! Co-hosted by RSI, Dr. Sylvia Dee (Rice), and Dr. Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M), this two-day event brought together scientists, policymakers & community leaders to tackle Texas-sized climate challenges.

Check out Scott Egan and Kory Evans on the pod! #earthday

Now open: FY26 Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows! 🌍 $10,000 awards for Rice grad students advancing low-carbon energy, climate, and sustainability research. Apply by May 5, 2025 🔗 si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...

🌎⚡ Be part of the Fifth Annual Carbon Hub Annual Meeting — where industry, academia, and innovators converge to accelerate the carbon transition. 📅 May 12–13, 2025 🗣️ Agenda and speakers to be announced soon! Explore breakthroughs in clean hydrogen, carbon materials, and sustainability at scale.

The Deepwater Horizon disaster changed everything. 15 years later, SPILL brings the story to life — the Houston premiere presented with EcoStudio at the Rice Sustainability Institute. 🗓️ April 11 at 7 p.m. 🗓️ April 12 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. 📍Moody Center’s Lois Chiles Studio Theater

The Texas Climate Conference is happening this week (April 10–11) at Rice University. Join us for two days of critical conversations, research insights, and bold ideas shaping the future of climate action in Texas and beyond. 🔗 Learn more and to register: si.rice.edu/texas-climat...

🔥 Degrowth & Energy Justice Can we imagine a world beyond fossil fuels and economic growth? 🗓️ April 7 | 6–8PM 📍 Kraft Hall 130, Rice University 🎙️ Kohei Saito • Matthew Tejada • Ed Hirs 📝 RSVP → bit.ly/degrowth-rsvp #Degrowth #EnergyJustice #JustTransition #RiceUniversity #ClimateFutures

🐝✨ The Chapel in the Hive Poetry, music, bees, and biodiversity. Saturday, April 5 | 6–8 PM Moody Center for the Arts – Lois Chiles Studio Theater 🎟️ Free + open to all | moody.rice.edu What does a hive sound like if it were a chapel? What can honeybees teach us about myth, nature, and survival?

🌿 Today’s the day! The Texas Biodiversity Symposium is happening at Rice University! 🎉 Join leading researchers, conservationists, and policymakers as they tackle urgent biodiversity challenges across Texas. 🔎 Learn more: si.rice.edu/texas-biodiv...

Hang with the cool kids at the Rice Kiosk on Innovators Row (Level 3, Clean Energy Commons)! 🚀 Connect with Rice experts, explore cutting-edge sustainability research, and join the conversation on the future of energy. See you there! ⚡ #CERAWeek #EnergyInnovation #RiceUniversity #RiceSustainability

⚡ Energy Justice Workshop – March 10 ⚡ Join us for a day of discussions on energy democracy—the movement for a just, equitable, and sustainable energy system. Featuring Ashley Dawson & Stacey Balkan. 📍 Workshops: 🔹 12:15 PM | Kraft 105 🔹 2:30 PM | Humanities 117 #EnergyJustice #Sustainability

🌍🐦🌱 Celebrate Darwin Day at Rice! 🌱🐟🦋 Join us TODAY – Wed Feb. 19, at 3 PM in PCF 4 for a panel on Darwin’s impact on our understanding of life on Earth. Moderated by Scott Solomon, with Amy Dunham, Scott Egan, and Kory Evans, we’ll explore how evolution and ecology shape our world. Don’t miss it!

The modern day Darwins!

Sustaining Sahelian Futures: Climate Change, Migration, & Energy in West Africa Dr. Brittany Meché will explore how green-tech optimism and fossil fuel extraction are shaping ecological futures in the climate-vulnerable Sahel. 📅 February 20, 2025 🕒 12:15–1:30 PM 📍 Rice University, Sewall Hall 570

A team of scientists led by Matteo Pasquali, director of the Carbon Hub at Rice University, has demonstrated that carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers can be fully recycled without losing their structure or properties. 🔗 More at Energy Capital HTX: energycapitalhtx.com/rice-carbon-...

AnaVi, a 4th-year PhD student in Chemistry at Rice, uses methane to produce carbon nanotubes (CNTs) & clean hydrogen with zero CO₂ emissions. ♻️ At NT’24, she presented how reactor orientation impacts CNT quality. 📊 📖 Full Q&A: si.rice.edu/news/2025/student-spotlight-anavi-benavides

Please register for the 2025 Texas #Biodiversity Symposium at Rice University! Wildlife Ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is the keynote speaker! Sponsored by the @ricesustainability.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/texas-biod...

🚨 Event Alert! 🚨 In collab with @bakerinstitute.bsky.social, we’re hosting journalist & researcher Peter Schwartzstein as he shares insights from The Heat and the Fury, revealing how climate change fuels violence through real-world stories. 🔥 Don’t miss it — link in bio to RSVP!

Eric Wuesthoff, a PhD student in Biosciences at Rice University, studies how lemurs aid rainforest recovery in Madagascar. His work links biodiversity conservation to climate resilience. si.rice.edu/news/2025/st... #Sustainability #Biodiversity #Conservation @ericwuesthoff.bsky.social

🚨 Meet Our Fondren Fellows! 🚨 Catherine Cook, Sharon Olaifa, & Abi-Grace Savizon are tackling creosote pollution in Houston’s Fifth Ward, building an archive to drive awareness & action on this environmental justice issue. 🌍 Learn more: si.rice.edu/news/2025/sp... #RiceSustainability

🌍 The Petro-State Masquerade: Oil, Sovereignty, and Power in Trinidad and Tobago Join Ryan Cecil Jobson (University of Chicago) to explore energy, extractivism & sovereignty in the Caribbean. 📅 Jan. 23 | 🕒 12:15 – 1:30 PM CST 📍 Rice, University, Sewall Hall 572

Rice University researchers, led by Carbon Hub director and @ricesustainability.bsky.social governing board member Matteo Pasquali, have unlocked a breakthrough in carbon nanotube fiber recycling. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSHz... #Sustainability #CarbonHub #CarbonNanotubes #RiceUniversity

🎉 Congrats to Haotian Wang, associate professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University, honored by the Welch Foundation for his groundbreaking work in sustainable energy solutions! 🌍💡 Read more: bit.ly/3OQluhN

Meet Jui Junnarkar, a PhD candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice. Her research advances sustainable materials by improving carbon nanotube production, boosting energy efficiency. Supported by the Shell Carbon Hub, Jui’s work is shaping a greener future. #RiceSustainability