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Talk about reaching new heights. 🚀

Fresh off NASA's successful Artemis II mission, engineer Branelle Rodriguez shared what it took to prepare the Orion spacecraft for its historic journey around the moon and safely back home. https://bit.ly/4dWCgHW

From the classroom to clinics around the world. 🌎📱

Rice students Medha Pulluru, Angella Zhao and Sumita Dantu spent their spring break piloting AfyaQuest, an app designed to help community health workers in rural regions worldwide access training and patient care tools in low-resource settings. https://bit.ly/4dUa0XM

Recent grad Lucca Ferraz is helping shape the future of football analytics. 🏈

By developing a new defensive metric using NFL Next Gen Stats data, Ferraz earned the top prize at the 2026 NFL Big Data Bowl, one of the league’s premier analytics competitions.

Read the full story at Rice Magazine: https://bit.ly/4tCU0Ov

What if developing better cervical cancer tests could happen faster?

Rice bioengineers created realistic “mock” patient samples that could help researchers build and validate new screening tools designed for low-resource settings. 🧬

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🧡 ⚽ This summer, the eyes of the world will be on Houston, and Rice is excited to help welcome the global celebration of sport and community. Hosting this World Cup and Dutch tradition at Rice Stadium reflects both the university’s deep connection to the city and our commitment to bringing people together through experiences that inspire pride, unity and international exchange.
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