Anticancer BioBrew

by jade boyd
College students often spend their free time thinking about beer, but some Rice University students are taking it to the next level. They’re using genetic engineering to create a “biobeer” that contains resveratrol, a chemical in wine that’s been shown to reduce cancer and heart disease in lab animals.

Doctoral Student Wins Austrian Math Award
Mathematics doctoral student Helge Krüger has been named winner of the annual Studentenpreis, awarded by the Austrian Mathematical Society for the best master’s thesis written in Austria.

Help for Young Hearts
By Mike Williams
As a young student shadowing pediatric oncologists, Elizabeth “Libby” Stephens realized just how hard it is to be around children who are ill. It was all the prompting she needed to try to get to the heart of the matter.

MEMS Student Wins Kennedy Fellowship
By Mike Williams
Arta Sadrzadeh, a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, has won the second annual Ken Kennedy–Cray Inc. Graduate Fellowship Award, which supports graduate students involved in high-performance computing.