Connexions: Opening the Doors of Learning
Composer Anthony K. Brandt is no computer guru, but thanks to Rice University’s Connexions Project, he’s using the Internet to fulfill a longtime dream of interweaving music and text to form a truly interactive music appreciation course.

Kiplinger Names Rice Among Best Buys
Rice has placed among the top slots of yet two more rankings of U.S. colleges and universities.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Shares Hopeful Vision of Future
The relationship between Egypt and the United States has led the way in building peace, promoting development, and facing down aggressions, said Hosni Mubarak, president of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Robonaut Lends a Hand
Everyone could use an extra set of hands now and then, and if two Rice researchers and a crack team of scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) have their way, astronauts aboard the International Space Station might have just that in Robonaut.

Engineers Make First Pure Nanotube Fibers
Researchers at Rice University have discovered how to create continuous fibers out of pristine single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Preserving At-risk Languages
While attention is often given to species of birds and animals in danger of becoming extinct, languages enduring a similar fate seem to go unnoticed. Faculty in Rice’s departments of linguistics and anthropology, however, not only are cognizant of the problem, they’re conducting research to preserve some of those languages and the cultural knowledge at risk of being lost as well.

Leaders Consider Gap Between Science, Public Policy
United States policymakers are challenged today by a set of problems that are global in scope and require unprecedented international coordination of scientific and technical resources, as well as a decades-long commitment of resources.

ConocoPhillips Pledges $250K to Jones School
ConocoPhillips has pledged to donate $250,000 over the next five years to name the ConocoPhillips Seminar Room at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management. The newly named seminar room is one of six 35-person seminar rooms in the state-of-the-art, 98,000-square-foot Jones School building. Past gifts from ConocoPhillips to the school total more than $250,000.

Financial Times Ranks Jones School in Top 100
In its 2004 survey of MBA programs, released January 26, the Financial Times ranked the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management 48th out of the 100 top business schools in the world and 32nd out of 57 business schools in the United States. The MBA class of 2000 was surveyed.

Volcano’s Past Illuminates Future Dangers
In its 2004 survey of MBA programs, released January 26, the Financial Times ranked the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management 48th out of the 100 top business schools in the world and 32nd out of 57 business schools in the United States. The MBA class of 2000 was surveyed.