The ENRICH Office organizes and sponsors research, collaboration and networking events to engage Rice Faculty with key partners in the Texas Medical Center.
Contact enrich@rice.edu with your recommendation for a themed research event.
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June 4, 2025
Center for Human Performance Research and Networking Event
Rice’s Department of Kinesiology and the Houston Methodist Academic Institute hosted a gathering to showcase Rice-Houston Methodist Center for Human Performance.
Facilitated by ENRICH, the event was attended by over 100 people, including Rice faculty, staff, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students, along with staff from Houston Methodist and several other TMC institutions.
June 3, 2025
Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative Seminar Series
Presentation: Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Immunotherapy: Mechanistic insights provide new therapeutic opportunities.
Keynote Speaker: James P. Allison, PhD, Regental Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology. Vice President for Immunobiology. Founding Director, James P. Allison Institute. MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Learn more about the inaugural seminar here.
May 29, 2025
Advancements in Brain Cancer Research
The latest offering of the Meeting of the Minds NeuroNetworking Series brough together Dr. Vinay Puduvalli (MD Anderson Cancer Center), Dr. Nitin Tandon (McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston), and Rice’s Christina Tringides, PhD for a compelling discussion on the latest breakthroughs in brain tumor research.
May 20, 2025
Community Health Symposium: AI. Digital Health. Built Environment
Read the recap
April 24-25, 2025
Health Innovations in the Rice-TMC Ecosystem: Impacting Houston, Texas, and the World
Themes for this symposium include: multidisciplinary neural and cancer research, AI in healthcare, technology to address health disparities
Day 1 Pictures | Day 2 Pictures
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Ethics and Policy in Brain Science Today
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2024
Meeting of the Minds Networking Series | Focus on: Wearable Technologies
Hosted by: Rice Neuroengineering Initiative and the Rice ENRICH Office
4:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m.
BRC Building | Event Hall, Rice University, 6500 Main Street
MONDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2024
Pumps & Pipes Annual Event 2024
Hosted by: Houston Methodist's Pumps & Pipes
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
TMC3 Collaborative Building, 7255 Helix Park Ave, Houston, TX 77030.
NOVEMBER 14-16, 2024
Nanoscale Imaging Sciences Workshop Fall 2024 | Read More
Hosted by: Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences
Day 1: Electron Microscopy of Materials and Biomolecules
Day 2: Optical Imaging at the Nanoscale
Day 3: Next-Generation Computational Bio-Imaging
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Rice BRC Building | Auditorium & Event/Exhibition Hall
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THURSDAY, OCT 17 2024
Meeting of the Minds: Spotlight on NINDS Funding Opportunities and a Texas BRAIN Institute | Read More
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and Rice Neuroengineering Initiative.
4:00 p.m - 6:00 pm
Rice BRC Building | Event Hall
MONDAY, OCT 14 2024
Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative Launch Event* | Read More
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and MDA Anderson.
*Closed event.
FRIDAY, OCT 11 2024
Bookout Center @ Valhalla* | Read More
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and Houston Methodist Bookout Center.
*Closed event.
TUESDAY, OCT 08 2024
Synthetic Innovations Towards a Cure for Cancer (SICC) Conference
Hosted by: SynthX Center & Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Check in & Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. | Conclusion Remarks: 5:30 p.m.
Rice BRC Building | Auditorium
July 29, 2024
Baker Institute Brain and Society Planning Workshop
BRC Event Hall
June 24, 2024
Meeting of the Minds: Spotllight on Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and Rice Neuroengineering Initiative
4:00 p.m - 6:00 pm
Rice BRC Building | Event Hall
May 14, 2024
REEN and Friends of ENRICH Summer Social
Cohen House
May 8-9, 2024
Rice-BCM Human Factors in Human Performance
BRC Conference Room 1003
May 2, 2024
Engineering Solutions in Surgery
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and BCM Surgery INSTINCT
BRC Event Hall
March 12, 2024
Rice Biotech Launch Pad EAB Dinner Meeting
O’Conner Building 5th Floor Terrace
February 9, 2024
Rice-Houston Methodist Digital Health Faculty Retreat
BRC Conference Room 1003
February 1, 2024
Meeting of the Minds Inaugural Networking Event and Happy Hour
Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and Rice Neuroengineering Initiative
BRC Event Hall
January 23, 2024
Open House Event for Rice-Houston Methodist Joint Center for Neural Systems Restoration
Houston Methodist
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