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.

2025

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

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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

Read the recap

Day 1 Pictures | Day 2 Pictures

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ethics and Policy in Brain Science Today

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2024

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

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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.

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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

Check the agenda

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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

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MONDAY, OCT 14 2024

Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative Launch Event* | Read More

Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and MDA Anderson.

*Closed event.

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FRIDAY, OCT 11 2024

Bookout Center @ Valhalla* | Read More

Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and Houston Methodist Bookout Center.

*Closed event.

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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

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July 29, 2024

Baker Institute Brain and Society Planning Workshop

BRC Event Hall

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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

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May 14, 2024

REEN and Friends of ENRICH Summer Social

Cohen House

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May 8-9, 2024

Rice-BCM Human Factors in Human Performance

BRC Conference Room 1003

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May 2, 2024

Engineering Solutions in Surgery

Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and BCM Surgery INSTINCT

BRC Event Hall

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March 12, 2024

Rice Biotech Launch Pad EAB Dinner Meeting

O’Conner Building 5th Floor Terrace

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February 9, 2024

Rice-Houston Methodist Digital Health Faculty Retreat

BRC Conference Room 1003

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February 1, 2024

Meeting of the Minds Inaugural Networking Event and Happy Hour

Hosted by: Rice ENRICH and Rice Neuroengineering Initiative

BRC Event Hall

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January 23, 2024

Open House Event for Rice-Houston Methodist Joint Center for Neural Systems Restoration

Houston Methodist