Rice Sustainability Institute
@ricesustainability.bsky.social
Developing energy and environmental solutions that are economically positive, socially viable, and globally relevant at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Web: https://si.rice.edu/
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Congrats to SI board member Matteo Pasquali on winning the 2025 Braskem Award from AIChE! His pioneering work on carbon nanotube fibers is pushing sustainable materials toward a net-zero future.
More via @RiceEngineering → engineering.rice.edu/news/pasqual...
More via @RiceEngineering → engineering.rice.edu/news/pasqual...
Pasquali selected as 2025 Braskem Award for Excellence in Materials Engineering and Science | George R. Brown School of Engineering | Rice University
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May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Congrats to SI board member Matteo Pasquali on winning the 2025 Braskem Award from AIChE! His pioneering work on carbon nanotube fibers is pushing sustainable materials toward a net-zero future.
More via @RiceEngineering → engineering.rice.edu/news/pasqual...
More via @RiceEngineering → engineering.rice.edu/news/pasqual...
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We're proud to be a flagship sponsor of #BasicScience at the #CarbonHub. Discover how researchers are redefining the meaning of carbon nanotubes—and the future of #SustainableMaterials —in this recap of the annual meeting
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#KavliNano #AdvancedMaterials #Sustainability
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#KavliNano #AdvancedMaterials #Sustainability
May 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We're proud to be a flagship sponsor of #BasicScience at the #CarbonHub. Discover how researchers are redefining the meaning of carbon nanotubes—and the future of #SustainableMaterials —in this recap of the annual meeting
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#KavliNano #AdvancedMaterials #Sustainability
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#KavliNano #AdvancedMaterials #Sustainability
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Featured speaker at the #CarbonHub2025 meeting, #KavliNano Program Officer Jeff Miller shared expertise on advancing fundamental science through partnerships. Learn more about the Carbon Hub and their mission: carbonhub.rice.edu
#SustainableMaterials #EnergyTransition #CarbonEconomy
#SustainableMaterials #EnergyTransition #CarbonEconomy
May 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Featured speaker at the #CarbonHub2025 meeting, #KavliNano Program Officer Jeff Miller shared expertise on advancing fundamental science through partnerships. Learn more about the Carbon Hub and their mission: carbonhub.rice.edu
#SustainableMaterials #EnergyTransition #CarbonEconomy
#SustainableMaterials #EnergyTransition #CarbonEconomy
🎉 The Rice Sustainability Institute is proud to celebrate 5 years of innovation and impact from CarbonHub at Rice!
From clean hydrogen to sustainable materials, this year’s Annual Meeting showed what’s possible when science drives sustainability.
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From clean hydrogen to sustainable materials, this year’s Annual Meeting showed what’s possible when science drives sustainability.
news.rice.edu/news/2025/fo...
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May 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🎉 The Rice Sustainability Institute is proud to celebrate 5 years of innovation and impact from CarbonHub at Rice!
From clean hydrogen to sustainable materials, this year’s Annual Meeting showed what’s possible when science drives sustainability.
news.rice.edu/news/2025/fo...
From clean hydrogen to sustainable materials, this year’s Annual Meeting showed what’s possible when science drives sustainability.
news.rice.edu/news/2025/fo...
75 students from Lone Star, San Jacinto & HCC joined Rice teams to tackle sustainability challenges with data science. Big congrats to all REDA scholars! REDA—powered by Google—brought together @ricecompsci.bsky.social with mentors like Risa Myers, Canek Phillips & Carrie Masiello.
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REDA | Empowering the Next Generation of Sustainability Data Scholars
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May 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
75 students from Lone Star, San Jacinto & HCC joined Rice teams to tackle sustainability challenges with data science. Big congrats to all REDA scholars! REDA—powered by Google—brought together @ricecompsci.bsky.social with mentors like Risa Myers, Canek Phillips & Carrie Masiello.
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🎓 Deadline extended! Grad students at Rice — you now have until May 23 to apply for the Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows program.
💰 ~$10K in funding
🌱 Open to all schools at Rice
📅 New deadline: May 23, 2025
Apply here → si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
💰 ~$10K in funding
🌱 Open to all schools at Rice
📅 New deadline: May 23, 2025
Apply here → si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
May 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🎓 Deadline extended! Grad students at Rice — you now have until May 23 to apply for the Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows program.
💰 ~$10K in funding
🌱 Open to all schools at Rice
📅 New deadline: May 23, 2025
Apply here → si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
💰 ~$10K in funding
🌱 Open to all schools at Rice
📅 New deadline: May 23, 2025
Apply here → si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
👏 Big congrats to Dr. Matteo Pasquali—A.J. Hartsook Professor and Director of Carbon Hub—on being named a Fellow of the Society of Rheology!
His groundbreaking work in complex fluids and sustainable carbon materials is shaping a more sustainable future.
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His groundbreaking work in complex fluids and sustainable carbon materials is shaping a more sustainable future.
news.rice.edu/news/2025/pa...
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May 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
👏 Big congrats to Dr. Matteo Pasquali—A.J. Hartsook Professor and Director of Carbon Hub—on being named a Fellow of the Society of Rheology!
His groundbreaking work in complex fluids and sustainable carbon materials is shaping a more sustainable future.
news.rice.edu/news/2025/pa...
His groundbreaking work in complex fluids and sustainable carbon materials is shaping a more sustainable future.
news.rice.edu/news/2025/pa...
🛑 Poster session reminder! Present your research at Carbon Hub 2025 | May 12, 5–6 PM at Rice U.
Posters due by 10 AM that day. Climate, energy, & sustainability work welcome!
🎓 Students register FREE:
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#CarbonHub2025 #ClimateResearch #EnergyInnovation
Posters due by 10 AM that day. Climate, energy, & sustainability work welcome!
🎓 Students register FREE:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#CarbonHub2025 #ClimateResearch #EnergyInnovation
May 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🛑 Poster session reminder! Present your research at Carbon Hub 2025 | May 12, 5–6 PM at Rice U.
Posters due by 10 AM that day. Climate, energy, & sustainability work welcome!
🎓 Students register FREE:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#CarbonHub2025 #ClimateResearch #EnergyInnovation
Posters due by 10 AM that day. Climate, energy, & sustainability work welcome!
🎓 Students register FREE:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#CarbonHub2025 #ClimateResearch #EnergyInnovation
🌎 Big thanks to everyone who joined us at the first-ever Texas Climate Conference at Rice!
Co-hosted by RSI, Dr. Sylvia Dee (Rice), and Dr. Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M), this two-day event brought together scientists, policymakers & community leaders to tackle Texas-sized climate challenges.
Co-hosted by RSI, Dr. Sylvia Dee (Rice), and Dr. Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M), this two-day event brought together scientists, policymakers & community leaders to tackle Texas-sized climate challenges.
April 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🌎 Big thanks to everyone who joined us at the first-ever Texas Climate Conference at Rice!
Co-hosted by RSI, Dr. Sylvia Dee (Rice), and Dr. Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M), this two-day event brought together scientists, policymakers & community leaders to tackle Texas-sized climate challenges.
Co-hosted by RSI, Dr. Sylvia Dee (Rice), and Dr. Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M), this two-day event brought together scientists, policymakers & community leaders to tackle Texas-sized climate challenges.
Check out Scott Egan and Kory Evans on the pod! #earthday
Dr. KoryEvans and I were interviewed on the Gulf Streams podcast about #biodiversity! @ricesustainability.bsky.social @sternarchella.bsky.social
#EarthDay2025
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#EarthDay2025
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Ep. 76 What's Biodiversity?
On today's episode we sit down with Dr. Korey Evans (Rice University) and Dr. Scott Egan (Rice University) who recently hosted a symposium all about biodiversity and what it means to the Houston regio...
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April 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Check out Scott Egan and Kory Evans on the pod! #earthday
Now open: FY26 Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows! 🌍
$10,000 awards for Rice grad students advancing low-carbon energy, climate, and sustainability research.
Apply by May 5, 2025
🔗 si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
$10,000 awards for Rice grad students advancing low-carbon energy, climate, and sustainability research.
Apply by May 5, 2025
🔗 si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
April 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Now open: FY26 Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows! 🌍
$10,000 awards for Rice grad students advancing low-carbon energy, climate, and sustainability research.
Apply by May 5, 2025
🔗 si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
$10,000 awards for Rice grad students advancing low-carbon energy, climate, and sustainability research.
Apply by May 5, 2025
🔗 si.rice.edu/chevron-fell...
🌎⚡ Be part of the Fifth Annual Carbon Hub Annual Meeting — where industry, academia, and innovators converge to accelerate the carbon transition.
📅 May 12–13, 2025
🗣️ Agenda and speakers to be announced soon!
Explore breakthroughs in clean hydrogen, carbon materials, and sustainability at scale.
📅 May 12–13, 2025
🗣️ Agenda and speakers to be announced soon!
Explore breakthroughs in clean hydrogen, carbon materials, and sustainability at scale.
April 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🌎⚡ Be part of the Fifth Annual Carbon Hub Annual Meeting — where industry, academia, and innovators converge to accelerate the carbon transition.
📅 May 12–13, 2025
🗣️ Agenda and speakers to be announced soon!
Explore breakthroughs in clean hydrogen, carbon materials, and sustainability at scale.
📅 May 12–13, 2025
🗣️ Agenda and speakers to be announced soon!
Explore breakthroughs in clean hydrogen, carbon materials, and sustainability at scale.
The Deepwater Horizon disaster changed everything.
15 years later, SPILL brings the story to life — the Houston premiere presented with EcoStudio at the Rice Sustainability Institute.
🗓️ April 11 at 7 p.m.
🗓️ April 12 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
📍Moody Center’s Lois Chiles Studio Theater
15 years later, SPILL brings the story to life — the Houston premiere presented with EcoStudio at the Rice Sustainability Institute.
🗓️ April 11 at 7 p.m.
🗓️ April 12 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
📍Moody Center’s Lois Chiles Studio Theater
April 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Deepwater Horizon disaster changed everything.
15 years later, SPILL brings the story to life — the Houston premiere presented with EcoStudio at the Rice Sustainability Institute.
🗓️ April 11 at 7 p.m.
🗓️ April 12 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
📍Moody Center’s Lois Chiles Studio Theater
15 years later, SPILL brings the story to life — the Houston premiere presented with EcoStudio at the Rice Sustainability Institute.
🗓️ April 11 at 7 p.m.
🗓️ April 12 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
📍Moody Center’s Lois Chiles Studio Theater
The Texas Climate Conference is happening this week (April 10–11) at Rice University.
Join us for two days of critical conversations, research insights, and bold ideas shaping the future of climate action in Texas and beyond.
🔗 Learn more and to register: si.rice.edu/texas-climat...
Join us for two days of critical conversations, research insights, and bold ideas shaping the future of climate action in Texas and beyond.
🔗 Learn more and to register: si.rice.edu/texas-climat...
April 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Texas Climate Conference is happening this week (April 10–11) at Rice University.
Join us for two days of critical conversations, research insights, and bold ideas shaping the future of climate action in Texas and beyond.
🔗 Learn more and to register: si.rice.edu/texas-climat...
Join us for two days of critical conversations, research insights, and bold ideas shaping the future of climate action in Texas and beyond.
🔗 Learn more and to register: si.rice.edu/texas-climat...
🔥 Degrowth & Energy Justice
Can we imagine a world beyond fossil fuels and economic growth?
🗓️ April 7 | 6–8PM
📍 Kraft Hall 130, Rice University
🎙️ Kohei Saito • Matthew Tejada • Ed Hirs
📝 RSVP → bit.ly/degrowth-rsvp
#Degrowth #EnergyJustice #JustTransition #RiceUniversity #ClimateFutures
Can we imagine a world beyond fossil fuels and economic growth?
🗓️ April 7 | 6–8PM
📍 Kraft Hall 130, Rice University
🎙️ Kohei Saito • Matthew Tejada • Ed Hirs
📝 RSVP → bit.ly/degrowth-rsvp
#Degrowth #EnergyJustice #JustTransition #RiceUniversity #ClimateFutures
April 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🔥 Degrowth & Energy Justice
Can we imagine a world beyond fossil fuels and economic growth?
🗓️ April 7 | 6–8PM
📍 Kraft Hall 130, Rice University
🎙️ Kohei Saito • Matthew Tejada • Ed Hirs
📝 RSVP → bit.ly/degrowth-rsvp
#Degrowth #EnergyJustice #JustTransition #RiceUniversity #ClimateFutures
Can we imagine a world beyond fossil fuels and economic growth?
🗓️ April 7 | 6–8PM
📍 Kraft Hall 130, Rice University
🎙️ Kohei Saito • Matthew Tejada • Ed Hirs
📝 RSVP → bit.ly/degrowth-rsvp
#Degrowth #EnergyJustice #JustTransition #RiceUniversity #ClimateFutures
🐝✨ The Chapel in the Hive
Poetry, music, bees, and biodiversity.
Saturday, April 5 | 6–8 PM
Moody Center for the Arts – Lois Chiles Studio Theater
🎟️ Free + open to all | moody.rice.edu
What does a hive sound like if it were a chapel?
What can honeybees teach us about myth, nature, and survival?
Poetry, music, bees, and biodiversity.
Saturday, April 5 | 6–8 PM
Moody Center for the Arts – Lois Chiles Studio Theater
🎟️ Free + open to all | moody.rice.edu
What does a hive sound like if it were a chapel?
What can honeybees teach us about myth, nature, and survival?
April 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🐝✨ The Chapel in the Hive
Poetry, music, bees, and biodiversity.
Saturday, April 5 | 6–8 PM
Moody Center for the Arts – Lois Chiles Studio Theater
🎟️ Free + open to all | moody.rice.edu
What does a hive sound like if it were a chapel?
What can honeybees teach us about myth, nature, and survival?
Poetry, music, bees, and biodiversity.
Saturday, April 5 | 6–8 PM
Moody Center for the Arts – Lois Chiles Studio Theater
🎟️ Free + open to all | moody.rice.edu
What does a hive sound like if it were a chapel?
What can honeybees teach us about myth, nature, and survival?
🌿 Today’s the day! The Texas Biodiversity Symposium is happening at Rice University! 🎉 Join leading researchers, conservationists, and policymakers as they tackle urgent biodiversity challenges across Texas.
🔎 Learn more: si.rice.edu/texas-biodiv...
🔎 Learn more: si.rice.edu/texas-biodiv...
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🌿 Today’s the day! The Texas Biodiversity Symposium is happening at Rice University! 🎉 Join leading researchers, conservationists, and policymakers as they tackle urgent biodiversity challenges across Texas.
🔎 Learn more: si.rice.edu/texas-biodiv...
🔎 Learn more: si.rice.edu/texas-biodiv...
Hang with the cool kids at the Rice Kiosk on Innovators Row (Level 3, Clean Energy Commons)! 🚀 Connect with Rice experts, explore cutting-edge sustainability research, and join the conversation on the future of energy.
See you there! ⚡ #CERAWeek #EnergyInnovation #RiceUniversity #RiceSustainability
See you there! ⚡ #CERAWeek #EnergyInnovation #RiceUniversity #RiceSustainability
March 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hang with the cool kids at the Rice Kiosk on Innovators Row (Level 3, Clean Energy Commons)! 🚀 Connect with Rice experts, explore cutting-edge sustainability research, and join the conversation on the future of energy.
See you there! ⚡ #CERAWeek #EnergyInnovation #RiceUniversity #RiceSustainability
See you there! ⚡ #CERAWeek #EnergyInnovation #RiceUniversity #RiceSustainability
⚡ Energy Justice Workshop – March 10 ⚡
Join us for a day of discussions on energy democracy—the movement for a just, equitable, and sustainable energy system. Featuring Ashley Dawson & Stacey Balkan.
📍 Workshops:
🔹 12:15 PM | Kraft 105
🔹 2:30 PM | Humanities 117
#EnergyJustice #Sustainability
Join us for a day of discussions on energy democracy—the movement for a just, equitable, and sustainable energy system. Featuring Ashley Dawson & Stacey Balkan.
📍 Workshops:
🔹 12:15 PM | Kraft 105
🔹 2:30 PM | Humanities 117
#EnergyJustice #Sustainability
March 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
⚡ Energy Justice Workshop – March 10 ⚡
Join us for a day of discussions on energy democracy—the movement for a just, equitable, and sustainable energy system. Featuring Ashley Dawson & Stacey Balkan.
📍 Workshops:
🔹 12:15 PM | Kraft 105
🔹 2:30 PM | Humanities 117
#EnergyJustice #Sustainability
Join us for a day of discussions on energy democracy—the movement for a just, equitable, and sustainable energy system. Featuring Ashley Dawson & Stacey Balkan.
📍 Workshops:
🔹 12:15 PM | Kraft 105
🔹 2:30 PM | Humanities 117
#EnergyJustice #Sustainability
🌍🐦🌱 Celebrate Darwin Day at Rice! 🌱🐟🦋
Join us TODAY – Wed Feb. 19, at 3 PM in PCF 4 for a panel on Darwin’s impact on our understanding of life on Earth.
Moderated by Scott Solomon, with Amy Dunham, Scott Egan, and Kory Evans, we’ll explore how evolution and ecology shape our world. Don’t miss it!
Join us TODAY – Wed Feb. 19, at 3 PM in PCF 4 for a panel on Darwin’s impact on our understanding of life on Earth.
Moderated by Scott Solomon, with Amy Dunham, Scott Egan, and Kory Evans, we’ll explore how evolution and ecology shape our world. Don’t miss it!
February 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🌍🐦🌱 Celebrate Darwin Day at Rice! 🌱🐟🦋
Join us TODAY – Wed Feb. 19, at 3 PM in PCF 4 for a panel on Darwin’s impact on our understanding of life on Earth.
Moderated by Scott Solomon, with Amy Dunham, Scott Egan, and Kory Evans, we’ll explore how evolution and ecology shape our world. Don’t miss it!
Join us TODAY – Wed Feb. 19, at 3 PM in PCF 4 for a panel on Darwin’s impact on our understanding of life on Earth.
Moderated by Scott Solomon, with Amy Dunham, Scott Egan, and Kory Evans, we’ll explore how evolution and ecology shape our world. Don’t miss it!
The modern day Darwins!
Come celebrate Darwin Day at Rice University! 🌱🪲🐟Wednesday, Feb. 19, 3pm!
February 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The modern day Darwins!
Sustaining Sahelian Futures: Climate Change, Migration, & Energy in West Africa
Dr. Brittany Meché will explore how green-tech optimism and fossil fuel extraction are shaping ecological futures in the climate-vulnerable Sahel.
📅 February 20, 2025 🕒 12:15–1:30 PM
📍 Rice University, Sewall Hall 570
Dr. Brittany Meché will explore how green-tech optimism and fossil fuel extraction are shaping ecological futures in the climate-vulnerable Sahel.
📅 February 20, 2025 🕒 12:15–1:30 PM
📍 Rice University, Sewall Hall 570
February 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sustaining Sahelian Futures: Climate Change, Migration, & Energy in West Africa
Dr. Brittany Meché will explore how green-tech optimism and fossil fuel extraction are shaping ecological futures in the climate-vulnerable Sahel.
📅 February 20, 2025 🕒 12:15–1:30 PM
📍 Rice University, Sewall Hall 570
Dr. Brittany Meché will explore how green-tech optimism and fossil fuel extraction are shaping ecological futures in the climate-vulnerable Sahel.
📅 February 20, 2025 🕒 12:15–1:30 PM
📍 Rice University, Sewall Hall 570
A team of scientists led by Matteo Pasquali, director of the Carbon Hub at Rice University, has demonstrated that carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers can be fully recycled without losing their structure or properties. 🔗 More at Energy Capital HTX: energycapitalhtx.com/rice-carbon-...
Houston researchers reach 'surprising' revelation in materials recycling efforts
Researchers at Rice University have published a study in the journal Carbon that demonstrates how carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers can be fully recycled without any loss in their structure or properties.
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February 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A team of scientists led by Matteo Pasquali, director of the Carbon Hub at Rice University, has demonstrated that carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers can be fully recycled without losing their structure or properties. 🔗 More at Energy Capital HTX: energycapitalhtx.com/rice-carbon-...
AnaVi, a 4th-year PhD student in Chemistry at Rice, uses methane to produce carbon nanotubes (CNTs) & clean hydrogen with zero CO₂ emissions. ♻️
At NT’24, she presented how reactor orientation impacts CNT quality. 📊
📖 Full Q&A: si.rice.edu/news/2025/student-spotlight-anavi-benavides
At NT’24, she presented how reactor orientation impacts CNT quality. 📊
📖 Full Q&A: si.rice.edu/news/2025/student-spotlight-anavi-benavides
February 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
AnaVi, a 4th-year PhD student in Chemistry at Rice, uses methane to produce carbon nanotubes (CNTs) & clean hydrogen with zero CO₂ emissions. ♻️
At NT’24, she presented how reactor orientation impacts CNT quality. 📊
📖 Full Q&A: si.rice.edu/news/2025/student-spotlight-anavi-benavides
At NT’24, she presented how reactor orientation impacts CNT quality. 📊
📖 Full Q&A: si.rice.edu/news/2025/student-spotlight-anavi-benavides
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Please register for the 2025 Texas #Biodiversity Symposium at Rice University! Wildlife Ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is the keynote speaker! Sponsored by the @ricesustainability.bsky.social
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Texas Biodiversity Symposium 2025
Join the Texas Biodiversity Symposium to explore bold solutions for biodiversity loss and conservation in Texas and the Gulf Coast
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February 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Please register for the 2025 Texas #Biodiversity Symposium at Rice University! Wildlife Ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is the keynote speaker! Sponsored by the @ricesustainability.bsky.social
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