Reflecting on a rewarding end to the Spring '26 semester. The students continue to amaze me. We also started some new research!

1. Our undergrads presented posters on their enteric nervous system projects in the annual @RiceNatSci research symposium, one a graduating Senior.

Hi, I'm Andy, a junior from Brown. Join me this week as I take over #RiceEEPS social media on the 2026 Undergraduate Johnson field trip.

Can you guess where we chose this year?

#JohnsonFieldTrip #FieldWork #FieldTrip #Geoscience #SocialMediaTakeover @RiceNatSci

On March 21, an asteroid exploded resulting in a shower of meteorites that fell over north Houston. Enjoy Bruu Srivastava's, EEPS Ph.D student's, reaction to being surprised with an up close visit with the Houston Meteorite.

#RiceEEPS #RicePlanetaryScience #RiceNatSci

In a recent interview, EEPS assistant professor Andrew Hoffman shares how radar can see through thick layers of ice, fieldwork in Antarctica, and future research plans along the Gulf coast.
Full story at this link: tinyurl.com/3fmvtshe
#RiceEEPS#ricenatsci#glaciology#climate

Marble is one of the plainest rocks on Earth. Rice geoscientist Gabi Costin and his collaborators found that it also keeps one of the most detailed diaries.
Read the story here: eeps.rice.edu/news/2026/si...

#RiceEEPS, #RiceU, #ricenatsci, #mineralogy, #geochemistry

Rice Earth, Environmental and Planetary scientists (EEPS) were the first to probe the meteorite that hit Houston on March 21st.

To learn more about meteorites, visit: naturalhistory.si.edu/education/te...

#RiceEEPS #HoustonMeteorite #RiceNatSci

#BakerInstitute #EEPS #EnergyStudies #EarthScience #RiceU, #RiceNatSci #IRESS2026

Join Rice University's Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences in partnership with the Rice Sustainability Institute and the #BakerInstitute Center for Energy Studies for #IRESS2026, April 9 and 10th.

#EEPS #EnergyStudies #EarthScience #RiceU, #RiceNatSci