| − | '''Rice University''' is a university in [[Houston]], [[Texas]], known for its acclaimed [[engineering]], [[architecture]], and [[Shepherd School of Music| music]] programs. The school also has a well-recognized [[history]] department. Like most major research universities, Rice is predominantly liberal<ref>http://collegeprowler.com/rice-university/diversity/</ref> and has a department on [[evolutionary biology]].<ref>http://www.students.rice.edu/students/Departments.asp</ref> The university is consistently ranked highly in [[U.S. News and World Report]], at 17 in 2007, but significantly higher in sciences.<ref>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref> The school is known as well for its connection with the [[Houston Medical Center]], [[Baylor School of Medicine]], and the emergent field of [[nanotechnology]], which Rice's [[Richard Smalley]] in large part pioneered.<ref>http://smalley.rice.edu/smalley.cfm?doc_id=5112</ref> | + | '''Rice University''' is a university in [[Houston]], [[Texas]], known for its acclaimed [[engineering]], [[architecture]], and [[Shepherd School of Music|music]] programs. The school also has a well-recognized [[history]] department. Like most major research universities, Rice is predominantly liberal<ref>http://collegeprowler.com/rice-university/diversity/</ref> and has a department on [[evolutionary biology]].<ref>http://www.students.rice.edu/students/Departments.asp</ref> The university is consistently ranked highly in [[U.S. News and World Report]], at 17 in 2007, but significantly higher in sciences.<ref>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref> The school is known as well for its connection with the [[Houston Medical Center]], [[Baylor School of Medicine]], and the emergent field of [[nanotechnology]], which Rice's [[Richard Smalley]] in large part pioneered.<ref>http://smalley.rice.edu/smalley.cfm?doc_id=5112</ref> |