Melissa Rice
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WWU faculty to help celebrate Pluto flyby | 2015-07-13 | ||
'Spark Science' show aims to make science accessible | 2015-07-02 | ||
Western Window episode 28 | 2015-07-01 | ||
VIDEO: The truth is out here | 2015-06-03 | ||
Mars research unearths world of possibilities at WWU | Melissa Rice’s career revolves around answering a question that continues to entice the human imagination: Can life evolve elsewhere in the universe? |
2015-04-14 | |
Women in male-dominated careers — Making a difference | On Friday, Feb. 6, at the China Harbor Restaurant, the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation hosted a luncheon to honor female professionals who are making a difference by working in male-dominated careers. This occasion marked the |
2015-02-13 | |
Making a difference — Honoring women in male-dominated careers | Melissa Rice is an Assistant Professor of Planetary Science at Western Washington University, where she teaches in the Geology Department and the Physics & Astronomy Department. Her research focuses on the sedimentology, stratigraphy and mineralogy of planetary surfaces; the current aim… |
2015-01-30 | |
Curiosity beyond Earth | As the sun rises and 8 a.m. gleams on her clock, Melissa Rice prepares for the next eight hours of her day. Rice’s agenda for the day includes conference calls with scientists from around the world, as well as planning for the future of the Mars rover: Curiosity. |
2015-01-16 | |
WWU professor helps craft marching orders for Mars rover | These are exciting days for the earthbound scientists who study Mars. Data from a NASA rover creeping across the red planet’s surface is rewriting our understanding of Mars’ geological history and offering tantalizing clues to the possibility that the planet once harbored life — or, possibly,… |
2014-12-26 |