HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 28 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice alum honored with international award for groundbreaking archaeology research * Glass beads from Ile-Ife, central to Babalola's research on West Africa's independent glassmaking tradition. Rice University alumnus Abidemi Babatunde Babalola '11 '15 has been named a recipient of the 2025 Dan David Prize, one of the world's largest history awards that honors early to midcareer scholars whose work pushes t  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 28 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Visions of Power in Mesoamerica * On August 19-20, the Santa Fe Institute hosted Collaborative : Teotihuacan and the Lowland Maya, a working group that brought together archaeologists, anthropologists, art historians, and astronomers. Participants explored how two great cultural centers of Mesoamerica -- Teotihuacan in central Mexico, and the lowland Maya, spanning parts of sou  more