RBL LLC secures investment from Modi Ventures
RBL LLC, a pioneering biotech venture creation studio dedicated to rapidly building companies based on breakthrough medical technologies, announced that it has secured an investment from Modi Ventures to support its mission to launch and scale breakthrough startups into clinical-stage companies.
Rice bioscientist wins NSF CAREER Award to investigate bacterial toxins, expand inclusion in STEM
Marcos de Moraes, assistant professor of biosciences at Rice, has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program.
A smarter membrane for cleaner water
A team of researchers led by Menachem Elimelech and his former postdoctoral researcher Yanghua Duan at Rice has taken a major step toward solving one of water purification’s biggest puzzles: how to best design catalytic membranes that simultaneously filter and transform contaminants in a single step.
Rice’s Bedient details flood warning system solutions at Texas joint special session
In a powerful testimony before a joint hearing of the Texas Senate and House committees on disaster preparedness and flooding, Philip Bedient called for urgent investment in real-time flood warning systems, citing lessons learned from both Houston and the devastating Hill Country floods earlier this month.
CHHAIN, supported by a $500,000 NEH grant, will serve as a central hub for exploring how humanities-based insights, particularly those grounded in ethics, history and patient narratives, can shape the future of responsible AI in health care.
Superconductivity’s halo: Rice theoretical physicist helps map rare high-field phase
Rice's Andriy Nevidomskyy is part of a team that has mapped and explained a puzzling form of superconductivity that arises only under strong magnetic fields.
A new report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy compares the cost of receiving care at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston Methodist Hospital and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center using insurers’ price transparency files. The data suggests that employers can use the new information to achieve significant savings by choosing insurers that have negotiated lower prices with the major hospitals and by encouraging workers to choose lower priced hospitals within their insurance plan.
Rice Biotech Launch Pad welcomes Carolyn Ng to external advisory board
The Rice Biotech Launch Pad, a Houston-based accelerator focused on expediting the translation of Rice University’s health and medical technology discoveries into cures, announced today the appointment of Carolyn Ng to its external advisory board.
In low-resource settings, babies born with gastroschisis — a congenital condition in which the developing intestines extend outside the body through a hole in the abdominal wall — face life-threatening challenges.
Interns innovate for impact at Rice’s Summer Experience in Engineering Design showcase
In an impressive display of creativity, collaboration and global impact, undergraduate students from around the world gathered at Rice July 24 to present the results of their seven-week Summer Experience in Engineering Design internship.
Kavraki elected to European Academy of Sciences
Lydia Kavraki has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences.
‘Major leap in bioelectronic sensing’: Rice researchers turn bacteria into tiny pollution detectors
A study led by Xu Zhang, Marimikel Charrier and Caroline Ajo-Franklin demonstrates an innovative method for the real-time, on-site detection of arsenite and cadmium.
Bats, poaching and the pulse of the forest: Rice researchers lead biodiversity study in Tanzania
Deep in the heart of Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains, a trio of Rice researchers embarked on an ambitious summer field study to understand how human impacts are reshaping forest ecosystems.
Philip Bedient, director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, will testify before a joint hearing of the Texas Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding and the Texas House Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding.
Rice Business MBA programs earn top recognition in Princeton Review rankings
Rice Business MBA programs are ranked among the top five in The Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools rankings for 2025. The school is No. 3 in the nation for Best MBA Program for Finance, up two spots from last year, and No. 5 for Best Online MBA.
