New Rice-led walks help locals observe nature’s calendar
Rice graduate students Lydia Cox, Aimi Kōchi and Hailey Smith, in collaboration with the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, are leading monthly walks to highlight the annual cycle of plants.
‘Stay for the answer’: Rice medical humanities turns 10
Alumni, faculty, and student researchers marked a decade of bringing the humanities into health care.
Ancient fish, modern science: Rice researchers go fishing in Houston’s backyard
A few dozen miles from the Gulf of Mexico, in a river winding through the Houston area, a fish with a lineage stretching back tens of millions of years was waiting beneath the surface. When it took the bait, Rice University researchers got the chance to bring the specimen back to the lab.
Rice graduate students showcase innovative research at synthetic biology science cafe
The Science and Technology Policy Program at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy hosted a “science cafe” Oct. 13 to bring research to reality and answer questions from the public, giving attendees a look at projects underway in university laboratories and an opportunity to ask questions about the science, its potential applications and its implications for society.
Rice scientists engineer new tool to improve detection of HIV and other viruses
Rice researchers have developed an improved version of Cas13a that could make it easier to detect HIV and other RNA viruses in blood and environmental samples.
A summer in Seoul reshapes premed student’s view of care
Through Rice in Korea, junior Abbie Wang shadowed traditional Korean medicine faculty alongside language coursework.
New method identifies leukemia drug candidates and target
Rice's Natasha Kirienko developed a new screening method that identified drugs that target leukemia cells without unduly harming healthy cells.
Rice senior ‘incredibly grateful’ to represent US at Miss World competition
Senior Mary Sickler grew up in Houston seeing Rice as home, she said, and transferring here marked a new beginning.
RNA barcoding approach reveals previously unknown virus-host relationships
An interdisciplinary team of Rice researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts, offering a powerful new tool for next-generation microbiome engineering.
Indian and Tibetan wolves found to have important, ancient genetics
Rice professor Lauren Hennelly uncovers stories hidden inside the DNA of Indian and Tibetan wolves.
From campus classrooms to commencement stage: Rice faculty, staff celebrate their own graduates
As more than 1,360 students crossed the stage at Rice during the university’s largest undergraduate commencement ceremony in history, the celebration at Rice Stadium was especially personal for a number of faculty and staff members watching from the stands — and in several cases, standing on stage to hand their own children a diploma.
Science communication as feedback loop explored at annual ethics symposium
The annual Ethics and Compliance Symposium brought renowned vaccinologist Peter Hotez, senior fellow in disease and humanity at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, to share his research and discuss the ethics of academic public engagement.
Rice students uncover Houston’s hidden histories through Fondren Fellows program
Fondren Fellows pairs Rice undergraduate and graduate students with faculty mentors and library staff to pursue original research projects grounded in Fondren Library’s collections and digital infrastructure.
Rice scientists uncover how protein helps plants grow in early stages
Rice researchers find certain protein helps regulate plant peroxisome’s size changes during the seed to seedling stage.
Rice students tackle racism, homelessness, horror — and win awards doing it
Nearly 100 students presented research and creative work across two days at the annual Humanities and Arts Festival held April 13-14.