Lunar New Year celebration brings crafts, culture and community to Fondren Library
Red lanterns, bright paper crafts and the click of chopsticks filled the first-floor lobby of Fondren Library Feb. 17 as Rice students, faculty and staff gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Horse.
Olympic sprinter finds her stride in Rice Architecture Graduate Program
When Barbora Malikova arrived at Rice to begin her Master of Architecture, she had already competed on the world’s biggest athletic stage.
Hot shooting sends Rice past USF for 18th straight win
The Rice women's basketball team secured their 18th consecutive win after defeating South Florida 79-72 at Tudor Fieldhouse on Feb. 17.
Johannesdottir, Malikova break school records at Arkansas
The Rice women's track and field team set a pair of school records during a tremendous weekend at the Tyson Invitational and the Howie Ryan Invitational.
Rice sweeps Northwestern in opening-day doubleheader
Kutter-Gage Webb's two-run single broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the eighth to lead Rice a 3-2 win over Northwestern and a sweep of a season-opening doubleheader at Reckling Park on Friday.
The Houston Texans, Harris County and Howard Hughes have announced plans to build a sports and entertainment destination in Bridgeland that will include the team’s new headquarters and training complex — dubbed the Toro District.
Friends of Fondren celebration honors Rice authors, artists and composers for 2025 works
Rice's Friends of Fondren Library gathered the campus community Jan. 29 to celebrate a year of creative and scholarly achievement, honoring faculty, staff, alumni and supporters whose books, journals, musical compositions and artistic works were published or presented in 2025.
Owls rally past North Texas for 16th straight win
The Rice women's basketball team erased multiple double-digit second half deficits to upend North Texas 70-68 Tuesday night at Tudor Fieldhouse.
Former Owls catcher Lehmann, 3-time World Series champion, returns to Rice for fundraising event
Nearly two decades after helping power Rice University’s baseball team through one of the most successful stretches in program history, Danny Lehmann returned to South Main feeling less like an honored guest and more like a family member coming home.
Owls capture 14th straight win at UTSA
The Owls cap off a perfect January with their 14th consecutive win to move to 19-3.
Rice experts available to discuss urban, commercial real estate development in Houston
As Houston continues to grow and transform, experts at Rice University’s School of Architecture are available to speak with media about urban, commercial and residential real estate development — including housing, mixed-use projects, redevelopment trends and the design decisions shaping the city’s future.
The Rice Center for Education, part of the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, has announced a new partnership with Teach For America Houston to provide early childhood-third grade (EC-3) teacher certification to members of TFA Houston’s teaching corps beginning in fall 2026.
From campus to community: Rice brings lifelong learning to retirement community residents
Rice's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies is expanding access to higher education through Lifelong University, a custom-designed program that brings engaging and stimulating learning opportunities directly to retirement community residents.
Rice experts available to discuss Olympic-related topics on 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games
Rice experts are available to share insight on key aspects of the Winter Games.
Books that shaped a universe: Reiff reflects on science, curiosity and imagination
For more than five decades, Patricia Reiff has explored the forces that shape Earth’s place in space. But when the Rice professor of physics and astronomy took the stage Jan. 15 for Friends of Fondren Library’s Books That Shaped My World series, her focus shifted from spacecraft and data to the books and people that have influenced how she thinks, teaches and lives.
