Chetna Koshy named chief compliance officer
August 26, 2021
University message shares important update on COVID-19 testing
August 23, 2021
We’ve discovered some anomalies with the test results we received this week from one of our three providers.
Political Science staff member honored with RICE MILE award
August 13, 2021
Rice staff member Ann Mikus has been honored with the RICE MILE Award.
Astronaut, Rice alumna speaks to RESP students
July 21, 2021
This year’s cohort of Rice Emerging Scholars Program students heard from astronaut Shannon Walker ’87 Monday at Duncan Hall.
President’s town hall set for April 14
June 25, 2021
President David Leebron will host a virtual town hall meeting at 2 p.m. April 14.
Rice mourns retired RUPD officer Ruth Maxwell
June 24, 2021
Ruth Maxwell, a longtime Rice University Police Department officer who retired last year, died June 22. She was 59.
Rice updates COVID-19 policies following CDC guidance
June 22, 2021
June 21, 2021
Girls in grades 5-9 visited the Rice campus April 17 for the Reach for the Stars STEM Festival. The students interacted with hands-on exhibits, workshops, a jobs panel and a keynote speech by Kirsten Siebach, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, about the Mars Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity helicopter. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow.)
Unconventional Students at Rice 2021: Christen Smajstrla inspires the next generation
May 28, 2021
After getting her two degrees from Rice, she would return to her Central Texas hometown of Schulenberg and become a school teacher. But somewhere along the way through her years at Rice, something changed.
Letter from Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Ladd on President Leebron
May 28, 2021
Letter from Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Ladd on President Leebron
How planets form controls elements essential for life
May 10, 2021
How a planet comes together has implications for whether it retains the nitrogen, carbon and water that eventually give rise to life.
7 nights of streaming: Spring chamber music festival goes virtual
May 10, 2021
Even as many performance venues remain shuttered, Rice University Shepherd School students continue to do what they do best. The biannual Chamber Music Festival will once again be offered in a virtual format through the school's YouTube channel May 17-23.
8 selected for Rice Alumni board; president and president-elect announced
May 8, 2021
Eight alumni have been selected to serve on the Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) Board of Directors: Travis San Pedro, Alejandro Chaoul, Amy Good, Meg Brigman, David Leal, Robert Lundin, Bobby Dixon and Ian Akash Morrison.
Baker Institute's Abbey inducted into Texas Aviation Hall of Fame
May 6, 2021
George Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, was inducted to the Lone Star Flight Museum's Texas Aviation Hall of Fame during a virtual ceremony May 6.