Mahler orchestral journey begins with sold-out night
The Shepherd School of Music orchestras set out on multiyear exploration of composer’s symphonies and songs, starting with ‘Titan’
What prison food reveals about punishment in America
Rice historian Chin Jou traces how hunger, private contracts and unequal diets behind bars reach families, workers and taxpayers.
Robleto screens Golden Record film as Voyager 1 nears milestone
His tent mural joins works by Keliy Anderson-Staley and Preston Gaines on Loop Road, while Steffani Jemison’s main street installation fills Brochstein Pavilion.
Tragedy, slapstick to share stage in Shepherd School’s ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’
Strauss’ opera within an opera runs Oct. 30 and Nov. 1 led by conductor Christian Reif and director Paul Curran.
Meet the Rice Global ambassadors: Jasmine Cheng
A fiction writing course and daily bakery stop made Paris feel like home for the Rice sophomore.
Stitch by stitch, Rice sophomore found her way into French life
Adeline Thompson spent six weeks with her host family in Toulouse through Rice in France and came home seeing herself differently.
At the Moody, mural becomes instrument and gallery becomes stage
Nameless Sound musicians performed an original score on Nanibah Chacon’s interactive installation following Danza Azteca Macuilxochitl's activation of the central gallery.
Is the electric guitar cool again?
The Adventurous Electric Guitar Festival gathered players, composers and scholars to test the instrument’s next act.
Across Two Seas widens map of premodern Black history
Scholars, curators and filmmaker Daphne Di Cinto gather at Rice to explore Black histories from Renaissance Italy to medieval Africa and Islamic world.
Shepherd School students share stage with Julia Bullock for Hughes recital
As the 2026-27 Aleko Endowed Artist, Julia Bullock curated an evening of song, chamber music and poetry celebrating the Harlem Renaissance.
Alumnus Rhodes makes case for listening before you argue
The former Obama speechwriter brings lessons from 15 American speeches and a warning about AI to Rice’s fall Campbell Lectures Nov. 17-18.
Nation’s top student literary magazine takes center stage
The editors of R2: The Rice Review hosted an Open Mic Night months after the journal's second national title.
Meet the 2026 Rice Global ambassadors: Karlianna Kapche
Time in Madrid and Paris changed how the biochemistry and psychology junior sees her future as well as her community at Rice.
Ready, set, register: Rice Global panel spotlights first step toward safe international travel
Experts in risk management, research security and travel safety explained how registering Rice-related trips connects travelers to an emergency support, real-time alerts and insurance coverage
Shepherd School students join Grammy winner Bullock for Langston Hughes recital
As the 2026-27 Aleko Endowed Artist, Julia Bullock curated an evening of song, chamber music and poetry celebrating the Harlem Renaissance.