Literature meets medicine on the streets of Paris
A comparative lens runs through the syllabus of the Paris summer course, which paired French works in translation with foundational texts in the medical humanities.
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.
Moody Center for the Arts’ front door swings wide for Summer Jam
Now in its sixth year, the free community day returned July 18.
Rice's first professor at Venice International University returns with a fresh eye for the classroom
“This experience made me realize how strongly students respond to that and how engaged the rest of the class becomes listening and learning from it," said anthropology professor Nia Georges.
Before Day 1, Rice’s newest students got their hands dirty in Houston
The Moody Civic Immersion program is a weeklong experience run by Rice’s Center for Civic Leadership that brings incoming students into the city before their first semester begins.
Rice students encounter Gothic world where it still stands
“Nothing prepares you for a cathedral,” said Denva Gallant, associate professor of art history at Rice.
In Paris, Rice physiology students trace science to its source
For professor Laura Kabiri, who teaches the same physiology course in Houston, Paris changed what the material meant to her students.
Rice, Université PSL open new front in quantum race with ‘Frontiers of Knowledge’
“It will bring together some of the greatest minds in this space from across the globe,” Rice President Reginald DesRoches said.
Even Disneyland can be a garden: Rice course reads power in landscapes of Paris
Imperial Gardens, taught at the Rice Global Paris Center, traced how political power writes itself into garden landscapes and public parks.
From recombinant DNA to AI: Who gets a say in powerful new science?
Professor Luis Campos studies the history of biology and biotechnology.
Rice senior AJ Shin named among inaugural class of Lafayette Fellows, will study at Sorbonne
The program launches on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence and celebrates the historic relationship between France and the United States.
Study finds climate change missing from stories shaping modern culture
The findings raise pointed questions about how elite fiction reflects what study authors call the defining crisis of the present moment.
At VivaTech, Rice turns lab-born ideas into transatlantic partnerships
The university’s second appearance at Europe’s largest tech event paired seven startups with new research ties to France and Germany.
AI crashed a Paris wine tasting and that was the point
The ‘Human Flourishing in the Age of AI’ conference tackles how AI is quietly reshaping what it means to live a fully human life.
Over the course of seven days, Rice’s presidential delegation crossed two countries and held meetings with many prominent universities, research institutions and government leaders.