Italian immersion: Rice voice students travel to Italy to learn language, history
It’s difficult for second-year master’s student Megan Brilleslyper to pick her favorite memory from her three-week trip to Florence, Italy, with several other voice students from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.
Rice gathers world’s top medical humanities minds in Paris
Rice’s Medical Humanities Research Institute recently held a research summit at the Paris Center, convening leading international researchers to explore critical issues at the intersection of medicine and humanities.
Rice’s CAAAS welcomes new faculty, postdoctoral associate
Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies is expanding its offerings and expertise with the appointments of Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, Khadene Harris and Ayodeji Olugbuyiro.
Rice expands global reach with Paris Center
The halls of Rice’s first international campus have been buzzing with student learning, faculty exchange and groundbreaking research collaborations.
One-day shoot, two-year wait: Rice student’s journey to ‘Fallout’
When she first appears on screen 11 minutes into the third episode of Amazon Prime’s “Fallout,” Viola Hsia is all business as the character Jamila.
‘Hell’ examines intersection of religion and science in addressing climate crisis
Timothy Morton’s latest book “Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology,” out May 28, argues that climate change has created a real-world hell on Earth.
Rice art professor leverages Paris Center for exploration of French graphic novels
When Christopher Sperandio saw Rice Global’s call for courses at its Paris Center, he knew exactly what he wanted to teach.
Rice alum celebrates 30 years as a craft beer pioneer
For 30 years, Saint Arnold Brewing Company has been a Houston institution, releasing more than 100 different beers including staples such as Lawnmower, Amber Ale and Art Car IPA, and the origin of what is now the oldest craft brewery in Texas can be traced back to 1985 at Rice. That’s when alumnus Brock Wagner ’87 started hanging out with his Lovett College resident adviser.
Houston researchers’ blend of neuroscience, dance gains attention of United Nations
A groundbreaking artistic collaboration between Rice University, the University of Houston (UH) and Sam Houston State University will be featured at the United Nations’ AI for Good global summit in Geneva May 31.
Global collaboration takes root in Paris: Rice and PSL forge research ties
Rice University and Université Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL) convened leading researchers for a daylong summit May 14 at the Rice Global Paris Center, following the official launch of a strategic research partnership between the two institutions.
Leading the humanities with humanity
In Kathleen Canning ’s six years as dean of Rice University’s School of Humanities , she has made 50 faculty hires, overseen a faculty of 170, strengthened eight departments and managed 15 centers and programs, including several established under her leadership.
The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University is proud to announce the appointment of Miguel Harth-Bedoya as its distinguished resident director of orchestras and professor of conducting, concluding an exhaustive international search and marking an exciting new chapter for its esteemed orchestra programs.
Following an exhaustive international search, the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University is pleased to announce that Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya will join the faculty as distinguished resident director of orchestras and professor of conducting.
Beyond names and dates: ‘The Red Book’ comes alive thanks to Rice student research
In the digital archives of Rice University’s Woodson Research Center at the Fondren Library lies a unique treasure: “The Red Book,” freely available to view by the public thanks to the African American History Research Center at the Gregory School, which loaned Woodson its copy to scan and preserve.
Chamber Music America taps Rice’s Shepherd School as host of 2025 national conference
The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University will serve as the official sponsoring partner of Chamber Music America’s (CMA) 2025 National Conference, hosting several of its performances in its renowned facilities Feb. 13-16.
