Plan for residents stuck in extraterritorial jurisdictions wins Houston Policy Challenge
After a year that brought one challenge after another, Rice students competing in the 2021 Houston Policy Challenge (HPC) came to offer solutions.
A recent study from Indiana University-Purdue University and the University of Oklahoma suggests Americans who “strongly embrace Christian nationalism” — which, the authors note, is nearly 25% of the U.S. population and growing — are also much more likely to refuse COVID-19 vaccination.
Digital divide disproportionately affected education for Black and Hispanic children during pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced education online about a year ago, more than one in five families lacked internet access or digital devices for their students to learn online.
Lovetteers enjoy a superhero flick on the lawn outside Lovett College during one of the many outdoor movie nights organized for the students this semester by Lovett associate Travis Alexander, a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Humanities
A Sidizen makes use of the new soundproof study booth on the ground floor of the new Sid Richardson College tower. The acoustic pod, the size of a phone booth, completely dampens all external noise but still allows in plenty of light. (
Cathy Park Hong on the ‘Asian American Reckoning’
The right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon reportedly has started peddling anti-Chinese rhetoric. It’s the latest in a troubling trend of anti-Asian sentiment, on the rise across America, as addressed by Rice President David Leebron in a recent message to the Rice community.
Tires turned into graphene that makes stronger concrete
Rice scientists optimize a process to turn rubber from discarded tires into soluble graphene.
Debate teams Zoom to national championships
Hosting meetings and giving presentations via Zoom during the pandemic has been tough enough for many of us. But Rice students in the George R. Brown Forensics Society have now won national debate competitions over Zoom — and in three different categories.
‘Personal experiences of joy’: Baker College senior Pikus wins Watson Fellowship
“I feel grateful having come to Rice, because I feel like it allowed me to go with the flow, have fun, learn things and follow my passion.”
Rice announces tuition for 2021-22 academic year
Undergraduate tuition at Rice University for the 2021-22 school year will be $52,070, an increase of $1,761 from the current year. The total cost, including $14,800 for room and board and $825 in mandatory fees, will rise 3.2% to $67,695.
Acclaimed author, alumnus Larry McMurtry dies at 84
Larry McMurtry ’60, who launched his writing career as a student at Rice University — a place he considered his “intellectual home”— and became famous for such memorable novels as “Lonesome Dove,” “The Last Picture Show” and “Terms of Endearment” among his dozens of other books and screenplays, has died. He was 84.
A new look at ‘The Red Book,' a 1915 artifact of Black life in Houston
A midwife named Annie Hagen “came to Houston with 50 cents and through her industry and thrift … accumulated a nice bit of property” around the turn of the 20th century.
Barely used shoes and worn-once jeans were among the items available as the Rice EcoRep program hosted a clothing swap in the central quad.
Unique topics, returning favorites and leading faculty: Humanities’ summer course offerings heat up
From environmental studies and medical humanities courses to a survey of "Star Wars," there's something for everyone this summer.
Gray/Wawro Panel examines immense impact of migration on women and vice versa
Jaclyn Dean ‘12 was the first Rice student to declare a minor in Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities (PJHC).