“The Future of Faiths,” the theme of this fall’s Religious and Civic Leader Gatherings, hosted by Boniuk Institute's Religion and Public Life Center, is a series that connects Houston-area leaders with researchers and practitioners whose work can help them understand changes affecting the communities they serve.
Houston is booming, even as fertility rates fall
Houston’s population boom masks other trends that have been unfolding for more than two decades: Women here are having fewer children and having them later.
Rice remembers economist, teacher and mentor Dagobert Brito
Longtime Rice economics professor, whose connection to the university spanned decades as a student, scholar and teacher, remembered.
Think you’re protected? New research shows how perceptions of immunity shape vaccine decisions
New research explores how perceptions of immunity can shape vaccine decisions and how personalized feedback may help people better understand their protection.
Pioneering legal scholar reflects on identity, inequality and the ideas that shaped her work
Influential legal scholar, Kimberlé Crenshaw, speaks to a packed Rice audience for a conversation about race, gender, law, education and the experiences behind her new memoir.
New faculty take spotlight at Social Sciences Research Relays
New Rice faculty members featured in the School of Social Sciences’ latest Research Relay.
Rice’s Center for Community and Public Health (CCPH) at the Kinder Institute will premiere a new series of accessible grief educational resources for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
From fan to storyteller: Rice senior returns to Japan to capture baseball on world stage
Rice senior from Tokyo, returns home for the World Baseball Classic this spring - a professional milestone and a homecoming.
Can creating music strengthen the aging brain? Rice researchers aim to find out
New $3.9 million grant will examine whether actively creating music can improve cognition and mental health-related quality of life in adults 65 and older with mild cognitive impairment, a condition associated with an increased risk of developing dementia.
25 years after 9/11, Rice research traces changing landscape of religious bias
A quarter-century after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, religious bias in America has not disappeared, but the forces shaping it have changed.
What gets people to the polls? Rice study offers new insight
Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research offers insight into what gets eligible voters to cast a ballot.
Beyond the scoreboard: Rice student explores what keeps girls in sports
Rice junior Ava Cheponis returns from a summer abroad with more than memories, bringing new research experience and a clearer vision for her future.
Rice experts available to discuss Nepal-Tibet floods, glacier loss and climate change
As rescue efforts continue following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border, Rice University experts are available to discuss the climate science behind changing glaciers and the cultural consequences of their loss.
How we remember may change our memories, study finds
New research about memory suggests that each time we access information, the way we recall it can influence how the brain represents it the next time.
Half of Harris County households with children face food insecurity
A new Rice study shines a spotlight on a widespread challenge, finding that half of Harris County households with children struggle to reliably access enough nutritious food.
