Rice’s Matteo Pasquali has been elected a fellow of The Society of Rheology (SoR)....
Rice scientist and engineer Naomi Halas was awarded the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry May 1 at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia....
Faculty and students gathered for the latest edition of Research Relays, an event series that spotlighted the expansive, interdisciplinary work of CAA...
Rice's Doerr Institute for New Leaders capped off the 2024-25 academic year with its annual Leadership Celebration April 24 in Ray Courtyard, honoring...
Findings from the 2025 Kinder Houston Area Survey, the nation’s longest-running metropolitan study of its kind, will be released May 19. ...
Rice conferred more than 250 doctoral degrees during its 112th commencement May 10 at Tudor Fieldhouse. Doctoral candidates along with friends, family...
Rice conferred more than 2,900 degrees to its newest graduates — the most in the university’s history — during its 112th commencement weekend held May...
More than 750 freshly minted advanced degree graduates took their well-earned strolls across the stage at Rice's Tudor Fieldhouse May 10. ...
Denise Buckley raised her children and watched one of her daughters, Brianna, graduate from Rice Business in 2022 with her Master of Business Administ...
Zeisha Bennett found a way to combine two lifelong loves — fashion and photography — and turn them into something bigger than herself....
“This award feels like a dream you don’t even let yourself dream,” Nicholas Brownlee said....
Kosmos 482’s return is being watched closely by Rice experts....
Night at the museum: Prospective Rice Ph.D. students get a glimpse of Rice, Houston
March 24, 2025
Prospective doctoral students were welcomed to Rice with high energy during "Night at the Museum," a signature event recently held at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
March 24, 2025
High-performance computing and artificial intelligence are increasingly transforming the energy sector, providing opportunities to optimize efficiency, scalability and sustainability. The 2025 Energy HPC Conference, hosted by Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute, took stock of the current state of science and technology to explore the implications of emerging research and innovation across the industry.
Rice’s open enrollment period for benefit plans is April 4-18
March 24, 2025
RiceFest, the annual opportunity for employees to learn about health care and other benefits, will take place Thursday, April 3 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall.
Video: Owls thank donors for fueling scholarships, student success
March 24, 2025
Rice recently hosted a reception where scholarship recipients and their donors met one-on-one to demonstrate that every dollar awarded is money well spent. Professors, donors and community leaders gathered at Cohen House where the university’s leadership and students underscored the long-lasting impact of charitable giving for higher education. More than 600 endowed scholarships are awarded to Rice undergraduate students each year.
Rice Robo-Rumble features epic competition between battlebots
March 20, 2025
Campus buzzed with excitement March 9 as Rice hosted its inaugural battlebots competition, the Rice Robo-Rumble.
Beason-Abmayr honored with Arthur C. Guyton Distinguished Educator Award
March 20, 2025
Beth Beason-Abmayr has been awarded the Arthur C. Guyton Distinguished Educator Award by the American Physiological Society.
‘The goal is to play for championships’: Rice welcomes back David Pierce as head baseball coach
March 20, 2025
Rice formally introduced David Pierce as its Bixby Family Head Baseball Coach in front of a packed crowd at the Brian Patterson Sports Performance Center during a press conference March 19.
Rice chemical engineering helping to power the energy transition
March 20, 2025
Rice professors Aditya Mohite and Haotian Wang presented their research and entrepreneurial work at CERAWeek, an annual energy conference in Houston, to industry peers and leaders from around the world the week of March 10.
March 20, 2025
A new study from Rice takes a look at one of the most polarizing sports controversies in recent memory.
March 20, 2025
Rice’s Kaiyuan Yang and his team recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind authentication protocol for wireless, battery-free, ultraminiaturized implants that ensures these devices remain protected while still allowing emergency access.