This spring, 75 students from Lone Star College, San Jacinto Community College and Houston Community College met with Rice faculty, staff and graduate...
A team of Rice engineering students has designed and built a safer, low-cost propulsion module for small satellites....
From exhibitions that trace personal and cultural histories to community events and wellness programming, the Moody’s summer schedule offers more than...
As the world races to address the climate crisis, a coalition headquartered at Rice is taking a radically collaborative approach to one of the toughes...
A new study highlights the need to refine biodiversity forecasts to account for the sex-specific responses to Earth’s changing climate....
A festive crowd of alumni and friends gathered at the Post Oak Hotel in Houston to celebrate Rice’s most dedicated supporters at the Association of Ri...
Impaired neuromusculoskeletal function due to conditions such as stroke, osteoarthritis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, limb amputation, spinal ...
To prepare the next generation of innovators and thought leaders in AI, Rice will offer a Bachelor of Science in AI beginning in the fall of 2025....
In a landmark moment for Rice, renowned computer scientist Lydia E. Kavraki has been named a University Professor, the institution’s highest academic ...
Public transit operators keep cities moving, helping people get to work, attend medical appointments and access essential services. But while passenge...
Rice bioengineer Antonios Mikos has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences, an international body that recognizes excellence in scientific r...
The 2025 Kinder Houston Area Survey, one of the nation’s longest-running studies of an urban area, was released today at the institute’s annual lunche...
Rice professors named AIMBE fellows
March 26, 2020
Two Rice University faculty members have been named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Leaders who show their humanity are viewed more favorably, says Rice U. expert
March 26, 2020
During a crisis, outsiders view a leader who voices both anger and sadness, or even sadness alone, as more effective than a leader who shows only anger, according to newly released research conducted at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
Rice announces tuition for 2020-21 school year
March 25, 2020
Rice University’s undergraduate tuition for the 2020-21 school year will be $50,310, an increase of $1,980 over the current year. The total cost, including $14,500 for room and board and $797 in mandatory fees, will increase 3.7% to $65,607.
Rice Rec Center now offering live workout classes, meditation and more online
March 25, 2020
Even though its doors are closed, the Rice gym is still open for business — online.
Campus garden adopts out summer plants to good homes
March 25, 2020
The Way I See It: Religion and science need each other, now more than ever
March 24, 2020
Nearly 120 million Americans attend religious services at least once a week, according to the Pew Research Center, and as many as 50% of Americans belong to some religious organization.
Obama's 2008 election improved mental health of black men, research shows
March 24, 2020
HOUSTON – (March 24, 2020) – Barack Obama's election to the nation's highest office in 2008 improved the mental health of black men, according to new research from Rice University.
Sociology students journaling campus life during coronavirus for Rice archives
March 24, 2020
These undergrads are partnering with the Woodson Research Center to document an unprecedented campus closure.
Coronavirus and the classroom: How Rice is tackling the move to remote learning
March 23, 2020
Rice students, faculty and staff are finishing the spring semester in unprecedented circumstances, responding to the threat of COVID-19 by hunkering down and delivering classes online.
Analyzing patients shortly after stroke can help link brain regions to speech functions
March 23, 2020
HOUSTON – (March 23, 2020) – New research from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine shows analyzing the brains of stroke victims just days after the stroke allows researchers to link various speech functions to different parts of the brain, an important breakthrough that may lead to better treatment and recovery.