Rice doctoral graduate helps push quantum computing into fusion energy research
Thiago J. Pinheiro is helping tackle one of the fundamental challenges facing fusion energy — using some of the world’s most advanced computing tools.
Construction to begin on new Kraft Pavilion; Beer Bike update
The following construction announcement was shared with the campus Aug. 10:
Literature meets medicine on the streets of Paris
A comparative lens runs through the syllabus of the Paris summer course, which paired French works in translation with foundational texts in the medical humanities.
Rice lab develops new technique for rapid production of advanced materials
Rice professor James Tour developed an ultrafast method for producing MXenes.
Rice to welcome Class of 2030 during O-Week
To help incoming students adjust to their new life, Rice will hold its annual Orientation Week — lovingly dubbed O-Week — to become acquainted with the university and the new parliament of Owls.
Rice senior ‘incredibly grateful’ to represent US at Miss World competition
Senior Mary Sickler grew up in Houston seeing Rice as home, she said, and transferring here marked a new beginning.
Rising insurance costs deepen Texas’ housing affordability challenge
New research suggests insurance premiums are playing an increasingly important role in housing affordability across the state.
Rice receives gift from Kraft family to advance athletics and Jewish studies
Rice has received a generous gift from alumna and trustee Patti Lipoma Kraft and her husband, Jonathan Kraft, to support two university priorities.
Rice and TMC partners secure climate health consortium grant to face climate change and human health
A team of climate and environmental scientists, educators, epidemiologists and infectious disease researchers from Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas School of Public Health has been awarded the inaugural Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s Climate + Health Excellence award, an initiative designed to strengthen research, education and public engagement related to climate change and human health.
Rice researchers use electrical charge to improve controlled peptide delivery
Rice engineers have developed a new strategy for controlling how therapeutic peptides are released from gelatin-based materials, a step that could make the small but powerful molecules more useful in tissue engineering and drug delivery.
RISE prepares incoming Rice students for life beyond classroom
For two weeks before the fall semester begins, a group of incoming Rice students traded the uncertainty of starting college alone for a community built through discussion, reflection and exploration.
Rice bioengineers develop biochemical halo to cloak insulin-producing cells from body defenses
Rice researchers engineered a living factory.
Rice welcomes record field of athletes for Genuine Cup, advancing global inclusion through sport
Rice once again served as host institution and title sponsor for the Genuine Cup, welcoming a record number of neurodiverse athletes from around the world for the 2026 tournament and reinforcing its commitment to inclusion, accessibility and community engagement.
Rice remembers trustee emeritus Doyle Arnold, champion of economics education and public discourse
Rice trustee emeritus, whose generosity helped shape generations of Rice students, remembered.
Rice Emerging Scholars Program gives incoming STEM students a head start — and a community
Before their first semester at Rice begins, 38 incoming students are already getting a taste of what it means to be a Rice student: tackling demanding STEM courses, learning how to study collaboratively, meeting faculty and building a community they can rely on when classes begin in the fall.