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Remembering E. William ‘Bill’ Barnett ’55: Visionary leader and former Rice Board chairman

June 23, 2025

Rice University is mourning the passing of E. William “Bill” Barnett ’55, an esteemed alumnus, former chairman of the Rice Board of Trustees and a transformative figure in the university’s modern history.

Pengcheng Dai

Physicists confirm elusive quantum spin liquid in new study

June 23, 2025

An international team of scientists led by Rice's Pengcheng Dai has confirmed the existence of emergent photons and fractionalized spin excitations in a rare quantum spin liquid.

The Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives at Rice University welcomed four high school students June 9-13 as inaugural STJA Archival Fellows, offering them a unique, hands-on dive into the rich tapestry of Houston’s Jewish history.

Houston high schoolers uncover Jewish history through Rice’s South Texas Jewish Archives

June 18, 2025

The Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives at Rice welcomed four high school students June 9-13 as inaugural STJA Archival Fellows, offering them a unique, hands-on dive into the rich tapestry of Houston’s Jewish history.

Texas Leadership Consortium

‘A transformational initiative’: Rice hosts college preparation camp for Houston youth

June 18, 2025

Rice hosted the 15th annual Texas Leadership Consortium Summer Youth Program June 9-13. This weeklong camp engaged 100 students from Houston area high schools and middle schools to provide life lessons and college readiness activities.

Juneteenth 2025

Owls return for Juneteenth: Alumni reflect on their experiences as student leaders during the era of Black Lives Matter

June 18, 2025

Rice welcomed five distinguished alumni back to campus June 13 for the university’s fifth annual Juneteenth celebration. The event, featuring a panel discussion titled “Looking Back, Looking Forward: Leading in the Time of Black Lives Matter,” offered reflections and insights from former student leaders who navigated pivotal moments of leadership during the movement.

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Internationally recognized ‘Woman Life Freedom’ mural makes US debut at Rice

June 18, 2025

A powerful work of public art that captured global attention when it first appeared on the facade of the Jerusalem Tolerance Museum is now making history on American soil. The “Woman Life Freedom” mural, created by Iranian-American filmmaker and activist Hooman Khalili, was recently unveiled at Rice, becoming the first temporary installation of its kind on a U.S. college campus.

Jeffrey Kripal

Rice’s Archives of the Impossible offer insight and expertise for World UFO Day

June 18, 2025

Housed within the Woodson Research Center at Fondren Library, the archives have amassed more than a million documents, recordings and files related to unexplained phenomena.

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Rice scientists harness vacuum fluctuations to engineer quantum materials

June 17, 2025

Rice researchers and collaborators have developed a new cavity design that selectively enhances the quantum vacuum fluctuations of circularly polarized light in a single direction, achieving chirality — a feat that typically requires the use of a strong magnetic field.

VivaTech 2025

Rice, Houston shine on global stage at VivaTech 2025

June 17, 2025

The university joined the Greater Houston Partnership in hosting the first city booth at the global event, which drew more than 180,000 attendees from across the international tech ecosystem.

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2025 Kinder State of Housing report finds rising vulnerability and shrinking affordability

June 17, 2025

The newly released 2025 State of Housing report from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, shows rising home prices, surging insurance premiums and growing climate risks are reshaping how and where residents can afford to live.

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RBL LLC welcomes James Watson to board of directors

June 17, 2025

RBL LLC announced the appointment of James Watson to its board of directors.

DUNE-TECH Camp

DUNE-TECH boot camp at Rice ignites next generation of America’s neutrino scientists

June 16, 2025

In a milestone moment for science education and collaboration, Rice hosted its first DUNE-TECH (DUNE Training ExperienCe Hub) camp this June, drawing students, researchers and scientists from across the country into the world of neutrino physics and computing.

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Lilie Summer Venture Studio accelerator returns with 8 new student ventures 

June 16, 2025

The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) at Rice has unveiled the eight high-potential ventures selected for the third annual Lilie Summer Venture Studio accelerator program. Summer Venture Studio is Rice’s accelerator for high growth, high ambition founders, offering a deep dive into venture building and equipping student-led teams with the funding, mentorship and resources needed to bring their bold ideas to life.

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Rice chemists leap across terpenoid landscapes with enzyme-enabled scaffold hopping

June 16, 2025

A research team led by Rice has introduced an innovative strategy that uses converted enzymes to streamline synthetic pathways.

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New Natural Disaster Resilience dashboard shows need for infrastructure policy, Rice Baker Institute expert says

June 16, 2025

The Natural Disaster Resilience dashboard from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy compares combinations of demographics and disasters to show impacts over time and provides evidence that policy and regulation need to prioritize infrastructure resilience.

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