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Lilie Summer Venture Studio accelerator returns with 8 new student ventures 

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.

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

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

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

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.

Rice and Houston Methodist name Chatterjee executive director of the Digital Health Institute

The Digital Health Institute — a recently launched joint initiative between Rice University and Houston Methodist — has appointed Pothik Chatterjee as its executive director, effective May 1.

Brown Teaching Grants encourage premier teaching, experiential learning

Rice University students will build skills in science labs, take high-impact field trips, hear from guest speakers, curate art exhibits, enhance learning through simulations, and more, thanks in part to George R. Brown Teaching Grants.

Biotechnology governance entreaties released, echoing legacy of 1975 recombinant DNA guidelines

Twenty-seven biotechnology governance entreaties echoing the legacy of the 1975 recombinant DNA guidelines are now available for public review.

Rain garden takes root at Fondren Library through collaborative sustainability project

A new sustainability initiative is transforming the landscape outside Fondren Library at Rice University — and it’s more than just a garden.

Turning carbon dioxide into fuel just got easier, thanks to acid bubbles

A team of researchers at Rice has discovered a surprisingly simple method for vastly improving the stability of electrochemical devices that convert carbon dioxide into useful fuels and chemicals, and it involves nothing more than sending the CO 2 through an acid bubbler.

Rice scholars reflect on Juneteenth’s history, legacy, current significance

Rice faculty are available to help news media explore the deeper histories behind Juneteenth, its Texas roots and what freedom has meant in different contexts over time.

Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative kicks off seminar series with Nobel laureate James Allison

The Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative launched its inaugural seminar June 3 with an invited talk from Nobel laureate James P. Allison.

Kinder Institute’s 2025 State of Housing report highlights challenges with affordability and resilience

Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research releases its 2025 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report.

Nvidia CEO says quantum is next AI frontier — Rice experts weigh in

Rice experts can unpack and contextualize Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's statement at the VivaTech 2025 conference in Paris today that quantum computing is reaching an inflection point

Houston makes history at Europe’s premier tech event, VivaTech

Throughout the day, the Houston booth saw a constant stream of visitors with Rice-affiliated entrepreneurs introducing their ventures to global investors, corporate partners and foreign dignitaries.

Packing hope: Rice Psychological Sciences welcomes new refugees to Houston

Volunteers from the Department of Psychological Sciences assemble gift bags for those supported by Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston.

Rice students develop an award-winning adaptive exercise harness for astronauts to use in space

A team of Rice engineering students has designed an innovative space exercise harness that won this year's Technology Collaboration Center’s Wearables Workshop and University Challenge. Their design answered a challenge posed by the HumanWorks Lab and Life Science Labs at NASA and Johnson Space Center.