Rice grads win 10 Fulbright grants
May 8, 2020
The university celebrates one of its largest-ever cohorts of Fulbright Scholars this year.
COVID-19 research funds back six new initiatives
May 8, 2020
Grants to Rice faculty will support diagnostic, environmental and social projects.
Rice economist wins award for best paper from American Economic Association
May 8, 2020
Mallesh Pai, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Rice University, has won the 2020 award for the best paper in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (AEJ:Micro), a publication of the American Economic Association (AEA).
Rice Architecture bestows virtual awards
May 7, 2020
Rice Architecture goes virtual for its annual awards ceremony.
2D oxide flakes pick up surprise electrical properties
May 7, 2020
Rice University researchers find evidence of piezoelectricity in lab-grown, two-dimensional flakes of molybdenum dioxide.
Mech major Cofer named Knight-Hennessy Scholar
May 6, 2020
The Jones College senior will joining 75 other scholars from 26 countries pursuing Ph.D.s at Stanford University.
Rice faculty part of Baylor Superfund program
May 6, 2020
A $10 million federal grant establishes a center to study how toxic chemicals from Superfund sites impact preterm births.
Most Houstonians with symptoms are not being tested, according to Rice COVID-19 Registry
May 5, 2020
HOUSTON – (May 5, 2020) – The vast majority of Houston-area residents who are experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 are not getting tested for it, according to initial results of a survey from the COVID-19 Registry at Rice University.
Houston must address housing and transportation affordability jointly
May 5, 2020
Only 44% of rental housing units in Houston are affordable for families with average income, and only 1 out of every 3 of those dwellings is near reliable and affordable transportation, according to a new joint report by researchers from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and LINK Houston.
Senior is first Rice student to earn prestigious coaching accreditation
May 4, 2020
Noor Elsonbaty, a graduate of the CoachRICE program at Rice's Doerr Institute for New Leaders, has made university history in earning his International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential.
Rice Management Co.'s Alan Arnold dies at 46
May 4, 2020
Alan Arnold, the investment director for real estate for the Rice Management Co. (RMC) who was best known for significantly increasing Rice University's funds for scholarships and scientific research, died April 28 after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 46.
Quarantine Q&A: Rice opera students sing praises for industry leaders’ advice
May 4, 2020
The Shepherd School's Department of Opera Studies has been thinking outside the box during the pandemic.
Baker Institute experts: Hydrogen and nanomaterials may transform energy industry
May 4, 2020
Hydrogen as a zero-carbon energy carrier has the potential to fundamentally transform the global energy landscape
Three Ph.D. grads win NSF postdoctoral fellowships
May 4, 2020
Three Ph.D. graduates from the same Rice University research group have won prestigious postdoctoral fellowships from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences.
Federal grant bolsters Rice eye research
May 4, 2020
A Rice University researcher has won a prestigious federal grant to study how a recently identified protein in the cornea aids development, homeostasis and wound healing in the eye.