'Hunker down' and hope for a controlled crash landing
Rice bioscientist Yousif Shamoo explains how diseases like the coronavirus spread quickly and discusses how big cities like Houston can respond.
'A lexicon for troubled times'
It's no secret that human behavior is altering the world around us. This geologic era is referred to as the Anthropocene, the age dating from the beginning of significant human impact on Earth and its ecosystems, and is explored in a new book edited by a Rice University anthropologist.
Two Rice researchers carry on in Italy
Two Rice researchers are spending their days under a mountain in Italy, advancing the search for dark matter.
Heart nanofiber project makes STAT Madness round 3
A Texas Heart Institute/Rice project to use nanotube fibers to repair damaged hearts advances to round 3 of STAT Madness.
Denson among winners of Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Blake Denson, a Shepherd School graduate student of voice, is one of five winners of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
One last time — for now: Rice students organize impromptu ‘graduation’ ceremony
The class of 2020 wasn't leaving campus without a final march through the Sallyport.
People, papers and presentations for March 16
Tapia Camps, a summer program of Rice's Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity in Education, has been recognized with two national awards.
A message from the Rice Crisis Management Team
Rice University will transition to fully remote instruction for all classes for the remainder of this semester, effective March 23, and undergraduate residential colleges will be closed to most students after March 25.
'Smart' wound-healing patch: DARPA awards $22 million grant
Rice University engineers are part of a team that's developing an 'intelligent' bandage to regrow muscle tissue for wounded soldiers.
OEDK has designed a lightweight replica trophy for Rice’s own Terlingua chili champ, Kathryn Cavender.