Visiting Artist Lecture Series continues spotlighting Black voices in contemporary art
VADA and CAAAS team up to bring four artists into virtual conversation weekly, starting Nov. 5.
Rice University names student center architect
Rice University has selected international architecture firm Adjaye Associates to lead the design on a new student center that will largely replace the Rice Memorial Center.
In a hurry to develop drugs? Here’s your cHAT
Rice University scientists develop cHAT to simplify the reduction of alkenes to more useful intermediate molecules for drugs and other useful chemical compounds.
Humanities courses ask the big questions — about death, hate and Disney
Classes contemplating three of the largest forces at play in our world will feature in the newest Big Questions courses.
Flash graphene rocks strategy for plastic waste
Rice scientists advance their technique to make graphene from waste with a focus on plastic.
Rice finds path to nanodiamond from graphene
Rice University researchers expand their theory on converting graphene into 2D diamond, or diamane.
Latin American lit professor publishing three books this fall
Coming up from Gisela Heffes: a new reader on ecocriticism, a fourth novel and her first volume of poetry.
Future of Supreme Court — both immediate and long-term — is focus of Rice webinar
Major challenges now facing the Supreme Court will be the topic of a Nov. 12 webinar.
As relationship with US deteriorates, experts to discuss China's 'soft power'
HOUSTON – (Oct. 29, 2020) – Experts from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy will examine the role of "soft power" in U.S.-China diplomacy in the final webinar of its 2020 Election Series Nov. 2.
US wealth, income inequality has declined, Baker Institute expert finds
HOUSTON – (Oct. 28, 2020) – Analysis of Federal Reserve survey data shows U.S. wealth inequality has declined for the first time in nearly 30 years, while income inequality has seen its largest decline in three decades, according to a new working paper from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
World's first memorial to a lost glacier up for Design Museum award
The first-of-its-kind plaque from Rice anthropologists is up for an award from the Design Museum in London.
Discovery adds new species to Rice lab's ghoulish insect menagerie
A horrifying insect soap opera with vampires, mummies and infant-eating parasites plays out on oak trees every day.
President’s Lecture Series examines Rice alums' search for a vaccine
A special online President's Lecture Series homecoming event Oct. 27 will feature Barney Graham ’75 and Bill Gruber ’75, two alumni who are leading efforts to develop vaccine therapies for COVID-19.