Global affairs major prepares Rice students to lead across borders
Rice’s global affairs major will give students a chance to study global issues through different lenses — political, cultural and economic — while gaining hands-on experience at home and abroad.
Owls win H-Town battle against the Cougars
The Rice women's basketball team secured their first win of the season on the road against crosstown rival Houston 70-56 Tuesday night at the Fertitta Center.
The Rice Business School at has secured the No. 1 ranking in graduate entrepreneurship education for the seventh year in a row, as named by The Princeton Review in partnership with Entrepreneur magazine. This sustained leadership reflects the school’s enduring commitment to innovation, venture creation and the cultivation of an entrepreneurial environment to build talent.
Multiple Shepherd School alumni earn Grammy nominations
Three alumni of Rice's Shepherd School of Music have been recognized by the Recording Academy with nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards.
Clemmons named 2025 Go Bowling Military Bowl STEM Scholar Athlete
Rice defensive lineman Aquantis Clemmons has been named a 2025 Go Bowling Military Bowl STEM Scholar Athlete.
President DesRoches celebrates connections at Alumni Weekend
Rice President Reginald DesRoches joined hundreds of returning Owls during Alumni Weekend Nov. 6-9, visiting celebrations across campus to greet alumni celebrating milestones from their 10th to 50th reunions.
Nonsurgical treatment shows promise for targeted seizure control
Rice bioengineers have demonstrated a nonsurgical way to quiet a seizure-relevant brain circuit using a method that merges ultrasound, gene therapy and chemogenetics.
Rice’s Pedro J.J. Alvarez, a world leader in environmental nanotechnology and water sustainability, has been awarded the 2026 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Civil Engineering, one of the oldest and most prestigious science and engineering honors in the United States.
Rice Business’ Back honored with international teaching award
The Financial Management Association International (FMA) has selected Rice Business professor Kerry Back as the recipient of its Innovation in Teaching Award. The honor recognizes outstanding teaching techniques in finance, emphasizing innovation, broad transferability and measurable impact on students, institutions and the profession.
Training musicians, teachers, music lovers: A new era for conducting at Shepherd School
Under Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s direction, the Shepherd School of Music revived the Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting, a program that reflects his belief that conducting is not only a craft but also a calling rooted in generosity, listening and lifelong curiosity.
Growing campus, same Rice spirit: Alumni Weekend reunites Owls with classmates
Rice’s Alumni Weekend welcomed alumni, students, faculty, staff and the community for a weekend of festivities, fellowship and football Nov. 6-9. Blending the spirit of homecoming and a reunion, Owls reconnected and contemplated the past, present and future of the beloved institution.
Virani Undergraduate School of Business provides opportunities for future leaders
The Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice celebrated its one-year anniversary on October 29, with coffee and breakfast for its students as they made their way to class. The undergraduate program is named after Houston business and community leaders Farid and Asha Virani ’89 thanks to their historic gift in 2024.
Maria Elena Bottazzi, an internationally recognized vaccine scientist and advocate for equitable access to global health innovations, delivered the Oct. 21 lecture in the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies seminar series.
Now in its 26th year, the Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) presented by Rice Business has officially opened applications and is calling on the next generation of world-changing graduate student founders to compete on the global stage. This is where tomorrow’s industry leaders get their start.
Kuzmenok and Navarro earn spot in NCAA Doubles Championship
The Rice doubles team of Petro Kuzmenok and Santiago Navarro punched their ticket to the NCAA Doubles Championship with a third-place finish at the ITA Conference Masters.
