Rice adopts Google’s generative AI solution to enhance student learning and faculty support
Rice has partnered with Google for Education to adopt Google’s generative AI solution, Gemini for Education, to provide students, faculty and staff with powerful, responsible AI tools designed to personalize learning, enhance creativity and better prepare students for a technology-driven future.
Rice Real Estate Co., in partnership with Lincoln Property Co., has unveiled plans to develop a landmark research, laboratory and office building designed to catalyze world-class innovation and enterprise in Houston.
From Texas to Rajasthan: Rice senior explores nutrition, public health abroad
This summer, Rice senior Maya Harpavat traded the lecture halls of Houston for the winding roads of Rajasthan, India.
Bridging gap between artificial intelligence, real-world health outcomes
The Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice will host the fourth annual AI in Health Conference this month, aiming to forge interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations and showcase innovative AI advancements for health research, medicine and data-driven technology.
Rice to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with 30 events
Rice will honor Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, with a host of events dedicated to recognizing the rich contributions and achievements of Hispanic and Latino Americans throughout the country’s history.
Rice’s School of Architecture has opened “Iwan Baan: The Notational Surface,” an exhibition by the world-renowned Dutch photographer Iwan Baan, whose work has redefined how architecture and cities are seen.
Owls secure first home win against Prairie View A&M
Chase Jenkins became the first Rice quarterback to rush for more than 100 yards since 2012, as he led the Owls to a 38-17 win over Prairie View A&M at Rice Stadium Sept. 13.
Rice opens Sarofim Hall, a transformative new home for the visual arts
The building consolidates Rice’s visual arts programs, long scattered across campus, into a single state-of-the-art space that emphasizes collaboration, transparency and public engagement.
Rice scientists develop ‘molecular magnifying glass’ to help identify diseases earlier
Researchers have engineered a fluorescent probe, into precise subdomains of protein.
Rice community honors 9/11 with stadium stair climb
Rice University’s Naval ROTC program hosted an inaugural stair climb at Rice Stadium Thursday morning to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, which occurred on this day 24 years ago.
Rice hosts 91 Fulbright students from around the world
Rice has welcomed 31 Fulbright students from 20 countries this academic year, one of the largest groups of international scholars on campus. They join 60 returning Fulbrighters in the Fulbright@Rice community.
Stein’s impact lives on through new civic engagement fund
The Rice community celebrated the life and legacy of longtime political science professor Bob Stein and announced Fund for Social Policy Research.
Recent research from Rice and Houston Methodist shows how data-driven methods can sharpen doctors’ decisions for patients with aortic regurgitation, a common heart condition where the heart valve doesn’t close properly and blood leaks backward into the heart.
Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week begins Sept. 15 and exemplifies how Houston is developing and scaling real solutions for the challenge of meeting growing global energy demand while reducing carbon emissions.
New climate models to reveal secret life of water
A project led by Rice and the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research will build a new and improved version of the Community Earth System Model, which can trace water across the entire planet from the clouds in the sky to the thick ice sheets deep underground.
