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Rice will make its 14th bowl appearance in school history when the Owls face Texas State in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl set for Dec. 26 at Gerald...

Rice materials scientist Yimo Han and collaborators mapped the structural features of a 2D ferroelectric material made of tin and selenium atoms usin...

More than 700 Owls will graduate Dec. 5 during Rice University’s 2023 December commencement ceremony....

Rice University’s School of Architecture hosted a launch event to unveil “Cite 104,” the latest edition of Cite: The Architecture and Design Review of...

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of an extragalactic accretion disk for the first time....

Imani Perry led two consecutive nights of engaging and wide-ranging discussions Nov. 15-16 at Rice University as the latest speaker in the School of H...

The Rice Owls are bowl-eligible after a 24-21 win over Florida Atlantic University at Rice Stadium on Nov. 25....
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Allison Thacker, president and chief investment officer of the Rice Management Co., recently joined host Ted Seides on the “Capital Allocators” podcast where the two spoke at length about Thacker’s experience in the institutional investment industry among numerous other topics.

Owls men’s, women’s basketball teams open season in dominating fashion
The Rice Owls men’s and women’s basketball teams kicked off the 2023 season with convincing wins at Tudor Fieldhouse this week.

Rice Business ranked No. 1 for entrepreneurship 5 years running by Princeton Review, Entrepreneur
For the fifth consecutive year, Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business has been ranked No. 1 for graduate entrepreneurship programs by Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.

Inaugural Community Market connects Rice alumni business owners
Rice University hosted its inaugural Community Market during Alumni Weekend, the largest annual alumni event on campus. Between 8:30-11 a.m. Nov. 4, 24 vendors filled the Greenbriar lot as Rice alumni business owners sold products, generated awareness of their businesses and networked with each other.

One-of-a-kind practice organ gifted to Rice music students
Imagine being able to replicate the sound of the finest organs from cathedrals and concert halls around the world without ever having to travel.

Rice University alum Angela Berry Roberson ’90 was sworn in to serve as the senior adviser in the Departmental Office of Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Transportation Oct. 23, 2023.

Robert Santos, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will discuss leveraging data to advance equity and diversity, lessons learned from the 2020 census and his plans to reach historically undercounted communities in 2030 at a Rice Kinder Forum event Nov. 8.

Rice Athletics inducts 2023 hall of fame class
The Rice Athletics Hall of Fame inducted its newest class of legendary standouts during a ceremony Oct. 27 at the Westin Houston Medical Center Ballroom.

Discussions of international relations and the perilous state of the world were front and center as three former U.S. secretaries of state shared their perspectives on global affairs, democracy and diplomacy at the Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy’s 30th anniversary gala Oct. 26.

Mark Ditman receives inaugural Y. Ping Sun Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
Mark Ditman, a longtime Rice employee who retired June 30 after nearly 29 years of service, is the inaugural recipient of the Y. Ping Sun Award for Outstanding Community Engagement.