Rice lab improves recipe for valuable chemical
Rice University theorists show why salt gives a significant speed boost to valuable 2D molybdenum disulfide, an effect they say may work for other 2D materials as well.
Kenneth Tam, an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans video, sculpture, installation, performance and photography, is an assistant professor of ar...
Karma Elbadawy, a graduating senior at Rice, has been named a 2026 Thomas J. Watson Fellow....
When NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean April 10, a critical piece of the spacecraft’s safe return traced back to research at Ric...
BRCĒ is a material-tech startup replacing failure-prone textiles with polymer composites engineered for strength, fire resistance and intrinsic stabil...
Four months after its launch, Project Metis is building momentum — with a new website and video offering a deeper look at the initiative’s vision to p...
Rice will contribute its expertise to the newly established Coastal Texas Research Council, a scientific and technical hub supporting the historic Coa...
As NASA’s Artemis II mission marks a historic return to crewed lunar flight, a Rice alumna is helping monitor the spacecraft in real time from the gro...
A new report from the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) at Rice offers a clearer answer to a question many district leaders and families a...
Inspired students make intubation more intuitive
Rice University engineering students develop a simplified, wireless video laryngoscope to help clinicians intubate patients before procedures or in an emergency.
Brockman Hall for Opera opens its doors for community open house
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music opened the doors to the new Brockman Hall for Opera April 9, welcoming more than 2,000 guests to a community open house.
Open enrollment for benefit plans begins April 15
Taxes might be top of mind these days, but it is also time for Rice employees to start thinking about their health, welfare and retirement benefits for the upcoming fiscal year.
Rice University English professor Tomás Morín wins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
Rice University professor Tomás Morín has won a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, an honor bestowed annually by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to a slate of the world’s top scholars, artists, writers and scientists.
Treated plastic waste good at grabbing carbon dioxide
Rice University chemists treat waste plastic to absorb carbon dioxide from flue gas streams more efficiently than current processes.
The story of Brockman Hall for Opera's one-of-a-kind space
When you walk into Rice University's new Brockman Hall for Opera, it's easy to be awestruck by its beauty and grandeur.
Blood vessels are guides for stimulating implants
A wireless neurostimulator a little bigger than a grain of rice can be put in place alongside blood vessels to treat neurological diseases and chronic pain.
Andrew Yang talks running for White House, shortcomings of the two-party system and more
Former presidential and New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang took the stage as the featured speaker in the Rice University’s President’s Lecture Series March 28, talking about his experience running for the highest office in the land and how he hopes to fix American democracy.
US News grad school rankings give high marks to Rice programs
A total of 19 graduate programs at Rice University rank among the nation's top 25 in their categories in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”