

Political science professor Bob Stein recognized with the 2025 Y. Ping Sun Award for Outstanding Community Engagement....

Rice launches a first-of-its-kind collaboration: the Texas Linguistics Consortium....

Dominic Boyer, professor of anthropology at Rice awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation....

Intero Biosystems — a life science company that has developed the first cell-derived human “minigut” replicating cell types, spatial structure and fun...

Rice and ExxonMobil have entered into a master research agreement to collaborate on research initiatives focused on sustainable energy solutions. ...

Oz Ocampo, a former international scout with the Houston Astros, is shaping the next generation of sports industry professionals....

An international team of physicists, including Rice’s Paul Padley, Frank Geurts, Karl Ecklund, Wei Li and Darin Acosta, was awarded the 2025 Breakthro...

At the busy intersection of academic life and everyday student traffic, a striking white and yellow structure has appeared on Rice’s campus....

Rice awards first COVID-19 research grants
The Rice University COVID-19 Research Fund Oversight and Review Committee announced it will support projects to develop affordable diagnostic tools, seals to maximize the efficiency of surgical masks, a system to identify signs of the coronavirus in Houston wastewater and methods to ensure voter safety this fall.

Prestigious Truman Scholarship awarded to Rice junior
Junior Cordy McJunkins won the premier graduate fellowship for those pursuing careers as leaders in public service

Rice IT gets A+ on midterm course rollout


As part of a coordinated effort to combat COVID-19, Rice University has established a research accelerator fund to support projects intended to help end the pandemic and prepare for similar outbreaks in the future.

Rice researchers create interactive map of COVID-19 cases in Texas
A team of researchers in the Center for Research Computing’s Spatial Studies Lab at Rice University has created an interactive map showing all cases of COVID-19 across Texas utilizing public health data. The map is now online at coronavirusintexas.org.