Fondren’s Green Team hosting sustainability-focused events thanks to ALA grant
The upcoming Oct. 28 'Houston Women on Climate Action' panel is open to the public.
For decades, researchers believed that Homo habilis — the earliest known species in our genus — marked the moment humans rose from prey to predators, ...
With the 2025–26 academic year underway, Rice is taking bold steps to harness the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in teaching, res...
Rice has partnered with Google for Education to adopt Google’s generative AI solution, Gemini for Education, to provide students, faculty and staff wi...
Rice Real Estate Co., in partnership with Lincoln Property Co., has unveiled plans to develop a landmark research, laboratory and office building desi...
The building consolidates Rice’s visual arts programs, long scattered across campus, into a single state-of-the-art space that emphasizes collaboratio...
Recent research from Rice and Houston Methodist shows how data-driven methods can sharpen doctors’ decisions for patients with aortic regurgitation, a...
When Frank Abell walked into the Woodson Research Center at Rice’s Fondren Library this summer, he wasn’t just stepping into an archive — he was stepp...
Rice immortalized one of its most devoted alumni Sept. 6, dedicating a bronze sculpture outside the player entrance of Rice Stadium in honor of former...
Rice's Vivian Ho elected to National Academy of Medicine
Rice health economist Vivian Ho has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, which is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
NSF renews Rice-based NEWT Center for water treatment
The National Science Foundation renews the Rice-based Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment Center for five years. The Engineering Research Center is dedicated to enabling access to clean water around the world.
English professor’s first novel optioned for TV
Bryan Washington’s new novel, “Memorial,” doesn’t arrive in print until Oct. 27, yet the title has already been optioned for television.
Black alumni share stories, memories of ‘ever-changing’ Rice
The Oct. 7 panel was organized by Rice's Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice.
Voter registration drive at Fondren Library finishes strong ahead of 2020 elections
Cross-campus collaborations made volunteer-driven event a success.
Seesaws offer playful social distancing on campus
Rice Architecture students built 'Twelve Feet Apart' to encourage safe outdoor activities.
Rice Public Art transforms temporary classrooms into public art destinations
HOUSTON – (Oct. 6, 2020) – The tent-like structures serving as temporary classroom spaces at Rice University during the pandemic could have been left as they were built: tall, steel-framed, silvery-white facilities tucked behind a row of live oak trees near Hanszen College at the corner of College Way and Alumni Drive.
Musicians may need more than social distancing to stay safe on stage
Keeping musicians safe while they're on stage during the pandemic may require more than just social distancing, according to a study of exhaled aerosols conducted by Rice University engineers and musicians from Rice's Shepherd School of Music and the Houston Symphony.
Flu shots — including drive-up options — available on campus
Rice faculty and staff will have an opportunity to get a flu shot on campus starting this week.