Rice hosts inaugural Houston Space Galette in honor of Texas-France Space Hub’s first anniversary
The Texas-France Space hub's first annual Houston Space Galette, held Feb. 12, fostered dialogue within the Houston space community.
Two Rice research teams have received Phase I awards through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, a national initiative harnessing artific...
The Moody Civic Immersion program is a weeklong experience run by Rice’s Center for Civic Leadership that brings incoming students into the city befor...
Rice has joined the U.S. Department of Energy Quantum Science Center....
Rice has announced that the new building under construction for Rice Business will be named Asha and Farid Virani Hall in recognition of a gift from c...
For Mauricio Benitez, every FIFA World Cup is about more than the soccer on the field. It’s about the people....
Rice Business earned five top 10 rankings in The Princeton Review's 2027 business school rankings, highlighted by its first recognition for Best ...
More than 800 K–12 students from across the greater Houston area traded traditional summer pastimes for notebooks, pens and art supplies as participan...
As artificial intelligence accelerates demand for computing power across the U.S., a new study co-authored by Hon Chung Lau, adjunct professor in the ...
Virani Undergraduate School of Business launches new marketing concentration
Rice University’s Virani Undergraduate School of Business is expanding its undergraduate business major with the launch of a new marketing concentration, offering students greater choice as they look ahead at their academic and career paths.
At Rice, ‘The World at Play’ turned soccer into space for connection, conversation, care
a spirit of conversation defined the two-day conference organized by Rice’s School of Humanities and Arts faculty Jacqueline Couti and Caroline Fache ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Rice360 and African universities inspiring new generation of inventors and global health innovators
When the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies launched the first design studios in partner universities across Africa during Phase 1 of the NEST360 initiative, the vision was clear: create sustainable, university-based ecosystems that empower students to design, prototype and commercialize lifesaving technologies inspired by real needs in their own communities.
Lilie announces Rice Innovation Fellows cohort
The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) is thrilled to introduce the latest Rice Innovation Fellows 2026 cohort, a dynamic group set to lead the future of scientist- and engineer-driven spinout ventures from Rice labs.
Why Houston’s most financially vulnerable residents turn to high-cost loans
New research from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research finds that nearly 1 in 5 Houston-area residents used at least one high-cost lending product in the past year, far exceeding the national rate.
Rice partners with Astronaut Scholarship Foundation on STEM scholarships
Rice recently announced a partnership with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, which offers students up to $15,000, mentorship, networking and a paid trip to the ASF Innovators Symposium and Gala.
Former Owls catcher Lehmann, 3-time World Series champion, returns to Rice for fundraising event
Nearly two decades after helping power Rice University’s baseball team through one of the most successful stretches in program history, Danny Lehmann returned to South Main feeling less like an honored guest and more like a family member coming home.
Rice lab to help develop bioprinted kidneys as part of ARPA-H PRINT program award
Rice bioengineer Antonios Mikos is part of a team of researchers led by the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded up to $24.8 million over five years to help address the nation’s growing organ donor shortage by bioprinting on-demand kidney tissues.
Rice’s Halas elected to governing council of National Academy of Sciences
Naomi Halas has been elected to the Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the academy’s governing body.