CAAAS asks: Has MLK’s dream been deferred?
The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will deliver annual lecture commemorating the 1963 March on Washington.
Researchers at NASA and Rice have launched the the world’s first open-source dynamic simulation environment to develop robots used in space vehicles a...
Taylor Schultz, who graduated this spring with a degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering and served as president of Duncan College, was select...
Published in the journal Information Systems Research and co-authored by Jing Zhou, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management at Rice Business, the...
An estimated 141,000 Houston-area residents experienced temporary homelessness in the past year, according to a new survey by Rice’s Kinder Institute ...
Rice and the Max Planck Society officially launched the Quantum Materials - Rice and Max Planck Partnership (Q-RaMP) June 19, aimed at supporting the ...
Researchers from Rice and North Carolina State University have created a nontoxic, stretchable battery that operates by extracting moisture from the a...
Rice's Office of Public Affairs earned four honors at the 41st Public Relations Society of America Houston Excalibur Awards, including Communicat...
The National Academy of Construction has elected Rice President Reginald DesRoches as one of 45 new members in its Class of 2026. ...
Incoming freshmen RISE to the occasion
New 10-day residential seminar acquaints humanities and social sciences students with Rice, Houston, race and urban life.
Why middle-class residents want to stay put after floodwaters recede
Flood disasters like Hurricane Harvey lead some people to move far from the places they had called home.
NSF grant kicks off Center for Adapting Flaws into Features
Rice University has won a Phase I National Science Foundation grant to establish the NSF Center for Adapting Flaws into Features to investigate nanoscale chemical phenomena and optimize the structures and electronic properties of materials.
How headless hydra feel, react to prodding
Researchers identify redundant neural networks in jellyfish-like, freshwater hydra. The work is a step toward modeling how internal states and external stimuli shape the behavior of an organism with a highly dynamic neural architecture.
Owls at the Olympics: Ogwumike is up
Rice Owls alumni are showcasing their skills in the Tokyo Olympics.
For Lettenberger, trip to Paralympics worth the wait
When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived last year, Ahalya Lettenberger's lifelong dream was put on hold.
Rice team creating insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetes
Rice University bioengineers are using 3D printing and smart biomaterials to create an insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetics.
Timothy Morton on giving up flight — at least when it comes to lectures
The environmental philosopher wants to model a new work-life balance that sends a message of care.
Astronaut, Rice alumna speaks to RESP students
This year’s cohort of Rice Emerging Scholars Program students heard from astronaut Shannon Walker ’87 Monday at Duncan Hall.