New sensation: Grad student symposium hosts international experts on five senses
‘Making Sense’ draws scholars from diverse array of disciplines March 12-13 for an international conference on humanistic research.
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...
Chip simplifies COVID-19 testing, delivers results on a phone
Programmed magnetic nanobeads paired with an off-the-shelf cellphone and plug-in diagnostic tool can diagnose COVID-19 in 55 minutes or less.
Be there with Martian geologist Kirsten Siebach as the Perseverance rover lands on Mars.
Study could explain tuberculosis bacteria paradox
Tuberculosis bacteria have evolved to remember stressful encounters and react quickly to future stress, according to a study by computational bioengineers at Rice University and infectious disease experts at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
‘Power Flower’ blooms as Bowdoin’s debut work of Rice Public Art
VADA professor’s sculpture is one of four new pieces acquired for campus art program.
Winter storm prompts campus closures as temps approach record lows
Rice, along with the rest of Houston, is approaching record-setting cold and a wintery mix of sleet and snow, with low temperatures dipping to into the teens and a windchill below zero degrees.
Moody celebrates Rothko Chapel’s 50th anniversary by pairing past with present
Exploration of Houston landmark’s enduring influence includes intricate recreation of iconic 1975 Rice exhibition.
Mark Torres wins Geochemical Society’s Clarke Award
Mark Torres with water samples collected from Iceland's Efri Haukadalsá River in 2016. (Photo by Woodward Fisher)
New humanities podcast explores personal connections between life and scholarship
"Connections" was conceived as a way to explore a topic that’s long been fundamental to humanistic fields of study.