The history professor — and Rice alum — is among the 10 best teachers in Texas.
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...
The Fund for Racial Justice Teaching and Programming will offer grants to students and faculty to counter anti-Black racism.
Message to the Rice community from President Leebron and Provost DesRoches
President David Leebron and Provost Reginald DesRoches wrote to Rice students, faculty and staff June 23 in response to a list of proposals for improving the Black experience at Rice.
Inaugural Juneteenth lecture series convenes wide web audience
The entire lecture series is now available for viewing on Rice's YouTube channel.
Center for African and African American Studies offers new minor, course and grad certificate
The new minor includes 72 different classes across 10 departments and programs.
Dark matter search turns up hint of mysterious particle
XENON1T scientists revealed they had detected excess — perhaps cosmic — particles that may be evidence of long-sought axions.
Higgs addresses RCEL students; Engineering shares anti-racism resources
Find reading lists and toolkits for allies, information on self-care and ways to get involved in social justice initiatives.
Racism should be your burden too. You benefit from it.
60,000 Houstonians, including Rice students and alumni, join march for George Floyd
Tens of thousands of Houstonians joined rappers Bun B and Trae tha Truth as they led a “Justice 4 George Floyd” rally June 1.
'Sheer awe': Rice group raises almost $100,000 to fight anti-black violence
Newly formed student organization Rice for Black Life raised $93,362 in 24 hours.