Nearly 1,000 people gathered to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the release of its 2025 Kinder Housto...
Rice Athletics announced that it will partner with Independent Sports and Entertainment to identify a potential naming rights partner for Rice Stadium...
The Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center at Rice, in collaboration with a team of experts, has developed the Galves...
In a new study published in Nature Astronomy, researchers from Rice and the Planetary Science Institute used complex simulations to show that wide-orb...
A team of Rice engineering students has designed and built a safer, low-cost propulsion module for small satellites....
As the world races to address the climate crisis, a coalition headquartered at Rice is taking a radically collaborative approach to one of the toughes...
A festive crowd of alumni and friends gathered at the Post Oak Hotel in Houston to celebrate Rice’s most dedicated supporters at the Association of Ri...
To prepare the next generation of innovators and thought leaders in AI, Rice will offer a Bachelor of Science in AI beginning in the fall of 2025....
Rice unveils redesigned Academic Quad
September 12, 2024
Rice unveiled its newly reimagined Academic Quadrangle during a historic reopening and ribbon-cutting celebration Sept. 12.
World’s top organic chemists to assemble in Paris for inaugural symposium
September 11, 2024
Rice’s Global Paris Center to host Art and Science of Total Synthesis of Natural and Designed Molecules for Biology and Medicine symposium.
Rice to begin Latine Heritage Month celebration Sept. 15
September 10, 2024
Rice University will honor Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, with its own inclusive mission and vision: Latine Heritage Month.
Rice’s Boniuk Institute launches new Religion and Public Life Center
September 9, 2024
Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance hosted a celebration at Cohen House Aug. 28 to launch the new Religion and Public Life Center (RPLC). The center’s goal is to use research on religion to build common ground for the common good.
Rice launches Chevron Energy Graduate Fellowship, celebrates inaugural recipients
September 9, 2024
The Rice Sustainability Institute hosted a reception to introduce the inaugural cohort of the Rice Chevron Energy Graduate Fellowship.
‘India matters’: Shashi Tharoor speaks with Rice’s Satterfield about India’s global impact
September 9, 2024
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy welcomed author, politician and former international civil servant Shashi Tharoor Sept. 6 for a deep-dive conversation into how India is positioning itself as a key player on the world stage.
Rice students ‘Ride with Reggie’
September 6, 2024
Rice University President Reginald DesRoches took a break from his usual duties to personally transport students to their classes.
Rice addressing ‘one of the most pressing issues of our time’: The brain’s role in America’s future
September 4, 2024
Neuroscience experts from government, medicine, business and academia came together at Rice’s Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) Aug. 27 to discuss the American “brain economy transition.” The role of the human brain in the wider economy is drawing increased attention, and brain capital is becoming a priority for business and individuals.
‘A natural bridge’: Science and technology studies connect scientists, humanists
September 3, 2024
As a freshman at Rice University, Anna Tutuianu ’23 knew she wanted to study how research in biomedicine and biomedical technologies intersected with society and history.
Rice cracks top 10 for first time on Forbes’ top colleges list
August 30, 2024
This achievement marks the first time the university has landed in a top 10 spot on the list.