Rice SSPEED Center’s FIRST system provides critical flood warnings in real time
In the aftermath of the devastating July 2025 floods in the Texas Hill Country, the need for reliable, real-time flood warning systems has never been more urgent.
For two weeks before the fall semester begins, a group of incoming Rice students traded the uncertainty of starting college alone for a community buil...
Before their first semester at Rice begins, 38 incoming students are already getting a taste of what it means to be a Rice student: tackling demanding...
Rice will lead a $15M Army Research center for next-generation sensing and communications....
Rice has announced a major expansion of the Rice Investment, its signature financial aid program, offering free tuition to undergraduate students from...
Trill Burgers, the award-winning smashed burger concept from legendary rapper and entrepreneur Bernard Freeman (Bun B), is coming to Rice. Beginning A...
A team led by Shihong Lin has shown that electrochemical ion pumping can be programmed to desalinate wastewater while selectively recovering dissolved...
Now in its sixth year, the free community day returned July 18....
“This experience made me realize how strongly students respond to that and how engaged the rest of the class becomes listening and learning from it,&q...
Romanticism in real time: Rice students take on ruins, race, revolution in Paris
Held over three weeks this summer, the class was grounded in literature, philosophy and art history but used Paris itself as the primary teaching tool.
Terrence Gee named interim chief information officer at Rice
Rice has appointed alumnus and former trustee Terrence Gee ’86 as interim chief information officer, effective Aug. 1.
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music announces 2025-26 season
With orchestral, chamber, opera and recital programs, the milestone season showcases the excellence of Shepherd’s students and faculty alongside appearances by distinguished guest artists.
Rice, Baylor College of Medicine award seed grants for cancer research
Rice's Synthesis X Center and Baylor College of Medicine’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center have awarded the second offering of a two-year seed grant program.
Rice’s ENRICH and the Department of Kinesiology co-hosted a research and networking event with Houston Methodist.
‘Spirit of service’: Rice student-athletes, staff collect donations for Central Texas flood victims
Rice student-athletes and staff load donations as part of a two-day flood relief drive supporting Central Texas communities.
New coating for glass promises energy-saving windows
A new coating for glass developed by Rice researchers and collaborators could help reduce energy bills, especially during the cold season, by preventing heat-loss from leaky windows.
Pattern Materials makes its mark in Houston
A Rice graduate student has launched a company aiming to make graphene production faster, cheaper and more scalable. Alex Lathem founded Pattern Materials in January to commercialize his proprietary laser-induced graphene and flash graphene technologies, which create graphene and carbon nanotube-like patterns in a single, rapid step. He believes these materials, known for their exceptional electrical conductivity, flexibility and strength, could significantly enhance the performance of sensors and other electronic devices.
Rice engineering student honored for research to reduce surgical complications
Chihtong “Lily” Lee recently earned second place in the undergraduate category at the ASME SB3C Summer Bioengineering Conference, a competition hosted by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.