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....
Special issue of Rice Magazine explores university’s world-renowned research
April 15, 2024
The spring 2024 issue of Rice Magazine highlights a sample of the dynamic, complex and ambitious scholarship underway in academic disciplines across campus.
Rice to offer new master’s in energy transition and sustainability
April 15, 2024
Rice University will launch a Master of Energy Transition and Sustainability (METS) program this fall designed to equip students with the tools needed to thrive in the evolving energy industry landscape.
Exploring big questions at Rice
April 15, 2024
At Rice University, the School of Humanities fosters an environment where students are encouraged to grapple with profound inquiries through its Big Questions courses, and anticipation is already building for the thought-provoking topics coming in fall 2024: “What Is Religion?” and “What Is Home?”
Several ‘influential women’ of Rice recognized by Houston Woman Magazine
April 12, 2024
Rice University’s first lady, a respected professor and several alumnae were included in Houston Woman Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Women of 2023 list. Each was nominated for inclusion by a Houston Woman Magazine reader then selected by the staff of the publication.
Rice team demonstrates miniature brain stimulator in humans
April 12, 2024
Rice engineers have developed the smallest implantable brain stimulator demonstrated in a human patient that could revolutionize treatment for drug-resistant depression and other psychiatric or neurological disorders.
Rice engineering students’ device could make intubation safer for young babies
April 11, 2024
TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice, created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube integrated with a camera and anchoring system that could make intubation procedures safer for babies 1 month and older by ensuring precise placement, stable anchoring and visibility access for up to 14 days.
April 10, 2024
The ambitious double bill featured two operatic masterpieces: “Dido and Aeneas” composed by Henry Purcell and “The Rape of Lucretia” by Benjamin Britten.
Rice engineering students convert old truck into an electrical vehicle
April 9, 2024
Four teams of Rice engineering students converted a 1997 Chevy P30 delivery van into a fully electric vehicle in less than a year, using a combination of parts scavenged from out-of-use vehicles, custom-built elements and off-the-shelf items.
Rice Global Paris Center hosts art history students, faculty during spring break trip
April 8, 2024
Rice’s Department of Art History embarked on a journey to Paris in March, marking the 10th anniversary of its annual spring break trip.
Protein ice cream company wins 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition
April 8, 2024
Ice cream company Protein Pints took home the grand prize at the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) April 6 as the best student ventures from top universities across the world competed for prizes in front of nearly 350 angel, venture capital and corporate investors and members of the business community.