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....
Blast from the past: Rice remembers Super Bowl VIII as 50th anniversary of game approaches
January 9, 2024
On a foggy, damp day in Houston on Jan. 13, 1974, just under 72,000 people packed into Rice Stadium to watch the Miami Dolphins take on the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl VIII.
Rice doubles teaching grant in support of undergraduate education
January 8, 2024
Rice University has doubled its annual investment in the George R. Brown Teaching Grant from $35,000 to $60,000. The grant enhances undergraduate student learning through teaching innovation.
Owls open AAC play with win over Wichita State
January 4, 2024
The Rice women’s basketball team debuted in the American Athletic Conference in style, defeating Wichita State 76-64 Wednesday evening.
Rice mourns loss of Frank Ryan
January 3, 2024
Frank Ryan, a member of the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame who went on to lead the Cleveland Browns to the NFL title, passed away on Monday at the age of 87.
Owl fans, alumni unite to support Rice football in First Responder Bowl
January 3, 2024
Owl fans and alumni showed up in full force Dec. 26 to cheer on the Rice football team as it squared off with Texas State University in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl in Dallas.
Rice’s Moody Center unveils Tomás Saraceno's ‘Crux Australis 68.00’: A fusion of art and engineering
December 15, 2023
Welcoming visitors to the dedication ceremony hosted by the Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University President Reginald DesRoches expressed appreciation for the university’s newest public art installation, “Crux Australis 68.00,” a structure that spans multiple stories within the Ralph S. O’Connor Building for Engineering Science.
Rice Athletics, RUSMP hosts area students for School House Mania
December 14, 2023
Tudor Fieldhouse was packed with energy and excitement Dec. 13 as Rice Athletics and the Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP) hosted Houston-area students for the 10th annual School House Mania.
Rice student-athlete Ahalya Lettenberger named Marshall Scholar
December 14, 2023
Rice swimmer and recent graduate Ahalya Lettenberger is one of 51 students nationwide selected for a 2024 Marshall Scholarship, it was announced Dec. 11.
‘A thing like no other’: Rice students care for peers as volunteer EMTs
December 14, 2023
As the Rice Owls prepare to face off against the Texas State Bobcats in the 2023 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, a game all about recognizing fire, police and EMT professionals throughout our communities, the spotlight includes the student volunteers of Rice University Emergency Medical Services (REMS).
December 13, 2023
Rice football’s bowl-clinching victory against Florida Atlantic University last month was not only a testament to the teams hard work and tenacity this season, but for three particular senior Owls, it was the culmination of six years of dedication and perseverance paying off.