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 announces partnership with Tecnológico de Monterrey
November 10, 2023
Rice University has announced an agreement with Tecnológico de Monterrey, which will include concurrent doctoral degrees, dual master’s programs and a partnership to expand access to continuing and professional education.
Atomic dance gives rise to a magnet
November 9, 2023
Rice researchers turned a paramagnetic material into a magnet by manipulating electrons’ spin via atomic motion.
Rice CIO Allison Thacker joins ‘Capital Allocators’ podcast
November 9, 2023
Allison Thacker, president and chief investment officer of the Rice Management Co., recently joined host Ted Seides on the “Capital Allocators” podcast where the two spoke at length about Thacker’s experience in the institutional investment industry among numerous other topics.
Owls men’s, women’s basketball teams open season in dominating fashion
November 8, 2023
The Rice Owls men’s and women’s basketball teams kicked off the 2023 season with convincing wins at Tudor Fieldhouse this week.
Rice Business ranked No. 1 for entrepreneurship 5 years running by Princeton Review, Entrepreneur
November 7, 2023
For the fifth consecutive year, Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business has been ranked No. 1 for graduate entrepreneurship programs by Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
Inaugural Community Market connects Rice alumni business owners
November 6, 2023
Rice University hosted its inaugural Community Market during Alumni Weekend, the largest annual alumni event on campus. Between 8:30-11 a.m. Nov. 4, 24 vendors filled the Greenbriar lot as Rice alumni business owners sold products, generated awareness of their businesses and networked with each other.
One-of-a-kind practice organ gifted to Rice music students
November 6, 2023
Imagine being able to replicate the sound of the finest organs from cathedrals and concert halls around the world without ever having to travel.
November 3, 2023
Rice University alum Angela Berry Roberson ’90 was sworn in to serve as the senior adviser in the Departmental Office of Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Transportation Oct. 23, 2023.
November 2, 2023
Robert Santos, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will discuss leveraging data to advance equity and diversity, lessons learned from the 2020 census and his plans to reach historically undercounted communities in 2030 at a Rice Kinder Forum event Nov. 8.
Rice Athletics inducts 2023 hall of fame class
October 30, 2023
The Rice Athletics Hall of Fame inducted its newest class of legendary standouts during a ceremony Oct. 27 at the Westin Houston Medical Center Ballroom.