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....
Ruth Simmons to deliver 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities
July 27, 2023
Rice President’s Distinguished Fellow Ruth Simmons will deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced July 26.
Stephen Bayer named VP for development and alumni relations at Rice
July 26, 2023
Stephen Bayer, a seasoned fundraiser with over 22 years of leadership experience in higher education, has been named vice president for development and alumni relations at Rice University, effective Sept. 26.
Rice U.’s Kaiyu Hang wins NSF CAREER Award
July 25, 2023
Kaiyu Hang, an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop robots that can manipulate unfamiliar objects in high-uncertainty situations.
2023 State of Housing: Majority of renters in Harris County and Houston are cost-burdened
July 24, 2023
Over half of renters in Harris County and Houston are now spending in excess of 30% of their income on housing costs, according to a new report by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Six Owls named to NABC Honors Court
July 24, 2023
Travis Evee, Max Fiedler, Ben Moffat, Reed Myers, Quincy Olivari, and Cameron Sheffield have been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court.
Rice researchers earn prestigious Defense Department grants
July 20, 2023
Rice professors Qimiao Si and Jeffrey Tabor are recipients of prestigious 2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowships from the Department of Defense.
Discovery may lead to terahertz technology for quantum sensing
July 20, 2023
Rice University researchers leverage the quantum properties of strontium titanate to make a broad terahertz frequency range useful for quantum control and sensing applications.
Device makes hydrogen from sunlight with record efficiency
July 20, 2023
Rice University engineers’ have created a device that turns sunlight into hydrogen with record-breaking efficiency by integrating next-generation halide perovskite semiconductors with electrocatalysts in a single, durable, cost-effective and scalable device.
Interracial relationships don’t always make people less racist
July 18, 2023
The landmark United States Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia abolished bans on interracial marriage in the United States in 1967, but a new academic paper from Rice University and Texas A&M University said an uptick in interracial relationships since then has not ended discriminatory tendencies, even among individuals who are in these romantic partnerships.
NIH grant backs Rice lab’s sickle cell disease research
July 18, 2023
Rice University bioengineer Gang Bao and his team have won a grant from the National Institutes of Health to address critical questions surrounding the safety and efficacy of using gene editing to treat sickle cell disease.