Mexico is likely to face challenges politically, economically and diplomatically in 2025, according to the newest edition of the Mexico Country Outloo...
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A team of chemists from Scripps Research and Rice has unveiled a novel method to simplify the synthesis of piperidines, a key structural component in ...
Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies has unveiled its new strategic plan, looking to broaden access while advancing the social, ed...
A new study explores how variations in Mars’ crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet’s magmatic evolution and hydr...
Rice is proud to celebrate over five years of transforming access to higher education through The Rice Investment, the university’s signature financia...
Future Owls captured the joy and excitement of opening their Rice University acceptance letters, celebrating their place in the Class of 2029....
Seven research partnerships involving Rice, the Baker Institute for Public Policy and various institutions within the Texas Medical Center (TMC) recei...
Balancing spousal loss and career is a one-two punch for health of widowed individuals
January 30, 2023
Coping with the loss of a spouse while dealing with the 9-to-5 grind can take a serious toll on the health of widows or widowers, according to new research from the Biobehavioral Mechanisms Explaining Disparities Lab (BMED) at Rice University.
Rice's Danielle King named 2023 Association for Psychological Science Rising Star
January 30, 2023
Danielle King, an assistant professor of psychological sciences at Rice University, has been named a 2023 APS Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science.
Kory Evans wins NSF CAREER Award
January 30, 2023
Kory Evans, an assistant professor of biosciences at Rice University, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study shape change in the skull of spiny ray-fin fishes across their evolutionary history.
Naomi Halas named University Professor
January 23, 2023
Rice University has promoted nanotechnology pioneer Naomi Halas to its highest academic rank, University Professor. Halas, a 33-year member of Rice’s faculty, becomes only the 10th person and second woman to earn the title in Rice’s 111-year history.
Rice to host Islamic historian Nebil Husayn for fourth annual Kazimi Lecture
January 23, 2023
Whether you’re a Muslim, a scholar of religion or simply someone interested in the lessons history can teach us about contemporary debates around religion and politics, Rice’s fourth annual Kazimi Lecture in Shi’i Studies Feb. 23 by Nebil Husayn is sure to provide plenty to ponder.
Andrew Grams to lead Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra as major ensembles kick off spring semester
January 23, 2023
Andrew Grams, former music director of Elgin Symphony Orchestra, will lead the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra as the school’s major orchestra ensembles kick off their spring semester performances Feb. 3 and 4. Both performances are free to the public and will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Alice Pratt Brown Hall’s Stude Concert Hall on the campus of Rice University.
Rice’s Jamie Padgett wins Texas academy’s O’Donnell Award
January 17, 2023
Rice University structural engineer Jamie Padgett has received the 2023 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas.
Research on televised opera, slave voyages honored with National Endowment for the Humanities grants
January 17, 2023
A Rice University musicologist and history professor are among the recipients of 2023 grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for their research projects on televised opera and tracking historical slave trading voyages.
January 17, 2023
Some of the most recognizable conductors in the classical music world will take the stage at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music over the next 18 months.
DARPA grant will fund hunt for drug that can keep people warm
January 12, 2023
Rice University bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski has won a prestigious DARPA Young Faculty Award to identify nongenetic drugs that can temporarily enhance the human body’s resilience to extreme cold exposure.