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...
Rice is joining a new partnership to support climate tech solutions through Greentown Labs, North America’s largest climate tech incubator....
Rice President Reginald DesRoches delivered his State of the University address Dec. 11 at the Moody Center for the Arts, highlighting points of pride...
Rice and Houston Methodist have joined forces to establish the Digital Health Institute aimed at transforming health care for millions through advanc...
As Rice’s December graduates receive their degrees, they look to take on a wide range of challenges as they impart their wisdom gained at Rice on the ...
In less than an hour, Dean Seiichi Matsuda and the graduate and postdoctoral studies staff doled out 102 cakes from two local bakeries amounting to an...
Inauguration kicks off with food and fun
October 21, 2022
Oct. 20, the first day of inauguration ceremonies for Rice President Reginald DesRoches, university faculty and staff were invited to come together in celebration of the occasion.
Rice’s Kiese Laymon awarded ‘genius grant’ MacArthur Fellowship
October 12, 2022
Rice University English professor and acclaimed author Kiese Laymon has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, the prestigious honor popularly known as the “genius grant.”
Physicists use ‘electron correlations’ to control topological materials
October 11, 2022
Physicists from Rice and other institutions have discovered a way to switch topological states on and off.
Masha Gessen to discuss Ukraine, Russia and threats to democracy in fall Campbell Lectures
October 10, 2022
Renowned author and journalist Masha Gessen will be on campus Nov. 7 and 8 for the annual Campbell Lecture Series, hosted by the School of Humanities.
Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease goal of new research project from Rice neuroscientist
October 10, 2022
More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, for which there is no cure. Early detection is critical to managing symptoms.
Wong named fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
October 10, 2022
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering’s Michael Wong has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
King receives American Psychological Association’s Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists
October 7, 2022
Danielle King , an assistant professor of psychological sciences at Rice, is a recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists.
Business major serves community as pipe organ player at Houston-area church
October 7, 2022
Bruce Xu ’24 is a business major at Rice doesn’t mind hitting the road every week to play the organ at a church in The Woodlands.
Climate risks for Gulf of Mexico coral reefs spelled out in study
October 5, 2022
Promptly reducing greenhouse emissions would give Gulf of Mexico corals up to 20 extra years to adapt to critical threshold temperatures, according to Rice research.
A semester in Paris, an experience of a lifetime
September 30, 2022
At 20, Rice Architecture’s international campus has plenty to celebrate.