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...
Department of Energy unveils geothermal ‘Earthshot’ at Ion
September 9, 2022
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, at the Ion, announces the government’s latest “Earthshot” initiative on enhanced geothermal energy.
Can fungi help Texas’ grasses cope with climate change?
September 6, 2022
Rice biologists are using Texas as a living lab to study how symbiotic fungi help grasses tolerate drought.
Reflecting on President Kennedy’s ‘Moonshot’ speech 60 years later
September 6, 2022
As Rice and NASA prepare to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Kennedy’s historic speech, some of the alumni and guests who heard the president’s speech remember that distant day as a transformative experience.
SU(N) matter is about 3 billion times colder than deep space
August 31, 2022
Physicists from Rice and Kyoto University are using the universe’s coldest fermions to explore quantum magnets.
Rice ranked by Niche as one of nation’s top 10 universities
August 29, 2022
Rice earns an “A+” grade and ranks as one of the nation’s top 10 universities in the latest ratings of American colleges compiled by Niche.
Rice, NASA to celebrate JFK’s moon speech
August 25, 2022
Rice University and NASA will celebrate the 60-year anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s famous moon speech at Rice Stadium.
Powering an ‘arm’ with air could be mighty handy
August 25, 2022
Rice University mechanical engineers develop a textile-based energy harvesting shoe able to power assistive devices for people with disabilities.
Reconstructing ice age diets reveals unraveling web of life
August 25, 2022
Rice-led research published in Science offers a clear picture of the consequences of land mammal declines on food webs.
After a joyful O-Week 2022, student and staff leaders reflect on another rousing orientation
August 22, 2022
Rice O-Week 2022 wrapped up on a hot August Saturday after seven straight days of academic advising, introductions to all things Rice and more than a little fun along the way.
‘Drug factory’ implants eliminate mesothelioma tumors in mice
August 22, 2022
Rice and Baylor researchers have used Rice’s “drug factory” implants to eradicate advanced-stage mesothelioma tumors in mice.