Rice has announced a major expansion of the Rice Investment, its signature financial aid program, offering free tuition to undergraduate students from families earning up to $200,000 annually.
Researchers from Rice and Baylor College of Medicine have secured NIH funding to develop a novel, non-DNA-altering CRISPR gene-tuning therapy designed...
As early voting begins, new Rice research sheds light on why some members of one of Houston’s fastest-growing populations say they remain underreprese...
Nameless Sound musicians performed an original score on Nanibah Chacon’s interactive installation following Danza Azteca Macuilxochitl's activati...
Rice’s James Tour recently published an improved method to recover antimony from this electronic waste stream. ...
Three Rice faculty members from the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences have recently been honored with career awards, showcasin...
The Adventurous Electric Guitar Festival gathered players, composers and scholars to test the instrument’s next act....
Rice’s Yonglong Xie is one of 20 early-career scientists, mathematicians and engineers to receive a 2026 Packard Fellowship. ...
Rice juniors selected for the 2026-28 Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service....
Bun B is back on campus: Trill Burgers coming to Rice University
Trill Burgers, the award-winning smashed burger concept from legendary rapper and entrepreneur Bernard Freeman (Bun B), is coming to Rice. Beginning Aug. 17 for new student orientation, Trill Burgers will serve at the Rice Memorial Center throughout the fall and spring semesters, bringing its beef and vegan burgers to the Rice campus.
Rice researchers develop technology to clean salty wastewater while recovering valuable metals
A team led by Shihong Lin has shown that electrochemical ion pumping can be programmed to desalinate wastewater while selectively recovering dissolved metals such as copper.
Moody Center for the Arts’ front door swings wide for Summer Jam
Now in its sixth year, the free community day returned July 18.
First Rice professor at Venice International University returns with a fresh eye for the classroom
“This experience made me realize how strongly students respond to that and how engaged the rest of the class becomes listening and learning from it," said anthropology professor Nia Georges.
Rice students help NASA imagine future of lunar exploration through SUITS challenge
Rice’s OWL SUITS team, led by members of the Rice Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Club, was selected for NASA SUITS, a national software design challenge that invites college students to develop interface solutions for future human spaceflight.
Accelerating discovery: Rice receives nearly $20M NSF award for AI-powered materials laboratory
Rice has received a $19.9 million NSF award to use AI, robotics and cloud-based labs to accelerate electronic and quantum materials manufacturing.
‘Experience like no other’: Rice professor serves as program chair for Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Rice professor Pernilla Wittung Stafshede recently served as a co-organizer of the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, where she co-represented the field of chemistry.
Welcoming the world: Rice helps bring FIFA World Cup to Houston
When Houston served as host city for the FIFA World Cup 2026, Rice University helped extend the tournament beyond the stadium by creating opportunities for students, faculty, staff, alumni and the broader community to take part in one of the world’s largest sporting events.
Rice researchers earn 2 DOE Genesis Mission awards
Two Rice research teams have received Phase I awards through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, a national initiative harnessing artificial intelligence and advanced computing to accelerate scientific discovery.