Rice, BCarbon and Scenic Galveston have launched an innovative project to protect the Kohfeldt Marsh near Texas City from sea level rise through the d...
Rice University has launched the Institute of Health Resilience and Innovation....
During a recent visit to Rice, Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Texas), praised the institution’s leading-edge research and contributions to national defense. ...
Roselyn Ovalle, a senior at Rice majoring in political science and minoring in poverty, justice and human capabilities, has been named a Thomas J. Wat...
Rice has announced the launch of the Rice AI Venture Accelerator, designed to drive early stage artificial intelligence innovation and commercializati...
A new study unveils a method that eliminates PFAS from water systems and also transforms waste into high-value graphene....
A team of Rice electrical engineers led by Taiyun Chi developed a new kind of power amplifier that combines cutting-edge design in both circuitry and ...
Rice President Reginald DesRoches and faculty members Luay Nakhleh and Angel Martí have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advan...
Daylong wastewater samples yield surprises
December 19, 2022
Rice engineers find snapshots lead to bias in testing wastewater for antibiotic-resistant genes.
Owls come up short on field, but bowl trip otherwise full of fun
December 19, 2022
The Rice football team came up short in its first postseason appearance since 2014, but that didn't stop the Owl faithful from enjoying the sights and sounds surrounding last week's the LendingTree Bowl.
Mikos wins Jensen Tissue Engineering Award
December 16, 2022
Bioengineer Antonios Mikos receives the 2023 Jensen Tissue Engineering Award.
DesRoches outlines 2023 goals to faculty
December 16, 2022
President Reginald DesRoches delivers his inaugural State of the University
Rice flashes new life into lithium-ion anodes
December 12, 2022
Rice chemists use flash Joule heating to recover graphite anodes from spent lithium-ion batteries.
December 12, 2022
In appreciation of the Alexander family of Houston's longtime support of Jewish Studies in the School of Humanities and the Woodson Research Center in Fondren Library, Rice will name the Houston Jewish History Archive the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives effective Jan. 1.
Padgett named NSF BRITE Fellow
December 9, 2022
Rice University engineer Jamie Padgett is one of five United States researchers to be named a National Science Foundation BRITE Fellow.
US names two Rice students inaugural Quad Fellows
December 9, 2022
Two Rice graduate students are among the inaugural recipients of the Quad Fellowship.
December 7, 2022
Joshua Winograde, one of the nation’s leading arts administrators, will join Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music as professor of opera and director of Opera Studies in July.
Owls land in LendingTree Bowl, will face Southern Miss
December 5, 2022
Rice is headed to a bowl game for the first time since 2014. The LendingTree Bowl will pit the Owls (5-7) against the University of Southern Mississippi (6-6) Dec. 17 in Mobile, Alabama. The 4:45 p.m. game between the former Conference USA foes will be televised by ESPN.