At the busy intersection of academic life and everyday student traffic, a striking white and yellow structure has appeared on Rice’s campus....
A pair of Rice students are harnessing cutting-edge neuroscience to design an affordable, wearable solution for people living with Parkinson’s disease...
Rice continues to stand out for its academic excellence with several graduate programs earning high marks in the latest edition of U.S. News &...
A team of researchers from the Rice Biotech Launch Pad has developed an implantable “cytokine factory” that safely triggers potent immune responses ag...
As measles cases rise across Texas and the nation, a team of researchers at Rice and the Houston Health Department is leveraging wastewater surveillan...
Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing celebrated half a century since its official inception with two days of events that gathere...
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....
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.
Fluidic circuits add analog options for controlling soft robots
September 28, 2022
Soft robotics researchers from Rice and Harvard have created a nonelectronic control system that uses air to process information.
$50M Kinder Foundation grant will expand Kinder Institute’s work to solve challenges facing Houston
September 23, 2022
A new $50 million grant from the Kinder Foundation will empower Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research as it focuses on a bold vision for “inclusive prosperity” — ensuring that everyone can contribute to Houston's success and share in its opportunities.
RNA-editing tool a fast, sensitive test for COVID-19
September 22, 2022
Researchers at Rice University and the University of Connecticut modify a gene editing tool to serve as a highly sensitive diagnostic test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Rice's first Black student athletes feted in 50th anniversary celebration
September 20, 2022
To mark the 50th anniversary of a pair of momentous occasions in Rice history, six trailblazing Owls were honored at the First Black Student-Athletes Celebration Sept. 16 at the Ion.
Solvent study solves solar cell durability puzzle
September 19, 2022
Rice engineers simplify the manufacture of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells.
Rice Architecture breaks ground for Cannady Hall
September 16, 2022
Rice University breaks ground for William T. Cannady Hall, a 25,000-square-foot building that will serve the renowned Rice School of Architecture.
COVID-19 amplified hardship for many Harvey victims
September 13, 2022
A study shows the economic and mental health consequences on victims of Hurricane Harvey and COVID-19 were cumulative.