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...
Rice bioengineer Omid Veiseh has been elected as a National Academy of Inventors Fellow, the highest professional distinction awarded to inventors....
Rawand Rasheed ’23, a Rice University alumnus and trailblazer in sustainable technology, has been named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the “Energy and...
The Rice School of Architecture is proud to announce the opening of William T. Cannady Hall for Architecture and a strategic renovation of MD Anderson...
Rice bioengineering graduate students in the Global Medical Innovation program recently visited the Rio Grande Valley to better understand the unique ...
Over 500 students will conclude their academic journeys as Rice Owls when they walk during the December commencement ceremony Dec. 10....
Researchers are developing a novel antibody therapy to treat bone metastases in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer....
12 questions for Nichole Ayers, Rice’s newest astronaut
December 7, 2021
Rice alumna and fighter pilot Nichole Ayers joins NASA's astronaut corps.
Omicron mutations may help SARS-CoV-2 evade antibodies
December 2, 2021
Software under development at Rice University and its partners reveals mutations in the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 that may help it evade antibodies, including those from vaccinations.
Ruth López Turley named next director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research
December 1, 2021
HOUSTON – (Dec. 1, 2021) – Ruth López Turley, a prolific education researcher, professor of sociology and director of Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), has been selected as the next director of the university's Kinder Institute for Urban Research after current director Bill Fulton steps down June 30, 2022.
‘Bound Away’ conference bringing new research on slave voyages
November 22, 2021
Art exhibitions at Moody, MFAH will contextualize research presented Dec. 3-4
Ultrathin solar cells get a boost
November 22, 2021
Rice University engineers boost the efficiency while retaining the toughness of solar cells made of two-dimensional perovskites.
‘Double House’ wins city honors for Rice Architecture students
November 22, 2021
Two Rice Architecture students win a City of Houston competition to design an accessory dwelling unit with plans freely available to the public.
Rice issues update to COVID-19 vaccination policy for employees
November 22, 2021
Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby, chair of the Rice's Crisis Management Advisory Committee, sent a message regarding the updated COVID-19 vaccination policy for employees in a Nov. 19 email to the university community.
Spring Big Questions courses consider what makes a terrorist and what makes a classic
November 17, 2021
New classes from Humanities professors explore essential issues of our time
Rice’s new arts building will be Sarofim Hall, designed by internationally acclaimed firm
November 15, 2021
Architecture team led by Rice alumnus will create new gateway to campus
Morín’s new book of poetry, “Machete,” roars onto the scene
November 15, 2021
Assistant professor’s latest book of poetry incredibly intimate, rebelliously joyful