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....
Rice Cinema returns with a full schedule of films for fall
October 7, 2021
Rice Cinema reopens on the ground floor of Sewall Hall.
Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra makes highly anticipated return to Stude stage
October 5, 2021
After more than a year of Zoom concerts and recitals taking the place of public performances in person, Rice University's Stude Concert Hall once again came alive with the sounds of the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra.
Urban mining for metals flashes electronic trash into treasure
October 4, 2021
Flash Joule heating recovers valuable and toxic metals from electronic waste. The process allows for “urban mining” of resources that could be a win for the environment as well as for manufacturers.
US Army backs ‘sleeping cap’ to help brains take out the trash
September 29, 2021
Rice engineers are developing a noninvasive device to understand how the brain disposes of metabolic waste during sleep.
Minimal gestures, grand scale: Kapwani Kiwanga fall exhibition now open at the Moody
September 27, 2021
‘The Sand Recalls the Moon’s Shadow’ runs through Dec. 19.
Sex and the symbiont: Can algae hookups help corals survive?
September 22, 2021
Scientists have discovered that symbiotic single-celled algae that live inside of and feed corals can reproduce not only by mitosis, but also sexually. Encouraging sex in these algae can accelerate their evolution to produce strains better able to help reefs cope with climate change.
Moody Foundation grants $100 million to Rice University
September 22, 2021
The Moody Foundation has granted Rice $100 million to build a transformative new student center designed by one of the world’s premiere architects and to create endowments supporting student opportunity and success, both as part of the center and in other areas of the university.
Amitav Ghosh on the dangerous delusions that created our climate crisis
September 20, 2021
The renowned novelist explored the global legacy of colonial attitudes and aggression during the two-night Campbell Lecture Series.
Rice courses returning to in-person instruction
September 16, 2021
Experts will educate public at Sept. 20 teach-in on Texas abortion law, reproductive rights
September 13, 2021
Rice hosts Leah Litman, Melaney Linton, Wendy Davis and more in response to Texas abortion ban via Zoom webinar.