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....
Air bubbles in Antarctic ice point to cause of oxygen decline
December 20, 2021
An unknown culprit has been removing oxygen from our atmosphere for at least 800,000 years, and an analysis of air bubbles preserved in Antarctic ice for up to 1.5 million years has revealed the likely suspect.
Rice responds to rise in COVID-19 cases with schedule, policy updates
December 20, 2021
Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby, chair of Rice's Crisis Management Advisory Committee, sent a message to the university community Dec. 19 regarding schedule and policy changes in response to a recent increase in positive COVID-19 tests on campus.
Quirky kveik’s yeasty questions no match for freshmen chemistry students
December 20, 2021
How Carrie McNeil’s Introduction to Scientific Research Challenges course helped a Houston brewery solve a salty problem
Rice strengthening its commitment to loan-free financial aid
December 16, 2021
Rice University has announced a significant change to its financial aid package that will make one of the nation’s most prestigious higher education institutions more affordable to a broader range of students.
Shepherd's got a new (old) set of strings
December 16, 2021
Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music is feeling the holiday spirit early this year thanks to a generous friend who’s lending it a coveted Stradivarius violin — and letting a different student play the instrument each year.
Historian of science Luis Campos joining Rice as Baker College Chair
December 14, 2021
Appointment in the History of Science, Technology and Innovation begins in spring
Inaugural cohort of Humanities Dean’s Fellows hails culture of collaboration
December 14, 2021
New program funds undergraduates passionate about humanities research
Rice’s Technology Development Fund backs faculty projects
December 10, 2021
Nine projects proposed by Rice researchers have been granted seed funding by Creative Ventures' Technology Development Fund.
‘Super trees’ may help save Houston … and beyond
December 9, 2021
Rice statisticians are part of a study sharing strategies to identify “super trees” for urban areas that help mitigate pollution, flooding and heat.
12 questions for Nichole Ayers, Rice’s newest astronaut
December 7, 2021
Rice alumna and fighter pilot Nichole Ayers joins NASA's astronaut corps.