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....
Rice among nation’s top 20 universities in US News rankings
September 13, 2021
HOUSTON – (Sept. 13, 2021) – Rice is named one of the nation’s top 20 universities in the 2022 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” guidebook.
Graduate Student Loan Closet reopens, restocked and revamped
September 8, 2021
The ‘incredible resource’ for three decades of Owls had to shut down during the pandemic.
Simmons: Confront legacies of slavery 'unflinchingly'
September 8, 2021
When she was president of an Ivy League university, Ruth Simmons learned the importance of confronting an institution’s complicated and controversial history head-on. Now, as a Rice trustee emerita and president of Prairie View A&M University, she has some thoughts and advice.
Rice among most acclaimed universities in Princeton Review history
September 7, 2021
Rice University ranks among the most lauded institutions in the history of the Princeton Review’s annual survey on the nation’s best colleges, according to a newly published report analyzing three decades of reviews on America’s institutions of higher education.
Dashboard displays troubling trend of unexplained deaths
September 7, 2021
‘Slow-burning background crisis’ revealed in new work by Rice humanities researcher John Mulligan.
Rice announces new faculty funding opportunities
September 7, 2021
Rice's Office of Research launches three Creative Ventures Funds to seed faculty initiatives and guide them towards commercialization.
Cristina Rivera Garza talks medicine, language and bodies in Sept. 22 lecture
September 7, 2021
The 'Genius Grant' winner and fiction writer will read from her work in English and Spanish.
Flu shots offered to Rice community on campus
August 31, 2021
Flu shots are now available on campus for members of the Rice community.
Rice ranked by Niche as one of nation’s top 10 universities
August 30, 2021
Rice University wins an “A+” grade and ranks as one of the nation’s top 10 universities in the latest ratings of American colleges compiled by Niche.
‘Smart’ shirt keeps tabs on the heart
August 30, 2021
Carbon nanotube thread woven into athletic shirts gathered electrocardiogram and heart rate data that matched standard monitors and beat chest-strap monitors. The fibers are flexible and the shirts are machine washable.