

Rice took center stage at the inaugural South by Southwest London, bringing Texas-sized ambition, pathbreaking innovation and global vision to one of ...

A team of six Rice students developed a device that holds and stabilizes an intracardiac echocardiography catheter during heart procedures, allowing ...

Rice's Yonglong Xie has been recognized for his innovation in quantum phenomena....

The project titled “Living Memory: An Oral History Project to Strengthen Native Sovereignty in Texas” began in fall 2024 as part of the Center for Civ...

The program is designed to deepen students’ fluency in a language essential to the operatic tradition. ...

Nearly 1,000 people gathered to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the release of its 2025 Kinder Housto...

Rice Athletics announced that it will partner with Independent Sports and Entertainment to identify a potential naming rights partner for Rice Stadium...

The Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center at Rice, in collaboration with a team of experts, has developed the Galves...

Ruth López Turley named next director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research
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
Art exhibitions at Moody, MFAH will contextualize research presented Dec. 3-4

Ultrathin solar cells get a boost
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
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
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
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
Architecture team led by Rice alumnus will create new gateway to campus

Morín’s new book of poetry, “Machete,” roars onto the scene
Assistant professor’s latest book of poetry incredibly intimate, rebelliously joyful

Rice lab details conditions to decontaminate disposable masks
Researchers at Rice University and the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, establish a framework for properly decontaminating disposable facemasks.

Rice names Reginald DesRoches as next president
Reginald DesRoches, who is now serving as the university’s provost, has been named as the next president of Rice University.