Orange Fanwalk to begin at Rice ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 match in Houston
Rice will serve as the official starting point for the iconic Orange Fanwalk June 20 ahead of a FIFA World Cup 2026 group-stage match between the Netherlands and Sweden.
The initiative brings scholars across disciplines together to examine how culture, language, ethics and imagination shape space exploration, and how s...
As FIFA World Cup 2026 excitement builds in Houston, Rice University is extending its role as an official host city supporter by bringing the global t...
In a city infamous for its flooding, something as innocuous as rain can prove to be disastrous or even deadly. Small increases in the amount of rainfa...
Richard A. Tapia, a distinguished professor at Rice and a trailblazing mathematician renowned for his dedication to increasing the participation of un...
Rice University has joined Axiom Space’s University Alliance, comprising 26 institutes from four continents and 12 nations working as an international...
Rice rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth to stun Wichita State and take a 5-4 win in the Owls' opening game of the 2026 American Conferenc...
A new chip-making technique pioneered by Rice scientists exploits a material’s crystal structure to create nanoscale patterns at room temperature dire...
The Rice Space Institute’s Center for Planetary Origins to Habitability (CPO2H) recently hosted the Inner Solar System Workshop....
Rice will serve as the official starting point for the iconic Orange Fanwalk June 20 ahead of a FIFA World Cup 2026 group-stage match between the Neth...
Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate School of Business since 2016, has been named the 15th ...
Rice scientists successfully assembled carbon nanotubes with the same chiral orientation into large high-quality crystals that can manipulate light wi...
Rice researchers demonstrated a new kind of wireless jamming attack that uses curved radio signals to disguise where interference is coming from. ...
Rice Business Dean Peter Rodriguez named president of Wake Forest University
Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate School of Business since 2016, has been named the 15th president of Wake Forest University.
Researchers measure giant light-conversion effect in chiral carbon nanotubes
Rice scientists successfully assembled carbon nanotubes with the same chiral orientation into large high-quality crystals that can manipulate light with an efficiency two to three orders of magnitude greater than conventional materials.
Curving wireless beams could let cyberattackers hide the source of jamming attacks
Rice researchers demonstrated a new kind of wireless jamming attack that uses curved radio signals to disguise where interference is coming from.
Even after adopting cattle, early herders kept hunting and gathering
The first pastoralists in eastern Africa didn’t suddenly switch to a diet centered only on cows, sheep and goats. Instead, they kept eating a wide mix of foods — fish, wild animals and plants, according to key findings from new University of British Columbia-led research, with Rice University as a key contributor.
Houston plants roots for FIFA World Cup in Ion District with Green Corridor initiative
The next step in Houston’s beautification initiative kicked off May 13 in advance of the 2026 FIFA World Cup games taking place at NRG Stadium this summer. Aramco, as a FIFA host committee sponsor, and in celebration of their 25-year partnership with Trees for Houston, selected the Ion District for the commemorative tree planting ceremony.
Anderson walks off Tulane on senior day to complete sweep
Aric Anderson made his final home game at Rice one to remember, driving in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th to give the Owls a 6-5 win over Tulane Saturday afternoon and complete a sweep of the Green Wave.
The Rice women’s track and field team won the American Conference Championship last weekend, claiming a team title as head coach Jim Bevan nears the end of his 40th year in coaching.
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and Kinder Institute for Urban Research will host “Redrawing Risk,” a one-day public conference May 21 examining the real-world implications of FEMA’s updated flood maps for Houston.
Houston faith leaders unite around shared challenges, new Rice study finds
In a city as diverse as Houston, how are religious communities working together? The team at Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance spent the last two years on a “listening research tour” conducting in-depth interviews and focus groups with religious and community leaders from every corner of the city to learn more about the barriers to religious cohesion.