Home begins at the Sallyport: Rice welcomes newest undergraduates at matriculation ceremony
An unforgettable welcome for Rice's newest Owls — the largest freshman class in Rice history.
Rice has received a $25 million gift from university trustee James “Jim” Whitehurst and his wife, Lauren Whitehurst, to establish the Sallyport Fellows Program, a comprehensive initiative supporting first-generation and limited-income undergraduate students throughout their Rice experience.
Research explores how faith and work can coexist in increasingly diverse workplace
Rice sociologist's research on faith in the workplace is helping organizations navigate religious diversity and has earned national recognition for its public impact.
A new way to beat jet lag? Engineered cells speed circadian adjustment
Researchers at Rice, with the support of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad and Northwestern University have developed an implantable cell therapy that may help the body adapt more quickly to jet lag.
Rice alumnus earns international honor for decades of software innovation
Rice alumnus Cary Jensen receives an international honor recognizing his decades of contributions to software development, education and technical communication.
Rice researchers show graphene nanowrinkles can reshape electricity
Rice researchers have shown that tiny wrinkles in graphene can change the material’s electrical properties.
Rice’s Huang elected fellow of SPIE for contributions to optics and photonics
Shengxi Huang was elected this month as a fellow of SPIE.
Rice launches SCOPE, a new science communication center
The Center for Science Communication and Public Engagement (SCOPE) is now open at Rice.
Hall Frenkel to lead Rice’s collaborative health initiatives
Rice's Office of Research has bolstered its commitment to foster collaborations and educational partnerships with health-related institutions of the Texas Medical Center by hiring Becky Hall Frenkel to lead its Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Health office.
Rice Brain Institute collaboration to test patient-driven robotic therapy for stroke recovery
A new Rice Brain Institute collaboration is bringing together robotics, neuroscience and clinical expertise to explore a more active approach to stroke rehabilitation.
Rice researchers discover new way to tune electron flow in altermagnet material
Rice’s Pengcheng Dai recently published a paper in Physical Review X describing the first successful efforts to put a proposed altermagnet material into a single magnetic domain state, allowing the research team to characterize the material’s intrinsic magnetic structure.
A small squeeze reveals new clues about an unusual kind of magnet
Researchers at Rice have found that gently squeezing a crystal of iron sulfide can change two of its unusual properties at the same time: its tiny magnetic signal and the way electricity moves through it.
Rice doctoral graduate helps push quantum computing into fusion energy research
Thiago J. Pinheiro is helping tackle one of the fundamental challenges facing fusion energy — using some of the world’s most advanced computing tools.
Rice lab develops new technique for rapid production of advanced materials
Rice professor James Tour developed an ultrafast method for producing MXenes.
Rising insurance costs deepen Texas’ housing affordability challenge
New research suggests insurance premiums are playing an increasingly important role in housing affordability across the state.