Shining a spotlight on excellence: Association of Rice Alumni honors Laureates Award recipients May. 20, 2025
A festive crowd of alumni and friends gathered at the Post Oak Hotel in Houston to celebrate Rice’s most dedicated supporters at the Association of Rice Alumni’s annual Laureates Celebration May 8.
Rice researchers engineer personalized treatments for movement impairments May. 20, 2025
Impaired neuromusculoskeletal function due to conditions such as stroke, osteoarthritis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, limb amputation, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and cancer is a leading cause of disability.
Rice to offer Bachelor of Science in artificial intelligence May. 20, 2025
To prepare the next generation of innovators and thought leaders in AI, Rice will offer a Bachelor of Science in AI beginning in the fall of 2025.
Lydia Kavraki named University Professor, the highest faculty distinction at Rice May. 20, 2025
In a landmark moment for Rice, renowned computer scientist Lydia E. Kavraki has been named a University Professor, the institution’s highest academic rank. She becomes only the 11th person and the third woman in the university’s 112-year history to earn this prestigious title.
Cushion Queens bring comfort to the commute: Rice students design mechanotherapeutic seat for bus drivers May. 19, 2025
Public transit operators keep cities moving, helping people get to work, attend medical appointments and access essential services. But while passenger safety is often in the spotlight, the health and well-being of drivers who spend long hours behind the wheel is frequently overlooked.
Rice’s Mikos elected to the European Academy of Sciences May. 19, 2025
Rice bioengineer Antonios Mikos has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences, an international body that recognizes excellence in scientific research and technological innovation.
Staff Spotlight: Lindsay Josephs May. 19, 2025
Staff Spotlight: Lindsay Josephs
The 2025 Kinder Houston Area Survey, one of the nation’s longest-running studies of an urban area, was released today at the institute’s annual luncheon.
Rice chemist Kürti named 2025 Ross M. Brown Investigator for energy research May. 19, 2025
Rice chemistry professor László Kürti is a recipient of the 2025 Ross M. Brown Investigator Award.
Dateline Rice for May 19, 2025 (Weekend Edition) May. 19, 2025
Dateline Rice for May 19, 2025 (Weekend Edition)
Invisible currents at the edge: Rice research team shows how magnetic particles reveal a hidden rule of nature May. 19, 2025
Recently, a team of scientists and engineers at Rice discovered a phenomenon on a microscopic scale, where tiny magnetic particles driven by rotating fields spontaneously move along the edges of clusters driven by invisible “edge currents” that follow the rules of an unexpected branch of physics.
Rice helps youth explore Earth and space sciences at ‘first-of-its-kind’ event May. 19, 2025
Nearly 1,000 Earth and planetary explorers from the greater Houston area attended Rice’s K-12 Earth and planetary open house at Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall May 3. The event was held by the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, the Rice Space Institute’s Center for Planetary Origins to Habitability and the Office of STEM Engagement in partnership with Houston Independent School District and NASA.
Rice’s Liu Idea Lab welcomes Sandy Guitar to advisory board May. 19, 2025
The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) at Rice is proud to announce the appointment of Sandy Guitar to its advisory board. Guitar is a highly respected leader in the venture and private equity worlds, bringing decades of experience in early stage investing, strategic growth and founder support to advance Lilie’s mission of empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs at Rice.
Dateline Rice for May 16, 2025 May. 16, 2025
Dateline Rice for May 16, 2025
Helix Park event marks official launch and lab opening of RBL LLC, advancing Rice’s research-to-market pipeline May. 16, 2025
Rice celebrated a major step in its translational research efforts May 5 with the official launch of RBL LLC. Held at the Texas Medical Center’s Helix Park, the event featured a keynote by Robert Ruffolo Jr., followed by a fireside chat with Ruffolo and biomedical engineer Robert Langer, moderated by STAT senior writer Matthew Herper.
