For more than 30 years, the School Literacy and Culture program at Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies has been steadily transforming classr...
Rice's Andriy Nevidomskyy is part of a team that has mapped and explained a puzzling form of superconductivity that arises only under strong magnetic ...
Schilke was one of 31 advocates to represent the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers on Hill Day....
A new report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy compares the cost of receiving care at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston Methodist ...
In preparation for its August trip through Belgium and France, the team participated in two cultural workshops designed and led by School of Humanitie...
In low-resource settings, babies born with gastroschisis — a congenital condition in which the developing intestines extend outside the body through a...
In an impressive display of creativity, collaboration and global impact, undergraduate students from around the world gathered at Rice July 24 to pres...
Founded by Richard Tapia, the summer camps encourage students from all communities to pursue careers in STEM....
Rice saw 332 student-athletes be named to the American Conference All-Academic Team, conference commissioner Tim Pernetti announced Wednesday morning....
Lydia Kavraki has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences....
A study led by Xu Zhang, Marimikel Charrier and Caroline Ajo-Franklin demonstrates an innovative method for the real-time, on-site detection of arseni...
Deep in the heart of Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains, a trio of Rice researchers embarked on an ambitious summer field study to understand how human imp...
Rice bioengineers develop lotus leaf-inspired system to advance study of cancer cell clusters
Rice bioengineers have harnessed the lotus effect to develop a system for culturing cancer cell clusters that can shed light on hard-to-study tumor properties. The new zinc oxide-based culturing surface mimics the lotus leaf surface structure, providing a highly tunable platform for the high-throughput generation of three-dimensional nanoscale tumor models.
Rice Connections fosters unity among students from diverse backgrounds
Every O-Week, the university’s weeklong orientation program, Rice Connections offers the opportunity for students from different faith traditions, cultural backgrounds and more to come together and meet their freshman peers.
Former Rice swimmer looks to be role model for disabled athletes across the globe
Former Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger is looking to represent her country on the global stage during the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.
Turning groceries into credit: A new frontier in lending
A new paper published in Management Science by Jung Youn Lee, assistant professor of marketing at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, and colleagues from University of Notre Dame and Northwestern University identifies a widespread data source that could broaden the pool of qualified loan applicants: grocery store receipts.
Incoming class fills Tudor Fieldhouse with ‘unbelievable energy’ to cheer on Rice Athletics
Tudor Fieldhouse was packed with frenetic energy Tuesday night as new Rice students represented their residential colleges while cheering on the Rice sports teams.
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music announces 2024-25 season
The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University is preparing for a monumental milestone, beginning a multiyear celebration this fall in honor of the school’s 50th anniversary.
More than 75% of in-district respondents signaled their support for a bond that does not result in a tax increase.
Rice football kicks off 2024 season with Owl Fest
Rice football season is finally upon us, and with that comes unique events like Owl Fest, where Rice supporters are invited to meet the squad before the first game of the year.
‘All the little things’: Orientation weekend helps international undergrads settle in at Rice
By 9 a.m. on a humid Friday morning, Eduarda Favero was already racing around the halls of Rice’s Sid Richardson College, greeting anxious families, leading international students from 40 different countries to their rooms and answering a flurry of questions.
‘You all belong here’: Rice faculty offer words of inspiration to Class of 2028
On the second morning of O-Week, Rice University’s Class of 2028 assembled in Tudor Fieldhouse to hear advice from a three-person panel of professors who shared their secrets for success — both at Rice and beyond. The faculty delivered short, TED Talk-style lectures encouraging new students to stay open to the possibilities the university offers.
