Rice has announced the launch of Rice Digital Learning and Strategy, a reimagined office aimed at expanding the university’s impact through innovative...
Veloci, an innovative shoe company founded by Rice student-athlete Tyler Strothman, took home the top prize at the annual Napier Rice Launch Challenge...
The Rice Biotech Launch Pad and RBL LLC will celebrate the official launch and lab opening of RBL LLC May 5 with a program featuring biotech pioneers ...
President Reginald DesRoches welcomed hundreds of Rice University staff members to a morning breakfast and recognition ceremony April 23 at Tudor Fiel...
Rice honored exceptional faculty, staff and students for their dedication to teaching, mentoring and service at the annual University Awards Ceremony ...
Rice University recognized six outstanding staff members with the 2025 Staff Excellence Award during the annual staff appreciation event April 23, cel...
Rice will welcome Robert Langer, one of the world’s most influential biotechnology innovators, for a keynote address as part of its President’s Lectur...
Victoria Langlais, senior assistant dean of human resources and administration in Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing, was name...
Torn between a conservatory and a university experience, Sophie Urban said she chose Rice for the “best of both worlds”: world-class musical training ...
Rice Architecture students embarked on a "life-altering" trip to China as part of a course project where they learned from world-renowned architects a...
A cohort of Rice University undergraduates boarded a bus bound for Alabama — not for vacation, but for a deeper understanding of America’s legacy of r...
A report from Rice’s Kinder Institute highlights critical gaps in banking access, retirement savings and financial literacy....
‘We’re going to win’: Rice welcomes Rob Lanier as new head coach of men’s basketball
March 27, 2024
Rob Lanier was introduced as the 26th head men’s basketball coach at Rice University during a press conference March 26.
Mastery in motion: Shepherd School students learn from award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov
March 27, 2024
Several piano students from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music learned from Grammy Award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov, coached them during a unique public master class.
Glasscock’s annual Best Boards Conference provides key advice to nonprofits, board members
March 27, 2024
The Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies hosted its annual one-day conference March 21 designed to help nonprofit board members and staff work together and lead more effectively.
Rice invests in Center for Environmental Studies to advance research goals, increase impact
March 27, 2024
Rice University is refocusing its efforts on the Center for Environmental Studies (CES) in order to enhance and advance the center’s research goals and initiatives regarding environmental issues in our society.
Luay Nakhleh elected to AIMBE College of Fellows
March 27, 2024
Rice’s Luay Nakhleh has been elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) for his achievements in computational biology.
Rice biologists uncover new species of tiger beetle: Eunota houstoniana
March 27, 2024
Rice University evolutionary biologist Scott Egan and his research team have unearthed a new species of tiger beetle, deemed Eunota houstoniana, honoring the region of Houston, where it predominantly resides.
Innovation focus of April 1 Research Relay hosted by Rice School of Social Sciences
March 26, 2024
On April 3, the School of Social Sciences will hold the next Research Relay in Kraft Hall 130 from 12 to 1 p.m. Lunch will be served during the event.
Science and spirituality: Moody Fellow blends majors for holistic approach to health care
March 26, 2024
Now a junior at Rice on a pre-med track, Siddhant Patil has been busy double majoring in kinesiology and religion.
Owls soak in NCAA Tournament experience, go toe-to-toe with defending national champions
March 26, 2024
The Rice women’s basketball team was joined by the Owl fan base and community in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last weekend as the team embarked on an invaluable and unforgettable March Madness experience.
Remembering Rice Baker Institute’s George Abbey, the ‘father of modern spaceflight’
March 26, 2024
George W.S. Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, passed away this week after an illness. He was 91.