A team of researchers at Rice have discovered a surprisingly simple method for vastly improving the stability of electrochemical devices that convert ...
Rice faculty are available to help news media explore the deeper histories behind Juneteenth, its Texas roots and what freedom has meant in different ...
The Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative launched its inaugural seminar June 3 with an invited talk from Nobel laureate James P. Allison....
Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research releases its 2025 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report....
Rice experts can unpack and contextualize Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's statement at the VivaTech 2025 conference in Paris today that quantum computing is...
Throughout the day, the Houston booth saw a constant stream of visitors with Rice-affiliated entrepreneurs introducing their ventures to global invest...
Volunteers from the Department of Psychological Sciences assemble gift bags for those supported by Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston....
A team of Rice engineering students has designed an innovative space exercise harness that won this year's Technology Collaboration Center’s Wearables...
Rice student engineers have earned top international honors for a novel device that could redefine how humans interact with virtual environments. ...
Documentary, co-directed and executive produced by Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman awarded Best Advocacy Film at the International Black and Diversity Film F...
When Mary Seifu Tirfie graduated with a degree in biomedical engineering from Addis Ababa University in 2023, she wasn’t just earning a diploma — she ...
Rice Business Executive Education offers custom-made programs for companies that want to strengthen leadership, enhance culture or address specific ma...
National experts to speak at Rice symposium on future of general education
January 3, 2024
Rice University’s Center for Teaching Excellence will host its 11th annual Symposium on Teaching and Learning: The Future of General Education at Rice from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, 2024.
‘Truly priceless’: Rice Business students deliver holiday cheer to Vietnamese children
December 20, 2023
During the inaugural course visit to Vietnam, students from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business embraced the true spirit of the holiday season by sharing joy and creating unforgettable memories with the children of Little Rose Shelter.
’Tis the season of giving . . . and engineering
December 20, 2023
The holiday season kicked off early this year for a Rice staff member who received a welcome and much-needed gift from a team of freshman engineering students.
Molecular jackhammers’ ‘good vibrations’ eradicate cancer cells
December 19, 2023
Rice scientists and collaborators at Texas A&M University and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a new way to kill cancer cells by using near-infrared light to make a small dye molecule attached to their membrane vibrate strongly. It is the first time this kind of mechanical molecular action has been used as a potential therapy.
People, papers and presentations for Dec. 18, 2023
December 18, 2023
People, papers and presentations ...
Newest Owls react to being accepted into Rice Class of 2028
December 18, 2023
Congratulations to the newest Owls!
Rice, Hispanic community leaders celebrate Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner
December 18, 2023
Rice President Reginald DesRoches and a host of Hispanic community leaders celebrated Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner for his eight years of service to the city at the university’s Faculty Club Dec. 15.
Joseph Novak honored by Rice Board of Trustees
December 18, 2023
Rice University’s Board of Trustees recognized Joseph Novak, faculty lecturer in the biosciences department and director of the Betty and Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden, for his contributions to both the university and the community. He has been a faculty member since 2014.
Campus Services and Sustainability Department announces winter break hours, closures
December 18, 2023
During the winter break, several of Rice University’s Campus Services and Sustainability operations will undergo amended hours. Here is a list of the change.
Chris Stipes joins Rice as executive director of news and media relations
December 18, 2023
Chris Stipes, a public relations leader and Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, has been appointed executive director of news and media relations in Rice University’s Office of Public Affairs.