The Digital Health Institute — a recently launched joint initiative between Rice University and Houston Methodist — has appointed Pothik Chatterjee as...
Rice University students will build skills in science labs, take high-impact field trips, hear from guest speakers, curate art exhibits, enhance learn...
Twenty-seven biotechnology governance entreaties echoing the legacy of the 1975 recombinant DNA guidelines are now available for public review....
A new sustainability initiative is transforming the landscape outside Fondren Library at Rice University — and it’s more than just a garden....
A team of researchers at Rice has discovered a surprisingly simple method for vastly improving the stability of electrochemical devices that convert c...
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 VP for research addresses energy demand at international engineering conference
November 6, 2023
Rice Executive Vice President for Research Ramamoorthy Ramesh presented the Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, “Energy: The True Final Frontier,” at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.
November 3, 2023
Rice University alum Angela Berry Roberson ’90 was sworn in to serve as the senior adviser in the Departmental Office of Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Transportation Oct. 23, 2023.
Global temperature variations impact the planet’s water cycle
November 3, 2023
A new study by Rice climate scientist Sylvia Dee and an international team of collaborators sheds light on the impact that global temperature variation over the past 2,000 years has had on the planet’s hydrological cycle.
Rice’s Glasscock School celebrates educators with ‘Life in Schools’ event
November 3, 2023
Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies held its “Life in Schools” event Oct. 28, highlighting first-year teaching experiences and honoring two faculty members for their long tenures as educators.
Rice students ‘soar together’ thanks to donors’ generosity
November 3, 2023
Rice University recently welcomed donors and scholarship recipients to the Moody Center for the Arts for “Soaring Together,” a reception celebrating the generosity of the Rice community and the transformational impact of scholarship endowments.
Texas Life Science Forum to highlight Texas health innovation Nov. 7 at Rice’s McNair Hall
November 3, 2023
The 12th annual Texas Life Science Forum takes place Nov. 7 at Rice University and will bring together 600 attendees for keynote speakers, panels and pitches from life science technologies. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and BioHouston host the premier life science and health tech event in Texas each year to bring together members from industry, emerging life science companies, academics and investors.
November 2, 2023
Luz Garcini, an assistant professor of psychological sciences at Rice University and interim director of Community Health at the university’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is a recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists.
November 2, 2023
Robert Santos, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will discuss leveraging data to advance equity and diversity, lessons learned from the 2020 census and his plans to reach historically undercounted communities in 2030 at a Rice Kinder Forum event Nov. 8.
Academic Quad closure begins Nov. 6
November 1, 2023
Construction activities for Rice’s reimagined Academic Quadrangle will begin Nov. 6. From this time and through April, the Academic Quad’s main spaces and some access points will be closed to pedestrian traffic.
Rice Business entrepreneurship program ranks third globally with Poets&Quants
November 1, 2023
The Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University ranks third globally for its entrepreneurship program, according to Poets&Quants’ fifth annual ranking of such programs announced today.