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...
Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality to present Gray/Wawro lecture on gun violence
October 31, 2023
Rice’s Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality will present a lecture by Fred Guttenberg on “Myths that Fuel Gun Violence” at Herring Hall Nov. 8.
Business leaders, Rice commit to support Houston innovation
October 31, 2023
Prominent entrepreneurs and business leaders have committed to invest in Houston’s innovation landscape as part of the inaugural cohort of the Rice University Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie)’s Leadership Council.
Rice homecoming brings Owls together for weekend of celebrations
October 30, 2023
The campus will welcome alumni, students, faculty, staff and families for Rice Alumni Weekend Nov. 3-4. Part homecoming, part class reunion and part family weekend, the 48 hours promise something for everyone.
Rice Athletics inducts 2023 hall of fame class
October 30, 2023
The Rice Athletics Hall of Fame inducted its newest class of legendary standouts during a ceremony Oct. 27 at the Westin Houston Medical Center Ballroom.
Rice marks campus sustainability day with afternoon of festivities
October 30, 2023
Rice’s Office of Sustainability hosted its annual Campus Sustainability Day to highlight and celebrate student organizations, campus departments and community partners that advance sustainability on campus and within Houston.
Rice Facilities and Capital Planning recognized with industry award
October 30, 2023
The Rice facilities and capital planning department was recently recognized with an award from IBM and Reliability Web during Reliability Web’s 2023 conference for the university’s progress in automating business process solutions for space management, operations, maintenance and capital construction project management.
October 30, 2023
The Rice Student Volunteer Program (RSVP) hosted its Project Pumpkin event Oct. 28, featuring pumpkin carving and other Halloween-themed activities in the Central Quad.
October 30, 2023
The Rice University campus gathered together to create a screecher of an event: pumpkin carving. No gourd was left untouched as Owls collected to wreak havoc on the fruit du jour while also sharing their creativity.
Rice physicist Evelyn Tang is inaugural recipient of early career award
October 30, 2023
Rice theoretical physicist Evelyn Tang is an inaugural recipient of the Interdisciplinary Early Career Scientist Prize from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
October 30, 2023
A Rice-led collaboration of engineers, oncologists and global health partners from three continents is establishing a research center in the Texas Medical Center to develop affordable, effective point-of-care (POC) technologies to improve early cancer detection in low-resource settings in the United States and other countries.