300 Rice athletes earn AAC All-Academic honors
A conference-leading 300 Rice student-athletes earned AAC All-Academic honors in Rice Athletics’ debut season in the American Athletic Conference.
Religious pluralism as an ideal exists around the world, flourishing under certain conditions of state, cultural and grassroot-level support. To do so...
A Houston-based energy technology startup with roots at Rice has secured a major funding milestone, underscoring the growing impact of Rice-driven inn...
Rice continues to earn national recognition for the strength and breadth of its graduate programs with multiple disciplines ranked among the nation’s ...
Rice researchers took a big picture approach to studying food webs across sub-Saharan Africa...
Rice senior Pankti Mehta is channeling her drive to improve how people access and experience health care by combining computer science with hands-on c...
“One of the reasons that we have this symposium in the community is because we want the community to feel like they’re also part of Rice,” university ...
Rice scientists have created a new type of 2D semiconductor that comes closer than ever to a “perfect” crystal....
Rice President Reginald DesRoches and Kelly Fox, executive vice president for operations, finance and support, greeted employees who have opted to par...
A new Rice study offers one of the first national measures of a viewpoint called “racial realism” and considers how it fits into the broader spectrum ...
Venture capitalist John Doerr joined Doerr Institute for New Leaders’ director Bernie Banks at Rice March 26 for a wide-ranging conversation on leader...
Rep. Brian Babin (R-Woodville), chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, visited Rice March 20 with a delegation of congressi...
Paul Smith's bases-loaded, two-out walk in the bottom of the 10th gave Rice a 3-2 win over UTSA in the series opener between the schools at Reckling P...
Pioneering Rice economist remembered as ‘exceptionally compassionate,’ ‘dedicated teacher’
YingHua He, an associate professor of economics at Rice University, died earlier this month at the age of 44 after fighting a quickly spreading cancer.
Rice professor’s memoir secures spot in NYT’s ‘100 Best Books of the 21st Century’
“I found out with everyone else,” said Kiese Laymon, the Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of Creative Writing and English.
Free summer program at Rice focuses on environmental justice for Houston students
The weeklong experience hosted on Rice’s campus focuses on environmental justice through storytelling via arts and media practices.
Paris bound: Gunnarsdottir to compete for Icelandic Olympic team
Rice women’s track and field alumna Erna Gunnarsdottir is headed to Paris, France, to represent Iceland in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Rice engineers’ probe could help advance treatment for spinal cord disease, injury
Rice neuroscientists have used a nanosized sensor to record spinal cord neurons in free-moving mice, a feat that could lead to the development of better treatments for spinal cord disease and injury.
Researchers discover ancient chromosomes in 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth
Researchers have discovered fossils of ancient chromosomes preserved in the remains of a woolly mammoth that died 52,000 years ago.
Rice’s Omid Veiseh elected to the Controlled Release Society College of Fellows
Rice bioengineer Omid Veiseh has been elected to the Controlled Release Society College of Fellows.
Summer in the City of Light: Rice students explore Paris through Global classes
Under a Rice Blue sky 5,000 miles from the Houston campus, class was in session during the summer months.
Erika Thompson joins Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies as associate director
In a move to bolster its academic and community engagement, Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies has appointed Erika Thompson as its new associate director.