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...
O-Week for Rice’s Class of 2027 begins Aug. 13
August 4, 2023
Rice University will kick off its annual O-Week tradition Aug. 13, welcoming the diverse and talented Class of 2027 with open arms.
Rice study: Children are usually the poorest members of refugee communities
August 4, 2023
Violent conflicts around the world have driven more people from their home countries than ever before. As these individuals and families seek safe havens, new research from Rice University has found that refugee children are up to three times more likely to be poor than adults – even within their own families.
Staff Council beats the heat with an ice cream social
August 2, 2023
Rice University’s Staff Council recently invited Owls for sweet treats at the West Servery with a popular summertime dessert: ice cream.
When D turns to F, quantum matter is A-plus
August 2, 2023
In a potential boon for quantum computing, Rice physicists have shown that topologically protected quantum states can be entangled with other, highly manipulable quantum states in some electronic materials.
Melinda Spaulding Chevalier named VP for public affairs at Rice
August 2, 2023
Melinda Spaulding Chevalier, an Emmy Award-winning communicator, brand strategist, crisis management expert and community affairs leader, has been named Rice University’s next vice president for public affairs.
VanderJagt holds lecture, conservation demonstration at Fondren
August 1, 2023
A lecture and demonstration of conservation techniques for art and paper was held by conservator Lacey VanderJagt at the Fondren Library July 26.
IBB spotlights summer undergraduate research
July 31, 2023
Undergraduate research was in the spotlight July 28 at Rice’s Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, where judges awarded best-poster honors to 10 students in eight categories.
Rice, Texas Southern host national Youth Leadership Summit
July 31, 2023
Rice joined forces with Texas Southern University to host the National Urban League’s Youth Leadership Summit .
DesRoches announces Tommy McClelland as Rice's next director of athletics
July 30, 2023
Rice University President Reginald DesRoches announced in a message to the campus today that Tommy McClelland will be the school’s next director of athletics.
Registration opens for Rice’s continuing studies courses
July 28, 2023
Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies has released its course guide for fall 2023.