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...
Interracial relationships don’t always make people less racist
July 18, 2023
The landmark United States Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia abolished bans on interracial marriage in the United States in 1967, but a new academic paper from Rice University and Texas A&M University said an uptick in interracial relationships since then has not ended discriminatory tendencies, even among individuals who are in these romantic partnerships.
NIH grant backs Rice lab’s sickle cell disease research
July 18, 2023
Rice University bioengineer Gang Bao and his team have won a grant from the National Institutes of Health to address critical questions surrounding the safety and efficacy of using gene editing to treat sickle cell disease.
Rice study: Men vastly outnumber women in studying legislative politics
July 17, 2023
New research from Rice University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has found that significantly more men than women study the legislative process in the U.S. and abroad.
Rice engineers’ storage technology keeps nanosurfaces clean
July 17, 2023
Rice mechanical engineers improved on a 50-year-old idea to create container technology that keeps volatile organic compounds from accumulating on the surfaces of stored nanomaterials.
Rice chemist wins $3.2M National Cancer Institute grant
July 17, 2023
Rice University chemist Han Xiao has won a $3.2 million research project (R01) grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop the first tissue-specific epigenetic inhibitor drug to treat bone metastasis.
July 13, 2023
Rice University’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies (GSCS) has opened enrollment for two new professional certificate programs in healthcare management and human resources management to address immediate workforce needs.
Computer Science’s Vardi wins four prestigious scientific awards
July 13, 2023
Renowned Rice University computer scientist, mathematician and University Professor Moshe Vardi is on a roll, garnering four prestigious awards in automata theory and automated reasoning within the past four weeks.
Rice Human Resources embarks on benefits, compensation revamp
July 12, 2023
Rice University’s Office of Human Resources recently launched its Total Rewards Project to ensure the institution offers both a competitive and attractive benefits and compensation package within the Houston and higher education markets.
July 12, 2023
The Rice Global Paris Center recently concluded its inaugural summer series of academic programs and events, helping position Rice University as a leading global institution by showcasing its world-class faculty and research as well as providing unmatched student experiences in Paris.
July 12, 2023
Rice has announced an initial commitment to fund groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research at five new and existing institutes across campus.