President Reginald DesRoches welcomed hundreds of Rice University staff members to a morning breakfast and recognition ceremony April 23 at Tudor Fiel...
Rice honored exceptional faculty, staff and students for their dedication to teaching, mentoring and service at the annual University Awards Ceremony ...
Rice University recognized six outstanding staff members with the 2025 Staff Excellence Award during the annual staff appreciation event April 23, cel...
Rice will welcome Robert Langer, one of the world’s most influential biotechnology innovators, for a keynote address as part of its President’s Lectur...
Victoria Langlais, senior assistant dean of human resources and administration in Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing, was name...
Torn between a conservatory and a university experience, Sophie Urban said she chose Rice for the “best of both worlds”: world-class musical training ...
Rice Architecture students embarked on a "life-altering" trip to China as part of a course project where they learned from world-renowned architects a...
A cohort of Rice University undergraduates boarded a bus bound for Alabama — not for vacation, but for a deeper understanding of America’s legacy of r...
A report from Rice’s Kinder Institute highlights critical gaps in banking access, retirement savings and financial literacy....
Rice professors Karen Lozano and Eduardo Salas have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious ...
Student engineering teams at Rice demonstrated how hands-on design can drive real-world impact at the 2025 Huff Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen Show...
For Thiago Pinheiro dos Santos, a doctoral candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Brazil, research is a way to drive positive, meanin...
Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride gives Shepherd School master class
March 13, 2023
Eight-time Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride visited Rice’s Shepherd School of Music for a master class with double bass students March 3.
Rice labs seek RNA programming for ‘smart’ antibiotics
March 13, 2023
Rice University synthetic biologists are working to make “genetically encoded antibiotics” that kill only disease-causing bacteria.
DesRoches, design firm discuss reimagined Academic Quad with students
March 10, 2023
Rice students gave feedback on plans to redesign the campus’ Academic Quadrangle and received an update on the project’s next steps during an event in the quad March 9.
New podcast tackles foreign, domestic policy, features Baker Institute experts
March 10, 2023
A new podcast from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy tackles timely discussions about the state, the country and the world’s most pressing issues.
Rice experts share their research and knowledge at CERAWeek
March 10, 2023
Rice experts presented their expertise to the crowds at CERAWeek during panels that highlighted hydrogen hubs, examined how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the economic future and debated how the private sector will contribute to solving climate change, among other topics.
Rice announces tuition for 2023-24 academic year
March 10, 2023
Rice University’s undergraduate tuition for the 2023-24 school year will be $57,210, an increase of $3,110 over the current year. The total cost, including $15,900 for on-campus room and board and $918 in mandatory fees, is $74,028.
Rice U. at CERAWeek 2023: Energy, health care and computing top research agenda
March 9, 2023
Rice U. representatives discussed the vision guiding the university’s research agenda during a panel discussion at CERAWeek, the leading annual energy conference taking place in Houston this week.
Secretary of Energy Granholm visits with geothermal industry leaders at Baker Institute
March 9, 2023
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy hosted an energy roundtable with U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and geothermal industry leaders March 7.
Doerr Institute launches new Leader Impact Award program
March 9, 2023
The Doerr Institute for New Leaders is furthering its mission to elevate the leadership capacity of Rice University students and improve the practice of leader development in higher education at large with its new Doerr Leader Impact Award program.
Lillehoj wins NIH grants to develop HIV, Chagas tests
March 9, 2023
With the $1.8 million in support, Mechanical Engineering's Lillehoj looks to develop a CRISPR-Cas13-based rapid HIV-1 test and a serological test for detecting Chagas.