

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...

Rice U. hosts international women’s STEM research program
Rice University is host to a women’s leadership and STEM research program that welcomes students from Japan and Taiwan for an immersive five-week internship.

Rice U. names Spencer senior associate vice president and deputy chief financial officer
Katrina Spencer has been named Rice University’s senior associate vice president and deputy chief financial officer in a permanent capacity after spending four months in those roles on an interim basis.

Hayon qualifies for 2nd NCAA Swimming & Diving Championship
Arielle Hayon, who repeated as conference champion in both butterfly events this season has qualified for her second NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship in both the 100 and 200 butterfly events.

Here to stay: Rice showcases newly delivered William Blake printing press replica
Rice University showcased the newly acquired star-wheel copper-plate rolling press that famous Romantic poet and artist William Blake used to produce his masterworks this week at the Woodson Research Center in Fondren Library.

Rice EMS receives two recognitions at national conference
Rice University Emergency Medical Services received recognition in two categories at the National Collegiate EMS Conference: EMS Ready Campus and Heartsafe Campus.

Shih-Hui Chen, a professor of composition and theory at The Shepherd School of Music , was selected as a 2023 music award winner by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Rice’s Hanyu Zhu wins NSF CAREER Award
Rice materials scientist Hanyu Zhu has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, which includes a five-year research grant to probe quantum materials modified by terahertz quantum fluctuations.

An interactive sculpture paying tribute to African American history and the ongoing struggle for racial justice will be on display at Rice University throughout the month of March.

Fondren hosts reading series event about writing first book
The Rice Department of English’s Cherry Reading Series presented “Breaking Out! The Untold Stories of Writing and Publishing a First Book,” featuring moderator Bryan Washington and panelist authors Allegra Hyde, Christopher Gonzalez and Jean Kyoung Frazier, on Monday, Feb. 27.

Rice U. experts to be featured at CERAWeek 2023
A number of Rice University experts will participate in meetings and workshops at CERAWeek, the major energy industry conference that draws thousands of innovators, industry leaders and other attendees from around the world to Houston. Rice is also an affiliate partner of CERAWeek, which runs March 6-10.