With federal research funding in the headlines in recent months, Rice's Office of Public Affairs is spotlighting what’s at stake — and what’s possible...
A new study led by researchers from the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice has introduced an innovative solution that could i...
Menachem Elimelech was honored with the Sidney Loeb Award at the European Desalination Society Conference held in Porto, Portugal, April 28. ...
As India’s influence grows in fields such as climate change, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, Rice is positioning itself to be a key collabo...
For senior Dasseny Arreola, pursuing two majors, one minor, three research fellowships and even a novel was never about checking boxes....
More than 80 scientists from around the globe gathered at Rice for the School on Electron Correlations and Topology....
Rice researchers have developed a new machine learning algorithm that excels at interpreting optical spectra, potentially enabling faster and more pre...
Founder’s Court buzzed with energy Friday as about 2,000 students gathered for Moody X-Fest....
Astronomers, including Rice’s Andrea Isella and Charlie Gardner have unveiled new mages of planets....
Rice has announced the launch of Rice Digital Learning and Strategy, a reimagined office aimed at expanding the university’s impact through innovative...
Veloci, an innovative shoe company founded by Rice student-athlete Tyler Strothman, took home the top prize at the annual Napier Rice Launch Challenge...
The Rice Biotech Launch Pad and RBL LLC will celebrate the official launch and lab opening of RBL LLC May 5 with a program featuring biotech pioneers ...
Thrane retiring after 16 years as VP for Public Affairs
December 22, 2022
President Reginald DesRoches delivered the news in an email to the Rice community Dec. 22.
Daylong wastewater samples yield surprises
December 19, 2022
Rice engineers find snapshots lead to bias in testing wastewater for antibiotic-resistant genes.
$1M gift will allow Kinder Institute to expand educational research, public outreach
December 19, 2022
A new, $1 million gift from Houston Endowment to the Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Houston Education Research Consortium will allow for expanded research capacity and more outreach to better educate practitioners and the public about pressing educational issues in the area.
Rice swimmers capture title at Open Water Championship
December 19, 2022
Individual titlist Ella Dyson led the Rice swimming team to its second triumph at the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Open Water Championship Dec. 18.
Owls come up short on field, but bowl trip otherwise full of fun
December 19, 2022
The Rice football team came up short in its first postseason appearance since 2014, but that didn't stop the Owl faithful from enjoying the sights and sounds surrounding last week's the LendingTree Bowl.
Rice’s annual United Way campaign reaches $250,000 goal — but there’s still time to give
December 19, 2022
At a Dec. 5 celebration and reception for committee members and top donors to this year’s Rice United Way campaign, the fundraising effort’s staff chair Susann Glenn and faculty chair Doug Natelson declared the annual effort had once again met its ambitious goal of raising $250,000.
US must disconnect strategic supply chains from China, say Baker Institute experts
December 19, 2022
China’s dominance over the supply of rare-earth minerals and materials — which are critical for energy transition and defense technologies — should spur U.S. policymakers to bolster raw materials supply chains, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Basketball teams, RUSMP host School House Mania for area students
December 19, 2022
Rice Athletics and the Rice University School Mathematics Project hosted Houston-area students at Tudor Fieldhouse last week for their annual School House Mania.
People, papers and presentations for Dec. 19, 2022
December 19, 2022
Minjae Kim, assistant professor of management in organizational behavior at the Jones Graduate School of Business, was ranked one of 2022’s 50 best undergraduate business professors by Poets and Quants.
Mikos wins Jensen Tissue Engineering Award
December 16, 2022
Bioengineer Antonios Mikos receives the 2023 Jensen Tissue Engineering Award.