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...
Inclusive instruction featured at 10th annual Center for Teaching Excellence symposium
January 17, 2023
Kimberly Tanner’s workshop at the Rice University Center for Teaching Excellence’s 10th annual symposium focused on a few key elements. To truly turn an audience of pupils into an engaged group of active learners, she shared a few pointers.
January 17, 2023
Some of the most recognizable conductors in the classical music world will take the stage at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music over the next 18 months.
Nanoparticles make it easier to turn light into solvated electrons
January 17, 2023
Chemists from Rice, UT Austin and Stanford have uncovered the long-sought mechanism of a light-driven process that creates solvated electrons, inherently clean chemical reactants that are attractive for green chemistry.
People, papers and presentations for Jan. 17, 2023
January 17, 2023
David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy, is one of six members of the new Scotland International Space Advisory Committee, which will provide advice and identify opportunities for the country in the global space market.
New fluorescent dye can light up the brain
January 17, 2023
Rice chemist Han Xiao and Stanford researcher Zhen Cheng have developed a tool for noninvasive brain imaging that can help illuminate hard-to-access structures and processes. Their small-molecule dye is the first of its kind that can cross the blood-brain barrier, allowing researchers to differentiate between healthy brain tissue and a glioblastoma tumor in mice.
3 out of 4 parents say social media is a major distraction for students, according to new study
January 12, 2023
The vast majority of parents believe social media is a major distraction for students, according to a new nationwide study.
DARPA grant will fund hunt for drug that can keep people warm
January 12, 2023
Rice University bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski has won a prestigious DARPA Young Faculty Award to identify nongenetic drugs that can temporarily enhance the human body’s resilience to extreme cold exposure.
Christian Harvey named 2022-2023 Shepherd School-Houston Symphony Community Embedded Fellow
January 10, 2023
Christian Harvey, a first-year graduate student studying double bass performance, is the 2022-2023 Shepherd School-Houston Symphony Brown Foundation Community Embedded Fellow.
Rice announces changes to May commencement
January 10, 2023
President Reginald DesRoches sent a message to the Rice community regarding changes to the university's graduation ceremonies in an email Jan. 10.
President DesRoches welcomes Rice community back for spring semester
January 9, 2023
Welcome back to our beautiful campus! I hope you had a festive, restful winter break with family and friends. Paula and I enjoyed having all of our children in town under one roof to celebrate the holidays and ring in the new year. We both hope you, like us, feel rejuvenated and that you’re looking forward to the many exciting things we have going on at Rice in 2023.