Senior Spotlight: Esther Jimenez ’25...
At the Association of Rice Alumni’s 2025 Laureates Awards ceremony May 8, the group will bestow its highest honor — the Gold Medal Award — to the late...
Rice’s Office of Access and Institutional Excellence welcomed author and free speech advocate Suzanne Nossel to campus April 28 for a conversation on ...
Rice’s chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, inducted 21 new members....
Rice President Reginald DesRoches was recognized for his visionary leadership and lifelong commitment to education at the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Associ...
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...
STaRT@Rice expands to include other Houston universities in second year
October 17, 2022
For the second year in a row, Rice University’s School of Social Sciences held STaRT@Rice, an innovative program that provides a snapshot of the research process coupled with professionalization training.
Rice salutes John Cornwell upon retirement from university
October 17, 2022
John Cornwell, associate vice president of institutional effectiveness and institutional research, is retiring from Rice at the end of the year, ending a long and productive career with the university.
2022 athletic programs report is now available
October 14, 2022
Copies of Rice’s 2022 “Report on Men’s and Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Programs” are now available.
NSF director to speak on education, innovation at Rice event
October 14, 2022
National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan will join Rice University science and education experts Oct. 21 to examine how research innovation can enhance Americans’ quality of life through strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship and economic growth.
Get ready for homecoming by showing and sharing Rice spirit
October 13, 2022
Ahead of Owl Together 2022, which will combine Rice’s homecoming, reunion and families weekend activities into a one-of-a-kind experience Oct. 28 and 29, Rice’s Staff Council is hosting a spirit week contest for staff and faculty.
Texas vaccine policy to be examined at Baker Institute event
October 12, 2022
Health experts will come together to discuss the current state and future of vaccine policy in Texas at a symposium from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice’s Kiese Laymon awarded ‘genius grant’ MacArthur Fellowship
October 12, 2022
Rice University English professor and acclaimed author Kiese Laymon has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, the prestigious honor popularly known as the “genius grant.”
How much is that medical procedure? In Houston, it depends on which hospital you choose
October 12, 2022
How much you pay for medical procedures and hospital admissions in Houston varies widely depending on where you go for treatment, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
NSF backs bid to speed environmental tests for viruses
October 11, 2022
The NSF backs Rice University efforts to speed the analysis of wastewater for coronaviruses from hours to seconds.
Physicists use ‘electron correlations’ to control topological materials
October 11, 2022
Physicists from Rice and other institutions have discovered a way to switch topological states on and off.