Rice researchers and collaborators have developed a new cavity design that selectively enhances the quantum vacuum fluctuations of circularly polarize...
The university joined the Greater Houston Partnership in hosting the first city booth at the global event, which drew more than 180,000 attendees from...
The newly released 2025 State of Housing report from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, shows rising home prices, surging insurance premiums ...
RBL LLC announced the appointment of James Watson to its board of directors....
In a milestone moment for science education and collaboration, Rice hosted its first DUNE-TECH (DUNE Training ExperienCe Hub) camp this June, drawing ...
The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) at Rice has unveiled the eight high-potential ventures selected for the third annual Lili...
A research team led by Rice has introduced an innovative strategy that uses converted enzymes to streamline synthetic pathways....
The Natural Disaster Resilience dashboard from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy compares combinations of demographics and disasters to show im...
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....
Rice facility is ‘one-stop shop’ for customizing DNA to fight cancer
November 14, 2022
Rice bioengineers, synthetic biologists and cancer researchers celebrated the opening of Rice’s first CPRIT Core Facility, the Genetic Design and Engineering Center, or GDEC, Nov. 10 at the BRC.
Campus parking citation recipients get second chance for relief
November 14, 2022
Campus parking tickets are a bit easier to manage... at least this week. Student Success Initiatives, the Rice University Police Department and the Rice Parking Office invite the campus community to pay off unpaid campus parking fines with donations of food and hygiene product donations. All donations will go to The Pantry.
Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator Class 2 Demo Day set for Nov. 17
November 14, 2022
Clean energy startups that are ready for investments and pilot programs will showcase their work during The Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator’s Nov. 17 Demo Day.
Cool respite with a conscience
November 11, 2022
Rice faculty members have installed “Building Ecologies” at Post Houston to demonstrate a “circular” strategy that incorporates environmental systems into architecture.
Rice bioengineer seeks better signals from cells
November 10, 2022
Jerzy Szablowski earns NIH support to research noninvasive reporters that monitor gene therapy in the brain.
Supreme Court abortion decision to be examined at Baker Institute event
November 10, 2022
Renowned journalist Dahlia Lithwick will join health policy experts to discuss the major consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson that overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to abortion.
People, papers and presentations for Nov. 14, 2022
November 9, 2022
David Medina, director of multicultural community relations in the Office of Public Affairs, recently won a Best of District IV Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education for an article in the fall 2021 issue of Rice at Large.
Growing pure nanotubes is a stretch, but possible
November 9, 2022
Rice engineers have a new strategy for making batches of carbon nanotubes with a single, desired chirality.
Investors, leaders recognize 11 companies at annual Texas Life Science Forum
November 9, 2022
Life science innovators, academics and investors – including those specializing in health tech, medical devices and therapeutics – convened at Rice University this week to discuss Houston’s role in the future of health care and give awards to top early-stage life science companies.
Ukrainian energy CEO to discuss energy security at Baker Institute webinar
November 9, 2022
Maxim Timchenko, CEO of Ukraine’s largest private energy provider, DTEK, will discuss the company’s efforts to maintain operations during war and continue to provide energy for the Ukrainian people at a webinar presented by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.