At Rice, senior Riya Misra found that studying the humanities wasn’t only about literature; it was about sharpening the essential tools for any storyt...
The 2025 Customer Value Report, authored by marketing researchers at Rice and the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School, evaluat...
For fall 2025, professor Kiese Laymon is breaking new ground with a course that centers on the beef between Lamar and Drake, a cultural moment that’s ...
The transformative impact of the Fulbright Scholar Program is on full display at Rice, where approximately 100 Fulbright students from around 30 count...
Catherine Clack, Rice’s associate vice provost in the Office of Access and Institutional Excellence and director of the Multicultural Center, is retir...
Lydia Kavraki, a leading researcher in robotics, computational biomedicine and artificial intelligence at Rice, has been elected to the National Acade...
The Rice Owls women's tennis earned an at-large bid in the NCAA field of 64, earning the third seed in the College Station Regional....
The Rice Owls men's tennis earned a spot in the NCAA field of 64 for the second-straight year, earning the fourth seed in the College Station Regional...
Rice President Reginald DesRoches offered a compelling and in-depth account of the university’s future during a one-on-one interview with The Chronicl...
Rice’s César A. Uribe has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to advance the mathematical foundations of decentralized learning, a critical...
Houston hospitals show significant pricing differences in their procedures, according to a new brief from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Th...
Graduate Student Spotlight: Esther Jimenez ’25...
Racial segregation magnifies effects of childhood lead exposure
August 15, 2022
Racial segregation magnifies the effects of childhood lead exposure according to new research from Rice, Duke and Notre Dame
Rice’s Black Student Association greets newest Owls
August 15, 2022
Rice University’s Black Student Association welcomed new students to campus Aug. 13 at Herring Hall.
Rice says ‘bienvenidos’ to Hispanic students
August 15, 2022
The Hispanic Association for Cultural Enrichment at Rice (HACER) hosted a new student reception at Herring Hall Aug. 13.
Science atop an active volcano
August 15, 2022
A Rice graduate student’s video and blog show what it’s like to conduct research atop an active volcano.
In first matriculation address, DesRoches encourages Class of 2026 to expand horizons
August 15, 2022
An eventful first day of O-Week for Rice’s Class of 2026 was capped off with yet another annual Rice tradition — the matriculation ceremony and accompanying slate of speeches that signal the official beginning of incoming students’ new lives as members of the Rice community.
RISE program hosts incoming freshmen to explore equity, inclusion and justice
August 15, 2022
In July, incoming students interested in delving into issues around racial justice, equity and urban life were invited to the Rice campus a month before O-Week to take part in the RISE program (Responsibility, Inclusion and Student Empowerment).
Country music superstar Garth Brooks visits Rice athletes
August 15, 2022
Before the final show on his latest tour, country music legend Garth Brooks spoke to a group of Rice student athletes, an event held in conjunction with the nonprofit Teammates for Kids Foundation.
Ion and Houston Methodist to open health care innovation tech hub
August 15, 2022
Houston Methodist has joined the Ion as the first health care-centric partner in the growing innovation hub.
Record 17 Rice University graduate students named GEM Fellows
August 15, 2022
A record 17 graduate students at Rice University have been named 2022 Fellows of the National Graduate Education for Minorities Consortium.
Rice history professors offer timely course on Russia’s war with Ukraine
August 15, 2022
Russia shook the international order when President Vladimir Putin launched a massive military invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022. This fall, nearly six months from the war’s beginning, a pair of Rice history scholars along with several guest experts will guide students through the causes and consequences of the conflict.