

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...

Owls to face off with Sam Houston in home opener Feb. 19
Rice baseball will play its home opener against Sam Houston State University Feb. 19.

The Rice Department of Computer Science and Ken Kennedy Institute invite Houston industry and community partners to an evening discussion on LLMs, DeepSeek and the future of generative AI.

Rice hosts Ukrainian dignitaries to discuss the ‘power of athletics’
Rice University Athletics recently welcomed Matvii Bidnyi, Ukraine’s acting minister of youth and sports, along with a delegation of Ukrainian sports leaders to campus as part of their U.S. visit.

Rice-led study finds 2D carbon material is 8 times tougher than graphene, resists cracking
Rice researchers found that a carbon material known as monolayer amorphous carbon is eight times tougher than graphene.

Annual event showcases AI and high-performance computing advances in energy
Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute will host its annual Energy HPC Conference Feb. 25-27.

Renowned artist Ryan McKinny to perform with Shepherd School students
Tickets are now available for the Shepherd School of Music’s upcoming recital “Ryan McKinny & Friends.”

Rice Wind Energy advances to final phase of Collegiate Wind Competition
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Rice Wind Energy as one of 12 teams advancing to the final phase of the 2025 Collegiate Wind Competition.

Rice tuition benefits help empower employees, boost careers and support families
Rice’s commitment to lifelong learning isn’t just for students. Recent updates to the university’s tuition benefits policies are making a significant difference in the lives of employees and their families, offering greater support for professional development and educational opportunities.

Rice opens the Rice Nexus, an innovation factory in the Ion focused on AI
Rice is celebrating the grand opening of the Rice Nexus, its flagship innovation hub in the Ion District designed to help faculty, students and alumni founders turn breakthrough research into high-impact startups.

Watch: Love springs eternal at Rice
Love is in the air at Rice. The campus provides not only rigorous academic programs and top-notch research; it also serves as the meeting ground for Owls to discover romance. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, fall in love with stories of Owls meeting, courting and eventually saying “I do.”