The Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives at Rice welcomed four high school students June 9-13 as inaugural STJA Archival Fellows, o...
Rice hosted the 15th annual Texas Leadership Consortium Summer Youth Program June 9-13. This weeklong camp engaged 100 students from Houston area high...
Rice welcomed five distinguished alumni back to campus June 13 for the university’s fifth annual Juneteenth celebration. The event, featuring a panel ...
A powerful work of public art that captured global attention when it first appeared on the facade of the Jerusalem Tolerance Museum is now making hist...
Housed within the Woodson Research Center at Fondren Library, the archives have amassed more than a million documents, recordings and files related to...
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....
Business major serves community as pipe organ player at Houston-area church
October 7, 2022
Bruce Xu ’24 is a business major at Rice doesn’t mind hitting the road every week to play the organ at a church in The Woodlands.
October 7, 2022
Owls are registering to vote across campus ahead of the Oct. 11 deadline. Students can also use the RiceVotes portal to register, check registration status, explore the ballot and access other helpful voting tools.
Biden's federal marijuana pardons are just the start, says expert
October 7, 2022
The Biden administration’s pardon of people convicted of simple marijuana possession on the federal level is just the start, according to an expert from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Climate risks for Gulf of Mexico coral reefs spelled out in study
October 5, 2022
Promptly reducing greenhouse emissions would give Gulf of Mexico corals up to 20 extra years to adapt to critical threshold temperatures, according to Rice research.
Anti-vaccine efforts in Texas Legislature — successful or not — set dangerous tone, says expert
October 4, 2022
Anti-vaccine legislation in Texas — even when it doesn’t become law — poses a threat to public health, according to a report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice Theatre to present fresh take on ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Oct. 21-29
October 4, 2022
Rice University Theatre will present Kate Hamill’s “Pride and Prejudice” for two weekends only at Hamman Hall: Oct. 21 and 22 at 8 p.m., with a matinee Oct. 23 at 3 p.m., and Oct. 27 and 29 at 8 p.m.
Reginald and Paula DesRoches honored by child advocacy organization
October 3, 2022
President Reginald DesRoches and University Associate Paula DesRoches were honored at the 22nd Annual Accolades Luncheon for Children at Risk, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children through research, policy, education, collaboration and advocacy. The event was held Sept. 30 at Hotel ZaZa in Houston.
Rice University celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
October 3, 2022
Rice University celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Program in Writing and Communication marks 10-year anniversary
October 3, 2022
The Program in Writing and Communication reached its 10-year anniversary this month.
October 3, 2022
A new study by a Rice University researcher shows transgender adults of any age are more susceptible to disability than those who are cisgender.