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....
Undersecretary of Education joins OpenStax event at the Ion
July 1, 2022
United States Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal met with OpenStax and Rice University leadership at the Ion June 28 to discuss the impact and growth of the nonprofit’s digital learning platforms and free, open educational resources.
Rice's Forbes named C-USA's top female athlete for 2022-23
July 1, 2022
Rice runner Grace Forbes has been named Conference USA’s 2021-22 Michael L. Slive Female Athlete of the Year, the league announced June 30.
On first day, President DesRoches thanks Rice community for support
July 1, 2022
Today marks my first day as president of Rice University and exactly five years since I first arrived at Rice. I am humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve such a distinguished institution and have already received a tremendous amount of support.
Medical venture takes top spot at alumni Napier Rice Launch Challenge
June 30, 2022
Rhythio Medical took first place at this year’s alumni-only H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge (NRLC) and won $30,000 in equity-free funding as well as an additional $1,500 for winning the Audience Choice Award at the June 29 virtual event.
Leebron expresses gratitude as he says goodbye
June 30, 2022
This is the final day of my service as president of Rice, and I face just one key but difficult task, namely to try to adequately express our gratitude to the Rice community. Ping and I came to Rice 18 years ago with only an inkling of what lay ahead. We were excited by what we had learned about Rice, including what the university had accomplished and what its ambitions were. We were hopeful about what we might contribute, and yet not sure what to expect.
Researchers discover new leukemia-killing compounds
June 30, 2022
Researchers from Rice and MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered potential new drugs for treating leukemia.
New senior staff, structure announced for Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research
June 29, 2022
As incoming director Ruth López Turley takes the helm of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research July 1, the institute is announcing a new executive leadership team that will help implement a five-year expansion plan.
Emu stands tall at detecting bacteria species
June 29, 2022
Rice computer scientists develop Emu, which uses long reads of genomes to identify bacteria in a community.
Flooding exacerbates pollution exposure in at-risk urban communities
June 28, 2022
Increased flooding in the U.S. is exposing more people to industrial pollution, especially in racially marginalized urban communities, according to new research from Rice University, New York University and Brown University.
Landmark new engineering and science building on campus to bear Ralph S. O’Connor’s name
June 28, 2022
A self-made businessman who started out working in oilfields and ended up building an empire in energy and real estate investments will be memorialized at Rice University with a landmark new science and engineering building named in his honor.