Arthus Morisson de la Bassetiere, a senior mechanical engineering major and men’s tennis player from Reims, France, has his sights set far beyond the ...
This statement underscores Rice’s unwavering commitment to academic freedom as a cornerstone of scholarly inquiry, open dialogue and the pursuit of kn...
Scott Solomon, a biologist, science communicator and teaching professor in the Department of Biosciences, has been named a 2025 Piper Professor by the...
Following a year full of increased activity for Moody Experience programs, Andy Osborn, program manager of educational initiatives, welcomed campus pa...
Matthew Tyler, an assistant professor of political science at Rice, receives NSF CAREER award....
A team led by Rice's Caroline Ajo-Franklin has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity....
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...
Treated plastic waste good at grabbing carbon dioxide
April 5, 2022
Rice University chemists treat waste plastic to absorb carbon dioxide from flue gas streams more efficiently than current processes.
Abducted journalist Austin Tice named James A. Baker III Prize for Excellence in Leadership honoree
April 5, 2022
The James A. Baker III Prize for Excellence in Leadership will be awarded to Austin Tice, an American journalist taken hostage in Syria nearly a decade ago, during an April 13 ceremony at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Marc and Debra Tice, his parents, will accept the honor on his behalf.
Georgia Tech team wins Rice360 Design Competition
April 4, 2022
A Georgia Tech team won Rice360’s annual undergraduate design competition for global health technologies.
Living sensor research wins federal backing
April 4, 2022
Rice researchers are leading a federally funded project to improve communications between microelectronics and microorganisms.
April 4, 2022
On April 2, Rice’s beloved Beer Bike returned in largely pre-pandemic form: races, water balloon fights and all.
People, papers and presentations for April 4, 2022
April 4, 2022
A multidisciplinary team led by Todd Treangen, an assistant professor of computer science, computer science graduate student Nick Sapoval and postdoctoral researcher Amirali Aghazadeh has published an open-access review paper in Nature Communications on the advances and limitations of deep learning as applied to the biosciences.
Rice hosts Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference
April 4, 2022
Rice hosted the 31st annual conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists from March 30 to April 3.
April 4, 2022
Rice partnered with the Angolan Consulate in Houston for a celebration of Women Through the Lens of Angola
Shabbat shalom: Chabad hosts mega-meal for Rice students
April 4, 2022
Over 100 Rice students packed Farnsworth Pavilion on March 25 for “Mega Shabbat.”
New Rice research: Tattoos not a turnoff for customers
April 4, 2022
Thinking of getting a tattoo but worried about consequences on the job? Maybe you shouldn’t be so concerned: New research from Rice University and the University of Houston finds that customers don’t necessarily look down on employees with tattoos – and in some settings, ink is seen as a plus.