A team of researchers from Rice, Carnegie Mellon University and other leading global institutions has outlined a bold new roadmap for harnessing heter...
Rice experts can address severe weather and flooding risks caused by current omega block....
Rice University experts are available to discuss Kosmos 482....
Rice's Moshe Vardi was honored with the Defender of Courage Award at the Holocaust Remembrance Association’s Upstanders Arise gala at the George Theat...
Christopher Johns-Krull , professor of physics and astronomy, will serve as interim executive vice president for research, beginning July 1....
Rice University students Sara Denison and Khoi Nguyen have been named this year’s recipients of the Sallyport Award, presented annually at commencemen...
Rice will congratulate almost 3,000 students who have dutifully earned their college diplomas during commencement weekend May 9-10. For more informati...
Experts from Rice spoke about how AI is reshaping society, industry and human behavior....
Everywhere you turned at the final showcase for Design of Mechatronic Systems, something moved, danced, blinked or spun....
More than 100 people turned out for a screening of a documentary that examines the alarming rise of antisemitism and radicalization on college campuse...
Rice will break ground on the Moody Center Complex for Student Life at 3 p.m. May 8, marking a transformative moment for the university’s commitment t...
As hurricane season approaches new insights from Rice’s Kinder Institute highlight Harris County households’ disaster preparedness....
Two Owls among Houston’s 50 most influential women
February 28, 2022
Ana María Martínez, professor of voice, and Kathi Dantley Warren, vice president for development and alumni relations (DAR), have been named to Houston Woman Magazine’s annual list of Houston’s 50 Most Influential Women of 2020-21.
Doerr Institute spearheads efforts to develop leaders across the country
February 28, 2022
The Ann and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders, in partnership with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education, plans to launch Leadership for Public Purpose.
People, papers and presentations for Feb. 28, 2022
February 28, 2022
Rice materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan is co-lead author of a forward-thinking perspective of quantum materials manufacturing in Advanced Materials, and Will Rice College senior Eduardo Gonzalez Villarreal was named the Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine’s 2022 Undergraduate Major of the Year for Rice University.
Gas flares tied to premature deaths
February 25, 2022
Rice engineers suggest that flaring of natural gas at oil and gas fields in the United States, primarily in North Dakota and Texas, contributed to dozens of premature deaths in 2019.
Rice mourns Kelley Lash, longtime director of student media
February 25, 2022
Kelly Lash, beloved mentor and colleague who served as Rice’s director of student media, died Feb. 21
Fondren updates collection of William Blake replica prints and plates
February 25, 2022
Michael Phillips’ recreated Blake sets offer a rare opportunity to interact with 19th-century printing technology and artistry
Voyage reveals wonder and beauty of ‘long-dead ocean dwellers’
February 25, 2022
Rice Ph.D. student Debadrita Jana is part of a scientific voyage exploring deep beneath the Indian Ocean.
Army touts Rice contribution to graphene collaboration
February 24, 2022
Rice's graphene research is making its presence felt in the U.S. Army’s work to develop applications using the single-atom-thick form of carbon.
Rice Business Plan Competition announces 2022 teams
February 23, 2022
The 2022 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC), hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and the Jones Graduate School of Business, will be back in person and on campus April 7-9.
February 23, 2022
Houston’s low-income neighborhoods bear the biggest burdens during catastrophic events — from damage to older homes during natural disasters such as Hurricane Harvey and last year’s winter storm to economic hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — according to a Harris County Community Services Department analysis prepared by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.