As Rice prepares to celebrate the Class of 2025 at commencement May 9-10, Rice News is spotlighting a series of soon-to-be graduates....
Rice sociologist and religious scholar Craig Considine is available to provide analysis and commentary on the Catholic Church’s next leader and the fi...
Senior Spotlight: Jae Kim ’25...
Senior Spotlight: Thara Venkateswaran ’25...
As Rice University prepares to celebrate the Class of 2025 at commencement May 9-10, Rice News is spotlighting a series of standout seniors....
Rice President Reginald DesRoches, a nationally recognized leader in resilient infrastructure and engineering education, has been elected to the 2025 ...
Persona AI, the Houston-based humanoid robotics startup that recently closed $25 million in pre-seed funding, is significantly expanding its operation...
OwlSpark, Rice’s startup and small business accelerator for Rice-affiliated ventures, brings together 11 companies in the program’s 13th year who repr...
A team of researchers from Rice, Carnegie Mellon University and other leading global institutions has outlined a bold new roadmap for harnessing heter...
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....
Historian of science Luis Campos joining Rice as Baker College Chair
December 14, 2021
Appointment in the History of Science, Technology and Innovation begins in spring
Inaugural cohort of Humanities Dean’s Fellows hails culture of collaboration
December 14, 2021
New program funds undergraduates passionate about humanities research
Swirling bacteria mimic Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’
December 13, 2021
Scientists discovered a way to transform millions of predatory bacteria into swirling flash mobs reminiscent of painter Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” as the unexpected result of experiments on a genetic circuit the creatures use to discern friend from foe.
December 13, 2021
Peter Rossky was honored with a symposium Dec. 6-7 at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative.
Jewish Food class visits ‘deli maven’ for dinner
December 13, 2021
Students learned from Ziggy Gruber himself during an end-of-course dinner at his deli
Nickel’s need for speed makes unusual nanoribbons
December 13, 2021
It’s now possible to quickly make ultrathin nanoribbons of molybdenum disulfide, with a speedy nickel nanoparticle leading the way.
Rice mourns Mary Tobin '73, longtime English lecturer, volunteer
December 13, 2021
The longtime fixture and friend of the Rice community died Nov. 23.
Flutist Marianne Gedigian to join Rice's Shepherd School of Music
December 13, 2021
Marianne Gedigian, a seasoned international concert flutist and widely respected music educator, will join Rice University's Shepherd School of Music as professor of flute after the next academic year, starting July 1, 2023.
People, papers and presentations for Dec. 13, 2021
December 13, 2021
Janet Covington, director of internal audit, has received the Member Excellence in Service Award from the Association of College and University Auditors.
Rice United Way Campaign hits 96% of $250,000 goal in week nine
December 10, 2021
Just over two months into the annual Rice United Way fundraising campaign, the effort has raised a total of $240,717, 96% of its $250,000 goal.