Rice researchers took a big picture approach to studying food webs across sub-Saharan Africa...
Rice senior Pankti Mehta is channeling her drive to improve how people access and experience health care by combining computer science with hands-on c...
“One of the reasons that we have this symposium in the community is because we want the community to feel like they’re also part of Rice,” university ...
Rice scientists have created a new type of 2D semiconductor that comes closer than ever to a “perfect” crystal....
Rice President Reginald DesRoches and Kelly Fox, executive vice president for operations, finance and support, greeted employees who have opted to par...
A new Rice study offers one of the first national measures of a viewpoint called “racial realism” and considers how it fits into the broader spectrum ...
Venture capitalist John Doerr joined Doerr Institute for New Leaders’ director Bernie Banks at Rice March 26 for a wide-ranging conversation on leader...
Rep. Brian Babin (R-Woodville), chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, visited Rice March 20 with a delegation of congressi...
Paul Smith's bases-loaded, two-out walk in the bottom of the 10th gave Rice a 3-2 win over UTSA in the series opener between the schools at Reckling P...
“Gender and sexuality studies is social theory made accessible,” said Lora Wildenthal, the John Antony Weir Professor of History and director of Rice’...
The global journeys of Rice University students were on display March 27 as the Office of Study Abroad hosted the 2026 Study Abroad Photo Contest Exhi...
“I feel really grateful for the opportunities that I’ve had now that I am here," said senior Michael Garcia....
Rice U. experts to be featured at CERAWeek 2023
A number of Rice University experts will participate in meetings and workshops at CERAWeek, the major energy industry conference that draws thousands of innovators, industry leaders and other attendees from around the world to Houston. Rice is also an affiliate partner of CERAWeek, which runs March 6-10.
Wastewater study monitors Houston schools for viral threats
A new study by Rice University and the Houston Health Department finds that wastewater-based monitoring is an effective way to detect viral outbreaks in schools.
Prairie Plots burning ignites new landscaping ideas at Rice
Rice University conducted its first prescribed burn on a roughly 10,000 square-foot area on campus Tuesday as part of a project meant to promote smarter and environmentally-conscious landscaping practices.
Glasscock’s latest ‘Facing Race’ course to address inequities, structural racism
The Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies ’ fifth course in its “Facing Race” series will explore strategies to counteract racial inequities in our city and nation.
Rice University joins national semiconductor research effort
Rice University is one of 14 academic institutions to join the Center for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems, a $32.7 million project created by the Semiconductor Research Corporation’s Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0.
Tapia discusses new book 'Losing The Precious Few'
Rice University’s Multicultural Community Relations department hosted a book presentation for Richard Tapia’s “Losing The Precious Few: How America Fails to Educate Its Minorities in Science and Engineering” Feb. 22 in Anne and Charles Duncan Hall’s McMurtry Auditorium.
Rice graduate studies office throws ‘Night at the Museum’ bash
Rice’s Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies hosted its annual “A Night at the Museum” graduate student recruitment event Feb. 25 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Morian Hall of Paleontology, a fun-filled evening amid the museum’s spectacular collection of dinosaur skeletons and other paleontological wonders.
Learning Black history in Houston’s Fourth Ward
As part of Rice’s Black History Month programming sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, students and members of the Rice community visited the Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum in Freedmen’s Town Feb. 17.
Rice students and community members were invited to the Central Quad Feb. 22 by Chabad at Rice to participate in the group’s latest Mitzvah Marathon “good deed drive.”
Rice Professor Kiese Laymon, acclaimed author and 2022 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” awardee , is set to be recognized by Rice Athletics during the final men’s basketball game of the season March 4 against the Florida International University Panthers at 2 p.m. in Tudor Fieldhouse. Following the game, attendees will be treated to a free screening of “Bill Russell: Legend” featuring narration written by Laymon.
