In the U.S. alone, more than 60 million women of reproductive age have used contraceptives according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Researchers have developed a mathematical model that enhances our understanding of ovarian aging and the timing of menopause....
Rice alumnus Abidemi Babatunde Babalola ’11 ’15 has been named a recipient of the 2025 Dan David Prize, one of the world’s largest history awards....
Researchers at Rice and collaborators have developed a wireless network of miniature bioelectric implants that could transform treatment for heart fai...
The 83,000-square-foot facility designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro will serve as a hub for visual arts, performance, interdisciplinary collaboration...
August is designated as National Emergency Management Awareness Month. To recognize the impact Rice’s four-member emergency management team makes on c...
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, ranked the world’s No. 1 university-based think tank, today announced its fall 2025 lineup of public events....
Rice has been recognized among the nation’s best colleges this week — coinciding with the beginning of its fall semester — ranking No. 10 on Niche’s 2...
Seven Rice graduates were named recipients of the Fulbright scholarship through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program this year, receiving funds to study...
Rice experts say much of the region’s flood risk still sits outside federally mapped zones. ...
A new study by Rice researchers explores large language models as a tool for streamlining responsible citation practices....
The Rice Owls women’s volleyball team is scheduled to open its home slate this weekend with the Rice Invitational at Tudor Fieldhouse, highlighted by ...
NSF funds Rice effort to measure, preserve quantum entanglement
Rice University physicist Guido Pagano has won a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study quantum entanglement and develop new error-correcting tools for quantum computation.
Rice research shows childhood abuse can lead to poor stress management, worse health in adults
People who suffer abuse or neglect as children may have trouble managing stress later in life, a problem that’s linked to a host of negative health conditions, according to new research from Rice University.
Lost birds and mammals spell doom for some plants
In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers have gauged how biodiversity loss of birds and mammals will impact plants’ chances of adapting to human-induced climate warming.
Rice wins NEH grant to create digital database of Atlantic slave trade
Grant will further enhance Rice’s reputation as a center for Africa and African diaspora studies, digital humanities
Moody makes ‘Soundwaves’ for its spring show
Exhibition kicks off year of programming for art center’s fifth anniversary
New live video stream of Lovett Hall, Academic Quad available 24/7 online
A beautiful view of Lovett Hall, the Academic Quadrangle, the downtown Houston skyline and Hermann Park is now streaming online at all hours of the day and night, providing 24/7 video of one of the most iconic sights in Houston.
CAAAS lectures call for moral leadership in turbulent times
Robert Michael Franklin Jr., Marla Frederick, Lerone Martin and others to speak this semester at Rice
Josephine Abercrombie '46, Rice trustee emeritus and Abercrombie Lab namesake, dies at 95
Josephine Abercrombie, the Rice alumna, philanthropist, horse breeder and boxing promoter for whom Abercrombie Lab was named, died Jan. 5 at her home in Versailles, Kentucky. She was 95.
Men's basketball starts home conference slate with pair of victories
The Rice men's basketball team prevailed in its first two home Conference USA games of the season, defeating Middle Tennessee State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Migrating holes help catalysts be productive
A theoretical model suggests electron holes that propagate at active sites on a catalyst migrate, triggering other sites that continue the process.
