It’s not every year that commencement features school deans wearing two hats — as academic leaders and as proud parents. Rice celebrated a rare and he...
The inaugural cohort of Rice’s RISE (Responsibility, Inclusion and Student Empowerment) program received a commemorative stole to wear at commencement...
Rice welcomed renowned biomedical engineer and entrepreneur Robert Langer to campus for the President’s Lecture Series....
Rice’s Campus Services and Sustainability recently was recognized by Keep Texas Beautiful with its Beautify Texas Award in the Outstanding Program of ...
While breastfeeding offers numerous benefits for both mother and baby, one challenge has persisted: It’s nearly impossible to know how much milk a bab...
A team of Rice engineers has developed a system that could transform desalination practices, making the process more adaptable, resilient and cheaper....
Rice’s ENRICH Office hosted a two-day symposium April 24-25 at Helix Park highlighting the encompassing range of biomedical research at the university...
Rithika Iyengar, a rising senior at Rice, has been named a 2025 Key into Public Service Scholar by the Phi Beta Kappa Society....
Rice Athletics hosted its annual Night of Flight celebration and fundraiser May 1, bringing together alumni, student-athletes, supporters, family and ...
Two members of the Rice community, one current student and one alumna, are among the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners recently announced, recognized for th...
Volker Rudolf, a professor of biosciences at Rice, is investigating just how powerful seasonal rhythms, known as phenologies, can be....
Freshman Daniel Zou and junior Lukas Boandl are in the top 15 of the NCAA Bremerton Regional after one round....
People, papers and presentations for Aug. 30, 2021
August 30, 2021
Rice ranked by Niche as one of nation’s top 10 universities
August 30, 2021
Rice University wins an “A+” grade and ranks as one of the nation’s top 10 universities in the latest ratings of American colleges compiled by Niche.
August 30, 2021
Scientists make bilayer borophene for the first time. The versatile 2D material shows promise for quantum electronics, energy storage and sensors.
Ethics survey shows a campus unafraid to speak up
August 30, 2021
A recent survey of Rice employees found that 99% of respondents were comfortable reporting ethical concerns to at least one resource on campus.
‘Smart’ shirt keeps tabs on the heart
August 30, 2021
Carbon nanotube thread woven into athletic shirts gathered electrocardiogram and heart rate data that matched standard monitors and beat chest-strap monitors. The fibers are flexible and the shirts are machine washable.
New book explores the different — and surprising — types of atheism in science
August 27, 2021
A newly published book argues that a significant part of the public wrongly sees scientists who are atheists as immoral elitists who don’t care about the common good.
Paper: Wealth inequality shrinking after Trump-era tax reform, but progress at risk
August 27, 2021
Wealth inequality dropped in 2019 in the U.S. for the first time in almost three decades, but proposed tax legislation is threatening to reverse the progress, according to an expert at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice lab dives deep for DNA’s secrets
August 27, 2021
Structural biologist Yang Gao receives a five-year National Institutes of Health grant to detail how complex protein chains replicate DNA and fix errors on the fly. What they find could help treat genomic disease, including cancer.
Night of the Owl goes virtual to honor athletic achievement
August 27, 2021
Cross country and track and field athlete Adolfo Carvalho and basketball player Erica Ogwumike claimed the night's biggest awards.
Owl swimmer Lettenberger takes silver medal at Paralympics
August 27, 2021
Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger's late surge earned her a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley SM7 final Aug. 27 at the Paralympics in Tokyo.