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....
Woven nanotube fibers turn heat into power
August 16, 2021
Carbon nanotubes woven into thread-like fibers and sewn into fabrics become a thermoelectric generator that can turn heat from the sun or other sources into energy.
People, papers and presentations for Aug. 16, 2021
August 16, 2021
The Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East and director of the Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program, has been awarded the 2021 Emerging Scholars Policy Prize
‘Truly your class is one of a kind’: Rice’s Class of 2025 matriculates as largest ever
August 16, 2021
President Leebron challenges new students to prepare for a life of boldness, courage and contribution.
Amitav Ghosh tackles the 'unthinkable' in 2021 Campbell Lecture Series on climate change
August 16, 2021
The global thinker offers parables for a planet in crisis Sep. 13 and 14. during an event that's free and open to the public.
Class of 2025 welcomed to Rice in classic O-Week spirit
August 16, 2021
An emotional move-in day greeted students and parents alike.
CAAAS asks: Has MLK’s dream been deferred?
August 16, 2021
The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will deliver annual lecture commemorating the 1963 March on Washington.
The Way I See It: The state of quantum computing
August 16, 2021
Ken Kennedy Institute Executive Director Angela Wilkins discusses the development and future of quantum computing.
DesRoches, Nakhleh, others tour startup Syzygy Plasmonics
August 16, 2021
Rice's provost, dean of engineering and others toured chemical manufacturing startup Syzygy Plasmonics last week.
‘Smart cells’ show promise to treat disease
August 16, 2021
Laura Segatori wins NIH backing to develop synthetic biological circuits for cells that may someday sense trouble and respond by making just enough of the appropriate drugs.
August 16, 2021
With support from Rice’s Passport to Houston program, the Graduate Student Association gave away 50 tickets to the Aug. 6 Houston Astros game against the Minnesota Twins.