Rice has once again earned national recognition in The Princeton Review’s annual Best Colleges rankings, placing in the top 10 in four categories for ...
Rice anthropologists featured in an international exhibition launched in connection with the United Nations’ International Year of Glacier Preservatio...
Incoming graduate students trickled in from across the country and around the world this week, rolling carts and hauling boxes into Rice’s graduate ho...
Richard Gordon, the W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geophysics, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice, has been named the 2025 recipie...
Rice alumnus Wesley Sinor ’97, who graduated with a master’s degree from the Jones School of Business, has been flagged as Houston Livestock Show and ...
Rice’s academic year is about to launch, but dozens of incoming Owls started early by engaging with the city and its social justice issues, addressing...
Even for the nation’s highest achieving students, the transition from high school to college can be an intimidating experience. That’s where RISE (res...
Rice will kick off its annual orientation, lovingly dubbed O-Week, Aug. 17 in a series of programs that familiarize incoming students with their new s...
Author Sandy Tolan discusses free speech and the Middle East at Rice Reflects event
Rice Reflects, an initiative from the Office of the Provost, brought bestselling author Sandy Tolan to McMurtry Auditorium March 10 to discuss free speech and the historical context of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Owls earn top 50 win, defeat Wichita State 4-0
The 48th-ranked Rice Owls women's tennis team took down the 49th-ranked Wichita State Shockers April 8 at the George R. Brown Tennis Center to improve to 15-5 on the year.
Visual Communication Symposium explores AI, complex data
Rice’s Program in Writing and Communication hosted the fifth iteration of the Visual Communication Symposium at the Moody Center for the Arts last month.
Researchers unlock hidden pathway to tunable magnetic devices
Led by Pengcheng Dai, researchers uncovered the cause behind a vanishing electronic phenomenon in a class of crystalline materials known as kagome lattice.
Rice Biotech Launch Pad welcomes David Allison to external advisory board
The Rice Biotech Launch Pad, a Houston-based accelerator focused on expediting the translation of Rice University’s health and medical technology discoveries into cures, today announced the addition of David Allison to its external advisory board.
Rice graduate programs excel in US News rankings
Rice continues to stand out for its academic excellence with several graduate programs earning high marks in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” rankings.
Frank Jones retires from Rice 7 decades after first arriving as a student
Frank Jones retires from Rice seven decades after first arriving as a student.
A new center at Rice will bring together the insights of the social sciences and the power of computational methods to understand and address inequality in today’s society.
Cancer-fighting implant shows promise in treating melanoma, pancreatic and colorectal tumors
A team of researchers from the Rice Biotech Launch Pad has developed an implantable “cytokine factory” that safely triggers potent immune responses against hard-to-treat cancers, including metastatic melanoma, pancreatic and colorectal tumors.
‘A more caring and connected campus’: Rice celebrates Pride Week April 7-12
Rice University is celebrating joy, friendship and fellowship as part of its annual Pride Week. An array of events are planned throughout this week designed to spark connection and engagement in meaningful dialogue in a space where all identities are welcome.
