The Rice School of Architecture is proud to announce the opening of Iwan Baan: The Notational Surface, an exhibition by acclaimed Dutch photographer I...
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...
Fort Bend County has grown from around 50,000 residents in 1970 to nearly 1 million in 2024....
Rice researchers have demonstrated a form of quantum interference two orders of magnitude greater than any previously reported....
Rice has been selected to join the 2025 cohort of the FirstGen Forward Network, a national initiative that recognizes colleges committed to advancing ...
‘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.
Rice’s 68th annual Beer Bike bash rolls through
Rice's campus was bursting with color, cheer and friendly chaos April 5 as students gathered for the 68th annual Beer Bike — one of the school’s most cherished traditions.
Hundreds attend RiceFest to learn about employee benefits options, other campus services
Hundreds of university employees gathered at the Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall April 3 for RiceFest, the annual event designed to help staff explore health care and other benefits.
Rice senior earns US Department of State scholarship to study Arabic in Oman
Before she had ever conjugated a verb in Arabic, Rice senior Charlotte Heeley decided the language was worth pursuing.
As measles cases rise across Texas and the nation, a team of researchers at Rice and the Houston Health Department is leveraging wastewater surveillance to detect the virus in the community.
Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing celebrated its 50-year anniversary with a recent two-day event that included panels, lab tours and a keynote address fromGary S. May, chancellor of the University of California, Davis.
Rice Engineering and Computing marks 50 years of discovery, design and impact
Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing celebrated half a century since its official inception with two days of events that gathered together nearly 400 people, including staff, faculty, students, alumni and friends of the school. Held March 28-29, the celebration included panel discussions as well as lab tours, alumni gatherings and student showcases.
Over 260 participants attend Glasscock School’s Best Boards Conference
More than 260 nonprofit leaders, board members and community stakeholders gathered at Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies March 27 for the 24th annual Best Boards Conference, hosted by the school’s Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership.
Sustainability festival opens Earth Month on campus with record attendance
Rice’s Office of Sustainability held its second annual Earth Month Kickoff Festival April 1 at the Grand Hall in Rice Memorial Center. The event showcased various campus student organizations and departments as well as community nonprofits and businesses that work to advance sustainability within the Houston area.
Study Abroad Photo Contest winners announced
The winners of the 2025 Study Abroad Photo Contest have been announced by the Office of Study Abroad at Rice.
