Rice has advanced 22 spots in the 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings, climbing to No. 119 globally and No. 29 among U.S. universities....
Rice yoga instructor and alumna Alicia Dugar Stephenson is bringing wellness to the forefront through a unique yoga initiative that connects the Rice ...
Rice undergraduates transformed Kraft Hall's corridors into a vibrant showcase of original research and creative exploration during the 2025 Social Sc...
Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts welcomed enthusiastic arts and music lovers for a Pride Month happy hour on the afternoon of June 26, which featured ...
As Houston’s pride parade made its way through the streets of downtown Houston, so did Rice’s students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters. The par...
Computational biochemist Linna An will join Rice’s Department of Biosciences with support from a $2 million award from the Cancer Prevention and Resea...
The Texas 89th Legislative Session marked a milestone for Rice's government relations efforts as the university played a vital role in advancing key l...
Rice bioengineer Mario Escobar has won a Transformational Project Award from the American Heart Association to develop a new therapy for heart failure...
OpenStax, a provider of affordable instructional technologies and the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources, has partnered with Micr...
Rice graduate student and adjunct assistant professor explores how music can help shape new memories....
The “Synergizing AI, Digital Health and the Built Environment" symposium addressed the ways AI and digital health tools can enhance the built environm...
A new study led by Rice's Christopher Tunnell and Dorian Amaral sees the first direct search for ultralight dark matter using a magnetically levitated...
The Way I See It: Black community, the moment to value ourselves is now
June 26, 2021
I thought Derek Chauvin would be acquitted. I’ve never been happier to be wrong, but like the racial tapestry called the United States, I am torn.
President’s town hall set for April 14
June 25, 2021
President David Leebron will host a virtual town hall meeting at 2 p.m. April 14.
Rice mourns retired RUPD officer Ruth Maxwell
June 24, 2021
Ruth Maxwell, a longtime Rice University Police Department officer who retired last year, died June 22. She was 59.
Quantum dots keep atoms spaced to boost catalysis
June 24, 2021
Rice engineers use graphene quantum dots to trap transition metals for high atom loading in single atom catalysis.
Housing in Houston: Tough times for tenants, would-be homeowners
June 22, 2021
HOUSTON – (June 22, 2021) – Houston's share of homeowners is dropping, and a growing number of renters interested in buying a home find themselves shut out of the market, according to a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
June 22, 2021
Family and friends of the Class of 2020 graduates have their cameras at the ready as Duncan College processes through the Sallyport — the final college of the day to make the march before the May 15 commencement ceremony that evening. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow)
Rice updates COVID-19 policies following CDC guidance
June 22, 2021
Nightside radio could help reveal exoplanet details
June 22, 2021
Rice scientists enhance models that could be used to detect magnetosphere activity on exoplanets. The Rice model adds data from nightside activity that could increase signals by at least an order of magnitude.
June 21, 2021
Girls in grades 5-9 visited the Rice campus April 17 for the Reach for the Stars STEM Festival. The students interacted with hands-on exhibits, workshops, a jobs panel and a keynote speech by Kirsten Siebach, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, about the Mars Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity helicopter. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow.)