Senior Spotlight: Esther Jimenez ’25...
At the Association of Rice Alumni’s 2025 Laureates Awards ceremony May 8, the group will bestow its highest honor — the Gold Medal Award — to the late...
Rice’s Office of Access and Institutional Excellence welcomed author and free speech advocate Suzanne Nossel to campus April 28 for a conversation on ...
Rice’s chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, inducted 21 new members....
Rice President Reginald DesRoches was recognized for his visionary leadership and lifelong commitment to education at the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Associ...
With federal research funding in the headlines in recent months, Rice's Office of Public Affairs is spotlighting what’s at stake — and what’s possible...
A new study led by researchers from the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice has introduced an innovative solution that could i...
Menachem Elimelech was honored with the Sidney Loeb Award at the European Desalination Society Conference held in Porto, Portugal, April 28. ...
As India’s influence grows in fields such as climate change, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, Rice is positioning itself to be a key collabo...
For senior Dasseny Arreola, pursuing two majors, one minor, three research fellowships and even a novel was never about checking boxes....
More than 80 scientists from around the globe gathered at Rice for the School on Electron Correlations and Topology....
Rice researchers have developed a new machine learning algorithm that excels at interpreting optical spectra, potentially enabling faster and more pre...
Boswell, Fox selected for Pro Bowl games
January 6, 2025
This season marks the first time Rice has sent two players to the NFL’s Pro Bowl since 1961, when J.D. Smith and Buddy Dial played in the game.
January 3, 2025
Rice faculty and Baker Institute leadership are remembering former President Jimmy Carter — his life, legacy and connection to the university.
Major breakthrough for ‘smart cell’ design
January 3, 2025
Rice bioengineers have developed a new construction kit for building custom sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. The research is a major breakthrough that could revolutionize therapies for complex conditions like autoimmune disease and cancer.
Chemists create eco-friendly method to make chlorine-based materials for drugs and chemicals
January 2, 2025
Rice chemists have developed a more environmentally friendly way to integrate chlorine into chemical building blocks.
Rice and Houston Methodist award seed grants for digital health research
January 2, 2025
The grants aim to accelerate the translation of technologies into clinical applications.
Baker Institute remembers Jimmy Carter
December 29, 2024
James A. Baker III, former secretary of state and honorary chair of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, remembers the 39th president.
Rice remembers lifelong lecturer and education advocate Jerlyn Mardis
December 23, 2024
Jerlyn Leigh Mardis ’71 ’82, an alumna and longtime Rice lecturer, passed away recently at the age of 74.
Baker Institute hosts US national security diplomats at recent Director’s Lecture Series event
December 23, 2024
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and President Joe Biden’s Principal Deputy National Security Adviser John Finer spoke at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Dec. 17 to discuss the current administration’s successes.
Local students fill Tudor Fieldhouse for 11th annual School House Mania games
December 20, 2024
Rice’s Tudor Fieldhouse turned into a bustling educational classroom as thousands of energetic students from schools around the greater Houston area learned about mathematics and science while attending Owls’ basketball games.
December 20, 2024
Researchers at Rice University have made a meaningful advance in the simulation of molecular electron transfer — a fundamental process underpinning countless physical, chemical and biological processes.