

President Reginald DesRoches welcomed hundreds of Rice University staff members to a morning breakfast and recognition ceremony April 23 at Tudor Fiel...

Rice honored exceptional faculty, staff and students for their dedication to teaching, mentoring and service at the annual University Awards Ceremony ...

Rice University recognized six outstanding staff members with the 2025 Staff Excellence Award during the annual staff appreciation event April 23, cel...

Rice will welcome Robert Langer, one of the world’s most influential biotechnology innovators, for a keynote address as part of its President’s Lectur...

Victoria Langlais, senior assistant dean of human resources and administration in Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing, was name...

Torn between a conservatory and a university experience, Sophie Urban said she chose Rice for the “best of both worlds”: world-class musical training ...

Rice Architecture students embarked on a "life-altering" trip to China as part of a course project where they learned from world-renowned architects a...

A cohort of Rice University undergraduates boarded a bus bound for Alabama — not for vacation, but for a deeper understanding of America’s legacy of r...

A report from Rice’s Kinder Institute highlights critical gaps in banking access, retirement savings and financial literacy....

Rice professors Karen Lozano and Eduardo Salas have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious ...

Student engineering teams at Rice demonstrated how hands-on design can drive real-world impact at the 2025 Huff Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen Show...

For Thiago Pinheiro dos Santos, a doctoral candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Brazil, research is a way to drive positive, meanin...

Newborn and maternal health experts, innovators and community leaders from around the world gathered at the inaugural “Innovation for Day One” conference hosted by the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies. Conference attendees convened to take collective action on solving one of the most pressing global health challenges: improving maternal and newborn health in resource-limited settings.

Rice celebrates Campus Sustainability Month with engaging showcase of eco-friendly initiatives
Rice’s Office of Sustainability is celebrating Campus Sustainability Month. Student organizations, campus departments and community partners that advance sustainability on campus and within Houston recently gathered at Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall to demonstrate the variety of sustainable practices available on campus and to the Rice community.

A vast collection of over 900 political campaign buttons was recently donated to the Baker Institute at Rice.

As Hispanic Heritage Month closed, Rice welcomed guests for a roundtable discussion to further explore the experiences and complexities of the Hispanic community.

Rice Business conference Oct. 25 to explore diversity in business
Rice Business’ annual conference, “Sparking Success: The Intersection of Business and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,” will take place Oct. 25. The event bring together academics, corporate leaders and communications experts for dialogue and skill-building around diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in business.

Moody Center for the Arts named city’s best free museum by Houston Press
Houston Press selected the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice the Best Free Museum in Houston in its Best of Houston® 2024.

Erin Hannigan to succeed Robert Atherholt as professor of oboe at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music
The Shepherd School of Music at Rice is proud to announce the appointment of Erin Hannigan as its new professor of oboe, starting July 1, 2025.

New developmental psychology resource available from OpenStax
OpenStax, the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources based at Rice, announces the publication of the latest title in its social sciences collection, “Lifespan Development.” This resource is free to anyone interested in learning, upskilling, reskilling or refining their knowledge of developmental psychology.

Rice has launched RBL LLC, a pioneering biotech venture creation studio designed to rapidly build companies based on lifesaving medical technologies developed out of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad.

Hospital service prices surged more than 220% between 2000 and 2022, according to a report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. While hospitals attribute rising prices to increased operating costs — particularly due to labor shortages from the pandemic — evidence shows that hospital prices have consistently risen faster than other medical services since 2006, according to the authors.