New consumable hemp rules from the Texas Department of State Health Services are officially in effect, and the biggest change comes down to how THC is...
For more than a decade, Rice’s Frederi Viens has been studying Lake Chad, a vast freshwater lake in west-central Africa that borders Nigeria, Niger, C...
The Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the University of Houston Energy Transition Institute are launching a st...
A delegation of researchers from Rice’s WaTER Institute traveled to Argentina’s Neuquén province this month to help address a pressing question facing...
Rice’s open enrollment period for employee benefit plans will run from April 3-17. To give employees a way to better explore their benefits options, t...
Rice's Office of Sustainability invites the campus community to join the third annual Earth Month Kick-Off Festival from 12:30-3:30 p.m. April 1 at th...
Rice continues to strengthen its position as a leader in innovation, rising to No. 66 in the 2025 Top 100 U.S. Universities List for utility patents, ...
Rice once again found itself at the center of the college basketball world, serving as the official host institution for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Sou...
For Rice senior Leo Marek, engineering is about finding the small changes that make big systems run better....
The Rice women's track and field team had a tremendous weekend in front of their home crowd at the 43rd annual Victor Lopez Classic at the Wendel D. L...
The Rice men's track and field team shined on their home track, with many season bests and event titles at the 43rd annual Victor Lopez Classic at the...
Garet Boehm, Cole Green and Colin Robson each hit home runs, including Boehm's first career grand slam, as Rice won the series from Florida Atlantic, ...
Rice wraps 100-year anniversary of Black History Month
Rice celebrated the 100-year anniversary of Black History Month by highlighting the richness of Black culture. After a spirited kickoff Feb. 2, the month was filled with a series of discussions, fellowship opportunities and special festivities.
Rice scientists unveil new tool to watch quantum behavior in action
Rice University researchers Jianwei Huang and Ming Yi have developed a new capability, magnetoARPES, building on angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) that allows researchers to study quantum behaviors they have been unable to resolve using ARPES alone.
Shepherd School orchestras draw dedicated audiences for weekend of premieres and classics
Despite stormy weather across Houston, audiences filled Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall for a weekend of orchestral performances.
Rice develops low-cost, high-performance plastic heat exchanger
A recent study in Advanced Science reports an innovative, low-cost polymer heat exchanger that could transform how industries manage heat.
A new Rice study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres provides a comprehensive evaluation of how AI-based global weather models simulate tropical cyclones.
Women in Leadership Conference passes torch to next generation
The 26th annual Women in Leadership Conference welcomed hundreds of women to Rice Business’ McNair Hall for a day of networking, learning and inspiration for climbing the ladder in their careers. This year’s theme was Pass the Torch: Together, We Will Carry the Flame.
Rice celebrates Julie Griswold’s 40-year legacy with scholar-athlete banquet named in her honor
Rice celebrated the achievements of its student-athletes and the legacy of one of their most influential mentors during the 40th annual Scholar-Athlete Celebration March 5 in the R Room at Rice Stadium.
The Order of Place: Exhibitions at Rice presents 5 decades of collaboration as Taft Architects
A crowd gathered Feb. 27 at the Rice School of Architecture’s MD Anderson Hall to celebrate the legacy of Houston-based Taft Architects, as co-founders John Casbarian and Danny Samuels delivered a public lecture followed by the opening of the exhibition “The Order of Place: A Collaborative Process.”
Energy HPC & AI Conference ties advanced computing to energy innovation — and the next generation
The Ken Kennedy Institute hosted the 19th annual Energy HPC & AI Conference, which brought together nearly 600 leaders and experts from industry, academia, national labs and the information technology sector to engage in critical discussions on high-performance computing and AI-powered integrations that support increasing workload demands across the energy sector.
Granular activated carbon-sorbed PFAS can be used to extract lithium from brine
James Tour and his research team developed a process to use PFAS to extract lithium from high-salinity brine pools in a study recently published in Nature Water.
