The Digital Health Institute — a recently launched joint initiative between Rice University and Houston Methodist — has appointed Pothik Chatterjee as...
Rice University students will build skills in science labs, take high-impact field trips, hear from guest speakers, curate art exhibits, enhance learn...
Twenty-seven biotechnology governance entreaties echoing the legacy of the 1975 recombinant DNA guidelines are now available for public review....
A new sustainability initiative is transforming the landscape outside Fondren Library at Rice University — and it’s more than just a garden....
A team of researchers at Rice has discovered a surprisingly simple method for vastly improving the stability of electrochemical devices that convert c...
Rice faculty are available to help news media explore the deeper histories behind Juneteenth, its Texas roots and what freedom has meant in different ...
The Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative launched its inaugural seminar June 3 with an invited talk from Nobel laureate James P. Allison....
Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research releases its 2025 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report....
Rice experts can unpack and contextualize Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's statement at the VivaTech 2025 conference in Paris today that quantum computing is...
Throughout the day, the Houston booth saw a constant stream of visitors with Rice-affiliated entrepreneurs introducing their ventures to global invest...
Volunteers from the Department of Psychological Sciences assemble gift bags for those supported by Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston....
A team of Rice engineering students has designed an innovative space exercise harness that won this year's Technology Collaboration Center’s Wearables...
WaTER Institute leads the charge in making cleaner water through nanotech
November 5, 2024
Providing access to safe drinking water can save more lives than doctors
Aston Martin F1 Team brings race car, conversation series to Rice campus
November 5, 2024
The Aston Martin Formula One Team (AMF1) and Motorsport Culture Collective (MCC) hosted an evening of panel discussions on the commercial side of racing at Rice this month. Students from Rice as well as Texas Southern University piled into Kraft Hall’s auditorium to listen to panelists from AMF1 personnel and partners such as Valvoline and were treated to a networking event in the courtyard outside Rice’s Valhalla with food provided by Trill Burger.
Alumni Weekend highlights Rice’s growth, alumni success
November 4, 2024
Rice’s Alumni Weekend welcomed alumni, students, faculty, staff and the community for a weekend of festivities, fellowship and football Nov. 1-2. Part Homecoming and part class reunion, Owls reconnected and contemplated the past, present and future of the beloved institution.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw hosts leading Rice bioengineer at health care innovation summit
November 4, 2024
Rice bioengineer Omid Veiseh joined U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, in conversation at Crenshaw’s annual event showcasing health care innovation.
Rice students illustrate campus life in new French comics course
November 4, 2024
When Rice’s Julie Fette was brainstorming for fall 2024 courses in the Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures, one of the ideas she landed on was French Comics (FREN 322).
Rice takes down Navy on homecoming night
November 4, 2024
The Rice Owls handed their interim head coach Pete Alamar a 24-10 win over Navy in his debut Nov. 2.
November 4, 2024
Rice is gearing up for Election Day on campus Nov. 5.
Rice Theatre wraps ‘The Comedy of Errors,’ full recording available online
November 3, 2024
Rice Theatre recently wrapped its production of William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors,” a masterful blend of wit, whimsy and wordplay that enchanted audiences with its delightful pandemonium. The play ran Oct. 18-26 at Hamman Hall.
Wellness Wednesdays get into H-OWL-o-ween spirit
November 3, 2024
Wellness Wednesdays made a nod to Halloween Oct. 30 as Tommy McClelland, vice president and director of athletics, and the Employee Health and Well-Being team led a group of costumed Rice employees on a walk around the inner loop.
Valentin Radutiu appointed professor of cello at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music
November 1, 2024
Acclaimed cellist Valentin Radutiu began his musical journey at the age of 6 when he started learning the cello from his father, a cellist with the Munich Radio Orchestra who had fled communist Romania.