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...
Moody Center for the Arts named city’s best free museum by Houston Press
October 22, 2024
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
October 22, 2024
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
October 22, 2024
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.
October 22, 2024
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.
October 21, 2024
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.
The Ion adds new partners Oxy, Fathom Fund and Activate
October 21, 2024
Rice University and the Rice Real Estate Company are proud to announce new partnerships with Occidental Petroleum Corp. (Oxy), Fathom Fund and Activate, marking a major milestone as the Ion is now 90% leased. These new leases highlight the Ion’s growing role as a premier destination for partners dedicated to empowering startups and fostering technological innovation in Houston’s thriving Midtown district.
Owls set nine personal bests in College Station
October 21, 2024
The Rice Owls women’s cross country team had a strong showing this weekend at the Arturo Barrios Invitational.
Event to showcase AI-powered robots and technologies for space exploration Nov. 4-5
October 21, 2024
Rice’s Office of Innovation, in partnership with NASA, Purdue University and the Ion District, will host the In-Space Physical AI Workshop Nov. 4-5.
October 21, 2024
Six in 10 eligible voters in Harris County plan to participate in the November 2024 election.
‘Incredibly inspiring’: Shepherd School students learn from violin master James Ehnes
October 18, 2024
Violinist James Ehnes, one of the most sought-after musicians on the international stage, recently led a master class for students at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.