Students and members of the Rice community gathered at the university’s Multicultural Center Sept. 21 for an Our Heritage Month Weekly Social Hangout,...
Rice volleyball picked up its fifth-straight win with a sweep of Tulsa (30-28, 25-20, 25-21) behind Sahara Maruska’s season-high 17 kills Sunday after...
Rice University President Reginald DesRoches announced the creation of a $1 million scholarship named after Ruth Simmons, a President’s Distinguished ...
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Azizou Atte-oudeyi, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Humanities’ Department of Religion, died Sept. 20 from complications with malaria....
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Ruth Simmons, the President’s Distinguished Fellow at Rice, and Douglas Brinkley , presidential historian and professor of history in the School of Hu...
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Copper-based catalysts efficiently turn carbon dioxide into methane
September 25, 2023
Copper-based catalysts developed by Rice University materials scientists help speed up the rate of carbon dioxide-to-methane conversion.
Rice graduate students win NASA Future Investigator awards
September 24, 2023
Rice graduate students Aindrila Pal and Gregory Szypko have won NASA FINESST Awards, merit-based future investigator awards that include three-year grants to conduct research in Earth and space sciences.
Rice trustee Terrence Gee and family donate $1M to university
September 22, 2023
Rice University trustee Terrence Gee and family have donated $1 million to the university to help establish the Dr. Anthony B. Pinn Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Center for African and African American Studies.
Acclaimed conductor Robert Spano to lead Shepherd School chamber, symphony orchestras Sept. 28-30
September 22, 2023
Acclaimed conductor Robert Spano, music director of the Aspen Music Festival and School and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, will take the Stude Concert Hall stage later this month to kick off the Rice University Shepherd School of Music’s 2023-24 season as he leads the university's chamber orchestra Sept. 28 and its symphony orchestra Sept. 29-30. All three concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Split gene-editing tool offers greater precision
September 21, 2023
To make a gene-editing tool more precise and easier to control, Rice University engineers split it into two pieces that only come back together when a third molecule is added.
Rice alum and board member takes flight
September 21, 2023
Josh Earnest ’97 is an example of alumni who are making an impact. A current member of the Rice Board of Trustees, Earnest was promoted this week to executive vice president of communications and advertising with United Airlines.
Fondren Library hosts Constitution Day celebration
September 21, 2023
Fondren Library held its annual Constitution Day celebration Sept. 18, featuring special educational and fun activities to promote voting.
Baker Institute report: European energy at risk of overdependence on unreliable supply
September 21, 2023
European buyers’ reluctance to sign long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts risks repeating energy challenges from Europe’s previous overreliance on Russian natural gas as well as further burdening consumers who are already paying billions more for energy than necessary, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Owls open AAC play with sweep of Blazers
September 21, 2023
The Rice volleyball team picked up right where they left off to end non-conference play by sweeping UAB 3-0 Wednesday night at Tudor Fieldhouse in the team's debut in the American Athletic Conference.
September 21, 2023
Religious discrimination from one’s peers has a far greater impact on an individual’s mental health than exclusionary organizational policies, according to a new study from Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.
Economics' DeNicco supplies the demand for his famous pulled pork at Rice sporting events
September 20, 2023
Economics’ James DeNicco has a knack for providing Rice students, faculty and alumni with authentic Texas barbecue at Rice sporting events when he’s not in the classroom.
OpenStax welcomes largest group of schools into Institutional Partner Program to date
September 20, 2023
Rice University’s OpenStax is welcoming 16 colleges and universities into its Institutional Partner Program for the 2023-24 school year. Participants receive support from experts in institutional change management and strategic initiatives aimed at increasing campus use of free, openly licensed OpenStax textbooks.
Regulating emotions during negative experiences may lessen troubling memories
September 20, 2023
Training strategies that teach depressed individuals how to better manage their negative emotions may not only help their mood but also their memory of difficult events, according to new research from Rice University.
Portia Hopkins named Rice historian
September 19, 2023
Portia Hopkins, a seasoned researcher, chronicler and teacher with a wealth of experience in academia, was recently named the new university historian at Rice.