Martono, a second-year master’s student in violin performance, won the title of Miss Chinatown Houston 2025, her first-ever pageant....
Undergraduates at Rice are digging into real, possible wrongful conviction cases this semester, examining evidence to bring renewed attention to indiv...
Rice President Reginald DesRoches was honored with a Community Trailblazer Award Feb. 19 by the city of Houston’s controller Chris Hollins during his ...
Rice commends Stacy Mosely for 14 years of service. As executive senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator, Mosely maintains admin...
Students convened at Rice University Feb. 20 for what organizers called a rare chance to hear and learn directly from one of the most influential musi...
The role brings Cristian Măcelaru ’06 ’08 back to campus several times each year to coach, conduct and mentor students across departments....
Isabella Bourtin balances GRE prep, lab work and upper-level courses as she pivots from pre-med ambitions toward a future in clinical psychology....
John Green, the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, influential educator and global YouTube phenomenon, will serve as the speaker for Rice's 113t...
A Rice research lab’s signature keepsake helped perfect a method for growing patterned diamond surfaces that could help decrease operating temperature...
The Consortium for Enhancing Resilience and Catastrophe Modeling (CERCat) convened at Rice Feb. 5-6 for its semiannual meeting. ...
Researchers at Rice and collaborators have refined a DNA base-editing technology to make it more precise, a step that could improve prospects for trea...
The Rice swimming and diving team claimed the 2026 American Conference championship, securing back-to-back league titles for the second time in progra...
Diamond owl swoops in with new method to keep electronics cool
A Rice research lab’s signature keepsake helped perfect a method for growing patterned diamond surfaces that could help decrease operating temperatures in electronics by 23 degrees Celsius.
Rice and Lehigh partner with global industry leaders to revolutionize catastrophe modeling
The Consortium for Enhancing Resilience and Catastrophe Modeling (CERCat) convened at Rice Feb. 5-6 for its semiannual meeting.
More precise DNA base editing could improve treatment for cystic fibrosis
Researchers at Rice and collaborators have refined a DNA base-editing technology to make it more precise, a step that could improve prospects for treating some patients with cystic fibrosis.
Back-to-back: Rice wins second American Swimming and Diving Championship
The Rice swimming and diving team claimed the 2026 American Conference championship, securing back-to-back league titles for the second time in program history.
A new study from mechanical engineers at Rice describes a surprisingly straightforward fix for superhydrophobic surfaces: Instead of just engineering the surface’s chemistry and texture, they focused on engineering its heat flow.
Rice has set undergraduate tuition rates for the 2026-27 academic year, underscoring its continued commitment to academic excellence, student access and affordability as it strengthens its position among the world’s leading universities.
Can humans become Martians? Solomon investigates how life beyond Earth may shape our evolution
Scott Solomon, teaching professor of biosciences at Rice, headlined a lecture hosted by the Science and Technology Policy Program at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy to discuss those implications.
Part of campus transforms into living laboratory for Rice and visiting Alief students
Rice students in TREEStem class teach visiting Alief students ecological techniques using the campus as a living laboratory.
Shepherd School orchestras to spotlight new works, milestone commission in March concerts
Two orchestral concerts March 7-8 will feature guest composer Nina C. Young and the world premiere of Arthur Gottschalk’s 50th anniversary commission.
Wyrczynski, Kam appointed professors of viola at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music beginning fall 2027
The new hires represent the beginning of a new era for the Shepherd School’s viola program as longtime professors Ivo-Jan van der Werff and James Dunham are retiring this spring and spring 2027, respectively.
