President Reginald DesRoches welcomed hundreds of Rice University staff members to a morning breakfast and recognition ceremony April 23 at Tudor Fiel...
Rice honored exceptional faculty, staff and students for their dedication to teaching, mentoring and service at the annual University Awards Ceremony ...
Rice University recognized six outstanding staff members with the 2025 Staff Excellence Award during the annual staff appreciation event April 23, cel...
Rice will welcome Robert Langer, one of the world’s most influential biotechnology innovators, for a keynote address as part of its President’s Lectur...
Victoria Langlais, senior assistant dean of human resources and administration in Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing, was name...
Torn between a conservatory and a university experience, Sophie Urban said she chose Rice for the “best of both worlds”: world-class musical training ...
Rice Architecture students embarked on a "life-altering" trip to China as part of a course project where they learned from world-renowned architects a...
A cohort of Rice University undergraduates boarded a bus bound for Alabama — not for vacation, but for a deeper understanding of America’s legacy of r...
A report from Rice’s Kinder Institute highlights critical gaps in banking access, retirement savings and financial literacy....
Rice professors Karen Lozano and Eduardo Salas have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious ...
Student engineering teams at Rice demonstrated how hands-on design can drive real-world impact at the 2025 Huff Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen Show...
For Thiago Pinheiro dos Santos, a doctoral candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Brazil, research is a way to drive positive, meanin...
Moody Fellow reflects on research opportunities at Rice as she approaches graduation
May 1, 2024
Graduating May 4 with a double major in history and transnational Asian studies, senior Rijuta Vallishayee’s experience at Rice University has been marked by scholarly excellence and a fervent commitment to independent research.
Rice Athletics community gathers for Night of Flight celebration
May 1, 2024
Rice Athletics honored the past, celebrated the present and looked ahead to the future during the 2024 Night of Flight celebration and fundraiser at the “R” Room April 25.
Mercury, Ion launch inaugural Software Day at the Ion to support Houston software startups
May 1, 2024
The inaugural “Software Day at the Ion,“ a monthly series aimed at nurturing software innovation and supporting startups on their path to growth, takes place May 14.
May 1, 2024
The Rice School of Social Sciences is excited to announce the launch of the Public Service Practicum, which will start during the fall 2024 semester as part of the Frances Anne Moody-Dahlberg Gateway Program. The course will be co-taught by Rice alums Annise Parker and Ed Emmett.
May 1, 2024
Rice University and the Houston Independent School District (HISD) will collaborate on a space and planetary science pilot program to inspire the next generation of Earth, planetary and space enthusiasts and professionals.
Grammy winner Isabel Leonard offers expertise and inspiration to Shepherd School students
April 30, 2024
Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music students say they came away inspired after a public master class led by three-time Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard.
Rice hosts annual sustainability Carbon HUB conference
April 30, 2024
Rice University will host its 2024 Carbon Hub Annual Meeting May 6-7. The two-day event set to take place on campus promises a dynamic lineup of panel discussions, technical sessions, networking opportunities and roundtable meetings with experts from industry, academia and foundations.
Rice men's tennis earns bid to NCAA Tournament
April 30, 2024
The Rice men’s tennis team will play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017 after hearing its name called for an at-large spot to take on 15th-seeded Texas A&M May 3 in College Station, Texas.
Rice, Baylor College of Medicine centers jointly award seed grants
April 30, 2024
Rice University’s Synthesis X Center (SynthX) and Baylor College of Medicine’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center have jointly awarded their first innovation seed grants to three teams of research collaborators from Rice and Baylor.
Religion and public life examined at Baker Institute, Boniuk Institute conference
April 29, 2024
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Religion and Public Policy program and the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance hosted a daylong event April 26 to examine how Christian nationalism — an ideology and movement advocating a fusion of Christian symbols with American civic life — has risen to prominence over the past several years and its real-world implications for politics and policy.