300 Rice athletes earn AAC All-Academic honors
A conference-leading 300 Rice student-athletes earned AAC All-Academic honors in Rice Athletics’ debut season in the American Athletic Conference.
Rice's César A. Uribe is developing computational tools to help scientists better understand ecosystems with recent studies using AI to glean new insi...
Rice’s Grand Hall was filled with students, music and festivities Sept. 15 as the university began its many celebrations as part of Hispanic Heritage ...
New research using NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars’ Jezero Crater experienced multiple episodes of fluid activity — ...
For the first time since the 2021 season, the Rice soccer team is nationally ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll, earning the 25th spot in...
With the 2025–26 academic year underway, Rice is taking bold steps to harness the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in teaching, res...
Rice’s football team will open American Conference play under the Thursday night lights this week, traveling to face the University of North Carolina ...
Rice senior safety Plae Wyatt is one of 22 college football players and one head coach who have been named to the 2025 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®,...
Rice researchers have developed a faster and cleaner method for recovering aluminum and removing toxic metals from bauxite residue....
Rice has partnered with Google for Education to adopt Google’s generative AI solution, Gemini for Education, to provide students, faculty and staff wi...
Rice Real Estate Co., in partnership with Lincoln Property Co., has unveiled plans to develop a landmark research, laboratory and office building desi...
This summer, Rice senior Maya Harpavat traded the lecture halls of Houston for the winding roads of Rajasthan, India....
The Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice will host the fourth annual AI in Health Conference this month, aiming to forge interdisciplinary, cross-institution...
Pioneering Rice economist remembered as ‘exceptionally compassionate,’ ‘dedicated teacher’
YingHua He, an associate professor of economics at Rice University, died earlier this month at the age of 44 after fighting a quickly spreading cancer.
Rice professor’s memoir secures spot in NYT’s ‘100 Best Books of the 21st Century’
“I found out with everyone else,” said Kiese Laymon, the Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of Creative Writing and English.
Free summer program at Rice focuses on environmental justice for Houston students
The weeklong experience hosted on Rice’s campus focuses on environmental justice through storytelling via arts and media practices.
Paris bound: Gunnarsdottir to compete for Icelandic Olympic team
Rice women’s track and field alumna Erna Gunnarsdottir is headed to Paris, France, to represent Iceland in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Rice engineers’ probe could help advance treatment for spinal cord disease, injury
Rice neuroscientists have used a nanosized sensor to record spinal cord neurons in free-moving mice, a feat that could lead to the development of better treatments for spinal cord disease and injury.
Researchers discover ancient chromosomes in 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth
Researchers have discovered fossils of ancient chromosomes preserved in the remains of a woolly mammoth that died 52,000 years ago.
Rice’s Omid Veiseh elected to the Controlled Release Society College of Fellows
Rice bioengineer Omid Veiseh has been elected to the Controlled Release Society College of Fellows.
Summer in the City of Light: Rice students explore Paris through Global classes
Under a Rice Blue sky 5,000 miles from the Houston campus, class was in session during the summer months.
Erika Thompson joins Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies as associate director
In a move to bolster its academic and community engagement, Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies has appointed Erika Thompson as its new associate director.