With its campus nestled in Houston’s Museum District, Rice has built a model for what a university-art museum partnership can look like....
Sophianne Loh, a bioengineering major from Chicago, found her home at Rice in the strong sense of community and top-tier research opportunities. ...
An international team of physicists, including Rice’s Paul Padley, Frank Geurts, Karl Ecklund, Wei Li, and Darin Acosta, was awarded the 2025 Breakthr...
For three days in April, scholars, experiencers and independent researchers gathered not to solve the mystery but to examine its place in our evolving...
At the busy intersection of academic life and everyday student traffic, a striking white and yellow structure has appeared on Rice’s campus....
A pair of Rice students are harnessing cutting-edge neuroscience to design an affordable, wearable solution for people living with Parkinson’s disease...
Rice Athletics will host an action-packed weekend of competitions as part of its annual Blue Gray Weekend, Friday through Sunday....
Rice Reflects, an initiative from the Office of the Provost, brought bestselling author Sandy Tolan to McMurtry Auditorium March 10 to discuss free sp...
The 48th-ranked Rice Owls women's tennis team took down the 49th-ranked Wichita State Shockers April 8 at the George R. Brown Tennis Center to improve...
Rice’s Program in Writing and Communication hosted the fifth iteration of the Visual Communication Symposium at the Moody Center for the Arts last mon...
Led by Pengcheng Dai, researchers uncovered the cause behind a vanishing electronic phenomenon in a class of crystalline materials known as kagome lat...
The Rice Biotech Launch Pad, a Houston-based accelerator focused on expediting the translation of Rice University’s health and medical technology disc...
February 28, 2025
In the race to meet the growing global demand for lithium — a critical component in batteries for electric vehicles — a team of researchers from Rice’s Elimelech lab has developed a breakthrough lithium extraction method that could reshape the industry.
Luay Nakhleh reappointed as dean of Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing
February 28, 2025
Luay Nakhleh was reappointed as dean of Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing.
Rice researchers harness gravity to create low-cost device for rapid cell analysis
February 28, 2025
A team of researchers at Rice has developed an innovative AI-enabled, low-cost device that will make flow cytometry ⎯ a technique used to analyze cells or particles in a fluid using a laser beam ⎯ affordable and accessible.
Rice supporting World Engineering Day as official partner
February 28, 2025
Rice is an official partner for UNESCO World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development , which will be held at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters March 4.
Rice’s Sylvia Dee battling climate-driven diseases through Texas Virosphere Project
February 27, 2025
Rice’s Sylvia Dee has joined forces with Peter Hotez and a team of scientists at Baylor College of Medicine on a groundbreaking initiative called the Texas Virosphere Project.
Texas-France space hub aims to innovate space commerce and research
February 27, 2025
The Texas-France Space Hub aims to unite academic institutions and private enterprises, expanding commercial space presence in both countries.
‘Amazing to be a part of this team’: Rice swimming and diving team wins AAC Championship
February 26, 2025
Thanks to the efforts of a newly-added diving team and clutch performances by a couple of fifth-year seniors, the Rice women's swimming and diving team secured its first conference championship since 2014.
New method developed to dramatically enhance bioelectronic sensors
February 26, 2025
In a breakthrough that could transform bioelectronic sensing, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Rice University has developed a new method to dramatically enhance the sensitivity of enzymatic and microbial fuel cells using organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs).
Research universities enable innovation by doing much of the behind-the-scenes work
February 26, 2025
Two university presidents hosted a conversation at the Ion Feb. 24 to discuss how American research universities serve the public. Rice University President Reginald DesRoches and Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University (ASU), shared how research universities are engines of innovation, economic growth and social mobility while educating millions and driving scientific and technological discovery to help sustain U.S. global competitiveness.
Rice students celebrate culture through food at event with consul general of Japan
February 26, 2025
Rice lecturer in Japanese Naoko Ozaki set up a rare opportunity for Lovett College students to learn the Japanese culture by inviting two distinguished guests: Consul General Zentaro Naganuma of Japan and chef Shinji Takahashi. The event was made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of Lovett College, which played a central role in bringing together the chef, consul general, residents of the college and Ozaki’s fourth-year Japanese language class for a day filled with the rich food and culture.