Rice At Large, the quarterly newsletter that showcases Rice’s outreach programs, is now available online....
The Center for Innovation and Translation of Point of Care Technologies for Equitable Cancer Care has announced its inaugural group of subawardees....
Peter Mieszkowski, professor emeritus of economics and the former Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor of Economics and Finance at Rice, passed away...
Rice extends a heartfelt thank you to Hannes Hofer, who is retiring from the institution after more than 40 years of service to the community. ...
Researchers at Rice, in collaboration with Guangdong University of Technology, have uncovered an innovative approach to treating high-salinity organic...
The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice will host “Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice,” an exhibition that highlights the intersection of envi...
Economist Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice, has been appointed t...
New research by Rice physicists shows the possibility for particles that are neither bosons nor fermions....
Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts announces its spring 2025 programming schedule featuring artists, activists and scholars exploring the links between ...
During the fall 2024 semester, Camille Neal-Harris started her Tuesdays much like any other Rice student, but reaching the finish line likely felt a b...
The Rice community mourns the passing of Peter Vail, the W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus of Oceanography, who passed away Dec. 28, 2024, at the ag...
Rice’s Police Department partnered with the Children’s Assessment Center to sponsor 14 families for its 12th annual Blue Santa Toy Drive. All donated ...
Nakhleh elected a fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
June 16, 2023
Rice Dean of Engineering Luay Nakhleh has been elected a fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology.
Rice mourns loss of Douglas Oliver, former School of Architecture professor
June 16, 2023
Rice University professor in practice Douglas Eugene Oliver Jr., an accomplished architect and teacher who was cherished for his personability and expertise in and outside of the classroom, passed away on Monday, June 12, at 63 years old.
Study: ‘Multiplicity of impact’ from natural disasters affects Black people most
June 16, 2023
The many personal, physical and social impacts of natural disasters disproportionately affect Black people, and such events can have political consequences for local governments regardless of constituents’ political ideology, according to new research from Rice University.
Rice U. chemist leverages heterogeneity for insight into catalysis, cancer initiation
June 15, 2023
Rice U. chemist Anatoly Kolomeisky has won a National Science Foundation award to study the role of heterogeneity in chemical and biological processes.
Rice and Texas partners’ energy transition proposal named semifinalist for major NSF Engines grant
June 15, 2023
A coalition between Rice University, the Greater Houston Partnership’s Houston Energy Transition Initiative (HETI) and four other leading Texas research universities has been named a semifinalist for the National Science Foundation Engines program.
June 15, 2023
Even after suffering flood damage, homeowners in mostly white communities prefer to accept higher risk of disaster repeating itself than relocate to areas with more racial diversity and less flood risk, according to new research from Rice University.
Rice anthropologist Dominic Boyer elected to executive board of American Anthropological Association
June 14, 2023
Dominic Boyer, a professor of anthropology in the School of Social Sciences at Rice University, has been elected to the executive board of the American Anthropological Association (AAA).
June 14, 2023
Xayvion Davidson, a rising sophomore studying bassoon at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, won first place and audience favorite at the inaugural Cynthia Woods Mitchell-Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition June 11.
Owls volleyball team soaks in Brazil
June 14, 2023
The Rice Owls volleyball team took a trip to Brazil June 1-11 that included four matches against club and national teams.
Religious calling to a job can motivate employees but might result in mistreatment going unaddressed
June 14, 2023
Feeling a religious or spiritual calling to a job can be a huge motivator, but it can also potentially result in employee mistreatment and exploitation going unaddressed, according to new research from Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance and the Religion and Public Life Program.