With the 2026 midterm elections approaching, former U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan joined Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy for a conversation ab...
Rice’s Texas-Latin America Social Science Forum on Language and Opportunity brought together scholars from sociology, economics and political science ...
With a May 11, 2027 national deadline for digital accessibility compliance approaching, Rice is accelerating efforts to make its digital environment m...
Rice University’s Ken Kennedy Institute will celebrate its 40th anniversary Nov. 9 with a public event on responsible AI leadership. The daylong progr...
Brené Brown was a featured speaker at the 2026 International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces (ISAM) held Oct. 11-13 at Rice....
The annual Texas ETA Conference, organized by Rice MBA students and hosted by Rice Business, brought together aspiring entrepreneurs, investors, busin...
Rice launched AI Week 2026 with a fireside chat focused on how artificial intelligence will shape the university’s future in research, teaching and op...
Rice researchers have developed an ultraporous material capable of pulling several valuable and rare earth elements from complex waste streams, a pote...
Researchers from Rice and Baylor College of Medicine have secured NIH funding to develop a novel, non-DNA-altering CRISPR gene-tuning therapy designed...
Lisa Basgall, Rice's Emergency Medical Services director, has earned the Chief EMS Officer designation, a professional credential held by fewer than 3...
When geopolitical conflicts disrupt fuel shipments, electricity demand outpaces infrastructure development or critical mineral shortages threaten indu...
The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC), headquartered at the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, brought leading univ...
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Biologist Scott Solomon named Piper Professor for excellence in teaching
Scott Solomon, a biologist, science communicator and teaching professor in the Department of Biosciences, has been named a 2025 Piper Professor by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation.
Rice caps year of increasing Moody Experience activities with celebration, student impact stories
Following a year full of increased activity for Moody Experience programs, Andy Osborn, program manager of educational initiatives, welcomed campus partners and students April 28 at Cohen House to celebrate student impacts and thank campus collaborators for their contributions throughout the year.
Matthew Tyler receives NSF CAREER award to improve reliability of survey-based research
Matthew Tyler, an assistant professor of political science at Rice, receives NSF CAREER award.
Electricity-generating bacteria may power future innovations
A team led by Rice's Caroline Ajo-Franklin has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity.
Senior Spotlight: Riya Misra ’25
At Rice, senior Riya Misra found that studying the humanities wasn’t only about literature; it was about sharpening the essential tools for any storyteller.
New national survey reveals what American consumers truly value across 18 key industries
The 2025 Customer Value Report, authored by marketing researchers at Rice and the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School, evaluates 18 sectors representing the full spectrum of American consumer life — from banking, education and health care to streaming services and law enforcement.
For fall 2025, professor Kiese Laymon is breaking new ground with a course that centers on the beef between Lamar and Drake, a cultural moment that’s still reverberating in real time.
Fulbright Scholar Program brings brightest students from around the globe to Rice
The transformative impact of the Fulbright Scholar Program is on full display at Rice, where approximately 100 Fulbright students from around 30 countries are currently pursuing graduate studies.
Rice salutes Catherine Clack’s 43 years of service
Catherine Clack, Rice’s associate vice provost in the Office of Access and Institutional Excellence and director of the Multicultural Center, is retiring in May, providing a capstone to her long and productive career with the university.
