Rice remembers lifelong lecturer and education advocate Jerlyn Mardis
Jerlyn Leigh Mardis ’71 ’82, an alumna and longtime Rice lecturer, passed away recently at the age of 74.
A new health policy research brief from the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice is drawing attention to the sweeping pace of health care policy ...
A student-founded health care startup is fixing the busiest and most overlooked part of a dental clinic: the front desk. For co-founder and Rice Unive...
New funding from CPRIT will help Rice advance cancer research on several fronts, from strengthening a core genetic engineering facility that serves re...
Caleb McDaniel traces the origins of Juneteenth to a June 19, 1866, procession through Houston led by two Black ministers....
Rice researchers from the Kavraki lab presented a keynote tutorial at the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Vienna show...
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and Rice, along with campus partners and affiliates, will host a variety of events throughout the month to celebrate the L...
Rice researchers' analysis uncovers the history of the Houston meteorite....
Benjamin Kamins, Erin Hannigan, Elizabeth Freimuth and recently retired Janet Rarick offered master classes for student musicians in Guanajuato, Mexic...
Rice took a significant step toward expanding its documentation of Houston’s diverse communities June 1, hosting a ceremony to formally establish an I...
Deans, faculty, staff and board members gathered June 2 to celebrate Rice Business Dean Peter Rodriguez’s 10 years transforming the business school at...
“NASA Stories at the Ion” is a morning series that spotlights the human side of space exploration with each session featuring personal and powerful st...
Rice researchers recently published a paper in Science Advances showing that the nitrogen and phosphorus composition of iron meteorites are different ...
Baker Institute hosts US national security diplomats at recent Director’s Lecture Series event
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and President Joe Biden’s Principal Deputy National Security Adviser John Finer spoke at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Dec. 17 to discuss the current administration’s successes.
Local students fill Tudor Fieldhouse for 11th annual School House Mania games
Rice’s Tudor Fieldhouse turned into a bustling educational classroom as thousands of energetic students from schools around the greater Houston area learned about mathematics and science while attending Owls’ basketball games.
Researchers at Rice University have made a meaningful advance in the simulation of molecular electron transfer — a fundamental process underpinning countless physical, chemical and biological processes.
Rice vice president for IT to take on new role
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Paul Padley will transition into an advisory role on July 1, 2025.
Mexico is likely to face challenges politically, economically and diplomatically in 2025, according to the newest edition of the Mexico Country Outlook from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy released this week. The report provides a strategic edge to investors, businesses and policymakers as they navigate Mexico’s complex, ever-evolving political and regulatory landscape as well as its relationship with the U.S. and President-elect Donald Trump.
2024 Rice wrap: A look back on a year of ‘transformative growth’
Rice concluded the year on a high note, celebrating a year of transformative growth, achievements and community spirit.
New molecule-creation method a ‘powerful tool’ to accelerate drug synthesis and discovery
A team of chemists from Scripps Research and Rice has unveiled a novel method to simplify the synthesis of piperidines, a key structural component in many pharmaceuticals.
Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies has unveiled its new strategic plan, looking to broaden access while advancing the social, educational and economic vitality of dynamic urban communities in Houston and beyond.
New evidence exists for hidden water reservoirs and rare magmas on ancient Mars
A new study explores how variations in Mars’ crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet’s magmatic evolution and hydrological systems.