Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Community Learning and Engagement offerings and its new designation as a center.
Rice researchers from the Kavraki lab presented a keynote tutorial at the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Vien...
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 ...
Seven alumni have been selected to serve on Rice's Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) Board of Directors : Carlin Cherry, Kate Gunn Pagel, LaKeisha Batt...
Rice doctoral student Agustin Prinetti will spend the fall semester in Paris studying how people use AI chatbots to fact-check political content and n...
Klaus Weissenberger’s scholarly range stretched from 18th-century lyric poetry to the evolution of the fairy tale and the distinctions between German ...
Annual health insurance premiums for faculty and staff vary by more than $5,000 per employee across Texas universities, according to a new report from...
The inaugural Executive Leadership for Women session from the Executive Education Program at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business brought together professionals from industries such as insurance, oil and gas, military, engineering and health care to learn how to help women advance and thrive within the top ranks of business. The session is designed for women leaders, allies and mentees who aspire to accelerate their careers and help others.
Rice Business online MBA ranks No. 5 nationally, according to Poets&Quants
Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business has moved up in the ranks to No. 5 nationally for its online Master of Business Administration program, according to Poets and Quants’ rankings released today. The program was ranked sixth last year.
Rice and Houston Methodist have joined forces to establish the Digital Health Institute aimed at transforming health care for millions through advanced technology and collaborative expertise.
Alumnus Russ Pitman celebrated for decades of dedication and generosity
Russell “Russ” Pitman ’58 visited Rice’s new Academic Quadrangle Dec. 11, marking a significant moment in the institution’s history.
Researchers uncover strong light-matter interactions in quantum spin liquids
In a paper recently published in Nature Physics , an international group of researchers have found evidence of a quantum spin liquid in a material known as pyrochlore cerium stannate.
Shepherd School students bridge music and community with ‘inspiring’ JUMP! program
The community living room at the Ronald McDonald House on Holcombe Boulevard was alive with music Nov. 12 as patients and their families gathered in the cozy space, some seated on couches, others on chairs pulled close together.
The Welch Foundation honors Rice’s Wang for pioneering contributions to sustainable energy solutions
The Welch Foundation, one of the nation’s leading private funders of basic chemistry research, has awarded the 2025 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research to Haotian Wang, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University.
Rice honors Nobel laureates Robert Curl and Richard Smalley at medal exhibit
Rice University celebrated a milestone in its scientific history Dec. 9 by displaying the Nobel Prize medals of late Rice chemistry professors Robert F. Curl ’54 and Richard Smalley at a daylong event held at the Welcome Center at Sewall Hall.
‘Hard work coming to fruition’: New Rice graduates look toward their next chapters
As Rice’s December graduates receive their degrees, they look to take on a wide range of challenges as they impart their wisdom gained at Rice on the world at large.