Rice team brings home top prize in 2024 Ethics in Engineering Case Competition
A team of Rice engineering students have won this year’s national Ethics in Engineering Case Competition hosted by Lockheed Martin.
LLMs and the Brain, a symposium featuring researchers from Rice, Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas, the Georgia Institute of Technol...
The concert will open with John Adams’ high-octane “Short Ride in a Fast Machine,” followed by Ottorino Respighi’s shimmering “Fontane di Roma” and Jo...
Rice’s Han Xiao has been awarded the David W. Robertson Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry....
Rice researchers developed an AI tool that makes a medical imaging process 90% more efficient....
Rice researchers have successfully measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma at various stages of its evolution....
Rice recognized World Mental Health Day Oct. 10 with a series of activities around campus. The Wellbeing and Counseling Center partnered with The Walk...
A team of researchers at Rice has developed a new catalyst that dramatically reduces the amount of iridium needed in proton exchange membrane water el...
The Rice soccer team rallied from a halftime deficit to cruise past South Florida 3-1 Sunday afternoon at Holloway Field....
The Rice volleyball team swept UTSA in straight sets Friday at the Convocation Center....
Rice continues its upward momentum in global higher education, rising nine spots to No. 103 worldwide and No. 37 in the United States in the 2026 Time...
Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute hosted the fourth annual AI in Health Conference, convening over 550 attendees across the four-day event for plenary spea...
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has named Dr. Heidi Russell as the director of the Center for Health Policy. She is also appointed as the L.E...
Rice group helps improve support device for end-stage heart failure
Rice’s Joseph Cavallaro and his team are part of two multi-institutional projects that have won grants from the Department of Defense (DOD) and the NIH, respectively, to develop and optimize new left ventricular assist devices (LVADs).
Rice’s new Synthesis X Center has winning formula for cancer innovation
Rice has created the new Synthesis X Center to bring together clinicians treating cancer and researchers looking for cures to help spur drug discovery make precision adjustments to drug properties and translate fundamental research discoveries into clinical applications.
Rice nuclear physics team tapped to lead $15 million Large Hadron Collider upgrade project
A team of physicists at Rice University led by Wei Li has been awarded a five-year, $15.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Physics, marking a significant leap forward in the realm of high-energy nuclear physics.
Owls flock to Baton Rouge for NCAA tourney showdown vs. No. 8 LSU, watch party planned on campus
The Rice women’s basketball team was sent off in style March 20 as the Owls flock to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for the team’s first round matchup in the NCAA Tournament with Louisiana State University.
Rice announces Jeremy Zucker as Moody X-Fest headliner
Rice University will welcome Jeremy Zucker as the headline music act at the second annual Moody X-Fest April 19 at Founder’s Court. The signature event will include free food, swag and games at this rain-or-shine celebration.
When the largest wildfire in Texas history recently ravaged small towns and ranches in the Texas panhandle, Canadian, Texas native Alex Moreno-Gonzalez, a senior composition student in the Rice University Shepherd School of Music , knew he had to do something to help.
President of French space agency visits Rice, advances cooperation with Houston space ecosystem
In a significant stride toward advancing space exploration and fostering global partnerships, Rice University welcomed Philippe Baptiste, president and CEO of France’s National Center for Space Studies (CNES), for a visit March 18.
Isabel Leonard named Rice Shepherd School’s 2023-24 Aleko Endowed Master Class artist
Three-time Grammy Award winner Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano and star on the world’s leading stages and screens, has been named the Rice University Shepherd School of Music’s 2023-24 Aleko Endowed Master Class artist.
Friends of Fondren holds 42nd annual gala and auction
The 42nd annual Friends of Fondren Library Gala was held March 15, honoring Karen ’77, ’78 and Larry George.