Rice's first annual bird-in, which supports the Houston Audubon, was hosted at the Owl Pavilion this Earth Day....
Alex Cantin is graduating this May with a degree in business management, including a minor in entrepreneurship, from the Virani Undergraduate School o...
Kraft Hall was buzzing with energy and a little bit of chaos as Rice undergraduates transformed its corridors into a packed showcase of original resea...
“I designed the syllabus very purposefully so as to feature a great diversity of viewpoints,” said Thimo Heisenberg, assistant professor of philosophy...
Nearly 100 students presented research and creative work across two days at the annual Humanities and Arts Festival held April 13-14....
Rice professor Pengcheng Dai has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious learned societies i...
Attacks on health care in conflict zones are occurring at unprecedented levels, according to Safeguarding Health Care in Conflict Coalition and Médeci...
The production set the opera’s Shakespearean farce inside a modern country club, a staging choice that sharpened the comedy’s skewering of ego, class ...
New research from Rice proposes transforming one of the moon’s most stubborn obstacles, its abrasive dust, into a valuable building resource....
Rice researchers develop new model of follicle selection that suggests its chance, not size, that selects a follicle during the menstrual cycle....
At Rice’s Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, hundreds of posters lined the room with ambitious questions and early answers....
The Houston Methodist Rice Digital Health Institute hosted its inaugural HMRDHI Industry Translation Day, marking a significant milestone in the insti...
Xicana scholar Cherríe Moraga reflects on colonization, family and identity at Rice
Weaving together reflections on colonization and her family’s experiences in California, Cherríe Moraga recounted how over centuries the violence of colonization has shaped the state and its people in her new piece, “They Are Falling All Around Me — A Borderless América Reimagined.”
Mia X becomes first woman inducted into Rice’s Hip Hop Archival Collection
Mia X, known as the “Mother of Southern Hip-Hop,” made history once again by becoming the first woman inducted into Rice's Hip Hop Archival Collection Sept. 18.
Lilie showcases 8 student startups that are making a difference in their industries
Eight Rice student startups presented their ventures at the 2024 Summer Venture Studio Accelerator (SVS) Demo Day hosted by Rice’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) Sept. 17 in the Anderson Clarke Center. Lilie is the home for entrepreneurship education, exploration and acceleration for students, faculty and alumni from every discipline.
New Tent Series installations spark reflection on space, memory and social engagement
The installation of new temporary artwork in the Moody Center for the Arts’ Tent Series presents an intriguing dialogue between architecture, social engagement and narrative form.
Rice student team takes top prize in national competition with innovative medical device
A team of Rice engineering students was awarded the top prize in a prestigious national design competition for its innovative medical device for urological care.
Lovett College to relocate, open on new site in fall 2026
We are excited to announce significant news regarding our residential college system. Lovett College, one of our foundational colleges named after the university’s first president, Edgar Odell Lovett, is set to undergo a transformative change. This decision comes after a thoughtful and deliberate process by university leadership, including the board of trustees, and years of student leader advocacy and reflection on our commitment to maintaining our goals and priorities related to undergraduate housing.
Rice and Baylor College of Medicine have received $2.8 million from the NIH for research on reducing inflammation and lung damage in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients.
Houston Methodist and Rice team up to track gut-brain connection
For the next two years, 120 Division I Rice athletes will be part of a concussion study with Houston Methodist researchers to identify reliable and novel concussion biomarkers in their gut microbiomes in ways that standard brain imaging cannot.
‘A natural fit’: Rice philosophy professor explains relationship between philosophy, technology
When Robert Howell contemplates the future of artificial intelligence, he foresees a world where an app might guide your moral decisions just as Google Maps helps you navigate a road trip.
‘Well within reason’: Fed makes first interest rate cut since 2020
Rice experts John Diamond and Zach Bethune are available to comment on the Fed's decision to cut interest rates by a half percentage point.
