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Rice’s SynthX Center leads up to $18M effort to transform lymphatic imaging

Rice's SynthX Center is leading a new effort to improve how doctors detect and diagnose lymphatic diseases....

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Platform to map living brain noninvasively takes next big step

A technology designed to read gene activity in the brain from a simple blood test has now cleared a major translational hurdle....

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New technique spots hidden defects to boost reliability of ultrathin electronics

Researchers at Rice have shown that hard-to-spot defects in a widely used two-dimensional insulator can trap electrical charges and locally weaken th...

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Can AI reshape how we regulate air and water? Rice event explores future of environmental superintelligence

On Feb. 17, the SSPEED Center welcomed Jed Anderson, founder and CEO of EnviroAI, for a lecture on environmental AI permitting. ...

The Rice women's basketball team was crowned the American Conference regular season champion after a 77-66 win at Temple Wednesday night at The Liacouras Center.

Rice clinches regular season title with win at Temple

The Rice women's basketball team was crowned the American Conference regular season champion after a 77-66 win at Temple Wednesday night at The Liacou...

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Frank Tittel, Rice professor who advanced laser spectroscopy, dies at 92

Frank Klaus Tittel, a physicist whose career paralleled the rise of modern laser technology and who helped build Rice’s reputation in laser spectrosc...

Art teachers, artists and comics enthusiasts gathered at Rice University Feb. 20 for Teaching Comics, a one-day symposium exploring how comics can function as both creative practice and classroom tool.

‘Honoring teachers as creative leaders’: Teaching comics as craft, classroom tool and catalyst for change 

Art teachers, artists and comics enthusiasts gathered at Rice University Feb. 20 for Teaching Comics, a one-day symposium exploring how comics can fun...

Night at the Museum 2026

Night at the Museum draws nearly 700 to signature graduate recruitment event

Nearly 700 prospective graduate students, current scholars, faculty and staff gathered at the Houston Museum of Natural Science for Rice University’s ...

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Shepherd School violinist to represent Houston, Texas at Miss Chinatown USA Pageant

Martono, a second-year master’s student in violin performance, won the title of Miss Chinatown Houston 2025, her first-ever pageant....

Gary Benloss celebrates with supporters after his release from prison following 26 years of incarceration. The Making an Exoneree program contributed to advocacy efforts surrounding his case.

‘Transformative’ Rice course challenges students to reinvestigate wrongful convictions

Undergraduates at Rice are digging into real, possible wrongful conviction cases this semester, examining evidence to bring renewed attention to indiv...

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City controller recognizes DesRoches during Black History Month

Rice President Reginald DesRoches was honored with a Community Trailblazer Award Feb. 19 by the city of Houston’s controller Chris Hollins during his ...

Stacy Mosely

Leadership beyond the game: Rice cheers Mosely’s dedication

Rice commends Stacy Mosely for 14 years of service. As executive senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator, Mosely maintains admin...

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Rice grants $800,000 to DivInc Sports Tech Accelerator

Rice is awarding an $800,000 grant over three years to DivInc to fund the operation of accelerators designed to support diverse founders building innovative startups shaping the technology of tomorrow. The grant supports DivInc’s mission to generate social and economic equity through entrepreneurship and address the capital gap to produce thriving startup companies’ success and will provide funding for the company to operate a number of accelerators.

Naomi Halas

Rice’s Naomi Halas named to Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

Naomi Halas has been elected a fellow of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Juneteenth celebrations at Rice and around Houston

Rice to recognize Juneteenth with programming series, participation in community celebrations

Rice’s annual Juneteenth recognition and celebration will bring together Owls and community from across the city and country to explore ideas and questions central to the meaning and promise of the important holiday. The programming includes speaking panels, community gatherings, parades and many more activities.

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Rice ranks among Top 100 US universities for utility patents

​A new list published by the National Academy of Inventors June 4 highlights Rice’s push for patenting its innovative research. With 14 utility patents issued in 2023 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Rice ranks among the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents according to the NAI.

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Italian immersion: Rice voice students travel to Italy to learn language, history

It’s difficult for second-year master’s student Megan Brilleslyper to pick her favorite memory from her three-week trip to Florence, Italy, with several other voice students from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.

Lilie Summer Venture Studio students 2024

Rice entrepreneurship lab unveils teams for 2024 Lilie Summer Venture Studio Accelerator

Rice’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has announced the eight dynamic teams selected for the 2024 Lilie Summer Venture Studio, an immersive summer accelerator program designed to propel the university’s innovative ventures forward.

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‘Library of the future’ named after Rice alumna, astronaut now open

The Dr. Shannon Walker Neighborhood Library, named in honor of the three-time Rice graduate and NASA astronaut, has officially opened its doors in Houston’s Westbury neighborhood.

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Rice’s Boniuk Institute hosts global scholars to promote religious tolerance

Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance held its first Spring Convening on Religious Pluralism and Conflict May 29-31 at the Rice BioScience Research Collaborative.

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Archaeology graduate students honored with prestigious Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship

The Society for American Archaeology recently announced the winners of the Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship.

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FBI leadership to discuss national science, technology policy implementation at June 6 Rice Baker Institute event

Jill Murphy, deputy assistant director of counterintelligence at the FBI, and the leadership of the FBI’s Houston field office will dialogue with members of the academic and Asian American communities at a June 6 event hosted by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.