Rice At Large, the quarterly newsletter that showcases Rice’s outreach programs, is now available online....
The Center for Innovation and Translation of Point of Care Technologies for Equitable Cancer Care has announced its inaugural group of subawardees....
Peter Mieszkowski, professor emeritus of economics and the former Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor of Economics and Finance at Rice, passed away...
Rice extends a heartfelt thank you to Hannes Hofer, who is retiring from the institution after more than 40 years of service to the community. ...
Researchers at Rice, in collaboration with Guangdong University of Technology, have uncovered an innovative approach to treating high-salinity organic...
The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice will host “Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice,” an exhibition that highlights the intersection of envi...
Economist Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice, has been appointed t...
New research by Rice physicists shows the possibility for particles that are neither bosons nor fermions....
Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts announces its spring 2025 programming schedule featuring artists, activists and scholars exploring the links between ...
During the fall 2024 semester, Camille Neal-Harris started her Tuesdays much like any other Rice student, but reaching the finish line likely felt a b...
The Rice community mourns the passing of Peter Vail, the W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus of Oceanography, who passed away Dec. 28, 2024, at the ag...
Rice’s Police Department partnered with the Children’s Assessment Center to sponsor 14 families for its 12th annual Blue Santa Toy Drive. All donated ...
Rice’s Hanyu Zhu wins NSF CAREER Award
March 1, 2023
Rice materials scientist Hanyu Zhu has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, which includes a five-year research grant to probe quantum materials modified by terahertz quantum fluctuations.
March 1, 2023
An interactive sculpture paying tribute to African American history and the ongoing struggle for racial justice will be on display at Rice University throughout the month of March.
Fondren hosts reading series event about writing first book
March 1, 2023
The Rice Department of English’s Cherry Reading Series presented “Breaking Out! The Untold Stories of Writing and Publishing a First Book,” featuring moderator Bryan Washington and panelist authors Allegra Hyde, Christopher Gonzalez and Jean Kyoung Frazier, on Monday, Feb. 27.
Rice U. experts to be featured at CERAWeek 2023
March 1, 2023
A number of Rice University experts will participate in meetings and workshops at CERAWeek, the major energy industry conference that draws thousands of innovators, industry leaders and other attendees from around the world to Houston. Rice is also an affiliate partner of CERAWeek, which runs March 6-10.
Wastewater study monitors Houston schools for viral threats
March 1, 2023
A new study by Rice University and the Houston Health Department finds that wastewater-based monitoring is an effective way to detect viral outbreaks in schools.
Prairie Plots burning ignites new landscaping ideas at Rice
February 28, 2023
Rice University conducted its first prescribed burn on a roughly 10,000 square-foot area on campus Tuesday as part of a project meant to promote smarter and environmentally-conscious landscaping practices.
Glasscock’s latest ‘Facing Race’ course to address inequities, structural racism
February 28, 2023
The Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies ’ fifth course in its “Facing Race” series will explore strategies to counteract racial inequities in our city and nation.
Rice University joins national semiconductor research effort
February 27, 2023
Rice University is one of 14 academic institutions to join the Center for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems, a $32.7 million project created by the Semiconductor Research Corporation’s Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0.
Tapia discusses new book 'Losing The Precious Few'
February 27, 2023
Rice University’s Multicultural Community Relations department hosted a book presentation for Richard Tapia’s “Losing The Precious Few: How America Fails to Educate Its Minorities in Science and Engineering” Feb. 22 in Anne and Charles Duncan Hall’s McMurtry Auditorium.
Rice graduate studies office throws ‘Night at the Museum’ bash
February 27, 2023
Rice’s Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies hosted its annual “A Night at the Museum” graduate student recruitment event Feb. 25 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Morian Hall of Paleontology, a fun-filled evening amid the museum’s spectacular collection of dinosaur skeletons and other paleontological wonders.