Hot temps, cold treats at annual Ice Cream Social
Rice staff enjoyed a sweet afternoon of appreciation at the June 4 Ice Cream Social, hosted by Staff Council and served by university leadership.
Rice’s Tam Dao and Kenny Evans have received a federal grant to investigate the scope and frequency of foreign influence in U.S. institutions. ...
After a decade of growth, Chabad at Rice broke ground on the new Grinshtein Chabad Jewish Student Center that will provide an expanded home for Jewish...
Lydia Kavraki and Rebecca Richards-Kortum are the first two faculty members in Rice history to be elected to all three U.S. national academies — the N...
The sunrise and sunset light sequence now showcases a completely renovated lighting system installed under the supervision of Turrell’s studio. ...
Michael King was selected as a founding member of ACAI....
Rice University’s football team will open its 2026 season at home Sept. 5, welcoming Houston Christian University to Rice Stadium for a 6 p.m. kickoff...
Rice’s Jewish community kicked off the new academic year with an evening of sushi, conversation and connection at Chabad at Rice’s annual Sushi Social...
Rice has received an NSF award to develop artificial intelligence-powered cameras....
The third annual energy conference, hosted by the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy in partnership with the Univer...
Geoffroy Hautier has joined a team led by UH in the search for next-generation permanent magnets. ...
Rice is entering a new era of growth, fueled by record student demand, an expanding faculty and research enterprise, major investments in campus infra...
For Nathan Citino, the Barbara Kirkland Chiles Professor of History at Rice, the 25th anniversary offers an opportunity to look beyond the attacks the...
AI crashed a Paris wine tasting and that was the point
The ‘Human Flourishing in the Age of AI’ conference tackles how AI is quietly reshaping what it means to live a fully human life.
Van der Westhuizen crowned national champion
Mckyla Van der Westhuizen jumped from third to first to be crowned a National Champion in the javelin, joining a list of all-time elite athletes for Rice women's track and field Thursday evening at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Over the course of seven days, Rice’s presidential delegation crossed two countries and held meetings with many prominent universities, research institutions and government leaders.
Rice Business has partnered with Service to School (S2S), a national nonprofit that helps veterans and service members access higher education, adding a new admissions and outreach partner to the school’s growing ecosystem of support for military-affiliated students.
Rice’s Kinder Institute’s 2026 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston, now in its seventh year, will be released June 16.
For researchers at Rice, preparing for the next storm means looking beyond hurricanes alone. Flooding, extreme heat, aging infrastructure, housing pressures and public health concerns are increasingly interconnected, creating a web of challenges that can make communities more vulnerable and recovery more difficult.
Rice joins Houston’s Green Corridor with Sustainable Ecologies Installation
Rice joins the Green Corridor with the Rice-FIFA Sustainable Ecologies Installation, a temporary public-facing exhibit located in the oak groves near Entrance 1.
Looking back, looking forward: Rice Juneteenth panel talks leading in time of Black Lives Matter
Ten years after a wave of student activism reshaped conversations about equity and belonging at Rice, a group of alumni will gather to reflect on the journey.
Young Scholars Invent introduces Houston students to digital health innovation at Rice
Seventy-eight high school students from across the greater Houston area gathered at Rice last month for the annual Young Scholars Invent program, a hands-on learning experience that challenged participants to develop affordable digital health solutions while gaining exposure to entrepreneurship, engineering and innovation.