Rice scientists have discovered that tiny creases in two-dimensional materials can control electrons’ spin with record precision, opening the path to ...
Rice’s Office of Technology Transfer has entered into a subscription agreement with Intel Corporation which will enable the global technology leader t...
Just like incoming freshmen are getting to know the Rice campus during O-Week, newly hired faculty spent two days in an orientation of their own befor...
A team of materials scientists at Rice has developed a new way to grow ultrathin semiconductors directly onto electronic components....
New flocks of Owls filled Tudor Fieldhouse with chants, signs and competitive spirit as they represented their residential colleges and cheered on Ric...
After more than a decade of outstanding leadership at Rice, Paul Cherukuri, the university’s top innovation executive, will be leaving his post to acc...
A team of researchers at Rice has developed MIST — Mineral Identification by Stoichiometry — the first online tool capable of automatically identifyin...
A collaboration between Rice, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital’s Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) has ...
On the second morning of O-Week, Rice’s Class of 2029 assembled in Tudor Fieldhouse to hear advice from professors who shared their academic experienc...
The Owls move to 2-0 early in the 2025 season after a 6-0 shutout win over UTRGV....
Rice's campus was buzzing this summer as students in the Rice Emerging Scholars Program (RESP) wrapped up six weeks of challenging courses, hands-on p...
Amid unprecedented enrollment growth, Rice will open its 12th residential college, the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao College — referred to as Chao Coll...
Rice to host International Workshop on AI-Powered Space
Rice’s AI Houston Institute, in collaboration with NASA, will host the two-day International Workshop on AI-Powered Space, covering the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) theory and practice in core space and extended space at the university’s tech hub, the Ion.
Owls men’s, women’s basketball teams open season in dominating fashion
The Rice Owls men’s and women’s basketball teams kicked off the 2023 season with convincing wins at Tudor Fieldhouse this week.
Rice EMS honors student volunteers for lifesaving rescue
Rice Emergency Medical Services gathered for its annual Fall Study Break Nov. 3 where student volunteers enjoyed games, food and swag items as a way to relax between midterms and finals. While the event is meant to thank students for their commitment to the service, this year’s gathering took on a special meaning. During the festivities, the organization recognized the recent lifesaving efforts of several of its members.
Rice Business ranked No. 1 for entrepreneurship 5 years running by Princeton Review, Entrepreneur
For the fifth consecutive year, Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business has been ranked No. 1 for graduate entrepreneurship programs by Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
Inaugural Community Market connects Rice alumni business owners
Rice University hosted its inaugural Community Market during Alumni Weekend, the largest annual alumni event on campus. Between 8:30-11 a.m. Nov. 4, 24 vendors filled the Greenbriar lot as Rice alumni business owners sold products, generated awareness of their businesses and networked with each other.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby talks innovation, sustainability with President DesRoches
Rice University President Reginald DesRoches spoke with United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Nov. 1 at The Ion as part of a new series called “Visionary Voices.” Jan Odegard, executive director at The Ion, and Managing Director of United Airlines Ventures Andrew Chang, a Rice alumnus, opened the conversation by introducing the goals of their respective companies and commending Rice for creating The Ion.
Annual SSPEED Center conference welcomes international flood-control experts
The Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center at Rice hosted its 11th annual conference last month at the university’s Anderson-Clarke Center.
Ngozi Ukazu, graphic novel author and illustrator, recently visited David Messmer’s class African American Comics and Graphic Novels as a guest lecturer.
Grammy Award-winning conductor and former Houston Symphony music director Hans Graf rehearses with the Rice Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra prior to its Oct. 27 performance. He conducted the orchestra in an exhilarating musical program titled “Fire and Ice,” featuring the work of Scriabin, Sibelius and Stravinsky.
Owls take home singles, doubles titles at Rice Invitational
Sophomore Darya Schwartzman was named the singles champion, while Schwartzman and junior Saara Orav were named doubles champions on the final day of the Rice Invitational at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.
