It is with great excitement that I welcome you back to Rice for the start of another academic year. Our campus has come alive once again with energy, ...
Rice Vice President and Director of Athletics Tommy McClelland announced on Monday that the Owls will partner with Nike as the official outfitter of R...
Rice’s Martí, Sarlah, Wang honored with national American Chemical Society awards....
Rice marked a historic milestone this month as it welcomed the largest incoming class in its history — 1,336 new Owls, including 63 transfer students....
U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (R-Woodville) will explore critical topics in U.S. science and innovation policy to ensure America remains the global leader in ...
Rice’s Kinder Institute provides insight into how Houstonians view deportation and related policies....
Members of the Rice community gathered to celebrate Paul Padley....
The honors reflect both the technical ambition of “SPILL” and the artistry of its creative team. ...
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....
Tunes on wheels: Rice Shepherd School bringing free music to community via The Concert Truck
Classical music from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music is coming to several locations around Houston Oct. 24 and 26 thanks to a fully functioning mobile concert hall called The Concert Truck.
Rice community gathers for campus vigil supporting Israel and Jewish students, faculty and staff
Approximately 200 members of the Rice University community, including Rice President Reginald DesRoches and Provost Amy Dittmar, gathered Oct. 11 in solidarity with the campus’ Jewish students, faculty and staff at an evening vigil for Israel, held at Ray Courtyard outside the Rice Memorial Center.
Trevor Cobb named to Texas Bowl’s 2023 class of Gridiron Legends
Former Rice running back and College Football Hall of Famer Trevor Cobb will join five others in the 2023 Gridiron Legends class, which was announced by the TaxAct Texas Bowl committee Oct. 9.
Rice, Houston Methodist showcase new Center for Human Performance at kickoff event
Rice and Houston Methodist unveiled the Houston Methodist-Rice University Center for Human Performance during a kickoff event Oct. 10.
Rice Shepherd School’s James McCarthy named 2024 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow
James McCarthy, a graduate student in voice at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music , has been named a recipient of the 2024 San Francisco Opera (SFO) Adler Fellowship.
2023 athletic programs report now available
Copies of Rice’s 2023 “Report on Men’s and Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Programs” are now available from the Office of the Director of Athletics.
Top university entrepreneurship centers announced at GCEC conference
The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC), headquartered at the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship in Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, brought leading university entrepreneurship programs together to celebrate creativity and innovation in university-based entrepreneurship education for its annual conference Oct. 5-7 and announced the top programs in higher education.
Rice-engineered material can reconnect severed nerves
Rice neuroengineers designed the first self-rectifying magnetoelectric material and showed it can not only precisely stimulate neurons remotely but also reconnect a broken sciatic nerve in a rat model.
Indian artist and art critic to bring Kathakali alive at Rice’s Hudspeth Auditorium
“A Window to the World of Kathakali” featuring two programs is set for Oct. 19 at Hudspeth Auditorium in Rice’s Anderson-Clarke Center.