Rice nears goal of $20M faculty matching fund, $3M remains to unlock full impact
Rice nears goal of $20M faculty matching fund, $3M remains to unlock full impact.
A new Rice Brain Institute collaboration is bringing together robotics, neuroscience and clinical expertise to explore a more active approach to strok...
Rice’s Pengcheng Dai recently published a paper in Physical Review X describing the first successful efforts to put a proposed altermagnet material in...
Researchers at Rice have found that gently squeezing a crystal of iron sulfide can change two of its unusual properties at the same time: its tiny mag...
Thiago J. Pinheiro is helping tackle one of the fundamental challenges facing fusion energy — using some of the world’s most advanced computing tools....
The following construction announcement was shared with the campus Aug. 10:...
A comparative lens runs through the syllabus of the Paris summer course, which paired French works in translation with foundational texts in the medic...
Rice professor James Tour developed an ultrafast method for producing MXenes. ...
To help incoming students adjust to their new life, Rice will hold its annual Orientation Week — lovingly dubbed O-Week — to become acquainted with th...
Senior Mary Sickler grew up in Houston seeing Rice as home, she said, and transferring here marked a new beginning....
New research suggests insurance premiums are playing an increasingly important role in housing affordability across the state....
Rice has received a generous gift from alumna and trustee Patti Lipoma Kraft and her husband, Jonathan Kraft, to support two university priorities. ...
A team of climate and environmental scientists, educators, epidemiologists and infectious disease researchers from Rice University, Baylor College of ...
Rice professor awarded Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship
Rice professor Qimiao Si has been awarded a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship for the 2026-27 academic year.
‘There truly is no place like Rice’: Arjun Surya shares commencement address
‘There truly is no place like Rice’: Arjun Surya shares commencement address.
Digital Learning Symposium emphasizes responsible AI in education
The 2026 Digital Learning Symposium, an inaugural event for Rice, brought together faculty, students and thought leaders to explore a central question shaping higher education today: How do we preserve human-centered learning in an age increasingly defined by artificial intelligence?
Indian and Tibetan wolves found to have important, ancient genetics
Rice professor Lauren Hennelly uncovers stories hidden inside the DNA of Indian and Tibetan wolves.
Moody Awards for Outstanding Poster Presentation recognize 5 undergraduate research presentations
Undergraduate researchers at the Wiess School of Natural Sciences recently presented their findings at the annual Natural Science Undergraduate Research Symposium (NSURS). Of the over 300 students that participated, five were awarded for an outstanding poster presentation.
From campus classrooms to commencement stage: Rice faculty, staff celebrate their own graduates
As more than 1,360 students crossed the stage at Rice during the university’s largest undergraduate commencement ceremony in history, the celebration at Rice Stadium was especially personal for a number of faculty and staff members watching from the stands — and in several cases, standing on stage to hand their own children a diploma.
ARUBA Weekend celebrates legacy, charts future for Black alumni at Rice
Legacy at Rice is not just something to look back on — it is something actively built, carried and expanded. That idea that started with a few members of the Association of Rice Black Alumni led by past ARUBA president Angela Berry Roberson came into focus during the inaugural ARUBA Weekend, a recent four-day gathering that brought together alumni, students, faculty and university leaders for reflection, reconnection and a shared vision for what comes next.
Four Rice students named 2026 Sumners Scholars.
Nearly 300 graduates of the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing took part in the induction ceremony for the Order of the Engineer and The Pledge of the Computing Professional.