Rice University has signed an $8.1 million cooperative agreement to lead the United States Space Force University Consortium/Space Strategic Technolog...
Prairie grasses are transported to Harris Gully and other city prairies by volunteers from Rice and the Greater Houston Area....
A recent study found that the material cerium magnesium hexalluminate (CeMgAl11O19) was not actually in a quantum spin liquid phase despite evidence s...
At the second annual Innovation and AI Summit, Rice Business faculty led conversational panels on how artificial intelligence will affect digital tran...
Kenneth Rogoff’s talk, to a packed audience at Rice, marked the return of the Doyle Arnold ’70 Distinguished Guest Lecture Series in Economics....
Rice's second annual Earth, environmental and planetary science (EEPS) open house generated interest in science...
With 99 days to go until the biggest tournament in global sports arrives in Texas, Rice turned its campus into a celebration of soccer, civic pride an...
A cross-disciplinary team at Rice has developed a new type of electric heating element — one that looks less like a traditional metal coil and more li...
Rice University’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies continues to expand access to global professional education through its ongoing pa...
Margaret Beier's research, which examines how motivation, self-efficacy and context shape learning outcomes, led to her election as a 2026 fellow of t...
The sold-out performance drew a full house of returning attendees and families experiencing a Shepherd School concert for the first time. ...
A new $55 million grant from Kinder Foundation will empower Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research for decades to come as it focuses on its bold v...
Chabad at Rice celebrates Hanukkah, Festival of Lights
Chabad at Rice welcomed members of the Rice community to a precelebration of Hanukkah Dec. 7. Students, faculty and staff packed into the Ray Courtyard to enjoy latkes, donuts and music and hear from President Reginald DesRoches.
Rice computer scientists reach finals in global XPRIZE Quantum Applications competition
Rice quantum computing researchers have introduced a novel algorithm that earned the team a place in the global XPRIZE Quantum Applications competition.
Picture perfect: Rice honors Fitlow’s 30 years of documenting campus life, events
Rice is recognizing Jeff Fitlow for more than 30 years of service. As a senior university photographer, he provides creative and high-quality photography ranging from the university’s small, daily moments to significant events and milestones. His last day with the university will be Dec. 31.
Innovation across Africa takes center stage at Rice360’s first networkwide design competition
The Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies and its invention education partners across Africa marked a major milestone at the first Invention Education Networkwide Design Competition, a two-day event held Nov. 20-21 that brought together the most promising student-led innovations from seven university design studios across the continent.
Legal sports betting linked to sharp increases in violent crime, study finds
As legalized sports betting sweeps across the country, new research shows it comes with a measurable rise in violent and impulsive crime on game days.
Rice gets into holiday spirit at annual celebration
The holidays are fully underway at Rice University as President Reginald DesRoches hosted the annual staff holiday celebration on campus Dec. 11.
Rice researchers uncover the hidden physics of knot formation in fluids
A team of researchers at Rice, Georgetown University and the University of Trento in Italy has uncovered a surprising physical mechanism that explains how a single filament can form a knot while sinking through a fluid under strong gravitational forces.
Engineered material uses light to destroy PFAS, other contaminants
Materials scientists at Rice and collaborators have developed a material that uses light to break down a range of pollutants in water, including “forever chemicals” or PFAS.
In one of the country’s most diverse and fast-growing cities, it’s not unusual to find people juggling multiple roles. But few balance them quite like HTC Kelly, a postdoctoral researcher at Rice University by day and a Houston Texans Cheerleader on nights and weekends.
