Ten years after a group of Rice students came together to work for change, four alumni returned to campus to reflect on what it took to transform thei...
Rice’s 2026 Religious Literacy Series, hosted by the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, welcomed 82 educators, non...
The Rice Center for Quantum Materials hosted a workshop on quantum materials synthesis at the Rice Global Paris Center, bringing together global resea...
Rice has elected five new members to its board of trustees. Dr. Barbara Jenkins Gibbs ‘73, John V. Jaggers ‘73, Robert “Rob” Kaplan, Akilah Mance ‘05 ...
As Houston prepares to welcome the world for the FIFA World Cup 2026, Rice students are helping make it happen....
Rice’s Qimiao Si collaborated with researchers from TU Wien in an experiment that showed quantum entanglement of a quantum critical metal....
Kinder Institute's 2026 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report finds many residents are spending more of their income on housing. ...
An interdisciplinary team of Rice researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts, offerin...
Christina Tringides is the recipient of the highly prestigious Pew Biomedical Scholar award....
STEM-Letics, a summer camp hosted by Rice’s Center for STEM Engagement and Rice Athletics, introduces students in grades three through five to science...
Amid the energy, music and sea of soccer fans at FIFA Fan Festival, Rice University is giving visitors from around the world a chance to experience a ...
The FIFA World Cup has arrived in Houston, and Rice is helping bring the excitement to fans across campus and the city....
Rice Connections fosters unity among students from diverse backgrounds
Every O-Week, the university’s weeklong orientation program, Rice Connections offers the opportunity for students from different faith traditions, cultural backgrounds and more to come together and meet their freshman peers.
Former Rice swimmer looks to be role model for disabled athletes across the globe
Former Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger is looking to represent her country on the global stage during the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.
Turning groceries into credit: A new frontier in lending
A new paper published in Management Science by Jung Youn Lee, assistant professor of marketing at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, and colleagues from University of Notre Dame and Northwestern University identifies a widespread data source that could broaden the pool of qualified loan applicants: grocery store receipts.
Incoming class fills Tudor Fieldhouse with ‘unbelievable energy’ to cheer on Rice Athletics
Tudor Fieldhouse was packed with frenetic energy Tuesday night as new Rice students represented their residential colleges while cheering on the Rice sports teams.
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music announces 2024-25 season
The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University is preparing for a monumental milestone, beginning a multiyear celebration this fall in honor of the school’s 50th anniversary.
More than 75% of in-district respondents signaled their support for a bond that does not result in a tax increase.
Rice football kicks off 2024 season with Owl Fest
Rice football season is finally upon us, and with that comes unique events like Owl Fest, where Rice supporters are invited to meet the squad before the first game of the year.
‘All the little things’: Orientation weekend helps international undergrads settle in at Rice
By 9 a.m. on a humid Friday morning, Eduarda Favero was already racing around the halls of Rice’s Sid Richardson College, greeting anxious families, leading international students from 40 different countries to their rooms and answering a flurry of questions.
‘You all belong here’: Rice faculty offer words of inspiration to Class of 2028
On the second morning of O-Week, Rice University’s Class of 2028 assembled in Tudor Fieldhouse to hear advice from a three-person panel of professors who shared their secrets for success — both at Rice and beyond. The faculty delivered short, TED Talk-style lectures encouraging new students to stay open to the possibilities the university offers.
Researchers teaching artificial intelligence about frustration in protein folding
Peter Wolynes and his colleagues have found a new way to predict how proteins change their shape when they function.
