Senior Spotlight: Esther Jimenez ’25...
At the Association of Rice Alumni’s 2025 Laureates Awards ceremony May 8, the group will bestow its highest honor — the Gold Medal Award — to the late...
Rice’s Office of Access and Institutional Excellence welcomed author and free speech advocate Suzanne Nossel to campus April 28 for a conversation on ...
Rice’s chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, inducted 21 new members....
Rice President Reginald DesRoches was recognized for his visionary leadership and lifelong commitment to education at the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Associ...
With federal research funding in the headlines in recent months, Rice's Office of Public Affairs is spotlighting what’s at stake — and what’s possible...
A new study led by researchers from the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice has introduced an innovative solution that could i...
Menachem Elimelech was honored with the Sidney Loeb Award at the European Desalination Society Conference held in Porto, Portugal, April 28. ...
As India’s influence grows in fields such as climate change, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, Rice is positioning itself to be a key collabo...
For senior Dasseny Arreola, pursuing two majors, one minor, three research fellowships and even a novel was never about checking boxes....
More than 80 scientists from around the globe gathered at Rice for the School on Electron Correlations and Topology....
Rice researchers have developed a new machine learning algorithm that excels at interpreting optical spectra, potentially enabling faster and more pre...
DesRoches, design firm discuss reimagined Academic Quad with faculty, staff
April 14, 2023
Rice University faculty and staff gathered April 11 to learn more and provide feedback regarding the proposed Academic Quadrangle redesign.
Annual Rice competition renamed Huff OEDK Engineering Design Showcase
April 14, 2023
The George R. Brown School of Engineering Design Showcase and Poster Competition, coordinated by Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), kicked off April 13 with remarks from President Reginald DesRoches — in which he announced the event will now be known as the Huff OEDK Engineering Design Showcase
Alison Bashford to lecture on Julian Huxley papers at Rice
April 14, 2023
Alison Bashford , a scientia professor of history at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and director of the Laureate Centre for History and Population, will present a lecture about the Julian Huxley papers’ influence on her new book April 24 at Rice’s Fondren Library, where the papers are housed.
Richard Fisher to discuss economic issues facing US April 19
April 14, 2023
Former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Richard Fisher will discuss economic uncertainty and prospects for growth at an April 19 event hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice English’s MacArthur ‘genius’ Kiese Laymon honored by campus community
April 13, 2023
In an afternoon reception at Cohen House April 10, Kiese Laymon — Rice’s Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of Creative Writing and English — was joined by his students, family, friends and colleagues alongside Rice President Reginald DesRoches and leaders from across campus to celebrate the esteemed author in light of his recent MacArthur Fellowship , popularly known as the “genius grant.”
Student service celebrated at Center for Civic Leadership’s annual showcase
April 13, 2023
Rice’s Center for Civic Leadership hosted its annual spring showcase April 4, under the umbrella of the university’s 2023 Moody Experience events and celebrations.
Sensor system could decrease fall risk for older adults
April 13, 2023
A team of Rice University engineering students designed a fall-risk assessment system that enables doctors to create personalized risk-management strategies for patients based on their individual movement patterns at home.
Rice U. engineering students’ brace puts patients first
April 13, 2023
For those suffering from rib flaring associated with congenital deformations of the chest wall that cause it to jut out or cave in, a team of Rice University engineering students has come up with a potential solution.
Rice U. students engineer socks for on-the-go neuropathy treatment
April 13, 2023
A wearable electrical-stimulation and vibration-therapy system designed by Rice University engineering students might be just what the doctor ordered for people experiencing foot pain and balance loss due to diabetic neuropathy.
Rice provides update on Global Paris Center
April 13, 2023
Vice President for Global Caroline Levander, Provost Amy Dittmar and President Reginald DesRoches gave an update on the Rice Global Paris Center in an April 11 email to the university community.