Rice researchers uncover key mechanisms in chromosome structure development
Researchers at Rice are making strides in understanding how chromosome structures change throughout the cell’s life cycle.
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....
New Rice research projects aim to ‘transform’ future of advanced materials
Rice materials scientist Boris Yakobson has won three awards from two federal agencies totaling $4,140,611 over several years to research challenging aspects of advanced materials’ production, performance and dynamics.
Rice’s Graduate Muslim Student Association celebrates Eid al-Adha
Rice’s Graduate Muslim Student Association held a dinner June 28 at Farnsworth Pavilion in a belated celebration of Eid al-Adha, the second of two main Islamic holidays that marks the culmination of the pilgrimage rites at Minā, Saudi Arabia, near Mecca, honoring Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son.
Rice research aims to reprogram the genetic code
Chemist Han Xiao has been awarded nearly $2 million from the National Institutes of Health Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award.
Do genes-in-pieces code for proteins that fold in pieces?
A new study led by Peter Wolynes offers new insights into the evolution of foldable proteins.
Rice Owls cap monthlong festivities at annual Pride Parade
A group of more than 50 Rice community members banded together to brave the heat and show their spirit in this year’s Houston Pride Parade June 29.
‘The surviving shards’: Donation preserves comic art at Rice
Rice’s Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop has received a significant donation of original comic art, enhancing its already sizable collection.
Rice engages young minds with STEM-focused summer camps
Rice’s Office of STEM Engagement and Rice Athletics have been holding weeklong day camps for third, fourth and fifth grade students. Dubbed STEM-Letics and now in its seventh year, with Space Week in its second year, the day camps are designed to keep students both mentally and physically active during the summer break.
Ahalya Lettenberger selected to US swimming team for 2024 Paralympic Games
Former Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger is one of 21 women and 12 men who will represent Team USA at the 2024 Paralympic Games, which begin Aug. 28 in Paris.
Rice student’s Juneteenth poem celebrates legacy of Freedmen’s Town
Though she grew up in Houston’s Freedmen’s Town, Avalon Hogans didn’t start digging into the history of the area until she came to Rice.