Owls to face TCU in NCAA First Round
The No. 42 Rice women's tennis team will face No. 20 TCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
John C. Polking, professor emeritus of mathematics, passed away June 28 at the age of 93. ...
Frank Martin Fisher Jr., a Rice professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology, passed away at the age of 95 on June 23. ...
For Mauricio Benitez, every FIFA World Cup is about more than the soccer on the field. It’s about the people....
New research examines how dual-earner couples balanced work and family responsibilities during the early weeks of the pandemic....
Rice Business earned five top 10 rankings in The Princeton Review's 2027 business school rankings, highlighted by its first-ever recognition for Best ...
Rice recently held a two-day Urban Sustainability Innovation Sprint and the opening reception for the Urban Sustainability Projects Portfolio at the I...
For professor Laura Kabiri, who teaches the same physiology course in Houston, Paris changed what the material meant to her students. ...
More than 800 K–12 students from across the Greater Houston area traded traditional summer pastimes for notebooks, pens and art supplies as participan...
As artificial intelligence accelerates demand for computing power across the U.S., a new study co-authored by Hon Chung Lau, adjunct professor in the ...
The Claudio X. González Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy convened leading trade experts to examine ...
Rice’s Na Wang and Sylvia Dee find extreme weather across Asia is connected and increasing in frequency. ...
Oren Samet, who is joining Rice’s Department of Political Science as an assistant professor, researches the international dimensions of authoritarian ...
The Rice Biotech Launch Pad will advance the development of a cell-based therapy for Type 1 diabetes supported by an award from Breakthrough T1D.
President Reginald DesRoches welcomed hundreds of Rice University staff members to a morning breakfast and recognition ceremony April 23 at Tudor Fieldhouse. Themed For All You Do, We Care For You, the gathering highlighted the university’s successes and staff’s accomplishments during the previous year and a glimpse into Rice’s trajectory in the coming years.
The Kinder Houston Area Survey, the longest-running study of any major metro area in the nation, was released at the institute’s annual luncheon.
Terrence Brooks named associate vice provost for campus engagement at Rice
Terrence J. Brooks has been named the Office of Access and Institutional Excellence’s new associate vice provost for campus engagement.
Water resilience research brings more prepared future
This Earth Month, Rice is highlighting a selection of research projects that seek to better understand and build resiliency for extreme water events like flooding.
Rice engineer selected for Air Force Research Lab Visiting Faculty Research Program
Rice electrical and computer engineering professor César A. Uribe has been selected for the Air Force Research Laboratory Visiting Faculty Research Program, a competitive initiative that brings university researchers into Air Force laboratories to collaborate on high-impact research aligned with national defense priorities.
Celebrating excellence: Announcing Center for Teaching Excellence Award winners
Rice’s 2026 University Awards Ceremony, hosted by the Center for Teaching Excellence, brought together faculty, students and academic leaders to celebrate one central idea: Great teaching transforms lives. The event highlighted not only outstanding educators but also the broader culture of mentorship, innovation and community that defines the university.
Shared Equipment Authority to celebrate 25 years with symposium
Rice’s Shared Equipment Authority is reaching a milestone. The organization is celebrating its 25 years of existence with a Silver Anniversary Symposium from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 29 at the BioScience Research Collaborative with all users, stakeholders, vendors and the larger Rice research community invited to join.
Fleet Week festivities bring Navy, community spirit to Reckling Park
Rice welcomed the U.S. Navy and a slate of Fleet Week Houston activities to Reckling Park April 21, transforming a midweek matchup against University of Houston into a celebration of service, community and national pride.