Rice’s Tam Dao and Kenny Evans have received a federal grant to investigate the scope and frequency of foreign influence in U.S. institutions. ...
After a decade of growth, Chabad at Rice broke ground on the new Grinshtein Chabad Jewish Student Center that will provide an expanded home for Jewish...
Lydia Kavraki and Rebecca Richards-Kortum are the first two faculty members in Rice history to be elected to all three U.S. national academies — the N...
The sunrise and sunset light sequence now showcases a completely renovated lighting system installed under the supervision of Turrell’s studio. ...
Michael King was selected as a founding member of ACAI....
Rice University’s football team will open its 2026 season at home Sept. 5, welcoming Houston Christian University to Rice Stadium for a 6 p.m. kickoff...
Rice’s Jewish community kicked off the new academic year with an evening of sushi, conversation and connection at Chabad at Rice’s annual Sushi Social...
Rice has received an NSF award to develop artificial intelligence-powered cameras....
The third annual energy conference, hosted by the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy in partnership with the Univer...
Geoffroy Hautier has joined a team led by UH in the search for next-generation permanent magnets. ...
Rice is entering a new era of growth, fueled by record student demand, an expanding faculty and research enterprise, major investments in campus infra...
For Nathan Citino, the Barbara Kirkland Chiles Professor of History at Rice, the 25th anniversary offers an opportunity to look beyond the attacks the...
Artemis II engineer shares stories from space at Rice’s Ion
“NASA Stories at the Ion” is a morning series that spotlights the human side of space exploration with each session featuring personal and powerful stories from astronauts and key NASA personnel.
Rice researchers recently published a paper in Science Advances showing that the nitrogen and phosphorus composition of iron meteorites are different from the composition found in later asteroids known as chondrites.
7 selected to join Association of Rice Alumni board
Seven alumni have been selected to serve on Rice's Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) Board of Directors : Carlin Cherry, Kate Gunn Pagel, LaKeisha Batts, Chloe Oani, Shardee Caesar Douglas, Jim Pyke and Travis Johnson. They begin their three-year terms July 1, when Alicia Burns Wright becomes president of the ARA and Andrew Lin becomes president-elect.
From Houston to Paris: Rice researcher investigates AI’s growing role in fact-checking
Rice doctoral student Agustin Prinetti will spend the fall semester in Paris studying how people use AI chatbots to fact-check political content and navigate misinformation.
Weissenberger, longtime professor of German studies, remembered for 50-year Rice legacy
Klaus Weissenberger’s scholarly range stretched from 18th-century lyric poetry to the evolution of the fairy tale and the distinctions between German and Austrian literary traditions.
Texas universities show sharp differences in health insurance premiums, Baker Institute report finds
Annual health insurance premiums for faculty and staff vary by more than $5,000 per employee across Texas universities, according to a new report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. For PPO (or POS plans) — the only plan type offered at every institution in the sample — the report finds that the total annual cost of individual coverage, combining employer and employee contributions, ranges from $8,095 for Texas universities belonging to Employees Retirement System of Texas (such as the University of Houston) to $15,742 at Trinity University.
‘Rice means something to all of us’: Association of Rice Alumni honors Laureates Award recipients
A parliament of Owl alumni and friends recently gathered at The Revaire to celebrate the achievements, dedication and impact of Rice’s alumni at the Association of Rice Alumni’s annual Laureates Awards Dinner. The association’s president David Leal ’03 welcomed the more than 200 alumni and friends to kick off the event.
Johannesdottir advances to NCAA Championships
The Rice women's track and field team closed out their stay at the NCAA West Prelims Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark., with Julia Johannesdottir advancing to the championship meet.
Study is first demonstration of gene transcription measurement in the living brain
Bioengineers at Rice have developed a way to map DNA transcription profiles in living brain tissue with great accuracy based solely on a blood sample.
Celebrating our newly promoted and tenured faculty
As the academic year has drawn to a close, it is a joy to recognize the remarkable achievements of our faculty. In my message today, we are celebrating a group of exceptional colleagues who have reached pivotal career milestones through promotion to a new rank and, for some, the awarding of tenure. I am deeply grateful for their dedication to our students and their respective fields of study.
