Rice University celebrated a milestone in its scientific history Dec. 9 by displaying the Nobel Prize medals of late Rice chemistry professors Robert ...
As Rice’s December graduates receive their degrees, they look to take on a wide range of challenges as they impart their wisdom gained at Rice on the ...
The newest parliament of Owl graduates celebrated a major step in their educational journey during Rice’s December 2024 commencement ceremony, held in...
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music filled Morrison Theater with holiday cheer Dec. 7 during its annual “Spirit of the Season” concert....
World-class leader and talent recruiter John Strackhouse has been named chairman of the external board of the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice....
A team of Rice scientists has solved a long-standing problem in thermal imaging, making it possible to capture clear images of objects through hot win...
Tommy Pan Fang, assistant professor of strategic management at Rice, has been named to Poets&Quants’ list of 50 Best Undergraduate Professors....
In less than an hour, Dean Seiichi Matsuda and the graduate and postdoctoral studies staff doled out 102 cakes from two local bakeries amounting to an...
With its grand architecture and lush greenery, Rice’s campus has become a top destination for photo shoots celebrating engagements, weddings, pregnanc...
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music is celebrating an exceptional showing at the Chamber Music America Awards as its faculty and alumni received three of ...
Rice bioengineer Omid Veiseh has been elected as a National Academy of Inventors Fellow, the highest professional distinction awarded to inventors....
Pangea Potluck brought together the Rice community to celebrate cultural diversity through music, traditional foods, games and more....
Country music superstar Garth Brooks visits Rice athletes
August 15, 2022
Before the final show on his latest tour, country music legend Garth Brooks spoke to a group of Rice student athletes, an event held in conjunction with the nonprofit Teammates for Kids Foundation.
Ion and Houston Methodist to open health care innovation tech hub
August 15, 2022
Houston Methodist has joined the Ion as the first health care-centric partner in the growing innovation hub.
Record 17 Rice University graduate students named GEM Fellows
August 15, 2022
A record 17 graduate students at Rice University have been named 2022 Fellows of the National Graduate Education for Minorities Consortium.
Rice history professors offer timely course on Russia’s war with Ukraine
August 15, 2022
Russia shook the international order when President Vladimir Putin launched a massive military invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022. This fall, nearly six months from the war’s beginning, a pair of Rice history scholars along with several guest experts will guide students through the causes and consequences of the conflict.
People, papers and presentations for Aug. 15, 2022
August 15, 2022
A paper co-authored by postdoctoral research associate Mohammad Salehi and President Reginald DesRoches, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and of mechanical engineering, was selected as the featured article for a recent volume of the journal Engineering Structures.
Rice welcomes Class of 2026 with open arms on jubilant move-in day
August 14, 2022
A light drizzle didn’t stand a chance of dampening spirits inside Rice’s hedges when the university’s incoming Class of 2026 arrived on campus Aug. 14 for their jubilant move-in day celebration.
Lee named Rice University’s director of internal audit
August 11, 2022
Lisa Lee has joined Rice University as director of internal audit.
August 11, 2022
OpenStax, Rice University’s educational technology initiative that provides students and instructors with free learning resources, will publish the 10th edition of Cornell University professor emeritus John McMurry’s bestselling organic chemistry textbook next year.
August 10, 2022
An Aug. 17 webinar from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy — the first in a three-part series on health policy and how it will impact this year’s midterm elections — will examine what policymakers can do to destigmatize mental illness and improve access to care.
Smalley-Curl Institute rewards students’ summer research
August 9, 2022
The Smalley-Curl Institute held its annual Summer Research Colloquium Aug. 5.