Oz Ocampo, a former international scout with the Houston Astros, is shaping the next generation of sports industry professionals....
A team of Rice researchers reported the first direct observation of a surprising quantum phenomenon predicted over half a century ago known as a supe...
With its campus nestled in Houston’s Museum District, Rice has built a model for what a university-art museum partnership can look like....
Sophianne Loh, a bioengineering major from Chicago, found her home at Rice in the strong sense of community and top-tier research opportunities. ...
An international team of physicists, including Rice’s Paul Padley, Frank Geurts, Karl Ecklund, Wei Li, and Darin Acosta, was awarded the 2025 Breakthr...
For three days in April, scholars, experiencers and independent researchers gathered not to solve the mystery but to examine its place in our evolving...
At the busy intersection of academic life and everyday student traffic, a striking white and yellow structure has appeared on Rice’s campus....
A pair of Rice students are harnessing cutting-edge neuroscience to design an affordable, wearable solution for people living with Parkinson’s disease...
Rice Athletics will host an action-packed weekend of competitions as part of its annual Blue Gray Weekend, Friday through Sunday....
Rice Reflects, an initiative from the Office of the Provost, brought bestselling author Sandy Tolan to McMurtry Auditorium March 10 to discuss free sp...
The 48th-ranked Rice Owls women's tennis team took down the 49th-ranked Wichita State Shockers April 8 at the George R. Brown Tennis Center to improve...
Rice’s Program in Writing and Communication hosted the fifth iteration of the Visual Communication Symposium at the Moody Center for the Arts last mon...
On heels of national championship, Rice speech and debate keeps raking in wins
December 5, 2022
The past several months have been a whirlwind of success for Rice’s George R. Brown Forensics Society, the university’s award-winning student speech and debate team with a track record of racking up championships and awards by the dozens. After tremendous success amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, including two national championships in as many years, the team’s penchant for top-tier performances has continued this fall alongside a much welcomed return to in-person competition.
People, papers and presentations for Dec. 5, 2022
December 5, 2022
Richard Gordon, the W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geophysics in Rice’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, is to receive the European Geosciences Union (EGU) Stephan Mueller Medal for 2023. Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, a professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, has been named president of the American Geophysical Union Near-Surface Geophysics focus group.
After beating Aggies and Frogs, Rice women 7-0 for first time
December 5, 2022
The Rice women’s basketball team scored a pair of victories over major conference foes
Comic Art Teaching & Study Workshop receives original comic art gift worth six figures
December 5, 2022
A rare art collection featuring some of the most famous cartoon characters in American history has been acquired by Rice University’s Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop (CATS) within the School of Humanities’ Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts.
Rice volleyball team bows out in second round of NCAA Tournament
December 5, 2022
Rice’s volleyball team dominated the final two sets to claim a 3-1 victory (26-24, 24-26, 25-16, 25-14) over the University of Colorado Boulder in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Dec. 1 in Waco, Texas, before dropping a five-set battle with Baylor University (16-25, 25-22, 25-23, 14-25, 15-11) in the second round Dec. 2.
December 5, 2022
Fear of hate crime looms especially large in the minds of Jews and Muslims, even if they have never been personally targeted, according to a new study from Rice University and West Virginia University.
Rice organizes drive to house, assist international students over winter break
December 5, 2022
Hosted by the Office of International Students and Scholars — International Connections (OISS), the International Holiday Hospitality Help Program aims to provide amenities such as low-cost/no-cost housing accommodations, meals and gift cards/cash to international undergraduate students who cannot return to their home this holiday season.
Owls land in LendingTree Bowl, will face Southern Miss
December 5, 2022
Rice is headed to a bowl game for the first time since 2014. The LendingTree Bowl will pit the Owls (5-7) against the University of Southern Mississippi (6-6) Dec. 17 in Mobile, Alabama. The 4:45 p.m. game between the former Conference USA foes will be televised by ESPN.
Debt-ceiling decision could complicate foreign policy, Baker Institute diplomacy expert argues
December 5, 2022
Joe Barnes, the Bonner Means Baker Fellow, argues in a new issue brief that a Republican-led House could complicate President Biden’s ability to achieve his goals regarding China and the Russia-Ukraine war.
December 2, 2022
Evelyn Tang, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy and a member of Rice University’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award.