Rice University’s new WaTER Institute, launched today, aims to address complex water related challenges.
Rice researchers created a synthetic origin of replication...
Rice leaders participate in CERAWeek panels on building successful pathways from innovation to impact...
Shepherd School of Music will command a significant presence on the nation’s leading opera stages in the 2026-27 season, including Houston Grand Opera...
A 15-minute plasma pretreatment helped recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite from spent lithium-ion batteries, pointing to a lower-chemical, lo...
The accomplishment is particularly striking because each of the school’s three voice studios is represented by the winners....
Rice is saluting Karen Rubinsky for 33 years of dedication to higher education. As the assistant vice president for development and alumni operations,...
IDE Technologies, a world leader in desalination and advanced water treatment solutions, and Rice’s WaTER Institute, a multidisciplinary center advanc...
Rice professor Zachary Ball recently published a paper describing a new way to target a common but understudied posttranslational modification called ...
For an interdisciplinary team of Rice undergraduates, improving global women’s health started with a pressing question: What does it take to make an e...
The Rice Table Tennis Club’s women’s team has advanced to the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association National Championships for the third consec...
Two Rice researchers recently named fellows of the Association for Psychological Science, one of the field’s leading international organizations....
Rice University professor Bidong Zhang has received a grant to develop next-generation lunar radiometric dating techniques that will acquire more accu...
Rice research unveils key dynamics of 2D nanomaterials with view to larger-scale production
A team of Rice researchers mapped out how flecks of 2D materials move in liquid ⎯ knowledge that could help scientists assemble macroscopic-scale materials with the same useful properties as their 2D counterparts.
For the first Owls After Dark event of the semester, the Rice Student Center hosted a late-night Lego building competition Jan. 25 in the Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall.
Child care cliff looms as expenses increase, availability decreases
Millions of child care providers in the U.S. face the prospect of having to either raise tuition, cut workers’ wages and benefits or downsize their operations as funds from the American Rescue Plan Act phase out. Up to 3 million children could experience a disruption in care nationwide — a “child care cliff,” according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice study shows how allyship can combat discrimination in STEM for Blacks, Latinos
Calling out discriminatory behavior is an effective way for white students to help combat racism against Black and Latino science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students, according to new research from Rice University.
Rice Theatre seniors to present Yasmina Reza’s ‘Art’ with performances opening Feb. 16
Rice Theatre’s “Art” will debut Feb. 16-18 in a translation from French by Christopher Hampton that tells the story of what happens when Serge buys an expensive painting, and the reactions of his two closest friends, Marc and Yvan, to his purchase.
Public invited to comment on RUPD as part of national accreditation process
A public portal for community comments about the Rice University Police Department will be open between Jan. 29 and March 31 as part of an annual inspection conducted by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in an effort for RUPD to maintain national accreditation.
Rice Athletics announces addition of women’s diving team
Rice University President Reginald DesRoches and Tommy McClelland, vice president and director of athletics, joined head swimming coach Seth Huston in announcing to the Owl swimmers that Rice will reinstate women’s diving as a varsity program for the 2024-25 season.
Rice celebrates Black History Month with inaugural kickoff event and month of programming
Rice University will celebrate Black History Month with a series of events including its first ever kickoff, “Called to Create: African Americans and the Arts,” 5:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall. It will feature singers, dancers, poetry readings and remarks from President Reginald DesRoches and other university and community leaders.
Rice announces addition of women’s diving team
Rice will reinstate women’s diving as a varsity program beginning with the 2024-25 academic year, Vice President and Director of Athletics Tommy McClelland announced Tuesday.