Rice faculty and Baker Institute leadership are remembering former President Jimmy Carter's life, legacy and connection to the university....
Rice bioengineers have developed a new construction kit for building custom sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. The research is a major breakth...
Rice chemists have developed a more environmentally friendly way to integrate chlorine into chemical building blocks....
The grants aim to accelerate the translation of technologies into clinical applications....
James A. Baker III, former secretary of state and honorary chair of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, remembers the 39th president....
Jerlyn Leigh Mardis ’71 ’82, an alumna and longtime Rice University lecturer, passed away recently at the age of 74....
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and President Joe Biden’s Principal Deputy National Security Adviser John Finer spoke at Rice University’s Bak...
Rice’s Tudor Fieldhouse turned into a bustling educational classroom as thousands of energetic students from schools around the greater Houston area l...
Researchers at Rice University have made a meaningful advance in the simulation of molecular electron transfer — a fundamental process underpinning co...
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Paul Padley will transition into an advisory role on July 1, 2025....
Mexico is likely to face challenges politically, economically and diplomatically in 2025, according to the newest edition of the Mexico Country Outloo...
Rice concluded the year on a high note, celebrating a year of transformative growth, achievements and community spirit. ...
Boron nitride nanotube fibers get real
June 23, 2022
Rice scientists create the first boron nitride nanotube fibers using the custom wet-spinning process they developed to make carbon nanotube fibers.
Process to customize molecules does double duty
June 22, 2022
Chemists develop a method to add two fragments to an alkene molecule in a single process, which could simplify drug and materials design.
City, county and port support Galveston Bay Park study
June 22, 2022
Houston, Harris County, Port Houston and entrepreneur Joe Swinbank have chipped in for an engineering study of Galveston Bay Park, a chain of man-made islands that Rice University experts have proposed building as both a hurricane barrier and a 10,000-acre public park.
Houston’s hot housing market has decreased inventory and widened affordability gap
June 21, 2022
Houston’s housing market is hotter than ever, people are paying skyrocketing prices for a declining inventory of homes and apartments and the affordability gap is getting worse, according to a new report from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Rice OEDK team creates new feeding device for Houston Zoo’s red river hogs
June 21, 2022
Just steps away from Rice University, you can meet Neptune, Luna, Vidalia, Artemis and Ophelia, the Houston Zoo’s resident red river hogs.
SeqScreen can reveal ‘concerning’ DNA
June 21, 2022
Rice computer scientists and collaborators develop a program to screen short DNA sequences, whether synthetic or natural, to determine their toxicity.
People, papers and presentations for June 21, 2022
June 21, 2022
Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger won a bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle S7 during the World Para Swimming Championships last week in Madeira, Portugal.
Rice, TSU, Prairie View unite for Juneteenth event
June 17, 2022
Rice hosted a celebration of Juneteenth with a series of panels exploring ideas and questions relevant to the holiday.
Agriculture emissions pose risks to health and climate
June 17, 2022
Rice researchers find the economic cost of emissions from agriculture and their risks to populations through air pollution and climate change.
What’s up with oil? Impact on consumers, policy focus of upcoming Baker Institute event
June 17, 2022
Oil industry experts will discuss market response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, investor reluctance to fund shale operations and OPEC’s production decisions during a June 22 event at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.