Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing celebrated half a century since its official inception with two days of events that gathere...
More than 260 nonprofit leaders, board members and community stakeholders gathered at Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies March 2...
Rice’s Office of Sustainability held its second annual Earth Month Kickoff Festival April 1 at the Grand Hall in Rice Memorial Center. The event showc...
The winners of the 2025 Study Abroad Photo Contest have been announced by the Office of Study Abroad at Rice....
Rice, BCarbon and Scenic Galveston have launched an innovative project to protect the Kohfeldt Marsh near Texas City from sea level rise through the d...
OpenStax, a leading provider of high-quality open educational resources and interactive learning technologies housed at Rice, announces the completion...
Held March 20-23, the conference featured speakers from 10 countries and drew more than 570 attendees. ...
A pair of fifth inning home runs slammed the door on hopes of a rally by Sam Houston to lead Rice to a 9-1 win on Tuesday night and a sweep of the ann...
Houston-area residents voice clear preferences on key state issues in new Kinder Institute survey....
Rice University has launched the Institute of Health Resilience and Innovation....
During a recent visit to Rice, Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Texas), praised the institution’s leading-edge research and contributions to national defense. ...
The event was an open-to-all free celebration packed with musical performances, interactive activities and hands-on fun for visitors of all ages....
Hispanic alumni celebrate 50 years of tradition at Rice University
October 31, 2022
The Hispanic Association for Cultural Enrichment at Rice (HACER) is commemorating its 50th anniversary with a gala at the River Oaks Country Club Nov. 5.
New catalyst can turn smelly hydrogen sulfide into a cash cow
October 31, 2022
Rice engineers and scientists and collaborators have discovered an efficient, one-step process for converting hydrogen sulfide gas into clean-burning hydrogen fuel.
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 31, 2022
October 31, 2022
Lydia Kavraki and Marcia O’Malley are among 35 scientists named Oct. 25 to a list of the world’s top women scientists in robotics, energy and science at the iROS Kyoto 2022 Conference in Japan.
OpenStax announces 10 schools participating in this year’s Institutional Partner Program
October 28, 2022
OpenStax, Rice University’s educational technology initiative, will see 10 colleges and universities join its Institutional Partner Program for the 2022-2023 school year. All of those institutions will receive support from OpenStax experts as they work to save students’ money by increasing the use of free, openly licensed textbooks on their campuses.
Biden appoints Rice's Ruth López Turley to National Board for Education Sciences
October 27, 2022
President Biden has appointed Ruth López Turley, director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology, to the National Board for Education Sciences.
US-Middle East relations to be examined at Baker Institute event
October 26, 2022
The future of relations between the United States and the Middle East – particularly Iran – will be the focus of a Nov. 1 conference at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice University hosts first Black Leadership Across Campuses symposium
October 25, 2022
Rice University will host the Fall 2022 Black Leadership Across Campuses (BLAC) symposium in Farnsworth Pavilion Oct. 28 and 29. The symposium will be the first in a series of conferences addressing a wide range of themes that explore the mission and cultural worlds framed by historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Community-based Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton project debuts Oct. 27 at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts
October 25, 2022
The latest project led by noted Houston-based artist Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, former Houston poet laureate and current artist in residence at the Rice University Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL), opens to the public at the Moody Center for the Arts Oct. 27. An opening reception will take place at the Moody from 6 to 8 p.m. that evening.
Owls claim C-USA regular-season soccer championship
October 24, 2022
The Rice women's soccer team claimed the Conference USA regular-season championship over the weekend, via a 1-0 victory on Senior Night over Western Kentucky University at Holloway Field combined with a Louisiana Tech victory over the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
NSF director raves about Rice’s future in inauguration keynote address
October 24, 2022
The head of the National Science Foundation sees an “amazing” future for Rice University under the leadership of newly inaugurated President Reginald DesRoches. NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan offered that optimistic outlook for the university during a visit to campus that included a keynote address celebrating the new president’s investiture.