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...
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.
Even good gene edits can go bad
October 24, 2022
A Rice lab leads the effort to reveal threats to the efficacy of gene editing, even when it appears to be working.
Rice Shepherd School to celebrate life and legacy of late conductor Larry Rachleff Oct. 29
October 24, 2022
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music will celebrate the life and legacy of late conductor Larry Rachleff Oct. 29 with a musical tribute from those who knew and loved him best.
October 24, 2022
As part of the multiday inauguration celebration in his honor, Rice President Reginald DesRoches invited both undergraduate and graduate students to mark the occasion at a pair of receptions Oct. 21.
Confirming election results possible with risk-limiting audits
October 24, 2022
Risk-limiting audits that effectively verify the results of an election are underutilized in the United States.
‘No one more deserving or more prepared’: DesRoches celebrated at inaugural gala
October 24, 2022
After days of campuswide fêtes and the formal investiture of Reginald DesRoches Oct. 22, Rice’s eighth president and his family were honored at a glittering inaugural gala, where DesRoches was touted for his leadership, compassion and grand vision for the university’s future.
Rice homecoming brings Owls together for weekend of celebrations
October 24, 2022
Rice University will welcome alumni, students, faculty, staff and families for Owl Together, a celebration of its past, present and future Oct. 28 - 29 with an eclectic mix of events to celebrate everyone involved in the campus community.
New study to examine effectiveness of antidepressants by analyzing brain MRIs
October 24, 2022
Antidepressants only have about a 30% rate of effectiveness, and it can take a month or longer for them to fully take effect in patients. In addition, patients often have to try several different drugs before finding one that works.