The Rice-Houston Methodist Digital Health Institute will host an inaugural summit Oct. 8 at Rice, launching what will become an annual gathering at th...
Rice climatologist Sylvia Dee has been awarded the 2025 Nanne Weber Early Career Award from the American Geophysical Union’s Paleoceanography and Pale...
Richard Gordon, the W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geophysics in Rice’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, has been awarded...
Carrie Masiello, the W. Maurice Ewing Professor of Biogeochemistry at Rice, has been elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the world’s l...
The 22nd annual Rice Alliance Energy Tech Venture Forum saw 50 ventures pitch their companies to a full crowd of investors and corporate leaders Sept....
The Rice football team is off to a historically great start following a 28-17 win last week against the University of North Carolina at Charlotte....
No. 25 Rice rallied from an early deficit to defeat Grambling State 3-1 on a rainy Sunday afternoon at Holloway Field in the Owls' non-conference fina...
Rice researchers used a focused electron beam to pattern device functions with submicron precision directly into an ultrathin crystal....
Rice has released two new editions of its flagship publications — Rice Magazine and R3: Rice Research Review — offering readers a look at the universi...
Rice and Lehigh University have announced the launch of the Consortium for Enhancing Resilience and Catastrophe Modeling, a research initiative design...
A delegation of law enforcement officers from South Korea recently visited campus to learn how the Rice Police Department addresses domestic violence ...
Biotechnology Innovation Organization president and CEO John F. Crowley visited Rice as part of a tour highlighting regional biotech hubs across the c...
Potential for profits gives Rice lab’s plastic waste project promise
Rice University scientists create carbon nanotubes and other hybrid nanomaterials out of plastic waste using an energy-efficient, low-cost, low-emissions process that could also be profitable.
Engineered wood grows stronger while trapping carbon dioxide
Rice University scientists have figured out a way to engineer wood to trap carbon dioxide through a potentially scalable, energy-efficient process that also makes the material stronger for use in construction.
Landscape architect Sara Zewde to give lecture at Rice Feb. 22
Sara Zewde, founding principal of New York architecture practice Studio Zewde, will present a lecture titled “Aesthetics of Being” Feb. 22 at Anderson Hall.
Rice Business ranks best in Texas according to Financial Times
Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business ranks 17th among top U.S. business schools and 29th globally — up from 28th and 47th a year ago, respectively — and is No. 1 in Texas, according to 2023 rankings from the Financial Times.
Lilie launches Summer Venture Studio for students
The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) has announced the launch of a new startup accelerator program for Rice University students: Summer Venture Studio.
Fondren Library shares the love on Valentine’s Day
Fondren Library hosted a Valentine’s Day crafting table, allowing students and faculty to make cards for their friends and loved ones.
Ruth Simmons to join Rice as President’s Distinguished Fellow
Ruth Simmons, a pioneer in higher education, will join Rice University as a President’s Distinguished Fellow, the university announced today.
Rice-U. of Edinburgh partnership funds research for global impact
Rice University and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have unveiled the winners of the inaugural Rice-Edinburgh Strategic Collaboration Awards as part of their historic joint research initiative launched last year.
Rice scientists reengineer cancer drugs to be more versatile
Rice University scientists enlist widely used cancer therapy systems to control gene expression in mammalian cells, a feat of synthetic biology that could change how diseases are treated.
Rice community rallies to aid Turkey, Syria after catastrophic earthquake
Following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake Feb. 6 that has caused over 30,000 deaths and widespread destruction in Turkey and neighboring Syria, Rice University’s Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) is embracing its mission to foster international connections by coordinating an effort with student groups including the Turkish Student Association to raise funds and gather crucial supplies for those affected by the natural disaster.
