Frank Klaus Tittel, a physicist whose career paralleled the rise of modern laser technology and who helped build Rice’s reputation in laser spectrosc...
Art teachers, artists and comics enthusiasts gathered at Rice University Feb. 20 for Teaching Comics, a one-day symposium exploring how comics can fun...
Nearly 700 prospective graduate students, current scholars, faculty and staff gathered at the Houston Museum of Natural Science for Rice University’s ...
Martono, a second-year master’s student in violin performance, won the title of Miss Chinatown Houston 2025, her first-ever pageant....
Undergraduates at Rice are digging into real, possible wrongful conviction cases this semester, examining evidence to bring renewed attention to indiv...
Rice President Reginald DesRoches was honored with a Community Trailblazer Award Feb. 19 by the city of Houston’s controller Chris Hollins during his ...
Rice commends Stacy Mosely for 14 years of service. As executive senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator, Mosely maintains admin...
Students convened at Rice University Feb. 20 for what organizers called a rare chance to hear and learn directly from one of the most influential musi...
The role brings Cristian Măcelaru ’06 ’08 back to campus several times each year to coach, conduct and mentor students across departments....
Isabella Bourtin balances GRE prep, lab work and upper-level courses as she pivots from pre-med ambitions toward a future in clinical psychology....
John Green, the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, influential educator and global YouTube phenomenon, will serve as the speaker for Rice's 113t...
A Rice research lab’s signature keepsake helped perfect a method for growing patterned diamond surfaces that could help decrease operating temperature...
Marjanović reappointed as dean of Rice School of Architecture
Igor Marjanović has been reappointed as the William Ward Watkin Dean of the Rice School of Architecture, effective July 1, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Amy Dittmar announced today.
Rice basketball teams open 2025-26 regular seasons this week
The Rice Owls men’s and women’s basketball teams are tipping off their 2025-26 campaigns this week, looking to build early momentum and set the tone for the season ahead.
Second Foundings Conference brings national dialogue on slavery’s legacies to Rice
Hundreds of scholars, students and community members from across the country gathered at Rice in mid-October for the fall research conference of the Universities Studying Slavery Consortium.
Kono awarded American Physical Society’s Isakson Prize
Rice applied physicist Junichiro Kono has been awarded the American Physical Society’s 2026 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids.
Houston workers are redefining what matters most at work
The latest survey from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research shows flexibility — not salary — is now the top priority for Houston-area workers, many of whom are eyeing new career paths.
Rice set to take on UAB in 105th homecoming game
Rice’s homecoming meeting with UAB Nov. 8 will kick off at 1 p.m. with coverage provided on ESPN+.
Owls advance to American semifinal
The sixth-seeded Rice soccer team avenged last week's loss with a 1-0 shutout win over three-seed Tulsa Monday afternoon in the American Conference Championship quarterfinals.
Rice is partnering with researchers at the University of Washington, Columbia University and Louisiana State University on a $2 million award from the National Science Foundation to revolutionize how materials and microrobots can be designed, controlled and applied in real-world environments.
Study shows light can reshape atom-thin semiconductors for next-generation optical devices
Rice researchers studying a class of atom-thin semiconductors known as transition metal dichalcogenides have discovered that light can trigger a physical shift in their atomic lattice, creating a tunable way to adjust the materials’ behavior and properties.
The Rice University School of Architecture brought together civic leaders, designers and community members for the 2025 Rice Civic Forum, “In Motion: Downtown Streets, Stories and People,” at Architecture Center Houston.
