New research, led by Brielle Bryan, offers a clearer view of what instability really looks like and why it should be treated as a driver of inequality...
Rice Business MBA programs are ranked among the top five in The Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools rankings for 2025. The school is No. 3 in the...
Responsible AI is foundational to achieving the strategic goals and vision set forth in Momentous, Rice’s 10-year strategic plan. To further empower t...
The American Conference has officially unveiled a dynamic rebrand aimed at clarifying its identity and positioning the league for the future....
Rice is now ranked 68th on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2024, a list published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) ...
At Rice's Advanced Placement Summer Institute offered through the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, educators from across the globe gather each ...
A new concept shop in downtown Houston features healthy smoothies, acai bowls, parfaits and more — and it’s owned and operated by a Rice sophomore....
James F. Young, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at Rice, died May 28 in Hawaii. He was 81....
This year’s Summer Jam welcomed more than 1,900 people as they explored the Moody’s exhibitions “Figurative Histories” and “Collective Memories.”...
Can generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that create text, images and other content truly enhance employee creativity? A new paper published ...
Across the country and globe, Rice students are seizing hands-on roles with real stakes by interning in fields as diverse as offshore energy, arts edu...
Recent data shows that substance use of alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana, is declining among students in the Houston Independent School Distric...
Texas must tackle stem cell misinformation, say experts
Medical treatments that use stem cells have the potential to benefit patients facing serious diseases and injuries, but patients are not always aware that most treatments they are offered are experimental and can carry high risks, according to a report from the Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Physicists demo method for designing topological metals
Rice physicists and collaborators have demonstrated a new method for predicting whether metallic compounds are likely to host topological states that arise from strong electron interactions.
Interwoven: Charge and magnetism intertwine in kagome material
Rice physicists have discovered a quantum material where electrons engage in a collective dance that appears to be governed by both their electronic and magnetic natures.
The space selfie – a Spelfie, as it’s called – drew hundreds to Rice Stadium.
COVID-19 amplified hardship for many Harvey victims
A study shows the economic and mental health consequences on victims of Hurricane Harvey and COVID-19 were cumulative.
JFK: We will go to the moon. NASA: We will go farther
NASA and Rice celebrate the 60th anniversary of JFK's moon speech with a promise that his goal was just a beginning.
Owls flock to Student Activities Fair
Seasoned Rice Owls and new students alike were invited to the annual Student Activities Fair Sept. 1. Held in the student center and the adjacent Central Quad, Rice’s over 200 student clubs and campus departments set up shop to spread the word about their organizations and how interested students can get involved.
Rice anthropologists available to discuss ongoing impact of world's first memorial to a lost glacier
Three years after Rice anthropologists Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer received worldwide media attention for hosting a funeral for Iceland's first major glacier lost to climate change, their project has inspired a Belgian performance artist to replace 1 ton of ice on the site of the former glacier.
Rice part of multi-institution grant to study teacher education and development
A three-year National Science Foundation grant will fund a multi-institution study of how social networks affect teacher education development.
Rice rises to No. 15 in US News rankings
Rice has risen to No. 15 among the nation’s top universities ranked in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” guidebook.
