The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its annual Honors Court with five Owl student-athletes earning the distinction, the or...
Rice women's track and field athlete Mckyla Van der Westhuizen added one more honor to her stellar career after being named a CSC Academic All-America...
Rice Athletics had a conference-leading five student-athletes be named an American Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year for their respective sports,...
Rice researchers will investigate whether carbon credits could provide a new source of funding for a major coastal erosion and wetland protection proj...
Rice has announced that the new building under construction for Rice Business will be named Asha and Farid Virani Hall in recognition of a gift from c...
“Nothing prepares you for a cathedral,” said Denva Gallant, associate professor of art history at Rice. ...
John C. Polking, professor emeritus of mathematics, passed away June 28 at the age of 93. ...
Frank Martin Fisher Jr., a Rice professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology, passed away at the age of 95 on June 23. ...
For Mauricio Benitez, every FIFA World Cup is about more than the soccer on the field. It’s about the people....
New research examines how dual-earner couples balanced work and family responsibilities during the early weeks of the pandemic....
Rice Business earned five top 10 rankings in The Princeton Review's 2027 business school rankings, highlighted by its first-ever recognition for Best ...
Rice recently held a two-day Urban Sustainability Innovation Sprint and the opening reception for the Urban Sustainability Projects Portfolio at the I...
BRCĒ is a material-tech startup replacing failure-prone textiles with polymer composites engineered for strength, fire resistance and intrinsic stability. Its patented Lattice-Grip technology enables directional grip and controlled tension at the yarn level, eliminating slippage and performance loss under extreme conditions. The recent “Shark Tank” participant won over judges during the Rice Business Plan Competition and walked away with 11 prizes totaling $611,500.
Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra closes season with landmark works, guest conductor Edusei
“Virtuosic Soundscapes” will take place April 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall.
Rice researchers redefine what we can build by 3D printing electronics with focused microwaves
In a recently published paper in Science Advances, a team led by Rice’s Yong Lin Kong describes a new 3D-printing process with focused microwaves that overcomes a fundamental constraint of electronics 3D printing.
AI spots hidden behavior patterns in self-organizing bacteria
A custom-built artificial intelligence system developed by Rice researchers helped uncover how bacterial communities self-organize.
Rice’s Beer Bike brings tradition, competition and community to campus
Students, alumni and fans gathered at Rice April 10-11 to celebrate the 69th annual Beer Bike, one of the university’s most popular traditions and a centerpiece of the residential college experience.
Scheid to be awarded ARA’s Gold Medal at Laureates Awards
At the 2026 Laureates Awards ceremony May 7, the Association of Rice Alumni will bestow its highest honor — the Gold Medal Award — to Mark S. Scheid ’67, ’72.
Rice researchers find sulfur-rich Mercury magmas behave differently than Earth’s
Rice researchers recreate Mercury rocks, showing that sulfur replaces oxygen in key rock structures.
Love letters and real lives: Wiess Tabletop Theatre presents ‘She Loves Me’ April 17-19
Rice's Wiess Tabletop Theatre will present “She Loves Me” at 8 p.m. April 17-19 in the Wiess Commons. The show is free to Rice students, and others can attend for a $5 general admission fee.
The Center for Innovation and Translation of Point-of-Care Technologies for Expanded Cancer Care Access, a Rice-led collaboration of partners from three continents and based in the Texas Medical Center, has announced its second round of subawardees.
Now a senior in the Shepherd School of Music, Hazel Landers is majoring in music history while also pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in German studies through the School of Humanities and Arts.
