In a step forward for soft robotics and biomedical devices, Rice engineers have uncovered a powerful new way to boost the strength and durability of s...
Rice has appointed alumnus and former trustee Terrence Gee ’86 as interim chief information officer, effective Aug. 1....
With orchestral, chamber, opera and recital programs, the milestone season showcases the excellence of Shepherd’s students and faculty alongside appea...
Three Rice alumni who are now medical doctors comprise the clinical leaders for Rice Emergency Medical Services, the university’s student-led team of ...
Rice's Synthesis X Center and Baylor College of Medicine’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center have awarded the second offering of a two-year see...
A new study by applied physicists used a custom-designed microscope to examine supermoiré patterns in trilayer graphene....
Rice’s ENRICH and the Department of Kinesiology co-hosted a research and networking event with Houston Methodist....
Rice hosted five high school students for a forward-thinking summer pilot program named the ETC Lab, designed to equip high school juniors and seniors...
Rice Emergency Medical Services partnered with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center to host a campus blood drive July 12....
Whether you’re itching to write your first short story, finally tackle personal finance or get hands-on with photography or painting, Rice's Glasscock...
Some of the world’s top minds in machine learning, optimization and distributed systems gathered this summer in the heart of Paris. ...
Rice student-athletes and staff load donations as part of a two-day flood relief drive supporting Central Texas communities. ...
People, papers and presentations for May 31, 2022
Rice track and field athletes Grace Forbes (10,000 meters), Erna Gunnarsdottir (shot put), James McNaney (javelin), Tara Simpson-Sullivan (hammer throw) and Alex Slinkman (pole vault) qualified for the NCAA Championships with their performances at the NCAA West Prelims May 25-28 in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Rice Alliance seeks entrepreneurs for energy transition program
Entrepreneurs who are interested in running a startup that can impact the energy transition can apply to be matched with a novel technology in a new Chevron Studio program through Rice Alliance.
Rice bids fond farewell to finance wizard Kathy Collins
One of the top administrators at Rice University never taught a class here, but grateful colleagues who joined together last week for a celebration of her long and distinguished career hailed her as nothing less than one of the great teachers and leaders on campus.
Mental health of Black and Hispanic veterans improved after Obama election, study finds
The mental health of Black and Hispanic veterans improved when Barack Obama was elected president, according to new research from Rice University.
Schneider selected to direct Religion and Public Life Program
Rachel Schneider has been named the new director of the Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP), which will now be housed in Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance .
Howe wins Berlin Prize, will complete fellowship next year
Cymene Howe, a professor of anthropology at Rice University and director of graduate studies in the Department of Anthropology, has been named a Berlin Prize fellow by the American Academy in Berlin.
Top hospitals blatantly violating price-transparency mandate, says Baker Institute report
Many of the nation’s most prominent hospitals are blatantly violating federal mandates requiring transparency in pricing, and all too often patients are being kept in the dark about dramatic differences between publicly reported prices for services and their actual cost, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Cars could get a ‘flashy’ upgrade
Rice University chemists, working with the Ford Motor Company, processes waste plastic from end-of-life trucks into graphene for composite materials in new vehicles.
Sociologist Ecklund named director of Boniuk Institute
Elaine Howard Ecklund, an internationally acclaimed sociologist of religion, is the new director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University.
Stephen Klineberg: A retrospective
Through most of the 20th century, Houston thrived. It was a one-horse industrial town, riding its location near the East Texas oil fields to continued prosperity. The city was also world-famous for having imposed the least possible controls on development of any city in the Western world. Houstonians proclaimed themselves to be the epitome of what Americans can achieve when left unfettered by zoning codes, government regulations or excessive taxation.
