A newly discovered waltz by Frédéric Chopin, recently unearthed from a vault at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, made its Houston debut Nov....
The Ion District, Houston’s hub for innovation, now has its very own pickleball experience with the newly-opened Pickle Lab....
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music is set to bring holiday magic to Houston with its annual “Spirit of the Season” concert Dec. 7 in Morrison Theater at ...
Rice celebrated the topping out of Susan and Fayez Sarofim Hall, a new visual arts building, Nov. 12....
Rice’s WaTER Institute and Yokogawa Corporation of America announced a new partnership in support of modular autonomous water treatment and reuse proc...
Students of Rice’s Shepherd School of Music composed and performed original pieces in response to the themes of the Moody Center for the Arts’ fall 20...
Rice welcomed an assembly of leaders ranging from higher education and Texas Medical Center institutions to state and local elected officials to share...
Guests gathered at Rice on Nov. 8 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Lynn R. Lowrey Arboretum....
Eight representatives from Rice were selected to be part of the 2024-25 Scholars Transforming Through Research program hosted by the Council on Underg...
EcoStudio in Rice’s Sustainability Institute and the Rice Office of STEM Engagement have received a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Academies ...
Researchers including Jacob Robinson have developed a technique for diagnosing, managing treating neurological disorders with minimal surgical risks. ...
The Rice men’s basketball team used a strong defensive performance to defeat the University of Louisiana-Monroe 66-50 at Tudor Fieldhouse Nov. 12....
NIH grant boosts computational search for cancer drugs
June 7, 2021
Computer scientist Lydia Kavraki of Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering has won a prestigious National Institutes of Health U01 grant to develop a new approach to model and analyze protein-ligand interactions in cancer research.
Absorbent aerogels show some muscle
June 7, 2021
A simple chemical process developed at Rice University creates light and highly absorbent aerogels that can take a beating.
Bad romance: Negative relationships linked to worse physical and mental health in postpartum women
June 3, 2021
HOUSTON – (June 3, 2021) – Postpartum women in bad romantic relationships are not only more likely to suffer symptoms of depression, they are also at greater long-term risk of illness or death, according to new research from Rice University, Ohio State University and the University of California, Irvine.
OpenStax Institutional Partner Program expands for next academic year
June 3, 2021
OpenStax, Rice’s educational technology initiative, will welcome a dozen new colleges and universities serving diverse students across the United States to its Institutional Partner Program.
Hexagonal boron nitride's remarkable toughness unmasked
June 2, 2021
It's official: Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is the iron man of 2D materials, so resistant to cracking that it defies a century-old theoretical description engineers still use to measure toughness.
NIH supports mathematical optimization of tumor treatment
June 2, 2021
A new strategy to reduce the side effects suffered by patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancers now has the support of the National Institutes of Health.
Cuthbertson, Tudor to be honored with ARA's Gold Medal at Laureates Awards ceremony
June 1, 2021
Rice alumni Robert Tudor III and the late Gilbert “Doc C” Cuthbertson will be recognized for their extraordinary service to the university with the Association of Rice’s Alumni’s (ARA) highest award — the Gold Medal — at the 2020-2021 Laureates Awards Virtual Celebration June 3. The association is also honoring eight others for distinguished accomplishments and meritorious service and recognizing two young alumni awardees.
Houston is ready for the green energy transition, says Baker Institute expert
June 1, 2021
Houston’s “energy capital of the world” status is here to stay — no matter the type of energy — according to a new report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
People, papers and presentations Jun 1, 2021
June 1, 2021
Former Rice golfer Mario Carmona qualified for the U.S. Open by finishing in the top 10 among a field of 115 players last week at the Dallas Athletic Club. He is the first Owl to qualify since Michael Whitehead in 2011. The tournament is June 17-20 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego.
Time capsule found in Abercrombie cornerstone
May 28, 2021
A time capsule from the November 1948 formal opening of the Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory was discovered in the building's cornerstone by demolition crews clearing the way for a new 266,000-square-foot engineering and science building.