Rice class decodes the history of human-computer interaction
Elizabeth Petrick, associate professor in Rice University’s Department of History, recently held a workshop class that examined the history of human-computer interaction.
Rice's SynthX Center is leading a new effort to improve how doctors detect and diagnose lymphatic diseases....
A technology designed to read gene activity in the brain from a simple blood test has now cleared a major translational hurdle....
Researchers at Rice have shown that hard-to-spot defects in a widely used two-dimensional insulator can trap electrical charges and locally weaken th...
On Feb. 17, the SSPEED Center welcomed Jed Anderson, founder and CEO of EnviroAI, for a lecture on environmental AI permitting. ...
The Rice women's basketball team was crowned the American Conference regular season champion after a 77-66 win at Temple Wednesday night at The Liacou...
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...
Rice’s Cherukuri, Robinson to speak at SXSW
Rice University Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Jacob Robinson and Vice President for Innovation Paul Cherukuri will speak at the upcoming South by Southwest Conference in Austin.
Landscape architect to host informational event on Academic Quad redesign
As part of the next phase of the redesign of Rice’s Academic Quadrangle, President Reginald DesRoches and Nelson Byrd Woltz (NBW), the landscape architect design team leading the project, are inviting students to attend an informational event in the quad March 9 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Brasil@Rice program celebrates a decade of international connections
In the fall of 2022, Arlei Silva, assistant professor of computer science, was thrilled to have been named a recipient of one of the prestigious “100,000 Strong In The Americas” research grants , awarded to projects that involve collaboration between universities in the United States and those in Central and South America.
An upcoming event from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy will examine how the key to fighting climate change lies in the developing world.
People, papers and presentations for March 6, 2023
Ed Emmett, Baker Institute Fellow in Energy and Transportation Policy, and Ruth Simmons, who was recently named a Rice President’s Distinguished Fellow, were named Houston Independent School District (HISD) Centennial Alumni Impact honorees at HISD’s State of the Schools event March 3.
Rodeo roundup with Reggie and Paula
Rice Owls dusted off their Stetsons and cowboy boots and dressed in their Western best to celebrate Rice Night at the Rodeo March 5.
On Feb. 24 and 25, Rice University composition professor Anthony Brandt collaborated with University of Houston professor Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal and Performing Arts Houston to premiere his newly commissioned chamber piece “Diabelli 200” at the Wortham Center.
An interactive sculpture paying tribute to African American history and the ongoing struggle for racial justice will be on display at Rice University throughout the month of March.
Owls pick up top 25 win in Shriners Children's College Classic
A Jack Riedel home run was the deciding factor in Rice’s 3-2 victory over No. 24-ranked Texas Tech University in the opening game of the Shriners Children's College Classic March 3 at Minute Maid Park.