Four Rice graduates have been awarded Fulbright scholarships through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, earning opportunities to conduct research, pu...
Caring for a spouse with dementia is one of life’s most demanding responsibilities. While the emotional toll is well documented, the physical effects ...
A comprehensive international review published in the peer-reviewed journal Small Group Research ranked Rice faculty members Eduardo Salas and Daan va...
The Houston Methodist-Rice Digital Health Institute recently welcomed Frank Marchetti, Consul General of France in Houston, and his team to discuss he...
Rice became a sea of orange as an estimated 10,000 Dutch supporters and Houstonians gathered just west of Rice Stadium for one of international soccer...
Ten years after a group of Rice students came together to work for change, four alumni returned to campus to reflect on what it took to transform thei...
Rice’s 2026 Religious Literacy Series, hosted by the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, welcomed 82 educators, non...
The Rice Center for Quantum Materials hosted a workshop on quantum materials synthesis at the Rice Global Paris Center, bringing together global resea...
Rice has elected five new members to its board of trustees. Dr. Barbara Jenkins Gibbs ‘73, John V. Jaggers ‘73, Robert “Rob” Kaplan, Akilah Mance ‘05 ...
As Houston prepares to welcome the world for the FIFA World Cup 2026, Rice students are helping make it happen....
Rice’s Qimiao Si collaborated with researchers from TU Wien in an experiment that showed quantum entanglement of a quantum critical metal....
Kinder Institute's 2026 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report finds many residents are spending more of their income on housing. ...
Rice U.’s Kaiyu Hang wins NSF CAREER Award
Kaiyu Hang, an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop robots that can manipulate unfamiliar objects in high-uncertainty situations.
2023 State of Housing: Majority of renters in Harris County and Houston are cost-burdened
Over half of renters in Harris County and Houston are now spending in excess of 30% of their income on housing costs, according to a new report by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
David Medina, director of Multicultural Community Relations, presents Queen Sofia of Spain a gift on behalf of Rice University at the Julia Ideson Library, where she took part in a ceremony to celebrate the unveiling of the digital Portal of Hispanic History.
A 'neuroshield' could protect citizens from artificial intelligence
Steps to regulate advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-enhanced social media are needed to protect people from AI “hacking” our interpersonal relationships and collective intelligence, says Harris Eyre, fellow in brain health at the Baker Institute.
Six Owls named to NABC Honors Court
Travis Evee, Max Fiedler, Ben Moffat, Reed Myers, Quincy Olivari, and Cameron Sheffield have been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court.
OpenStax unveils new project to drive equity in education
OpenStax, an educational initiative from Rice University, unveiled a project designed to solve one of the trickiest challenges in education research: facilitating research projects about equity in education while also preserving student privacy and protecting sensitive learner demographic data.
Rice’s James Pomerantz receives top honor in cognitive psychology
James Pomerantz , a professor emeritus of psychological sciences at Rice University, is a recipient of the Psychonomic Society’s Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award.
Rice hones students’ skills at Creative Writing Camp
Rice hosted students in grades K-12 for the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies’ annual Creative Writing Camp this summer, providing young learners with opportunities to sharpen their writing skills.
Rice researchers earn prestigious Defense Department grants
Rice professors Qimiao Si and Jeffrey Tabor are recipients of prestigious 2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowships from the Department of Defense.
Discovery may lead to terahertz technology for quantum sensing
Rice University researchers leverage the quantum properties of strontium titanate to make a broad terahertz frequency range useful for quantum control and sensing applications.
