Kiese Laymon, the renowned Black Southern writer and the Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of Creative Writing and English in the School of Humanities, in...
Sports teams across America scored a victory with voters in 2020 when their stadiums did double duty as polling places, according to a new study condu...
Rice has again embarked on its annual campaign to raise support for its partner in philanthropy, United Way of Greater Houston, which works to move pe...
A new study from Rice University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio finds health care workers need better training on co...
The Baker Institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico is hosting Tran Dang, founder and executive director of The Rhizome Center for Migrants ...
The Glasscock School and Rice leaders celebrated 55 years with a Sept. 22 party at the Anderson-Clarke Center....
A new $50 million grant from the Kinder Foundation will empower Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research as it focuses on a bold vision f...
Rice Business and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have launched a new health care leadership program designed to help executives nav...
More news
New Rice Owls get taste of Houston and service-learning through Civic Immersion program
August 29, 2022
A few weeks prior to Rice’s weeklong new student orientation, dozens of incoming Owls took time out of their summers to immerse themselves in the city of Houston and the social justice issues local advocates are striving to address through the Civic Immersion program, one of the flagships of the university’s Center for Civic Leadership (CCL).
Pain, loss and hope for tomorrow: Fischer Duo celebrates 50 years of music with ‘2020 Visions’
August 29, 2022
A new album from longtime piano-cello duo Jeanne Kierman Fischer and Norman Fischer, both professors at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the twosome performing together with music expressing the pain of loss and the hope for a better tomorrow.
Rice ranked by Niche as one of nation’s top 10 universities
August 29, 2022
Rice earns an “A+” grade and ranks as one of the nation’s top 10 universities in the latest ratings of American colleges compiled by Niche.
Lilie event aims to inspire student entrepreneurship across campus
August 29, 2022
Rice’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) is hosting a Festival of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology and Art (FIESTA) Aug. 29-Sept. 1 to showcase its work, resources and capabilities.
Stem cell research, misinformation to be examined at Baker Institute event
August 29, 2022
A Sept. 9 event from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy will examine misinformation surrounding stem cell research and regenerative medicine.
English chair Ostherr gives lecture in Berlin in honor of Marshall Plan’s 75th anniversary
August 26, 2022
Kirsten Ostherr — the Gladys Louise Fox Professor and Chair of the Department of English, and director of both Rice’s medical humanities program and the Medical Futures Lab — was invited by the U.S. Embassy in Berlin to give a lecture July 13 at the Benjamin Franklin campus of the city’s Charité hospital, one of the largest university hospitals in Europe.
Puentes Consortium experience promotes binational, collaborative undergraduate research
August 25, 2022
An international initiative this summer gave Rice undergraduates an opportunity to meet with students from Mexican and American universities to promote collaborative, multidisciplinary research on issues critical to the relationship between the two countries.
Rice, NASA to celebrate JFK’s moon speech
August 25, 2022
Rice University and NASA will celebrate the 60-year anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s famous moon speech at Rice Stadium.
New weapon targets antibiotic resistance
August 25, 2022
A new class of molecular motors triggered by visible light kills harmful bacteria by generating reactive oxygen species. The new strategy could be a weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Powering an ‘arm’ with air could be mighty handy
August 25, 2022
Rice University mechanical engineers develop a textile-based energy harvesting shoe able to power assistive devices for people with disabilities.
Glowing tags reveal split-second activity of pathogenic circuitry
August 25, 2022
Rice bioengineers have created the first tool for observing the real-time activity of biology’s most ubiquitous signal-processing circuits.
Reconstructing ice age diets reveals unraveling web of life
August 25, 2022
Rice-led research published in Science offers a clear picture of the consequences of land mammal declines on food webs.
Remembering Jamey Rootes, head of Rice’s Hutchinson Leadership Initiative in Sport Analytics
August 23, 2022
Jamey Rootes, longtime president of the Houston Texans who was recently appointed to head the Hutchinson Leadership Initiative in Sport Analytics in Rice's Department of Sport Management, died Aug 21. He was 56.
Construction begins on Center for Human Performance
August 22, 2022
Leaders from Rice and Houston Methodist gathered at Tudor Fieldhouse Aug. 19 to celebrate the start of construction on the Houston Methodist-Rice University Center for Human Performance.
Rice rallies in a packed Tudor Fieldhouse for spirited celebration of Owl athletics
August 22, 2022
On the third day of O-Week 2022, Rice’s incoming class flocked to Tudor Fieldhouse for the Rice Rally, a pep rally to introduce new Owls to Rice athletics.