Rice researchers have developed a theoretical strategy for eliminating an unintended directional bias that can arise when magnetic particles are assem...
The 23rd annual Energy Tech Venture Forum welcomed 97 ventures to connect with investors, exchange ideas and explore opportunities for pilots, investm...
Rice has climbed one spot to No. 16 in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings, with the university also earning top 10 recogn...
More than 120 utility leaders, researchers, government officials, entrepreneurs, corporate water teams, engineers and investors gathered at Rice for t...
Anne Chao, co-founder and program manager of the Houston Asian American Archive and an adjunct lecturer in Rice's School of Humanities and Arts, share...
Rice researchers have shown that an organic semiconductor can transform from a liquid crystal into a solid crystal through a rapid, highly coordinated...
Following a hard-fought home loss to Western Michigan, the Rice football team hits the road for a Sept. 26 matchup with Fresno State that renews a riv...
The Friends of Fondren Library at Rice hosted New York Times bestselling author and Houston native Katherine Center at its annual membership celebrati...
The International Society for Engineering Health held its inaugural summit at Rice....
Three experts from Rice will attend Brain Week at the United Nations General Assembly Sept. 21-25 to join an international conversation that reaches w...
Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, Rice’s Shepherd School of Music honored the anniversary the way it has every year since 2002: by pausing to ...
The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice presents ”Radiant Geometries: Vectors of Knowledge from the Indigenous Americas” this fall, bringing together co...
Researchers measure giant light-conversion effect in chiral carbon nanotubes
Rice scientists successfully assembled carbon nanotubes with the same chiral orientation into large high-quality crystals that can manipulate light with an efficiency two to three orders of magnitude greater than conventional materials.
Curving wireless beams could let cyberattackers hide the source of jamming attacks
Rice researchers demonstrated a new kind of wireless jamming attack that uses curved radio signals to disguise where interference is coming from.
Even after adopting cattle, early herders kept hunting and gathering
The first pastoralists in eastern Africa didn’t suddenly switch to a diet centered only on cows, sheep and goats. Instead, they kept eating a wide mix of foods — fish, wild animals and plants, according to key findings from new University of British Columbia-led research, with Rice University as a key contributor.
Houston plants roots for FIFA World Cup in Ion District with Green Corridor initiative
The next step in Houston’s beautification initiative kicked off May 13 in advance of the 2026 FIFA World Cup games taking place at NRG Stadium this summer. Aramco, as a FIFA host committee sponsor and in celebration of its 25-year partnership with Trees for Houston, selected the Ion District for the commemorative tree planting ceremony.
Anderson walks off Tulane on senior day to complete sweep
Aric Anderson made his final home game at Rice one to remember, driving in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th to give the Owls a 6-5 win over Tulane Saturday afternoon and complete a sweep of the Green Wave.
The Rice women’s track and field team won the American Conference Championship last weekend, claiming a team title as head coach Jim Bevan nears the end of his 40th year in coaching.
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and Kinder Institute for Urban Research will host “Redrawing Risk,” a one-day public conference May 21 examining the real-world implications of FEMA’s updated flood maps for Houston.
Houston faith leaders unite around shared challenges, new Rice study finds
In a city as diverse as Houston, how are religious communities working together? The team at Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance spent the last two years on a “listening research tour” conducting in-depth interviews and focus groups with religious and community leaders from every corner of the city to learn more about the barriers to religious cohesion.
Rice Business’ Jue-Rajasingh named to international 40-under-40 list
In Diana Jue-Rajasingh’s classroom at Rice, students debate difficult organizational dilemmas with no easy answers. This approach in the classroom has helped earn Jue-Rajasingh, assistant professor of strategic management at Rice Business, a place on Poets&Quants’ 2026 40-Under-40 Graduate Business Professors list recognizing rising stars in business education.
A new study by Rice’s Kinder Institute suggests bilingual instruction may improve academic outcomes for emergent bilingual students.
