Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies has launched a new EC-3 alternative teacher certification program to prepare the next generat...
A new study led by Rice, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals that icefish reorganized their skulls in ways that ...
A team of researchers from Rice and collaborators have found a way to make two different phonons in thin films of lead halide perovskite interact with...
Faculty from Rice University’s Program in Media Studies are available to provide context and commentary on today’s rapidly evolving media environment....
Rice's Families Weekend matchup with Florida Atlantic on Oct. 4 has been selected by The American Conference and ESPN to kick off at 6 p.m. with cover...
Ira Dempsey Gruber, whose scholarship on the American Revolution reshaped understanding of military and political life in the 18th century and whose d...
Rice’s Fondren Library awarded Joseph Goetz the 2025 Shapiro Staff Innovation Award during a moving ceremony recognizing his inventive contributions t...
Rice has named David Sholl, an internationally recognized expert in research strategy, clean energy and scientific leadership, as its new executive vi...
Rice faculty and leadership highlighted cutting-edge research and national collaborations during the Research Frontiers Showcase in Washington, D.C., ...
Researchers including James Tour and Shichen Xu created a one-step process to recycle rare earths from discarded magnets....
Rice’s Office of STEM Engagement, the Houston Methodist-Rice Digital Health Institute and Houston Methodist are launching a three-year program that eq...
The 2025-26 Rice United Way Campaign has officially launched and provides an opportunity to make a real difference in the area. Contributions not only...
Schneider selected to direct Religion and Public Life Program
Rachel Schneider has been named the new director of the Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP), which will now be housed in Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance .
Howe wins Berlin Prize, will complete fellowship next year
Cymene Howe, a professor of anthropology at Rice University and director of graduate studies in the Department of Anthropology, has been named a Berlin Prize fellow by the American Academy in Berlin.
Top hospitals blatantly violating price-transparency mandate, says Baker Institute report
Many of the nation’s most prominent hospitals are blatantly violating federal mandates requiring transparency in pricing, and all too often patients are being kept in the dark about dramatic differences between publicly reported prices for services and their actual cost, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Cars could get a ‘flashy’ upgrade
Rice University chemists, working with the Ford Motor Company, processes waste plastic from end-of-life trucks into graphene for composite materials in new vehicles.
Sociologist Ecklund named director of Boniuk Institute
Elaine Howard Ecklund, an internationally acclaimed sociologist of religion, is the new director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University.
Stephen Klineberg: A retrospective
Through most of the 20th century, Houston thrived. It was a one-horse industrial town, riding its location near the East Texas oil fields to continued prosperity. The city was also world-famous for having imposed the least possible controls on development of any city in the Western world. Houstonians proclaimed themselves to be the epitome of what Americans can achieve when left unfettered by zoning codes, government regulations or excessive taxation.
New study of racism caught on video spotlights hate faced by Asians, Asian Americans amid pandemic
A new Rice University study showcases the severity of discriminatory behavior toward Asians and Asian Americans driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rice to welcome four new trustees
Rice University will begin the next academic year with four new Board of Trustee members. Asuka Nakahara, Jeremy Thigpen, Claudia Gee Vassar and Lori Whitten will serve four-year terms beginning July 1.
An expert panel will discuss what’s driving prices at the pump in a May 26 webinar from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice names James Hurley assistant vice president of alumni relations
James Hurley will join Rice’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) as its assistant vice president of alumni relations. He will assume his new role Aug. 1.
