

Rithika Iyengar, a rising senior at Rice, has been named a 2025 Key into Public Service Scholar by the Phi Beta Kappa Society....

Rice Athletics hosted its annual Night of Flight celebration and fundraiser May 1, bringing together alumni, student-athletes, supporters, family and ...

Two members of the Rice community, one current student and one alumna, are among the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners recently announced, recognized for th...

Volker Rudolf, a professor of biosciences at Rice, is investigating just how powerful seasonal rhythms, known as phenologies, can be....

Freshman Daniel Zou and junior Lukas Boandl are in the top 15 of the NCAA Bremerton Regional after one round....

J. D. McCracken scattered three hits over seven innings and Michael Zito drove in three runs as Rice downed Wichita State 9-3 to capture the weekend s...

Rice’s Matteo Pasquali has been elected a fellow of The Society of Rheology (SoR)....

Rice scientist and engineer Naomi Halas was awarded the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry May 1 at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia....

Faculty and students gathered for the latest edition of Research Relays, an event series that spotlighted the expansive, interdisciplinary work of CAA...

Rice's Doerr Institute for New Leaders capped off the 2024-25 academic year with its annual Leadership Celebration April 24 in Ray Courtyard, honoring...

Findings from the 2025 Kinder Houston Area Survey, the nation’s longest-running metropolitan study of its kind, will be released May 19. ...

Rice conferred more than 250 doctoral degrees during its 112th commencement May 10 at Tudor Fieldhouse. Doctoral candidates along with friends, family...

Rice students serve as talent escorts at NFL Honors in New Orleans
A group of 38 Rice sport management students had the opportunity to work behind the scenes at one of the most prestigious nights in football.

Website details latest policy, executive orders, research funding and immigration impacts
The new administration has recently issued a number of federal executive orders and agency directives. As a private nonprofit institution, Rice is committed to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations while maintaining an environment where students, faculty and staff have the necessary resources to engage and excel in teaching, learning and research.

Rice senior Cat Tran to intern at SpaceX through Brooke Owens Fellowship
Rice senior Cat-Linh Tran has been selected as a 2025 Brooke Owens Fellow, a prestigious honor recognizing exceptional undergraduates pursuing careers in aerospace.

Owls defense smothers FAU in home win
The Rice women’s basketball team used stellar defense to bounce back in the win column in a commanding way with a 72-39 win over Florida Atlantic University at Tudor Fieldhouse Feb. 18.

Practical civics: Members of Rice community discuss how to get involved in government locally
Members of Rice’s Office of Public Affairs hosted a panel discussion about the “practical civics” of how people can interact with local, state and federal government Feb. 13 at Fondren Library’s Kyle Morrow Room. The panelists explained the nuts and bolts of how individuals might navigate civics in impactful ways.

US research universities’ innovation and future to be examined at Ion event Feb. 24
Rice President Reginald DesRoches and ASU President Michael Crow, two distinguished leaders in higher education and public service, will discuss the evolving role of U.S. research universities in driving innovation, equity, accessibility and affordability and more Feb. 24 at the Ion — Houston’s innovation hub powered by Rice. The event will include a livestream option with the recording available afterward.

Harnessing failure as an asset: How Rice researchers are innovating smarter wearable tech
A new study by mechanical engineers at Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing explores how programmed failure in heat-sealable, sheet-based systems can be used to protect devices, enable complex sequencing of actions and even streamline control mechanisms.

R-STEM education luncheon springs support from university partners
Fresh chamomile, marjoram and dianthus from Rice’s holistic garden welcomed nearly 90 guests to the spring R-STEM Partners Collaborative Luncheon hosted by the Office of STEM Engagement. Held at the Ralph S. O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science, the biannual event draws engagement from STEM supporters, university faculty and staff, nonprofits, industry and school districts from across the greater Houston area.

Owls to face off with Sam Houston in home opener Feb. 19
Rice baseball will play its home opener against Sam Houston State University Feb. 19.

The Rice Department of Computer Science and Ken Kennedy Institute invite Houston industry and community partners to an evening discussion on LLMs, DeepSeek and the future of generative AI.