Rice bioengineer Julea Vlassakis has won $1.1M in federal funding for a project researching Ewing sarcoma....
As millions of fans watch the FIFA World Cup 2026 across North America, a team of Rice alumni is helping ensure the tournament runs smoothly behind th...
Rice Business today announced the launch of a new Early Career Track within its MBA@Rice Online MBA program. The new track gives high-potential profes...
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 ...
Rice Athletics to celebrate 20-year anniversary of 2003 baseball title
Rice Athletics will hold a reunion event dubbed “A Championship Celebration” March 24 in honor of the 20-year anniversary of the team’s national title, which was clinched with a 2-1 series victory over Stanford University.
Political division prolongs the immigration crisis, report says
The U.S. immigration system is slow and stymied by politics, but the border crisis represents an opportunity to address gaps in the American labor market, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice composition professor Pierre Jalbert’s new work has New York premiere at Carnegie Hall
The Houston-based Apollo Chamber Players performed Rice Shepherd School composition professor Pierre Jalbert’s “L'esprit du Nord” and additional works written by Rice alums in “A Universal Celebration of Storytelling, Outer Space, and Folk Music” March 9 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.
Fats help tag medical implants as friend or foe
Rice University bioengineer Omid Veiseh and collaborators found that lipid deposition on the surfaces of medical implants can play a mediating role between the body and implants, knowledge that could help scientists develop biomaterials or coatings for implants that could reduce malfunction rates.
Melissa Kean honored at Friends of Fondren Library Gala
Melissa Kean, former Centennial Historian of Rice University, was honored March 10 at the 41st Friends of Fondren Library Gala.
SSPEED-hosted demo featured water-inflatable flood barriers
Large, water-inflatable barriers were featured in a March 7 demonstration of flood-defense technologies hosted by Rice’s SSPEED Center.
Rice U. names Thackray associate vice president for operational excellence and engagement
Michelle Thackray has been named Rice University’s associate vice president for operational excellence and engagement.
Magnetism fosters unusual electronic order in quantum material
Rice physicists have found experimental evidence that magnetism helps bring about the intriguing type of electronic order they discovered in a quantum material last year.
Members of Danish parliament discuss Houston innovation, entrepreneurship with Rice Business
Rice leaders met with members of the Danish parliament March 6 event to discuss Rice and Houston’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Owls basketball teams receive invitations to postseason tournaments
The Rice men’s basketball teams will compete in the College Basketball Invitational, while the women are headed to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
