The finding, reported by The New York Times April 16, builds on generations of inquiry into whether life exists beyond Earth....
Tam Dao has been appointed Rice University’s first associate vice president of campus safety and research security. His first day in this role will be...
Humanities disciplines, especially medical humanities, shouldn’t just be consulted at the end of the development pipeline when systems are being evalu...
At the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies’ 15th annual Undergraduate Design Competition, the future of global health innovation was on f...
Humanities Days offered Rice students the chance to present their research and creative work in panels, poster sessions and art presentations....
A team of Rice researchers has developed a new way to control light interactions using a specially engineered structure called a 3D photonic-crystal ...
In a classroom filled with the sounds of singing, storytelling and lively conversation, young children at Rice University’s Oral and Written Language ...
As Rice prepares to celebrate the Class of 2025 at commencement May 9-10, Rice News is spotlighting a collection of standout seniors....
The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) has introduced the 2025 Rice Innovation Fellows cohort, a dynamic group set to lead the f...
Rice hosted a timely and intimate conversation about the personal and political fallout that continues to ripple across the Gulf Coast....
Rice launches a first-of-its-kind collaboration: the Texas Linguistics Consortium....
More than 50 Rice University students, faculty and staff visited the Texas Capitol in Austin April 14 for a day of advocacy, connection and celebratio...
Rice Business professor Zhou elected fellow of Academy of Management
June 21, 2021
Jing Zhou, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Psychology at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, has been elected as a fellow of the Academy of Management (AOM).
June 21, 2021
The Rice baseball program hosted its first FUNdamental youth camp of the summer June 14-17.
Rice welcomes teachers for in-person physics workshop
June 21, 2021
QuarkNet returned to Rice last week for the first in-person workshop on campus since the start of the pandemic.
Celebrating Pride with a cold one
June 21, 2021
Revelers — and a few of their four-legged friends — celebrated Pride Month during a happy hour at Valhalla June 18.
Study examines how breast implant surfaces affect immune response
June 21, 2021
Rice University bioengineers collaborated on a six-year study that systematically analyzed how the surface architecture of silicone breast implants influences adverse side effects.
Solar energy collectors grown from seeds
June 21, 2021
Rice University engineers have created microscopic seeds for growing remarkably uniform 2D perovskite crystals that are both stable and highly efficient at harvesting electricity from sunlight.
‘Flashed’ nanodiamonds are just a phase
June 21, 2021
The “flash” process developed at Rice University can turn carbon black into functionalized nanodiamond and other materials. The carbon atoms evolved through several phases depending on the length of the flash.
June 21, 2021
HOUSTON – (June 21, 2021) – A little-noticed section of an environmental bill pending in Congress could reclassify water extracted from oil and gas wells as hazardous waste, dramatically driving up drilling costs in the U.S. and destabilizing energy markets around the world, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Award, plaque to honor legacy of former Dean of Social Sciences Lyn Ragsdale
June 21, 2021
Lyn Ragsdale's legacy of excellence will live on with an award bearing her name and a memorial plaque on campus.
People, papers and presentations June 21, 2021
June 21, 2021
Rice sophomore swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger earned a trip to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo with a strong performance over the weekend at the U.S. team trials in Minneapolis.