NSF grant supports ballot integrity research
Rice computer scientists are part of team that is studying the robustness and security of election systems that read hand-marked paper ballots.
Researchers at Rice have shown that hard-to-spot defects in a widely used two-dimensional insulator can trap electrical charges and locally weaken th...
On Feb. 17, the SSPEED Center welcomed Jed Anderson, founder and CEO of EnviroAI, for a lecture on environmental AI permitting. ...
The Rice women's basketball team was crowned the American Conference regular season champion after a 77-66 win at Temple Wednesday night at The Liacou...
Frank Klaus Tittel, a physicist whose career paralleled the rise of modern laser technology and who helped build Rice’s reputation in laser spectrosc...
Art teachers, artists and comics enthusiasts gathered at Rice University Feb. 20 for Teaching Comics, a one-day symposium exploring how comics can fun...
Nearly 700 prospective graduate students, current scholars, faculty and staff gathered at the Houston Museum of Natural Science for Rice University’s ...
Martono, a second-year master’s student in violin performance, won the title of Miss Chinatown Houston 2025, her first-ever pageant....
Undergraduates at Rice are digging into real, possible wrongful conviction cases this semester, examining evidence to bring renewed attention to indiv...
Rice President Reginald DesRoches was honored with a Community Trailblazer Award Feb. 19 by the city of Houston’s controller Chris Hollins during his ...
Rice commends Stacy Mosely for 14 years of service. As executive senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator, Mosely maintains admin...
Students convened at Rice University Feb. 20 for what organizers called a rare chance to hear and learn directly from one of the most influential musi...
The role brings Cristian Măcelaru ’06 ’08 back to campus several times each year to coach, conduct and mentor students across departments....
ROBE Array could let small companies access popular form of AI
A breakthrough by Rice computer scientists could allow more labs and companies to use artificial intelligence.
New Rice Owls get taste of Houston and service-learning through Civic Immersion program
A few weeks prior to Rice’s weeklong new student orientation, dozens of incoming Owls took time out of their summers to immerse themselves in the city of Houston and the social justice issues local advocates are striving to address through the Civic Immersion program, one of the flagships of the university’s Center for Civic Leadership (CCL).
Pain, loss and hope for tomorrow: Fischer Duo celebrates 50 years of music with ‘2020 Visions’
A new album from longtime piano-cello duo Jeanne Kierman Fischer and Norman Fischer, both professors at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the twosome performing together with music expressing the pain of loss and the hope for a better tomorrow.
Rice ranked by Niche as one of nation’s top 10 universities
Rice earns an “A+” grade and ranks as one of the nation’s top 10 universities in the latest ratings of American colleges compiled by Niche.
Lilie event aims to inspire student entrepreneurship across campus
Rice’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) is hosting a Festival of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology and Art (FIESTA) Aug. 29-Sept. 1 to showcase its work, resources and capabilities.
Stem cell research, misinformation to be examined at Baker Institute event
A Sept. 9 event from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy will examine misinformation surrounding stem cell research and regenerative medicine.
English chair Ostherr gives lecture in Berlin in honor of Marshall Plan’s 75th anniversary
Kirsten Ostherr — the Gladys Louise Fox Professor and Chair of the Department of English, and director of both Rice’s medical humanities program and the Medical Futures Lab — was invited by the U.S. Embassy in Berlin to give a lecture July 13 at the Benjamin Franklin campus of the city’s Charité hospital, one of the largest university hospitals in Europe.
Puentes Consortium experience promotes binational, collaborative undergraduate research
An international initiative this summer gave Rice undergraduates an opportunity to meet with students from Mexican and American universities to promote collaborative, multidisciplinary research on issues critical to the relationship between the two countries.
Rice, NASA to celebrate JFK’s moon speech
Rice University and NASA will celebrate the 60-year anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s famous moon speech at Rice Stadium.