“I feel really grateful for the opportunities that I’ve had now that I am here," said senior Michael Garcia....
The Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies welcomed nonprofit leaders from acros...
The Olivier Award-nominated play traces the rise and fall of the Houston-based energy trading giant, translating complex financial systems into a fast...
New consumable hemp rules from the Texas Department of State Health Services are officially in effect, and the biggest change comes down to how THC is...
For more than a decade, Rice’s Frederi Viens has been studying Lake Chad, a vast freshwater lake in west-central Africa that borders Nigeria, Niger, C...
The Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the University of Houston Energy Transition Institute are launching a st...
A delegation of researchers from Rice’s WaTER Institute traveled to Argentina’s Neuquén province this month to help address a pressing question facing...
Rice’s open enrollment period for employee benefit plans will run from April 3-17. To give employees a way to better explore their benefits options, t...
Rice's Office of Sustainability invites the campus community to join the third annual Earth Month Kick-Off Festival from 12:30-3:30 p.m. April 1 at th...
Rice continues to strengthen its position as a leader in innovation, rising to No. 66 in the 2025 Top 100 U.S. Universities List for utility patents, ...
Rice once again found itself at the center of the college basketball world, serving as the official host institution for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Sou...
For Rice senior Leo Marek, engineering is about finding the small changes that make big systems run better....
Nobel laureate Tom Sargent to discuss soaring inflation and how to combat it at Rice lecture
For decades, the United States’ inflation rate hovered comfortably around the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%. That changed in 2021, when inflation begin to rise at an alarming pace. For Americans under 40, it’s now the highest they’ve seen in their lives .
New motorcycle lighting design could save lives
Motorcycle drivers are 27 times more likely to die in an accident than those in regular passenger vehicles. Night driving is especially dangerous, accounting for nearly half of all fatal crashes.
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 17, 2022
The work of the late John Bryant, a former professor emeritus in Rice’s Department of Economics, was cited in the summary of the 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Bryant’s pathbreaking work was recognized as sharing key features with two of the winners, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig.
STaRT@Rice expands to include other Houston universities in second year
For the second year in a row, Rice University’s School of Social Sciences held STaRT@Rice, an innovative program that provides a snapshot of the research process coupled with professionalization training.
Rice salutes John Cornwell upon retirement from university
John Cornwell, associate vice president of institutional effectiveness and institutional research, is retiring from Rice at the end of the year, ending a long and productive career with the university.
2022 athletic programs report is now available
Copies of Rice’s 2022 “Report on Men’s and Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Programs” are now available.
NSF director to speak on education, innovation at Rice event
National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan will join Rice University science and education experts Oct. 21 to examine how research innovation can enhance Americans’ quality of life through strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship and economic growth.
Get ready for homecoming by showing and sharing Rice spirit
Ahead of Owl Together 2022, which will combine Rice’s homecoming, reunion and families weekend activities into a one-of-a-kind experience Oct. 28 and 29, Rice’s Staff Council is hosting a spirit week contest for staff and faculty.
Texas vaccine policy to be examined at Baker Institute event
Health experts will come together to discuss the current state and future of vaccine policy in Texas at a symposium from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice’s Kiese Laymon awarded ‘genius grant’ MacArthur Fellowship
Rice University English professor and acclaimed author Kiese Laymon has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, the prestigious honor popularly known as the “genius grant.”
