A new study by a team of researchers at Rice University and Houston Methodist’s Center for Neural Systems Restoration and Weill Cornell Medical Colleg...
Remote working tools like Zoom and Slack have been around for more than a decade, but it wasn’t until the COVID-19 pandemic that remote work really to...
OpenStax, the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources and a provider of interactive learning technologies based at Rice, announces the...
Rice University alumna Sofia Adrogué was sworn in as judge of the 11th Division Texas Business Court Nov. 19 at the Harris County Courthouse....
Mark Jones and David R. Brockman discuss the ongoing Republican-led initiatives in the U.S. to introduce more religious content into classrooms. ...
Rice’s Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences hosted its inaugural workshop Nov. 14-16....
Researchers at Rice have found a new way to improve a key element of thermophotovoltaic systems, which convert heat into electricity via light. Rice ...
Jonathan Mak, a third-year Doctor of Musical Arts student at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, recently earned the top prize at the inaugural Sorel-Tra...
Senior officials from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas visited Rice Nov.11 for a firsthand, comprehensive look at the university’...
Rice’s Center for Quantum Materials and Smalley-Curl Institute recently held two successive events aimed at advancing the field of quantum materials r...
Rice Emergency Medical Services recognized the 26th annual National Collegiate EMS Week Nov. 11-17 by hosting community education efforts and spirited...
The Rice community came together in a display of unity and purpose for the LUNGevity Breathe Deep Together Walk at Rice Stadium Nov. 16....
In a hurry to develop drugs? Here’s your cHAT
October 30, 2020
Rice University scientists develop cHAT to simplify the reduction of alkenes to more useful intermediate molecules for drugs and other useful chemical compounds.
Humanities courses ask the big questions — about death, hate and Disney
October 30, 2020
Classes contemplating three of the largest forces at play in our world will feature in the newest Big Questions courses.
Flash graphene rocks strategy for plastic waste
October 29, 2020
Rice scientists advance their technique to make graphene from waste with a focus on plastic.
Rice finds path to nanodiamond from graphene
October 29, 2020
Rice University researchers expand their theory on converting graphene into 2D diamond, or diamane.
Latin American lit professor publishing three books this fall
October 29, 2020
Coming up from Gisela Heffes: a new reader on ecocriticism, a fourth novel and her first volume of poetry.
Future of Supreme Court — both immediate and long-term — is focus of Rice webinar
October 29, 2020
Major challenges now facing the Supreme Court will be the topic of a Nov. 12 webinar.
As relationship with US deteriorates, experts to discuss China's 'soft power'
October 29, 2020
HOUSTON – (Oct. 29, 2020) – Experts from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy will examine the role of "soft power" in U.S.-China diplomacy in the final webinar of its 2020 Election Series Nov. 2.
US wealth, income inequality has declined, Baker Institute expert finds
October 28, 2020
HOUSTON – (Oct. 28, 2020) – Analysis of Federal Reserve survey data shows U.S. wealth inequality has declined for the first time in nearly 30 years, while income inequality has seen its largest decline in three decades, according to a new working paper from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
World's first memorial to a lost glacier up for Design Museum award
October 27, 2020
The first-of-its-kind plaque from Rice anthropologists is up for an award from the Design Museum in London.
Discovery adds new species to Rice lab's ghoulish insect menagerie
October 26, 2020
A horrifying insect soap opera with vampires, mummies and infant-eating parasites plays out on oak trees every day.