Nameless Sound musicians performed an original score on Nanibah Chacon’s interactive installation following Danza Azteca Macuilxochitl's activation of...
Rice’s James Tour recently published an improved method to recover antimony from this electronic waste stream. ...
Three Rice faculty members from the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences have recently been honored with career awards, showcasin...
The Adventurous Electric Guitar Festival gathered players, composers and scholars to test the instrument’s next act....
The Science and Technology Policy Program at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy hosted a “science cafe” Oct. 13 to bring research to reality and...
The Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice has launched CoachRICE: Team Coaching, a new professional education program designed to help coaches, mana...
Graduate student Sayuri Jayawardena has started a Rice chapter of Lifelong Learning with Friends. ...
Scholars, curators and filmmaker Daphne Di Cinto gather at Rice to explore Black histories from Renaissance Italy to medieval Africa and Islamic world...
For the sixth fall in a row, Rice welcomed a new group of researchers to STaRT@Rice, giving emerging researchers both the skills and the support to gr...
Rice and the Houston Methodist Research Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding with LSE Health at the London School of Economics and Poli...
As the 2026-27 Aleko Endowed Artist, Julia Bullock curated an evening of song, chamber music and poetry celebrating the Harlem Renaissance....
Rice’s Yonglong Xie is one of 20 early-career scientists, mathematicians and engineers to receive a 2026 Packard Fellowship. ...
People, papers and presentations for May 15, 2023
Spot illustrations by Alex Eben Meyer for a story headlined “Searching the Universe for Answers” in the fall 2022 edition of Rice Magazine were featured recently in the Society of Publication Designers’ “Spot On.”
Owls take home 2023 Conference USA Championship
The Rice women’s track and field team won its first outdoor title since 2016 at the 2023 Conference USA Championships in Denton, Texas.
New priming method improves battery life, efficiency
Rice University engineers have developed a readily scalable method to optimize a silicon anode priming method that increases lithium-ion battery performance by 22% to 44%.
Santos honored by Rice U. Board of Trustees
The Rice University Board of Trustees recognized Anne Santos for her six years of service and accomplishments in the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.
Houston Asian American Archive works the catwalk with Ascend AAPI Spring Fashion Show
On May 20, the Ascend AAPI Spring Fashion Show will transform the Houston Public Library’s historic Julia Ideson Building into a beautiful and festive runway from 2-5 p.m. The fashion program is part of “Our Vibrant AAPI Community: Selections from the Houston Asian American Archive,” which tells personal stories that reflect the deep and varied contributions of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities to the fabric of Houston. The exhibition is on display through June 3 at the Julia Ideson Building Gallery, 550 McKinney St.
It is with great sadness that I share with you the unexpected passing of our esteemed colleague, Triny Carranza, on May 7. Her sudden departure has left a profound sense of loss that will be felt deeply by the Rice community.
Late Raymond Brochstein ’55 honored with newly unveiled ‘Spirit’ sculpture
The latest addition to the Rice Public Art collection — “Spirit” (1990) by Jesús Moroles — was unveiled May 3 in honor of the late university alum and ardent arts patron Raymond Brochstein ’55.
Jack Riedel blasted a pair of three-run homers, Ben Royo added a three-run clout of his own to put Rice ahead to stay and Guy Garibay Jr. chipped in with a two-run blast as Rice closed out the 2023 Silver Glove Series with a 13-7 win over Houston on Wednesday night.
OpenStax opens applications for 2023-2024 Institutional Partner Program
OpenStax, the world’s leading publisher of open educational resources (OER) and an initiative of Rice University, is now accepting applications for colleges and universities to join its Institutional Partner Program for the 2023-2024 academic year. The deadline is June 30.
Doerr Institute announces Leader Impact Award winners
The Doerr Institute for New Leaders recently named Alex Han and Zac Andrews as the winners of the first Doerr Leader Impact Award for their dynamic and innovative work in community leadership.
