Rice helped launch “NASA Stories at the Ion,” a new speaker series spotlighting the human side of space exploration....
Scientists at Rice and University of Houston have developed an innovative, scalable approach to engineer bacterial cellulose into high-strength, multi...
Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research offers critical statistics on Hurricane Beryl's lasting impact one year later....
A Rice graduate student has launched a company aiming to make graphene production faster, cheaper and more scalable. Alex Lathem founded Pattern Mater...
Chihtong “Lily” Lee recently earned second place in the undergraduate category at the ASME SB3C Summer Bioengineering Conference, a competition hosted...
The VIU Assembly unanimously ratified Rice’s membership in mid-May, making Rice only the third university in the Americas to be welcomed into the asso...
Rice’s Lei Li wins NSF CAREER Award to develop a new generation of wearable medical imaging technology capable of visualizing deep tissue function in ...
Rice has advanced 22 spots in the 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings, climbing to No. 119 globally and No. 29 among U.S. universities....
Rice yoga instructor and alumna Alicia Dugar Stephenson is bringing wellness to the forefront through a unique yoga initiative that connects the Rice ...
Rice undergraduates transformed Kraft Hall's corridors into a vibrant showcase of original research and creative exploration during the 2025 Social Sc...
Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts welcomed enthusiastic arts and music lovers for a Pride Month happy hour on the afternoon of June 26, which featured ...
As Houston’s pride parade made its way through the streets of downtown Houston, so did Rice’s students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters. The par...
Rice, Rutgers developing inhalable COVID-19 vaccine spray
July 7, 2021
Scientists at Rice and Rutgers developing two COVID-19 vaccine strategies that do not require cold storage, one of which can be inhaled.
Soft shell makes hard ceramic less likely to shatter
July 7, 2021
Coating ceramic schwarzites, 3D-printed lattices, with a thin polymer helps keep them from shattering under pressure.
Rice’s top tech exec headed for Harvard
July 6, 2021
After almost seven years of outstanding leadership, Rice’s top technology executive will be leaving her post to accept a position at Harvard University.
Cell-wrangling circuit simplifies genetic experiments
July 6, 2021
A Rice alumnus' work pays off with The Equalizer, a synthetic circuit that assures consistent gene expression in laboratory-bred colonies.
NIH grant will help streamline chemical synthesis
July 5, 2021
Rice University chemist Julian West has won a five-year, $1.8 million National Institutes of Health grant to advance his lab’s efforts to simplify the synthesis of organic chemicals.
Jeffrey Kripal on how to think about the UFO phenomenon
June 30, 2021
To study the subject adequately is ‘to study pretty much everything’
Flood relocation programs more disruptive to those who don’t live in white or affluent neighborhoods
June 29, 2021
HOUSTON – (June 29, 2021) – A government policy that removes homeowners from flood-prone areas disproportionately disrupts the lives of residents from less white and affluent neighborhoods, according to new research from sociologists at Rice University and Temple University.
Reversal speeds creation of important molecule
June 29, 2021
A Rice lab’s reverse approach to making halichondrin B is the shortest route to a “rather complex and important molecule."
Six Rice-TMC research teams earn seed grants
June 28, 2021
Rice's Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Health has announced six seed grants for research collaborations between faculty from Rice and the Texas Medical Center.