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...
Computational biochemist Linna An will join Rice’s Department of Biosciences with support from a $2 million award from the Cancer Prevention and Resea...
The Texas 89th Legislative Session marked a milestone for Rice's government relations efforts as the university played a vital role in advancing key l...
June 7, 2021
f identical versions of 20 people lived out their lives in dozens of different worlds, would the same people be popular in each world?
June 7, 2021
The June 5 opening reception for “Brie Ruais: Movement at the Edge of the Land” at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts featured a brief introduction by the artist, Ruais, followed by a preview of an original dance by choreographer Oliver Halkowich.
June 7, 2021
Following a final screening of "Last Night at the Alamo" in the Rice Cinema June 4, the Rice Media Center hosted an open house June 5 for friends of the 51-year-old building to say farewell before its scheduled demolition this summer. Its sister structure, the “Art Barn,” was razed in 2014.
June 7, 2021
In her final act of installation before the exhibition opening June 5, artist Brie Ruais dug up a handful of damp clay from the lawn outside the Moody Center for the Arts and used it to draw a line across the gallery walls. It leads visitors to the galleries into her full exhibition, which includes abstract ceramic sculptures and large, site-specific earthen mounds among other works.
June 7, 2021
Regular maintenance of James Turrell's “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace includes spring cleaning, which took place after commencement in May, and requires a cherry picker and a team of pros to ensure the monumental piece of public art remains pristine.
People, papers and presentations Jul 7, 2021
June 7, 2021
Physics and astronomy graduate student Asa Stahl is gaining international attention for his children’s book, “The Big Bang,” illustrated by his collaborator in England, Carly Allen-Fletcher. The book was nominated for the Ezra Jack Keats Award, is a finalist for Japan’s Sakura Medal, won an honor in the 2021 International Literacy Association's Children's and Young Adults' Book Awards and was named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students by the National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council.
NIH grant boosts computational search for cancer drugs
June 7, 2021
Computer scientist Lydia Kavraki of Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering has won a prestigious National Institutes of Health U01 grant to develop a new approach to model and analyze protein-ligand interactions in cancer research.
Absorbent aerogels show some muscle
June 7, 2021
A simple chemical process developed at Rice University creates light and highly absorbent aerogels that can take a beating.
Bad romance: Negative relationships linked to worse physical and mental health in postpartum women
June 3, 2021
HOUSTON – (June 3, 2021) – Postpartum women in bad romantic relationships are not only more likely to suffer symptoms of depression, they are also at greater long-term risk of illness or death, according to new research from Rice University, Ohio State University and the University of California, Irvine.
OpenStax Institutional Partner Program expands for next academic year
June 3, 2021
OpenStax, Rice’s educational technology initiative, will welcome a dozen new colleges and universities serving diverse students across the United States to its Institutional Partner Program.