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....
More than 100 students from local community colleges visited Rice’s campus Nov. 8 as part of a transformative pathway program meant to increase STEM d...
Remembering John Lewis: Activist, Civil Rights Icon and Humanitarian
July 20, 2020
The Black Male Leadership Initiative (BMLI), with support from the Dean of Undergraduates and Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, is honored to have serendipitously met John Lewis during our cultural excursion in May 2019 to Atlanta
Japanese students create online cookbook of cross-cultural recipes
July 20, 2020
Ahead of a typical study-abroad trip for Rice in Japan, professor Naoko Ozaki tells her second-year Japanese students to prepare a recipe they’ll be able to make using ingredients found in Tokyo or the countryside town of Fujieda, Ozaki’s hometown.
Better wastewater treatment? It’s a wrap
July 20, 2020
A shield of graphene helps particles destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the free-floating genes in wastewater treatment plants.
Humanities debuts unique Department of Transnational Asian Studies
July 20, 2020
The ‘Asia’ this department will study is nearly global.
July 20, 2020
Historically and geographically, the new department reaches from ancient Greece to the contemporary Americas.
People, papers and presentations July 20,2020
July 20, 2020
Kathy Ensor, the Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics at Rice, has been elected the 117th president of the American Statistical Association.
Moody Center's Summer Music Series offers art and music without leaving the house
July 19, 2020
If you're looking for summertime artistic and musical experiences without leaving the house, look no further than the Rice University Moody Center for the Arts' Summer Music Series.
Alum Toni Antalis '81 takes reins at biochemistry and molecular biology society
July 17, 2020
Rice alumna Toni Antalis '81 became president of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology July 1.
President announces fall semester plans
July 17, 2020
President David Leebron provided updated information about Rice's decisions and plans for the fall semester via email July 17.
Changing CEO before IPO may raise valuation
July 17, 2020
HOUSTON – (July 17, 2020) – New research from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business shows that a change in leadership before a startup’s initial public offering (IPO) can increase its valuation and performance.