It’s not every year that commencement features school deans wearing two hats — as academic leaders and as proud parents. Rice celebrated a rare and he...
The inaugural cohort of Rice’s RISE (Responsibility, Inclusion and Student Empowerment) program received a commemorative stole to wear at commencement...
Rice welcomed renowned biomedical engineer and entrepreneur Robert Langer to campus for the President’s Lecture Series....
Rice’s Campus Services and Sustainability recently was recognized by Keep Texas Beautiful with its Beautify Texas Award in the Outstanding Program of ...
While breastfeeding offers numerous benefits for both mother and baby, one challenge has persisted: It’s nearly impossible to know how much milk a bab...
A team of Rice engineers has developed a system that could transform desalination practices, making the process more adaptable, resilient and cheaper....
Rice’s ENRICH Office hosted a two-day symposium April 24-25 at Helix Park highlighting the encompassing range of biomedical research at the university...
Rithika Iyengar, a rising senior at Rice, has been named a 2025 Key into Public Service Scholar by the Phi Beta Kappa Society....
Rice Athletics hosted its annual Night of Flight celebration and fundraiser May 1, bringing together alumni, student-athletes, supporters, family and ...
Two members of the Rice community, one current student and one alumna, are among the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners recently announced, recognized for th...
Volker Rudolf, a professor of biosciences at Rice, is investigating just how powerful seasonal rhythms, known as phenologies, can be....
Freshman Daniel Zou and junior Lukas Boandl are in the top 15 of the NCAA Bremerton Regional after one round....
'Occam’s Wedge' by Beverly Pepper makes striking debut as newest Rice Public Art sculpture
April 5, 2021
The 5,600-pound Cor-ten steel sculpture is one of the artist's final pieces.
Unconventional Students at Rice: Nyakwol's unconventional path to college football
April 5, 2021
When George Nyakwol ’21 steps onto the field at Rice Stadium, it’s a far cry from the soccer field his family used to play on in Sudan.
New Student Association and Graduate Student Association members elected
April 2, 2021
Presidents look forward to a fresh fall semester.
New Art/New Music creates conversations across space, time and genre
April 2, 2021
Shepherd School students respond to contemporary works at the Moody with five pieces of music
Graduate symposium explores intersections of violence and care across disciplines
April 1, 2021
A dual graduate studies symposium on violence and care, complete with two keynotes, is slated later this month in a collaboration between Rice’s Department of English and the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality (CSWGS)
Rice's Beatrice Riviere selected as fellow of professional mathematics society
April 1, 2021
The computational and applied mathematician is among 28 new fellows announced by the 14,000-member society.
Could Robinhood debacle lead to 'Robin Hood tax'?
April 1, 2021
New tax proposals are already being contemplated as a result of the Robinhood-GameStop controversy, according to an expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Plan for residents stuck in extraterritorial jurisdictions wins Houston Policy Challenge
April 1, 2021
After a year that brought one challenge after another, Rice students competing in the 2021 Houston Policy Challenge (HPC) came to offer solutions.
Rice adds operations research major
April 1, 2021
Rice will offer a new major and bachelor of arts degree, operations research, this fall.
What's in a name? A hurdle for human development research, experts say
April 1, 2021
Scientists are struggling with public misconceptions on what embryoids are and what research on them entails, confusion that leads to policy decisions restricting access to important scientific exploration, according to a new paper by experts at Rice University — who blame the use of terms like synthetic or artificial embryos to describe them.