The Rice Owls defeated Charlotte 28-17 in its American Conference opener on Thursday night....
For decades, researchers believed that Homo habilis — the earliest known species in our genus — marked the moment humans rose from prey to predators, ...
Researchers led by Rice’s Yong Lin Kong have developed a soft but strong metamaterial that can be controlled remotely to rapidly transform its size an...
Rice scientists’ custom, large-scale neurorecording array sheds light on how the brain keeps the world looking familiar. ...
The Shepherd School of Music’s newest faculty members are already making their mark on Houston’s vibrant arts scene. ...
Rice's César A. Uribe is developing computational tools to help scientists better understand ecosystems with recent studies using AI to glean new insi...
Rice’s Grand Hall was filled with students, music and festivities Sept. 15 as the university began its many celebrations as part of Hispanic Heritage ...
New research using NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars’ Jezero Crater experienced multiple episodes of fluid activity — ...
For the first time since the 2021 season, the Rice soccer team is nationally ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll, earning the 25th spot in...
With the 2025–26 academic year underway, Rice is taking bold steps to harness the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in teaching, res...
Rice’s football team will open American Conference play under the Thursday night lights this week, traveling to face the University of North Carolina ...
Rice senior safety Plae Wyatt is one of 22 college football players and one head coach who have been named to the 2025 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®,...
Sustainability alone cannot fix waste management woes, says expert
Both sustainability practices and a circular economy can help maximize the world’s resources, but the ideas are not interchangeable, according to a new brief from Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Padley named interim VP for IT, chief information officer
Paul Padley, a professor of physics and astronomy and director of the Bonner Nuclear Laboratory, has been named Rice’s interim vice president for information technology and chief information officer.
Iran’s water crisis is a warning for the US
HOUSTON – (Aug. 3, 2021) – Iran’s groundwater depletion and food security crisis is an issue of global importance reflecting not only climate change, but also a pattern of policy mismanagement, according to an expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
University message shares important updates to COVID-19 response policy
University message shares important updates to COVID-19 response policy
NSF grant kicks off Center for Adapting Flaws into Features
Rice University has won a Phase I National Science Foundation grant to establish the NSF Center for Adapting Flaws into Features to investigate nanoscale chemical phenomena and optimize the structures and electronic properties of materials.
How headless hydra feel, react to prodding
Researchers identify redundant neural networks in jellyfish-like, freshwater hydra. The work is a step toward modeling how internal states and external stimuli shape the behavior of an organism with a highly dynamic neural architecture.
Retired Rice economist Ken Wolpin receives prestigious Jacob Mincer Award
Ken Wolpin, the retired Lay Family Professor of Economics at Rice University and former department chair whose work revolutionized the field of labor economics, is this year's recipient of the Jacob Mincer Award for lifetime contributions to the discipline.
People, papers and presentations for Aug. 2, 2021
Rice Architecture alumnus Cohen Hudson '21 won a Texas Society of Architects/AIA 2021 Studio Award for his master's thesis project USPS+, a proposal for a new post office in San Antonio that leverages mass timber technologies "to expand the United States Postal Service's functions and define a system for the construction of a new type of post office."
Science and technology research is critical infrastructure, says Baker Institute
HOUSTON – (July 30, 2021) – Investments in science and technology research are vital to the United States’ economic growth and global leadership, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
