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...
Rice bioengineer Mario Escobar has won a Transformational Project Award from the American Heart Association to develop a new therapy for heart failure...
OpenStax, a provider of affordable instructional technologies and the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources, has partnered with Micr...
Rice graduate student and adjunct assistant professor explores how music can help shape new memories....
The “Synergizing AI, Digital Health and the Built Environment" symposium addressed the ways AI and digital health tools can enhance the built environm...
A new study led by Rice's Christopher Tunnell and Dorian Amaral sees the first direct search for ultralight dark matter using a magnetically levitated...
Unconventional Students at Rice 2021: Izzy Samperio gets ‘cute and gnarly’ in the arts
May 7, 2021
During the summer of 2017, Izzy Samperio got a head start on her college education before she was even enrolled at Rice. She attended a weeklong Black Humanities Seminar taught by Alexander Byrd.
Students’ model could help avoid costly natural gas compressor shutdowns
May 7, 2021
A student project to predict the need for maintenance in natural gas compressors and avoid unexpected shutdowns has won this year’s Data to Knowledge Lab Showcase.
‘Red Book’ story map reveals history of Houston wards’ thriving Black communities
May 7, 2021
The spatial data retrieved by Rice from the rare 1915 book is now available for free public use via Fondren Library's Woodson Research Center.
Past immigration policy can guide future policy, say trio of Baker Institute papers
May 6, 2021
HOUSTON – (May 6, 2021) – With President Joe Biden’s proposed immigration reforms facing scrutiny from both sides of the aisle, the authors of three papers on the topic from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy are available to discuss how the past can inform future policy.
May 6, 2021
The landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the doctrine of "separate but equal," but for many decades after that segregation was enforced in virtually all aspects of life, including the military.
Baker Institute's Abbey inducted into Texas Aviation Hall of Fame
May 6, 2021
George Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, was inducted to the Lone Star Flight Museum's Texas Aviation Hall of Fame during a virtual ceremony May 6.
In graphene process, resistance is useful
May 6, 2021
Lab uses laser-induced graphene process to create micron-scale patterns in photoresist for consumer electronics and more.
Nagarajaiah named distinguished member of American Society of Civil Engineers
May 6, 2021
Satish Nagarajaiah, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and of mechanical engineering at Rice’s Brown School of Engineering, has been elected a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Rice adds Master of Engineering Management and Leadership degree
May 5, 2021
The Rice University Faculty Senate has approved the creation of a new professional master’s degree in the George R. Brown School of Engineering, the Master of Engineering Management and Leadership (MEML), to become available to students beginning in the fall.
Award-winning writer Kiese Laymon joining English faculty
May 5, 2021
The critically acclaimed memoirist and essayist will be the Libby Shearn Moody Professor of Creative Writing and English, starting Jan. 1, 2022.