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...
Economics lecturer James DeNicco wins George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching
April 19, 2021
If you ask James "Jimmy" DeNicco for his definition of great teaching, he can’t give you a simple answer.
Leebron lauds dedication amid pandemic, eyes return to 'relatively normal' at town hall
April 19, 2021
After a year of extraordinary challenges imposed by COVID-19, President David Leebron envisioned a campus returning to normal and outlined a post-pandemic future for Rice during the university’s annual town hall meeting.
Clements and Faubion convene conference of international Foucault ‘superstars’
April 19, 2021
Scholars’ twice-weekly talks this summer will consider newly published work by the French philosopher Micheal Foucault
Owls on to NCAA Tournament after winning Conference USA soccer title
April 19, 2021
The Rice soccer team earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by defeating the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2-0 in the Conference USA Tournament championship match April 17 at Holloway Field.
April 16, 2021
The United States should compete with China on climate change initiatives rather than cooperate with its insincere regime, according to an analysis co-authored by an expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice engineers WERC hard for the money
April 16, 2021
Students calling themselves “PFAS and PFurious” took four prizes, including first place, in this year’s 31st WERC Environmental Design Contest.
Rev. William Lawson visits namesake grove at Rice for first time
April 16, 2021
"I hope that generations of students will look him up and see what he did to deserve such a hallowed spot on the campus here."
Rice team vying for $1 million Solar Desalination Prize
April 15, 2021
A Rice team's clever design uses the power of the sun to make fresh water from saltwater, even at night.
More English learners at risk of future academic struggles in Texas public schools
April 15, 2021
HOUSTON – (April 15, 2021) – Education researchers from Rice University have documented a troubling trend in the system Texas public schools use to reclassify elementary school students learning English, evidence of a problem they say could have a serious impact on hundreds of thousands of the state’s schoolchildren.