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...
Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore
April 6, 2021
Flower Garden Banks fouled by runoff from 2017's Harvey and 2016's Tax Day floods, Rice research finds.
Rice’s OpenStax opens applications for 2021-2022 Institutional Partner Program
April 6, 2021
OpenStax, Rice’s educational technology initiative, announced today that applications for its 2021-2022 Institutional Partner Program are now open. U.S. colleges and universities looking to expand open education advocacy and adoption of open educational resources (OER) to support their students can apply for the free program.
Rice Business Plan Competition events to be livestreamed
April 5, 2021
Three events during this week's Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) — the world's largest and richest student startup competition — will be livestreamed.
Graciela Sanchez, founder of San Antonio’s Esperanza Center, will deliver keynote address
April 5, 2021
Graciela Sanchez, founder of San Antonio’s Esperanza Center, will deliver keynote address.
Former engineering dean Sidney Burrus dies at 86
April 5, 2021
Charles Sidney Burrus — "Sid" to almost everyone — whose boyhood fascination with electricity set him on a path to become a pioneer in digital signal processing during a long and influential career at Rice University, died April 3.
Rice volleyball team headed to NCAA Tournament again
April 5, 2021
The Rice volleyball team has been rewarded for a 16-5 season with an at-large spot in the NCAA Tournament, the entirety of which is being played in Omaha, Nebraska.
'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