Rice University alumna Sofia Adrogué was sworn in as judge of the 11th Division Texas Business Court Nov. 19 at the Harris County Courthouse....
Mark Jones and David R. Brockman discuss the ongoing Republican-led initiatives in the U.S. to introduce more religious content into classrooms. ...
Rice’s Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences hosted its inaugural workshop Nov. 14-16....
Researchers at Rice have found a new way to improve a key element of thermophotovoltaic systems, which convert heat into electricity via light. Rice ...
Jonathan Mak, a third-year Doctor of Musical Arts student at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, recently earned the top prize at the inaugural Sorel-Tra...
Senior officials from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas visited Rice Nov.11 for a firsthand, comprehensive look at the university’...
Rice’s Center for Quantum Materials and Smalley-Curl Institute recently held two successive events aimed at advancing the field of quantum materials r...
Rice Emergency Medical Services recognized the 26th annual National Collegiate EMS Week Nov. 11-17 by hosting community education efforts and spirited...
The Rice community came together in a display of unity and purpose for the LUNGevity Breathe Deep Together Walk at Rice Stadium Nov. 16....
More than 100 students from local community colleges visited Rice’s campus Nov. 8 as part of a transformative pathway program meant to increase STEM d...
Longtime Houston restaurateur Benjy Levit debuted Local Foods Market at Rice, situated in the newly renovated Brochstein Pavilion, during a soft openi...
Rice drew more than 400 of the nation’s brightest undergraduate researchers to its campus Nov. 8-10 for the 16th annual Gulf Coast Undergraduate Resea...
Rice to offer minor in entrepreneurship
May 4, 2020
Rice, which has the No. 1 graduate entrepreneurship program in the U.S., will now offer an undergraduate minor in entrepreneurship.
Regulatory hurdles make HIV research less effective, Baker Institute experts say
May 4, 2020
Quianta Moore, a fellow in child health policy at the Baker Institute, and Zeinab Bakhiet, a research associate for the Baker Institute's Center for Health and Biosciences, outline their insights in a new paper, “Navigating the Regulatory Framework for HIV Prevention Research in Adolescents.”
‘Quaranteens’ across the world star in podcast launched by Rice students
May 1, 2020
A new podcast from Rice students features interviews with other undergraduates tackling college during the coronavirus.
Humanities courses for summer 2020 help make sense of changing world
May 1, 2020
Nearly 50 online courses are available at significant discount for Rice students and the general public.
Rice graduate student wins Department of Energy fellowship
April 30, 2020
Justin Porter, a Rice mechanical engineering graduate student, has won a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.
COVID-19 has unveiled shortcomings of US health policy, Baker Institute expert says
April 30, 2020
HOUSTON – (April 30, 2020) – When it comes to keeping the nation healthy, "medical care is actually a pretty small piece,” according to an expert in health policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Hidden symmetry found in chemical kinetic equations
April 30, 2020
Rice University researchers have discovered a hidden symmetry in the chemical kinetic equations scientists have long used to model and study many of the chemical processes essential for life.
Janet Braam named interim dean of natural sciences
April 29, 2020
Rice University bioscientist Janet Braam has been appointed interim dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences.
Parenting in a pandemic: How caregivers can ease young minds
April 28, 2020
Parenting has become more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic, but developmental and clinical psychology provides insight on how to adapt to the circumstances, according to experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.