Bioengineer wins NIH grant to attack cystic fibrosis
Rice chemical and biomolecular engineer Xue Sherry Gao wins a National Institutes of Health grant to develop gene editing to treat cystic fibrosis.
For more than 30 years, the School Literacy and Culture program at Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies has been steadily transforming classr...
Rice's Andriy Nevidomskyy is part of a team that has mapped and explained a puzzling form of superconductivity that arises only under strong magnetic ...
Schilke was one of 31 advocates to represent the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers on Hill Day....
A new report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy compares the cost of receiving care at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston Methodist ...
In preparation for its August trip through Belgium and France, the team participated in two cultural workshops designed and led by School of Humanitie...
In low-resource settings, babies born with gastroschisis — a congenital condition in which the developing intestines extend outside the body through a...
In an impressive display of creativity, collaboration and global impact, undergraduate students from around the world gathered at Rice July 24 to pres...
Founded by Richard Tapia, the summer camps encourage students from all communities to pursue careers in STEM....
Rice saw 332 student-athletes be named to the American Conference All-Academic Team, conference commissioner Tim Pernetti announced Wednesday morning....
Lydia Kavraki has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences....
A study led by Xu Zhang, Marimikel Charrier and Caroline Ajo-Franklin demonstrates an innovative method for the real-time, on-site detection of arseni...
Deep in the heart of Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains, a trio of Rice researchers embarked on an ambitious summer field study to understand how human imp...
How should we decide who deserves to be honored with a statue?
Public monument expert Sanford Levinson to deliver April 13 lecture.
Biochem lab partners win Goldwater Scholarships
Passionate pursuit of research opportunities pays off for Syed Shams and Jim Zhang
Rice, Intel optimize AI training for commodity hardware
New AI software trains deep neural networks 15 times faster than platforms based on graphics processors.
Housing growth in high-demand areas stems gentrification, for now
HOUSTON – (April 6, 2021) – An uptick in new townhome construction in Houston may let people live closer to jobs and services, but it could eventually price many Houstonians out of the city's historic neighborhoods, according to a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Roland Smith receives namesake award from American Association of Blacks in Higher Education
The American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE) recognized this fact March 16 by awarding him the first Dr. Roland B. Smith Jr. Leadership Award. In addition to his work at Rice and within the larger community, Smith is the director of partnerships of the AABHE, an organization he’s served in a variety of leadership roles since 1986, including a term as its president.
Houston students get time with astronauts aboard ISS
Students from eight Houston-area schools will take part in a live Q-and-A session with two astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Thursday, April 8.
Houston Methodist, Rice U. launch neuroprosthetic collaboration
Rice and Houston Methodist are partnering to solve clinical problems with neurorobotics at the new Center for Translational Neural Prosthetics and Interfaces, a collaboration that brings together scientists, clinicians, engineers and surgeons.
Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore
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
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.