Anna Shparberg, the subject librarian for world history, religion, Asian studies and linguistics at Rice, was recognized as the 2024 Shapiro award lib...
Rice will provide on-site flu vaccinations to all faculty, staff and students. The vaccines will be offered in the Rice Memorial Center....
When Rice junior Kayleigh Kim performs William Walton’s Violin Concerto with the Shepherd School of Music Symphony Orchestra, she’ll do so on a 335-ye...
Rice has taken a significant step forward in enhancing the efficiency and security of its degree verification process by partnering with Validity. Val...
Rice computer scientists have developed a way to improve the performance of artificial intelligence diffusion models....
As visitors explore the newly redesigned Academic Quadrangle at Rice University, they will encounter three distinct zones, each crafted to enhance its...
Hours after its ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, the redesigned Academic Quadrangle at Rice had already become a central hub for students....
Rice unveiled its newly reimagined Academic Quadrangle during a historic reopening and ribbon-cutting celebration Sept. 12. ...
In a moving tribute, the Shepherd School of Music hosted the annual “9/11 In Memoriam” concert, honoring the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. ...
Rice and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the launch of the Center for Operations Research in Cancer, a joint initiat...
Students from Rice University’s Naval ROTC program hosted an inaugural stair climb at Rice Stadium this morning at 6 a.m. to honor the victims of the ...
Rice’s Global Paris Center to host Art and Science of Total Synthesis of Natural and Designed Molecules for Biology and Medicine symposium....
Veteran RUPD officer Rodriguez named Rice police chief
Clemente Rodriguez served on campus for nearly two decades while rising through the RUPD ranks.
Rice United Way Campaign enters final days
Federal food program needs more 'clearly defined objectives,' Baker Institute expert says
HOUSTON – (Jan. 13, 2020) – Public health and anti-hunger advocates want an effective food assistance program for low-income Americans, but they disagree on several fundamental issues involved in tackling the problem, according to a new issue brief from the Center for Public Finance at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Audrey’s coffee shop now open in Jones School
Audrey’s is the latest project from Houston coffee maven David Buehrer.
People, papers and presentations Jan 13, 2020
George Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, was elected to the Lone Star Flight Museum's Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. He will be inducted at a luncheon May 8 at Houston's Ellington Airport.
Glasscock School will offer classes at Ion innovation hub
Rice and the Ion are collaborating to offer courses to the public in technology, entrepreneurship and more.
Rice University engineers have created a light-powered nanoparticle that could shrink the carbon footprint of syngas producers.
X-rays show how light transforms photosynthesis ‘switch’
Researchers at Rice and their colleagues get their first detailed look at how plant proteins reconfigure themselves when exposed to light.
Treat nonviolent drug offenses as public health issue, Baker Institute paper recommends
Drug use among people arrested for nonviolent drug offenses should be treated primarily as a public health issue, according to drug policy experts at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition.
Snake-like proteins can wrangle DNA
Theoretical simulations at Rice University suggest structural maintenance of chromosome proteins coil not only around each other but also around the strands of DNA they help manipulate. These strands are formed into loops that regulate transcription and other cellular processes.