The Digital Health Institute — a recently launched joint initiative between Rice University and Houston Methodist — has appointed Pothik Chatterjee as...
Rice University students will build skills in science labs, take high-impact field trips, hear from guest speakers, curate art exhibits, enhance learn...
Twenty-seven biotechnology governance entreaties echoing the legacy of the 1975 recombinant DNA guidelines are now available for public review....
A new sustainability initiative is transforming the landscape outside Fondren Library at Rice University — and it’s more than just a garden....
A team of researchers at Rice has discovered a surprisingly simple method for vastly improving the stability of electrochemical devices that convert c...
Rice faculty are available to help news media explore the deeper histories behind Juneteenth, its Texas roots and what freedom has meant in different ...
The Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative launched its inaugural seminar June 3 with an invited talk from Nobel laureate James P. Allison....
Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research releases its 2025 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report....
Rice experts can unpack and contextualize Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's statement at the VivaTech 2025 conference in Paris today that quantum computing is...
Throughout the day, the Houston booth saw a constant stream of visitors with Rice-affiliated entrepreneurs introducing their ventures to global invest...
Volunteers from the Department of Psychological Sciences assemble gift bags for those supported by Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston....
A team of Rice engineering students has designed an innovative space exercise harness that won this year's Technology Collaboration Center’s Wearables...
Luminescent windows generate energy from inside and out
February 15, 2021
Rice engineers design and build windowpanes that redirect sunlight or illumination from indoors to edge-band solar cells.
People, papers and presentations February 15,2021
February 15, 2021
An essay written by Hanszen College junior Mason Reece, the official Election Judge for Rice’s precinct, was selected as a winning entry in the American Political Science Association’s new magazine.
Chloe Oani seizes every opportunity at Rice
February 14, 2021
Chloe Oani ’21 moved all around the world as a child because of her dad’s job, so when it came time to make her own decision about where to attend college, she took it very seriously.
Marijuana policy will remain racially inequitable without federal intervention, experts say
February 12, 2021
Inequities in marijuana policy persist because of a failure to center reform around racial justice, according to a new report by experts at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy in the American Bar Association publication The Judges’ Journal.
Moody celebrates Rothko Chapel’s 50th anniversary by pairing past with present
February 12, 2021
Exploration of Houston landmark’s enduring influence includes intricate recreation of iconic 1975 Rice exhibition.
Rice baseball, soccer to admit fans
February 12, 2021
A limited number of fans will be admitted to Rice baseball and soccer games this season after the university's Crisis Management Team approved a set of protocols for outdoor venues, the athletics department announced this week.
Mark Torres wins Geochemical Society’s Clarke Award
February 12, 2021
Mark Torres with water samples collected from Iceland's Efri Haukadalsá River in 2016. (Photo by Woodward Fisher)
The game’s afoot in virtual chemistry lab
February 11, 2021
Members of Rice's Department of Chemistry put forth a video “choose-your-own-adventure” strategy to help undergraduate students conduct virtual experiments.
Celebrations at home will sweeten America’s pandemic Valentine’s Day
February 10, 2021
Valentine’s Day consumer spending will look different this year, according to an expert from Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
Restaurant recommendation system wins Rice Datathon
February 10, 2021
A restaurant recommendation system to support small Houston businesses during the pandemic wins this year’s Rice Datathon.