James DeNicco grilled venison sausage Oct. 2 for Baker’s annual Deers and Beers bash.
Frank Klaus Tittel, a physicist whose career paralleled the rise of modern laser technology and who helped build Rice’s reputation in laser spectrosc...
Art teachers, artists and comics enthusiasts gathered at Rice University Feb. 20 for Teaching Comics, a one-day symposium exploring how comics can fun...
Nearly 700 prospective graduate students, current scholars, faculty and staff gathered at the Houston Museum of Natural Science for Rice University’s ...
Martono, a second-year master’s student in violin performance, won the title of Miss Chinatown Houston 2025, her first-ever pageant....
Undergraduates at Rice are digging into real, possible wrongful conviction cases this semester, examining evidence to bring renewed attention to indiv...
Rice President Reginald DesRoches was honored with a Community Trailblazer Award Feb. 19 by the city of Houston’s controller Chris Hollins during his ...
Rice commends Stacy Mosely for 14 years of service. As executive senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator, Mosely maintains admin...
Students convened at Rice University Feb. 20 for what organizers called a rare chance to hear and learn directly from one of the most influential musi...
The role brings Cristian Măcelaru ’06 ’08 back to campus several times each year to coach, conduct and mentor students across departments....
Isabella Bourtin balances GRE prep, lab work and upper-level courses as she pivots from pre-med ambitions toward a future in clinical psychology....
John Green, the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, influential educator and global YouTube phenomenon, will serve as the speaker for Rice's 113t...
A Rice research lab’s signature keepsake helped perfect a method for growing patterned diamond surfaces that could help decrease operating temperature...
Urban mining for metals flashes electronic trash into treasure
Flash Joule heating recovers valuable and toxic metals from electronic waste. The process allows for “urban mining” of resources that could be a win for the environment as well as for manufacturers.
Rice remembers Miah Im, director of opera studies
Miah Im, Rice's dynamic director of opera studies who was celebrated in the opera world for her depth of experience, commitment to developing young artists and generous and supportive nature toward peers and performers alike, passed away Sept. 30 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 47.
OpenStax founder Baraniuk wins ‘Nobel Prize of education’
Richard Baraniuk has been awarded the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education.
Rice remembers Hugh Davis, access services assistant at Fondren Library
Hugh “Hughy” Davis III, an access services assistant at Fondren Library, died Sept. 23. He was 30 years old.
Corps of Engineers funds bid to ‘flash’ waste into useful materials
A $5.2 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers grant will expand Rice efforts to recycle waste into valuable products through flash Joule heating.
US Army backs ‘sleeping cap’ to help brains take out the trash
Rice engineers are developing a noninvasive device to understand how the brain disposes of metabolic waste during sleep.
Sylvia Dee wins fellowship to launch Gulf of Mexico study
Sylvia Dee, an assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, wins an early-career fellowship to pursue Gulf of Mexico research.