The finding, reported by The New York Times April 16, builds on generations of inquiry into whether life exists beyond Earth....
Tam Dao has been appointed Rice University’s first associate vice president of campus safety and research security. His first day in this role will be...
Humanities disciplines, especially medical humanities, shouldn’t just be consulted at the end of the development pipeline when systems are being evalu...
At the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies’ 15th annual Undergraduate Design Competition, the future of global health innovation was on f...
Humanities Days offered Rice students the chance to present their research and creative work in panels, poster sessions and art presentations....
A team of Rice researchers has developed a new way to control light interactions using a specially engineered structure called a 3D photonic-crystal ...
In a classroom filled with the sounds of singing, storytelling and lively conversation, young children at Rice University’s Oral and Written Language ...
As Rice prepares to celebrate the Class of 2025 at commencement May 9-10, Rice News is spotlighting a collection of standout seniors....
The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) has introduced the 2025 Rice Innovation Fellows cohort, a dynamic group set to lead the f...
Rice hosted a timely and intimate conversation about the personal and political fallout that continues to ripple across the Gulf Coast....
Rice launches a first-of-its-kind collaboration: the Texas Linguistics Consortium....
More than 50 Rice University students, faculty and staff visited the Texas Capitol in Austin April 14 for a day of advocacy, connection and celebratio...
Heart attack damage reduced by shielded stem cells
August 18, 2020
Bioengineers and surgeons from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have shown in rodents that a four-week shielded stem cell treatment can reduce damage caused by a heart attack.
Classical Mask: Art History’s punny posters encourage mask wearing, social distancing
August 17, 2020
New health protocol notices in Herring Hall promote safety, smiles.
'Faces in the Pandemic' opens at Fondren
August 17, 2020
Rice's football season now set to begin Sept. 26
August 17, 2020
The start of the Rice football season has been pushed back to Sept. 26.
Rice remembers legendary Rabbi Samuel Karff, one of Houston’s 'Three Wise Men'
August 17, 2020
Rabbi Karff lectured at Rice for over 20 years and was influential in fundraising for its Jewish Studies program.
August 17, 2020
Facilities, Engineering & Planning staff have been hard at work creating and placing signs across the Rice campus in advance of the fall semester.
Rice administers over 4,000 COVID-19 tests in first half of August
August 17, 2020
Rice University has been ramping up COVID-19 testing in advance of students returning for O-Week and the start of in-person and online classes Aug. 24.
Where lions operate, grazers congregate … provided food is great
August 17, 2020
Meals are typically family affairs for zebras, gazelles, cape buffalo and other grazing species in the African Serengeti, but in one of the first studies of its kind, ecologists have found grazing species can be more willing to share meals in areas frequented by lions.
No limit yet for carbon nanotube fibers
August 17, 2020
Rice University researchers report advances in their quest to make the best carbon nanotube fibers for industry.
Unprecedented move-in process puts Rice to the test
August 17, 2020
Hundreds of Owls come home to roost, kicking off an O-Week like no other.