Kathryn Lavender, associate vice president of the campus safety department, was recently celebrated for her 34 years of service at Rice, shortly befor...
In an elegant fusion of art and science, researchers at Rice have achieved a major milestone in nanomaterials engineering by uncovering how boron nitr...
RBL LLC, a pioneering biotech venture creation studio designed to rapidly build companies based on lifesaving medical technologies, today announced th...
Rice’s Department of Chemistry will soon welcome Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede....
Rice University has appointed three distinguished alumni to its board of trustees....
Researchers at Rice and collaborators at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Technology, Sydney report the first demonstration of low ...
Rice University is mourning the passing of E. William “Bill” Barnett ’55, an esteemed alumnus, former chairman of the Rice Board of Trustees and a tra...
An international team of scientists led by Rice's Pengcheng Dai has confirmed the existence of emergent photons and fractionalized spin excitations in...
The Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives at Rice welcomed four high school students June 9-13 as inaugural STJA Archival Fellows, o...
Rice hosted the 15th annual Texas Leadership Consortium Summer Youth Program June 9-13. This weeklong camp engaged 100 students from Houston area high...
Rice welcomed five distinguished alumni back to campus June 13 for the university’s fifth annual Juneteenth celebration. The event, featuring a panel ...
A powerful work of public art that captured global attention when it first appeared on the facade of the Jerusalem Tolerance Museum is now making hist...
Once-discounted binding mechanism may be key to targeting viruses
November 12, 2020
Researchers detail subtle stabilizing effects in cells’ ability to recognize coronaviruses that compromise the immune system. The discovery could lead to new targets to prevent disease.
Virtual undergraduate research symposium draws students from around world
November 12, 2020
More than 250 students from 23 countries presented at the 12th annual Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS).
Parents pick children’s pre-K based on location and program quality
November 12, 2020
HOUSTON – (Nov. 12, 2020) – Houston-area parents decide where to send their children for prekindergarten based largely on quality and location, according to a new research brief from Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC).
Rice researchers top two categories in ‘Create the Future’ contest
November 11, 2020
Rice University was a double winner in the annual Create the Future Design Contest, an international competition in its 19th year.
Texas teacher shortage tackled by Rice certification plan
November 11, 2020
HOUSTON – (Nov. 11, 2020) – Texas’ ongoing shortage of teachers has led Rice University’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies to launch a program that will allow students to work as paid interns teaching classes while they earn their state certification.
Folding proteins feel the heat, and cold
November 11, 2020
A new study shows proteins that presumably evolved to avoid water as they fold may actually behave in ways scientists did not anticipate.
Rice United Way Campaign hits 85% of goal
November 9, 2020
Rice United Way Campaign hits 85% of goal
Margarita Rodriguez honored in day of Grand Hall memorials
November 9, 2020
Margarita Rodriguez was remembered as a kind, generous and loving member of the Rice community who dedicated 40 years of her life to serving the university.
People, papers and presentations
November 9, 2020