The “Synergizing AI, Digital Health and the Built Environment" symposium addressed the ways AI and digital health tools can enhance the built environm...
A new study led by Rice's Christopher Tunnell and Dorian Amaral sees the first direct search for ultralight dark matter using a magnetically levitated...
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...
October 26, 2020
“Twelve Feet Apart,” the seesaws built by Rice Architecture students for a design charrette this semester, are a hit with Owls and visitors alike. The public art playground equipment has remained in continual use since its Oct. 1 installation. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow)
October 26, 2020
October 26, 2020
The James Turrell Skyspace at the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion is one of the artist's largest works and his first Skyspace to be engineered for acoustics.
Rice United Way Campaign off to strong start
October 26, 2020
Through only three weeks, Rice’s annual United Way campaign has already raised $183,225 of the $250,000 goal.
Vince Bell, Sara Hickman to headline Fondren’s virtual homecoming concert
October 26, 2020
The famed folk musicians will be joined by Guy Clark biographer Tamara Saviano.
Hidalgo checks in on early voting at Rice Stadium
October 26, 2020
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo visited the popular polling place in Rice Stadium Oct. 20 and was presented with a “Rice Votes” T-shirt by Hanszen College junior Mason Reece, the election judge for Precinct 361.
Rice Business’ Diversity and Inclusion Conference goes virtual Oct. 30
October 26, 2020
Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business will host the fifth annual and first virtual Diversity and Inclusion Conference Oct. 30.
Scavenger hunt-centered student art show 'ON/OFF' showcases sculpture online and across campus
October 25, 2020
As campus residents visit the sites and upload their own photos, the more immersive the exhibit becomes for their remote fellow students.
‘Just echo our voices’: Undergraduates share concerns about Black life at Rice
October 24, 2020
The online discussion was convened by university’s Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice.
'It takes more than science': Medical Humanities Program flourishes at Rice
October 23, 2020
Program’s popularity grows as more medical schools recognize need for humanity in health care.