Rice announces flexible work policy for benefits-eligible staff employees
President David Leebron informed the Rice community of the new policy in a Nov. 8 email.
Rice professor Caroline Ajo-Franklin’s group, working in collaboration with researchers from Tufts University and Baylor College of Medicine, recently...
For Rice University junior D. Fitzgerald, what began as a personal journey of self-discovery has quickly grown into a powerful platform for advocacy —...
Composer and conductor John Adams rehearsed his iconic “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” with the school’s symphony orchestra in Stude Concert Hall....
One team rose to the top of this year’s Veterans Business Battle: IntuBlade. Their win capped a competitive two-day event at Rice Business that brough...
A team of Rice undergraduates set out to find a better solution for keeping Flamingos at the Houston Zoo warm during the winter months. ...
“The Logos” is a yearlong immersive installation that opened Easter Sunday and transforms more than 4,000 fast radio bursts into spatial audio....
Kenneth Tam, an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans video, sculpture, installation, performance and photography, is an assistant professor of ar...
Karma Elbadawy, a graduating senior at Rice, has been named a 2026 Thomas J. Watson Fellow....
Ten years after the 2016 Tax Day flood inundated parts of the Houston region with nearly two feet of rain in a matter of hours, new research from Rice...
Prabhakar Raghavan, chief technologist at Google, was the featured speaker in the Ken Kennedy Institute Distinguished Lecture Series....
“This moment reflects the scale and direction of Rice’s global engagement,” said Caroline Levander, vice president for global strategy. ...
The production pairs one of the most demanding works in the operatic canon with a creative team intent on making it feel startlingly current. ...
Starting from the bottom: Grad student charts an unconventional path from Venezuela to Rice
'Everybody needs to learn from him that nothing in the world is impossible'
People, papers and presentations for Nov. 8, 2021
Rice is ranked No. 2 for diversity and affordability and tied for No. 5 for research in the latest edition of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's Sustainable Campus Index.
Staff Council providing advocacy, awareness for campus community
The Rice University Staff Council's mission is to facilitate active and direct communication between staff and the university’s administration.
Rice to honor veterans at annual ceremony
Rice will recognize those who have served in the United States military, including the veterans among faculty, staff and students, at its 19th annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 in Ray Courtyard.
Hand of kindness makes a child’s day
Rice University students have teamed with a Texas Children’s Hospital doctor to build a prosthetic hand for a 5-year-old boy.
OpenStax and collaborators receive $1.13 million to develop free textbooks
OpenStax and its 12 collaborators have received U.S. Department of Education funding to develop three new free, openly licensed textbooks for in-demand computer science courses. The books will be accompanied by comprehensive support, including educational technology and instructor training.
Rice student helps fans make World Series memories
How many part-time college jobs put you smack-dab in the middle of the World Series?
The Owls took a nail-biting game against the University of North Texas into overtime Oct. 30