Rice economist Yunmi Kong honored with young scholar award
Yunmi Kong, an assistant professor of economics at Rice University, is the recipient of a Korea-America Economic Association (KAEA) Young Scholar Award.
The annual Ethics and Compliance Symposium brought renowned vaccinologist Peter Hotez, senior fellow in disease and humanity at Rice University’s Bake...
Houston-area residents are increasingly worried about the economy, facing growing financial strain and declining confidence in job opportunities, acco...
Fondren Fellows pairs Rice undergraduate and graduate students with faculty mentors and library staff to pursue original research projects grounded in...
A team of Rice engineering students developed a portable cooling system prototype for managing exertional heat stroke....
After catastrophic flooding claimed more than 130 lives in Central Texas in July 2025, Rice and the University of Texas at Arlington are partnering to...
GLP-1 medications have taken over the national conversation around weight loss, but new research from Rice suggests the social reality may be more com...
Rice Athletics hosted its annual Night of Flight celebration and fundraiser April 23, bringing together alumni, student-athletes, supporters, family a...
JC Davis and Lorenzo Rios combined to drive in eight runs to lead Rice to a 10-3 win over UAB on Sunday at Reckling Park and complete a sweep of the w...
A team of Rice engineering students macgyvered a 1980 Datsun 200 SX into a race-ready vehicle, complete with Orwell-inspired theming....
Parthasarathy Ranganathan, vice president and engineering fellow at Google, discussed the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and the technical...
Three Rice students spent their spring break piloting a mobile health platform designed to support community health workers in underserved regions, in...
The Claudio X. González Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy convened its second annual U.S. Policy Outlook conf...
Manganese makes its mark in drug synthesis
Rice University chemists find manganese far superior to silver and cerium as a way to make building blocks for drug design and manufacture.
James DeNicco grilled venison sausage Oct. 2 for Baker’s annual Deers and Beers bash.
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.
