The 2026 H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge saw five ventures founded by Rice students compete for the top prize of $50,000. The April 21 event sh...
Rice researchers find that that PEX11 helps regulate plant peroxisome’s size changes during the seed to seedling stage. ...
Rice's first annual bird-in, which supports the Houston Audubon, was hosted at the Owl Pavilion this Earth Day....
Alex Cantin is graduating this May with a degree in business management, including a minor in entrepreneurship, from the Virani Undergraduate School o...
Kraft Hall was buzzing with energy and a little bit of chaos as Rice undergraduates transformed its corridors into a packed showcase of original resea...
“I designed the syllabus very purposefully so as to feature a great diversity of viewpoints,” said Thimo Heisenberg, assistant professor of philosophy...
Nearly 100 students presented research and creative work across two days at the annual Humanities and Arts Festival held April 13-14....
Rice professor Pengcheng Dai has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious learned societies i...
Attacks on health care in conflict zones are occurring at unprecedented levels, according to Safeguarding Health Care in Conflict Coalition and Médeci...
The production set the opera’s Shakespearean farce inside a modern country club, a staging choice that sharpened the comedy’s skewering of ego, class ...
New research from Rice proposes transforming one of the moon’s most stubborn obstacles, its abrasive dust, into a valuable building resource....
Rice researchers develop new model of follicle selection that suggests its chance, not size, that selects a follicle during the menstrual cycle....
GSA welcomes grad students new and returning with fall festivities
After a year spent studying remotely, Rice’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) knows the importance of reestablishing connections on campus — and creating a community for those first-year students just arriving.
NIH funds effort to customize treatment of movement impairments
Existing treatments for movement impairments are “off the rack” rather than “custom-tailored,” but B.J. Fregly, a Rice University professor of mechanical engineering and bioengineering, wants to change that situation.
For some peptides, killing bacteria an inside job
Rice scientists study the dynamics of the immune system’s antimicrobial peptides, which attack and eliminate harmful bacteria. They find peptides that invade bacteria and do their damage from the inside are underrated.
Rice cuts ribbon on Maxfield Hall
Renovation of the historic Mechanical Engineering building, now called Maxfield Hall is complete.
Rice Business professor named fellow of Strategic Management Society
Rice Business professor named fellow of Strategic Management Society