Rice has advanced 22 spots in the 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings, climbing to No. 119 globally and No. 29 among U.S. universities....
Rice yoga instructor and alumna Alicia Dugar Stephenson is bringing wellness to the forefront through a unique yoga initiative that connects the Rice ...
Rice undergraduates transformed Kraft Hall's corridors into a vibrant showcase of original research and creative exploration during the 2025 Social Sc...
Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts welcomed enthusiastic arts and music lovers for a Pride Month happy hour on the afternoon of June 26, which featured ...
As Houston’s pride parade made its way through the streets of downtown Houston, so did Rice’s students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters. The par...
Computational biochemist Linna An will join Rice’s Department of Biosciences with support from a $2 million award from the Cancer Prevention and Resea...
The Texas 89th Legislative Session marked a milestone for Rice's government relations efforts as the university played a vital role in advancing key l...
Rice bioengineer Mario Escobar has won a Transformational Project Award from the American Heart Association to develop a new therapy for heart failure...
OpenStax, a provider of affordable instructional technologies and the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources, has partnered with Micr...
Rice graduate student and adjunct assistant professor explores how music can help shape new memories....
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...
Rice football game against national champ Louisiana State canceled
July 31, 2020
Rice's Sept. 19 football game against defending national champion Louisiana State University at Houston's NRG Stadium has been canceled following the Southeastern Conference's decision to play only conference games this season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acclaimed author Bryan Washington appointed Scholar-in-Residence for Racial Justice at Rice
July 30, 2020
Washington will be the first to occupy an 'important and necessary' position at the university.
7 selected for Rice alumni board; president and president-elect announced
July 30, 2020
Seven alumni have been selected to serve on the Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) Board of Directors: Estevan Delgado ’13; Carol Der Garry ’83, ’85; Sten Gustafson ’89; Milinda McNeely ’79; Priya Prasad ’08; Shawn E. Simmons '99; and Mike Yuen ’89. They began their three-year terms July 1, when Bryan Guido Hassin ’01, ’02 became president of the ARA and Monique Shankle '86 became president-elect.
To help hard-hit nonprofits, first fix existing relief programs, Rice expert says
July 29, 2020
HOUSTON – (July 29, 2020) – Nonprofits are struggling to survive during the pandemic’s economic downturn.
It pays to major in fields with close ties to jobs, study shows
July 29, 2020
HOUSTON – (July 29, 2020) – College graduates make more money if they major in fields with close ties to jobs, according to a new study from the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), part of Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and School of Social Sciences.
Rice researchers helping to ready vote-by-mail system for November
July 29, 2020
Rice University researchers have won a federal grant to validate and improve VotingWorks' open-source vote-by-mail technology in time for November's election.
Study: Mapping crystal shapes could fast-track 2D materials
July 27, 2020
Materials scientists at Rice University and the University of Pennsylvania are calling for a collective, global effort to fast-track the mass production of 2D materials like graphene and molybdenum disulfide.
'Zero bias' in retirement investments may shortchange you
July 27, 2020
HOUSTON – (July 27, 2020) – Target Retirement Funds are touted as a simplified investment option for people saving money for their golden years, but Rice University researchers have discovered retirees can be shortchanged by a curious behavioral phenomenon known as “zero bias.”
Rice receives NSF grant to boost STEM education
July 27, 2020
A multi-institutional team led by Rice University has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a collaborative project studying persistence and retention of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers across the nation.
Link between education, income inequality has existed for a century
July 27, 2020
HOUSTON – (July 27, 2020) – Income is inextricably linked to access to education in America and it has been for a century, according to a new study from researchers at Stanford University and Rice University.