Avantika Gori, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University, is leading an innovative project to address flooding ...
“Interdisciplinarity is not just something that happens between disciplines but actually many different knowledge projects with their own originary fo...
The Rice swimming and diving team has won its first conference championship since the 2013-14 Conference USA Championship....
Rice has established a new initiative aimed at refining world-class leadership development practices across campus, bringing together key representati...
Rice will celebrate the career of legendary baseball coach Wayne Graham by announcing several special commemorations of his enduring legacy as part of...
Rice will welcome bôa as the headline music act at the third annual Moody X-Fest April 25 at Founder’s Court. The signature, rain-or-shine event celeb...
Rice Business hosted a celebration Feb. 13 for the newly named Virani Undergraduate School of Business. Houston business and community leaders Farid a...
Leah Li, an international student pursuing a career in computer science, spent years looking for a program that would allow her to experience the worl...
Combining an existing small-molecule protein therapy called tumor necrosis factor related apoptosis-inducing ligand with focused ultrasound can signif...
Rice has named seasoned special events executive Susan Christian as the first senior director of campus and community engagement and conference servic...
As a partner institution of the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences at UTHealth Houston, Rice has received approximately $1.69 million in g...
The 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) announced today the 42 startups invited to compete for more than $1 million in prizes April 10-12 at Ri...
New trade agreement good for US digital products, says Baker Institute expert
January 27, 2020
HOUSTON – (Jan. 27, 2020) – The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) sends a clear and welcome message acknowledging the enormous importance of digital products produced in the U.S. for sale around the world, according to a report from the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Glasscock School's Community Learning & Engagement courses highlight personal development
January 24, 2020
The spring course guide for Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies features dynamic offerings spanning the arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, technology and more — and all are open to the Houston community.
Shepherd School to host annual Family Concert Feb. 1
January 24, 2020
HOUSTON – (Jan. 24, 2020) – Selections from Bach, Debussy and Mozart will be among the musical works performed at the annual Family Concert presented Feb. 1 by Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
Jan. 16 declared ‘Dr. Paula Sanders Day’ in Houston
January 24, 2020
Third Reich's legacy tied to present-day xenophobia and political intolerance
January 24, 2020
Who — or what — is to blame for the xenophobia, political intolerance and radical political parties spreading through Germany and the rest of Europe? A new study from Rice University and Washington University in St. Louis shows a major factor is people's proximity to former Nazi concentration camps.
Fear of wildfires inspires forward-thinking communities
January 22, 2020
A Rice architecture student is thinking hard about the problem humans have with fire and how future dwellers at risk could consolidate resources for their own protection while retaining a sense of community.
CPRIT grant bolsters Rice biosciences
January 22, 2020
Rice University recruits synthetic biologist Caroline Ajo-Franklin with a $6 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to bolster the university’s cutting-edge Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology program.
Climate change 'a strategic dilemma' for Persian Gulf, Baker Institute expert says
January 22, 2020
Climate change poses a strategic dilemma for oil-exporting states of the Persian Gulf, according to a new paper by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
New light on the Galveston Movement: Houston Jewish History Archive acquires rare pamphlet
January 21, 2020
A 1907 guide for immigrants illuminates a fascinating chapter in Texas history.
Rice on pace to double research spending by 2027
January 21, 2020
Rice is on pace to double research funding by 2027 thanks to faculty success in attracting large, programmatic grants.