Rice’s César A. Uribe has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to advance the mathematical foundations of decentralized learning, a critical...
Houston hospitals show significant pricing differences in their procedures, according to a new brief from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Th...
Senior Spotlight: Esther Jimenez ’25...
At the Association of Rice Alumni’s 2025 Laureates Awards ceremony May 8, the group will bestow its highest honor — the Gold Medal Award — to the late...
Rice’s Office of Access and Institutional Excellence welcomed author and free speech advocate Suzanne Nossel to campus April 28 for a conversation on ...
Rice’s chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, inducted 21 new members....
Rice President Reginald DesRoches was recognized for his visionary leadership and lifelong commitment to education at the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Associ...
With federal research funding in the headlines in recent months, Rice's Office of Public Affairs is spotlighting what’s at stake — and what’s possible...
A new study led by researchers from the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice has introduced an innovative solution that could i...
Menachem Elimelech was honored with the Sidney Loeb Award at the European Desalination Society Conference held in Porto, Portugal, April 28. ...
As India’s influence grows in fields such as climate change, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, Rice is positioning itself to be a key collabo...
For senior Dasseny Arreola, pursuing two majors, one minor, three research fellowships and even a novel was never about checking boxes....
Most Houstonians with symptoms are not being tested, according to Rice COVID-19 Registry
May 5, 2020
HOUSTON – (May 5, 2020) – The vast majority of Houston-area residents who are experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 are not getting tested for it, according to initial results of a survey from the COVID-19 Registry at Rice University.
Houston must address housing and transportation affordability jointly
May 5, 2020
Only 44% of rental housing units in Houston are affordable for families with average income, and only 1 out of every 3 of those dwellings is near reliable and affordable transportation, according to a new joint report by researchers from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and LINK Houston.
Senior is first Rice student to earn prestigious coaching accreditation
May 4, 2020
Noor Elsonbaty, a graduate of the CoachRICE program at Rice's Doerr Institute for New Leaders, has made university history in earning his International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential.
Rice Management Co.'s Alan Arnold dies at 46
May 4, 2020
Alan Arnold, the investment director for real estate for the Rice Management Co. (RMC) who was best known for significantly increasing Rice University's funds for scholarships and scientific research, died April 28 after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 46.
Quarantine Q&A: Rice opera students sing praises for industry leaders’ advice
May 4, 2020
The Shepherd School's Department of Opera Studies has been thinking outside the box during the pandemic.
Baker Institute experts: Hydrogen and nanomaterials may transform energy industry
May 4, 2020
Hydrogen as a zero-carbon energy carrier has the potential to fundamentally transform the global energy landscape
Three Ph.D. grads win NSF postdoctoral fellowships
May 4, 2020
Three Ph.D. graduates from the same Rice University research group have won prestigious postdoctoral fellowships from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences.
Federal grant bolsters Rice eye research
May 4, 2020
A Rice University researcher has won a prestigious federal grant to study how a recently identified protein in the cornea aids development, homeostasis and wound healing in the eye.
Book edited by Rice political scientist examines voting and representation in U.S.
May 4, 2020
Mark Jones calls the new book "an encyclopedia on voting and representation in the U.S."
Water-splitting module a source of perpetual energy
May 4, 2020
Rice University researchers have integrated high-efficiency solar cells and electrode catalysts into an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel.