The Digital Health Institute — a recently launched joint initiative between Rice University and Houston Methodist — has appointed Pothik Chatterjee as...
Rice University students will build skills in science labs, take high-impact field trips, hear from guest speakers, curate art exhibits, enhance learn...
Twenty-seven biotechnology governance entreaties echoing the legacy of the 1975 recombinant DNA guidelines are now available for public review....
A new sustainability initiative is transforming the landscape outside Fondren Library at Rice University — and it’s more than just a garden....
A team of researchers at Rice has discovered a surprisingly simple method for vastly improving the stability of electrochemical devices that convert c...
Rice faculty are available to help news media explore the deeper histories behind Juneteenth, its Texas roots and what freedom has meant in different ...
The Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative launched its inaugural seminar June 3 with an invited talk from Nobel laureate James P. Allison....
Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research releases its 2025 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report....
Rice experts can unpack and contextualize Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's statement at the VivaTech 2025 conference in Paris today that quantum computing is...
Throughout the day, the Houston booth saw a constant stream of visitors with Rice-affiliated entrepreneurs introducing their ventures to global invest...
Volunteers from the Department of Psychological Sciences assemble gift bags for those supported by Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston....
A team of Rice engineering students has designed an innovative space exercise harness that won this year's Technology Collaboration Center’s Wearables...
COVID-19 webinar: Pandemic a 'global problem requiring a global solution'
June 8, 2020
Overcoming the challenges of COVID-19 and mapping the global community's path forward can only be achieved through cooperation and trust between nations, according to experts who participated in a webinar hosted by Rice and Zhejiang University.
Yvette Pearson: I can't breathe — and this is why
June 8, 2020
Systemic racism manifests itself throughout the fabric of our society
RUPD chief addresses death of George Floyd
June 8, 2020
Amid the worst pandemic this county has faced in more than a century, it’s with great sadness that we find ourselves fighting the familiar enemies of injustice and racism.
Rice team makes tiny, magnetically powered neural stimulator
June 8, 2020
Rice University neuroengineers have created a tiny surgical implant that can electrically stimulate the brain and nervous system without using a battery or wired power supply.
Rice's OpenStax Institutional Partner Program to offer expanded benefits
June 8, 2020
OpenStax, Rice University’s education technology initiative, today opened applications for its 2020-2021 Institutional Partner Program. The deadline to apply is June 25.
60,000 Houstonians, including Rice students and alumni, join march for George Floyd
June 5, 2020
Tens of thousands of Houstonians joined rappers Bun B and Trae tha Truth as they led a “Justice 4 George Floyd” rally June 1.
'Sheer awe': Rice group raises almost $100,000 to fight anti-black violence
June 4, 2020
Newly formed student organization Rice for Black Life raised $93,362 in 24 hours.
English lecturer Bryan Washington awarded two top literary prizes
June 4, 2020
Acclaimed young author of short story collection 'Lot' will release his first novel, 'Memorial,' in October.
Egg-based coating preserves fresh produce
June 4, 2020
Eggs that would otherwise be wasted can be used as the base of an inexpensive coating to protect fruits and vegetables, according to Rice University researchers.
Rice team’s cancer-treatment device scores major award
June 4, 2020
Rice engineering students won a grand prize at the Design of Medical Devices Conference for their invention to simplify treatment of late-stage cervical cancer