Baker Institute survey highlights illicit medical pot use in Texas, law shortcomings
With the passage of the Compassionate Use Act in 2015, the state of Texas officially recognized cannabis as medicine.
Frank Klaus Tittel, a physicist whose career paralleled the rise of modern laser technology and who helped build Rice’s reputation in laser spectrosc...
Art teachers, artists and comics enthusiasts gathered at Rice University Feb. 20 for Teaching Comics, a one-day symposium exploring how comics can fun...
Nearly 700 prospective graduate students, current scholars, faculty and staff gathered at the Houston Museum of Natural Science for Rice University’s ...
Martono, a second-year master’s student in violin performance, won the title of Miss Chinatown Houston 2025, her first-ever pageant....
Undergraduates at Rice are digging into real, possible wrongful conviction cases this semester, examining evidence to bring renewed attention to indiv...
Rice President Reginald DesRoches was honored with a Community Trailblazer Award Feb. 19 by the city of Houston’s controller Chris Hollins during his ...
Rice commends Stacy Mosely for 14 years of service. As executive senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator, Mosely maintains admin...
Students convened at Rice University Feb. 20 for what organizers called a rare chance to hear and learn directly from one of the most influential musi...
The role brings Cristian Măcelaru ’06 ’08 back to campus several times each year to coach, conduct and mentor students across departments....
Isabella Bourtin balances GRE prep, lab work and upper-level courses as she pivots from pre-med ambitions toward a future in clinical psychology....
John Green, the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, influential educator and global YouTube phenomenon, will serve as the speaker for Rice's 113t...
A Rice research lab’s signature keepsake helped perfect a method for growing patterned diamond surfaces that could help decrease operating temperature...
Unconventional students at Rice 2021: Nia Prince wants to impact the world
Nia Prince ’21 had an idea of what she wanted out of her Rice education, but really didn’t know how to get there.
Houston refines hunt for COVID in wastewater
There are many ways to test municipal wastewater for signs of the virus that causes COVID-19, but scientists in Houston have determined theirs is the best yet.
Orchestra resumes performing at Shepherd School amid pandemic
If you walk through the Shepherd School of Music's Alice Pratt Brown Hall, you'll notice some familiar sounds coming from Stude Concert Hall – sounds that haven't been heard for the better part of a year.
People, papers and presentations - March 22
"Collaborative Anthropology Today," a new book edited by Dominic Boyer, professor of anthropology, was released earlier this year.
Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator now accepting summer applications
Applications to join the first Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator cohort are open to early-stage clean energy startups.
NEST360° probes pandemic dangers for newborns
Research facilitated by Rice University-based NEST360° is underscoring the need for COVID-19 treatment guidelines to safeguard newborn lives in some countries.
Rice undergrad soars into inaugural group of aerospace fellows
Bria Romero, a mechanical engineering sophomore at Rice, has won one of 43 inaugural Patti Grace Smith Fellowships launched to empower Black excellence in aerospace.
Teamwork makes light shine ever brighter
If you’re looking for one technique to maximize photon output from plasmons, stop. It takes two to wrangle.
The questions of our time: Humanities courses encourage closer examination of daily life
Rice's Big Questions courses speak to issues that are fundamental to our experience.