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...
Miah Im named new opera studies director at Rice
May 11, 2020
HOUSTON – (May 11, 2020) – Canadian-born pianist Miah Im will take the helm as director of opera studies for Rice University's Shepherd School of Music July 1.
Virtual celebration planned for Rice’s 107th commencement
May 8, 2020
Tune in as Rice recognizes the Class of 2020 with speeches, special guests and more on May 16.
Rice grads win 10 Fulbright grants
May 8, 2020
The university celebrates one of its largest-ever cohorts of Fulbright Scholars this year.
COVID-19 research funds back six new initiatives
May 8, 2020
Grants to Rice faculty will support diagnostic, environmental and social projects.
Rice economist wins award for best paper from American Economic Association
May 8, 2020
Mallesh Pai, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Rice University, has won the 2020 award for the best paper in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (AEJ:Micro), a publication of the American Economic Association (AEA).
Rice Architecture bestows virtual awards
May 7, 2020
Rice Architecture goes virtual for its annual awards ceremony.
2D oxide flakes pick up surprise electrical properties
May 7, 2020
Rice University researchers find evidence of piezoelectricity in lab-grown, two-dimensional flakes of molybdenum dioxide.
Mech major Cofer named Knight-Hennessy Scholar
May 6, 2020
The Jones College senior will joining 75 other scholars from 26 countries pursuing Ph.D.s at Stanford University.
Rice faculty part of Baylor Superfund program
May 6, 2020
A $10 million federal grant establishes a center to study how toxic chemicals from Superfund sites impact preterm births.
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.