Rutgers' Team Patho-ML wins Rice 360° design competition
Undergraduates from Rutgers University, Uganda's Makerere University and Rice University took top honors in the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health student design competition March 26.
Rice scientists have created a new type of 2D semiconductor that comes closer than ever to a “perfect” crystal....
Rice President Reginald DesRoches and Kelly Fox, executive vice president for operations, finance and support, greeted employees who have opted to par...
A new Rice study offers one of the first national measures of a viewpoint called “racial realism” and considers how it fits into the broader spectrum ...
Venture capitalist John Doerr joined Doerr Institute for New Leaders’ director Bernie Banks at Rice March 26 for a wide-ranging conversation on leader...
Rep. Brian Babin (R-Woodville), chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, visited Rice March 20 with a delegation of congressi...
Paul Smith's bases-loaded, two-out walk in the bottom of the 10th gave Rice a 3-2 win over UTSA in the series opener between the schools at Reckling P...
“Gender and sexuality studies is social theory made accessible,” said Lora Wildenthal, the John Antony Weir Professor of History and director of Rice’...
The global journeys of Rice University students were on display March 27 as the Office of Study Abroad hosted the 2026 Study Abroad Photo Contest Exhi...
“I feel really grateful for the opportunities that I’ve had now that I am here," said senior Michael Garcia....
The Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies welcomed nonprofit leaders from acros...
The Olivier Award-nominated play traces the rise and fall of the Houston-based energy trading giant, translating complex financial systems into a fast...
New consumable hemp rules from the Texas Department of State Health Services are officially in effect, and the biggest change comes down to how THC is...
A recent study from Indiana University-Purdue University and the University of Oklahoma suggests Americans who “strongly embrace Christian nationalism” — which, the authors note, is nearly 25% of the U.S. population and growing — are also much more likely to refuse COVID-19 vaccination.
Live concerts with in-person audiences have been practically nonexistent over the past year, but after months of planning and practice, Rice Shepherd School of Music composition students presented five unique works written during the COVID-19 pandemic at a March 21 concert.
Digital divide disproportionately affected education for Black and Hispanic children during pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced education online about a year ago, more than one in five families lacked internet access or digital devices for their students to learn online.
Lovetteers enjoy a superhero flick on the lawn outside Lovett College during one of the many outdoor movie nights organized for the students this semester by Lovett associate Travis Alexander, a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Humanities
A Sidizen makes use of the new soundproof study booth on the ground floor of the new Sid Richardson College tower. The acoustic pod, the size of a phone booth, completely dampens all external noise but still allows in plenty of light. (
Ultimate field trip will be out of this world
While it may be virtual, the Rice Space Institute (RSI) has organized the ultimate spring trip for grade school students.
People, papers and presentations - March 29
Rice University Police Chief Clemente Rodriguez has been elected secretary of the board of the Houston Area Police Chiefs Association, which includes city, county, state, school district, federal, university and transit police departments.
Cathy Park Hong on the ‘Asian American Reckoning’
The right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon reportedly has started peddling anti-Chinese rhetoric. It’s the latest in a troubling trend of anti-Asian sentiment, on the rise across America, as addressed by Rice President David Leebron in a recent message to the Rice community.