Rice, Baylor part of research effort to advance genome editing
Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine are part of a national effort to accelerate genome-editing research and develop gene-editing technologies and therapies.
Kenneth Tam, an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans video, sculpture, installation, performance and photography, is an assistant professor of ar...
Karma Elbadawy, a graduating senior at Rice, has been named a 2026 Thomas J. Watson Fellow....
Ten years after the 2016 Tax Day flood inundated parts of the Houston region with nearly two feet of rain in a matter of hours, new research from Rice...
Prabhakar Raghavan, chief technologist at Google, was the featured speaker in the Ken Kennedy Institute Distinguished Lecture Series....
“This moment reflects the scale and direction of Rice’s global engagement,” said Caroline Levander, vice president for global strategy. ...
The production pairs one of the most demanding works in the operatic canon with a creative team intent on making it feel startlingly current. ...
RBL LLC, a pioneering biotech venture creation studio dedicated to rapidly building companies based on breakthrough medical technologies, today announ...
When NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean April 10, a critical piece of the spacecraft’s safe return traced back to research at Ric...
Rice Emergency Medical Services recently welcomed moulage artist Katie McKinney to campus for a hands-on workshop designed to enhance the realism of e...
JC Davis' RBI single in the fifth inning was the difference, and the Owls' pitching held Charlotte to just four hits, as they defeated the 49ers, 3-2,...
The Rice women's tennis team closed the regular season with a 4-0 win over UAB on Monday morning....
The Rice bioengineering department helped host the annual meeting of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, where two Rice fac...
Unconventional Students at Rice 2021: Madison Morris has her eye on Mars
Madison Morris ’21 knew two things about herself early on in life: She had an interest in space exploration and she loved Rice University.
People, papers and presentations April 12, 2021
Nikhil Gattu, a junior kinesiology and chemistry major, has been named the winner of this year’s Undergraduate Scholar Award by the American Kinesiology Association.
Beer Bike comes barreling back for 2021
The annual relay race took place across two days thanks to the dedicated efforts of students and staff.
China positioning itself to dominate world’s copper supply
China is positioning itself to dominate the global supply of copper, a material in high demand as the world transitions to alternative energy systems, according to experts from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice remembers Chandler Davidson, founding member of Department of Sociology
Chandler Davidson, a longtime professor in Rice University's School of Social Sciences who was one of the nation's leading experts on voting rights, died April 10 at the age of 84.
Final Low-Fi films bid a fiery farewell to the Rice Media Center
The all-analog Low-Fi film series from the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts (VADA) will conclude its weekly screenings with a bang May 6, marking the end of an era.
Smartphone app for convenience store owners wins 2021 Rice Business Plan Competition
An application that allows convenience store owners to remotely manage and monitor their businesses from their smartphones took home the grand prize during the 2021 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC).
Survey of Houston-area families reveals depth of COVID-19 financial pain
HOUSTON – (April 8, 2021) – During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, only a third of Houston-area households with children reported having enough money saved to cover one month of expenses, according to a new research brief from Rice University’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC).
Rice’s Walker beams down from space station
Rice alumna Shannon Walker and crewmate Kate Rubins, aboard the International Space Station, joined a conversation with students in Houston, Scotland and Ecuador.