The 2026 Rice Business Plan Competition announced today the 42 startups invited to compete for more than $1 million in prizes April 9-11 at Rice Unive...
Rice bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski has been named a 2026 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in chemistry, one of the most competitive honors for early ca...
An international research team, including scientists from Rice University, the University of Tokyo and NASA, has completed the first fully standardize...
Rice students gathered Feb. 14 to celebrate the Lunar New Year at a festive Chinese New Year Gala hosted by the Rice Chinese Students and Scholars Ass...
The Rice women's track and field team set a pair of school records during a tremendous weekend at the Tyson Invitational and the Howie Ryan Invitation...
Kutter-Gage Webb's two-run single broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the eighth to lead Rice a 3-2 win over Northwestern and a sweep of a season-opening...
The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University has been recognized among top graduate programs in the Financial Times global busine...
“Let’s begin with a very simple premise — simple but extremely important: Sound policy depends on sound data,” said David Satterfield, director of Ric...
The Texas-France Space hub's first annual Houston Space Galette, held Feb. 12, fostered dialogue within the Houston space community....
John Doerr, a Rice alumnus and a longtime supporter of the university, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering....
Designed especially for children and first-time concertgoers, the hourlong performance centers on Benjamin Britten’s beloved “The Young Person’s Guide...
Rice University’s Virani Undergraduate School of Business is expanding its undergraduate business major with the launch of a new marketing concentrati...
Mayor, president dedicate redesigned Sunset intersections
A group of dignitaries and city workers led by Mayor Sylvester Turner and President David Leebron gathered outside Rice’s main entrance Friday morning, dedicating two newly reconfigured intersections that have been redesigned with greater safety in mind.
Bird droppings carry risk of antibiotic resistance
Rice University engineers analyze the droppings of urban birds and show persistent levels of antibiotic-resistant genes and bacteria that may be transferred to humans through the environment.
Emmett joins Baker Institute’s Center for Energy Studies
Former Harris County Judge Ed Emmett has been named a fellow in energy and transportation policy in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, the institute announced July 1.
A letter to Rice's international students
President David Leebron and Provost Reginald DesRoches send message of support.
HOUSTON – (July 8, 2020) – The best way to predict whether Houston ISD students will go to college is to examine a combination of attendance rates, grades, and credits in advanced courses, according to a study by Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), part of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Rice For Black Life empowers Black students to create change on campuses across America
The student group has big plans beyond its initial successful fundraiser.
Boron nitride destroys PFAS 'forever' chemicals PFOA, GenX
Rice chemical engineers discovered a photocatalyst that can destroy 99% of the “forever” chemical PFOA
