Rebecca Schreib is the recipient of the 2026 George R. Brown Excellence in Teaching Award. ...
Rice professor Caroline Ajo-Franklin’s group, working in collaboration with researchers from Tufts University and Baylor College of Medicine, recently...
For Rice University junior D. Fitzgerald, what began as a personal journey of self-discovery has quickly grown into a powerful platform for advocacy —...
Composer and conductor John Adams rehearsed his iconic “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” with the school’s symphony orchestra in Stude Concert Hall....
One team rose to the top of this year’s Veterans Business Battle: IntuBlade. Their win capped a competitive two-day event at Rice Business that brough...
A team of Rice undergraduates set out to find a better solution for keeping Flamingos at the Houston Zoo warm during the winter months. ...
“The Logos” is a yearlong immersive installation that opened Easter Sunday and transforms more than 4,000 fast radio bursts into spatial audio....
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. ...
Hidalgo checks in on early voting at Rice Stadium
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo visited the popular polling place in Rice Stadium Oct. 20 and was presented with a “Rice Votes” T-shirt by Hanszen College junior Mason Reece, the election judge for Precinct 361.
Rice Business’ Diversity and Inclusion Conference goes virtual Oct. 30
Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business will host the fifth annual and first virtual Diversity and Inclusion Conference Oct. 30.
Scavenger hunt-centered student art show 'ON/OFF' showcases sculpture online and across campus
As campus residents visit the sites and upload their own photos, the more immersive the exhibit becomes for their remote fellow students.
‘Just echo our voices’: Undergraduates share concerns about Black life at Rice
The online discussion was convened by university’s Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice.
'It takes more than science': Medical Humanities Program flourishes at Rice
Program’s popularity grows as more medical schools recognize need for humanity in health care.
SPOTlight supercharges cell studies
Researchers develop a new method to isolate specific cells, and in the process find a more robust fluorescent protein.
Mitchell Foundation, Baker Institute seek pathways to increase carbon capture
The new project will identify policies and actions to facilitate the capture and storage or use of carbon dioxide.
Baker Institute's Norman: Election a pivot point for US immigration policy
A Joe Biden presidency would “roll back many of the Trump administration’s attacks" on immigrants to the United States, but that may not be enough to pacify critics of the Obama administration's immigration policies who seek new protected pathways to citizenship, according to a new brief from an expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
School of Humanities talking new goals, why humanities matter in Owl Together series
What can you do with a humanities degree? And why are the humanities so important during times of pandemic, past and present?
Fossil fuel subsidies need global reform, say Baker Institute experts
HOUSTON – (Oct. 22, 2020) – Fossil fuels still receive most of the international government support provided to the energy sector despite their “well-known environmental and public health damage,” according to new research from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
