COVID-19 vaccine now being administered at Rice Stadium
The historic stadium is serving the entire Houston area as a community vaccination site.
O.J. Brigance, a former standout linebacker at Rice and at the professional level who responded to a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ...
Tickets for the one-night-only performance go on sale Oct. 16....
An unforgettable welcome for Rice's newest Owls — the largest freshman class in Rice history....
When new students arrived at Rice for O-Week, they quickly learned how residential college identity is a big part of life on campus. Each college has ...
Rice welcomed more than 1,400 new undergraduate students to campus Sunday for the start of Orientation Week, where they were greeted by cheering stude...
The Music and Ideas Series will bring four leading scholars to campus between October and March for free talks open to the public. ...
Rice has received a $25 million gift from university trustee James “Jim” Whitehurst and his wife, Lauren Whitehurst, to establish the Sallyport Fellow...
When Rice’s newest residential college opened its doors this week, its first students didn’t simply move into a new building. They’re helping create a...
Rice sociologist's research on faith in the workplace is helping organizations navigate religious diversity and has earned national recognition for it...
Students arrived from across the country and around the world as staff and graduate resident assistants welcomed more than 450 residents to three Rice...
Researchers at Rice, with the support of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad and Northwestern University have developed an implantable cell therapy that may h...
The Rice University Police Department wrapped up another successful Law Enforcement Youth Academy July 27–31, welcoming 20 local students to campus fo...
Rice recognized as one of nation’s top producers of Fulbright scholars
Rice celebrated one of its largest cohorts of Fulbright scholars last year, when 11 alumni were offered grants from the program for work or research abroad.
Biden should issue executive order granting ‘Dreamers’ citizenship, paper argues
The pathway to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status —otherwise known as getting a green card — is full of roadblocks for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) beneficiaries, according to new research from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Peter Hotez to join Rice U. infectious disease expert for COVID-19 vaccine webinar
Peter Hotez, a renowned vaccine scientist and physician who’s also a fellow in disease and poverty at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, will join Rice infectious disease specialist Yousif Shamoo to discuss COVID-19 vaccine developments in a free webinar March 12.
New teamwork model could improve patient health care.
Health care teams must prepare for anything, including the unconventional work environments brought about by a global pandemic and social unrest.
Seven research teams win Carbon Hub funding
Carbon Hub, Rice University's zero-emissions research initiative, has awarded seed grants for seven projects that will rapidly advance its vision for transforming the oil and gas sector into a leading provider of both clean hydrogen energy and solid carbon products that can be used in place of materials with large carbon footprints.
Under the instruction of Rice Symphonic Band Director Chuck Throckmorton, Hanszen College senior José Corea plays his saxophone through a mask at Rice Stadium on a sunny spring day.
Dutch artist collective We Make Carpets supervised the installation of its latest site-specific piece on campus from the Netherlands via Zoom as masked-up Rice community members tied yards of colorful ribbon to 6-foot lengths of pipe for “Barn Raising.”
Rice student to play for nationwide audience on 'Performance Today'
Graduate student in horn performance Lauren Anker will represent Rice's Shepherd School of Music as part of American Public Media’s “Performance Today” Young Artists in Residence series. Her segments will be posted online March 25.
Rice Stadium to become community vaccination site
The facility has already begun vaccinating some Rice students, faculty and staff — by appointment only — as part of a “soft launch” before ramping up full operations next week.