Best Boards Conference helps nonprofits maximize impact
HOUSTON – (Feb. 24, 2020) – Nonprofit board members and executives are invited to attend Rice University’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies annual Best Boards Conference.
Rice's Office of Public Affairs earned four honors at the 41st Public Relations Society of America Houston Excalibur Awards, including Communications ...
The National Academy of Construction has elected Rice President Reginald DesRoches as one of 45 new members in its Class of 2026. ...
A recent study from Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance titled “Religious Representation in Science: How Scie...
Rice’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has selected nine student-led ventures for the 2026 Summer Venture Studio, its flagship ventur...
A week after Rice women's track and field saw a national champion in the javelin from senior Mckyla Van der Westhuizen, freshman Emily Harbach won the...
Rice researchers developed a new way to model how the cochlea processes incoming sound using graph signal processing, which could shed light on what h...
A team of engineers at Rice and Kyung Hee University has developed a soft, shape-shifting mechanical surface that can respond to touch, sense its own ...
As schools across the country increasingly embrace evidence-based approaches to reading instruction through the science of reading, two Rice researche...
Through a framing of North, Central and South America as interconnected regions, “Radiant Geometries: Vectors of Knowledge from the Indigenous America...
Rice's Kaden Hazzard and his team recently developed a theory on how trions in quantum particles form and behave....
Rice researchers have developed a high-throughput method to measure the quality of diamond and other wide-bandgap semiconductor materials, providing r...
The Brain Health for Economic Resilience Commission, convened in collaboration with Nature Medicine, was announced at the Texas Brain Economy Summit J...
Grammy-winning alum to take baton at Feb. 29 Shepherd School concert
Grammy Award-winning conductor and Shepherd School alumnus Cristian Măcelaru ’06, ’08 will take the baton at the Feb. 29 performance by Rice University’s Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra.
Miles joins Baker Institute’s Center for Energy Studies
HOUSTON – (Feb. 17, 2020) – Steven Miles, an attorney who has spent 35 years focusing on natural gas, electric power and renewable energy, has been named a nonresident fellow in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, the institute announced today.
Rice Philharmonics perform at Texas Capitol
The Rice Philharmonics, known as the "Phils," performed in the Texas State Capitol's rotunda Feb. 14 during a tour in Austin.
Rice scientists simplify access to drug building block
Rice University chemists further simplify their process to make essential precursor molecules for drug discovery and manufacture. The method to modify unactivated olefins for use as building blocks could save the pharmaceutical industry millions.
Colombia's oil and gas sector in focus at Rice's Baker Institute
HOUSTON – (Feb. 24, 2020) – Colombia’s hydrocarbons industry will be the focus of a discussion among experts gathering at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. The president of the country's hydrocarbons agency will present a keynote speech on new investment opportunities in this sector.
Off the ropes and into the spotlight: A wrestling photography retrospective
HOUSTON – (Feb. 24, 2020) – Colombia’s hydrocarbons industry will be the focus of a discussion among experts gathering at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. The president of the country's hydrocarbons agency will present a keynote speech on new investment opportunities in this sector.
Crenshaw, Curl convene before health care summit at Rice
U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, met with Robert Curl, Rice's Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and a Nobel laureate, before convening his second annual Healthcare Innovation Summit Feb. 20 at the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies' Anderson-Clarke Center.
Rice hosts middle schoolers for Engineers Week
Houston middle-school students visit Rice to take part in Engineers Week.