Rice and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the launch of the Center for Operations Research in Cancer, a joint initiat...
Students from Rice University’s Naval ROTC program hosted an inaugural stair climb at Rice Stadium this morning at 6 a.m. to honor the victims of the ...
Rice’s Global Paris Center to host Art and Science of Total Synthesis of Natural and Designed Molecules for Biology and Medicine symposium....
Amplified by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) reports that 29% of nurses across all licens...
Allison Thacker, chief investment officer at Rice and president of the Rice Management Company, will step down from her position Sept. 30....
The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice launches its fall 2024 season with “Do Ho Suh: In Process,” an exhibition that takes visitors inside the artist’...
The Rice football team paid homage to the university’s storied residential college system during its matchup with Texas Southern on Saturday....
Rice’s National Security Research Accelerator hosted Dev Shenoy, the principal director for microelectronics at the U.S. Department of Defense ...
Rice University will honor Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, with its own inclusive mission and vision: Latine Heritage Mo...
Hordge-Freeman received the American Sociological Association 2024 Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Book Award by the Section on Sociology of Human Rig...
Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance hosted a celebration at Cohen House Aug. 28 to launch the new Religion an...
The Rice Sustainability Institute hosted a reception to introduce the inaugural cohort of the Rice Chevron Energy Graduate Fellowship....
Rice goes pink and blue with an azalea celebration March 1
February 28, 2024
Rice University welcomes members of the Owls community to visit the pathway between Entrance 1 and the Sallyport to enjoy the colorful flowers, community, a food truck and entertainment in celebration of the crown jewel of the university’s welcoming driveway from 12-1:30 p.m. March 1. As an added bonus, the first 100 people dressed in Rice blue will receive a free cupcake.
Miguel Harth-Bedoya to lead Rice Shepherd School symphony, chamber orchestras March 2-3
February 28, 2024
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, music director laureate of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and director of orchestral studies at Baylor University, will lead the Rice Shepherd School of Music symphony and chamber orchestras March 2 and 3, respectively.
Energy and computing collide at annual Rice event
February 28, 2024
The 17th annual Energy High Performance Computing Conference hosted by Rice University’s Ken Kennedy Institute March 5-7 is the premier meeting place for the energy industry to engage in conversations about challenges and opportunities in high performance computing (HPC), computational science and engineering, machine learning and data science.
Data-processing tool could enable better early stage cancer detection
February 28, 2024
A team of Rice researchers has developed a tool that is better at integrating single-cell DNA and RNA data than more recent, state-of-the-art technologies. The findings could lead to better early stage cancer detection.
February 28, 2024
In September 2023, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued a warning call stating “Public schools are approaching a ‘make or break moment.’” This week, several North Texas schools announced potential school closures and staff position eliminations. Nationally, public schools lost over 1.2 million students to private and charter schools over the first two school years of the COVID-19 pandemic with Texas witnessing a 2.2% decline.
Rice’s Angela Wilkins named to Texas’ Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council
February 27, 2024
Angela Wilkins, executive director of Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute, is one of four members appointed to the Texas Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Council, which studies and monitors AI systems developed, employed or procured by state agencies.
Rice hosts Dr. Bernard Harris, first Black American astronaut to walk in space
February 27, 2024
Rice University continued its celebration of Black History Month with a special installment of the Ion’s “Visionary Voices” speaker series featuring Dr. Bernard Harris Jr., a NASA astronaut and the first Black American to walk in space. He is also a physician, company founder, CEO, philanthropist and venture capitalist.
Fondren Library redesigns, upgrades digital repository platform
February 27, 2024
Fondren Library is relaunching the digital platform it uses to make accessible and preserve Rice University research under a new name and with new features.
2024 scholar athletes honored at annual banquet
February 27, 2024
Rice Athletics and the Office of Academic Advising (OAAA) jointly hosted the 38th annual Scholar Athlete Celebration Feb. 25 at the Brian Patterson Sports Performance Center. The award winners were chosen based on character and accomplishment in school and in sport.
Rice U.’s Office of Innovation awards inaugural One Small Step Grants
February 27, 2024
The Office of Innovation at Rice University announced four awardees of the inaugural One Small Step Grants, marking a significant milestone in accelerating the transition from lab to market for Rice-developed technologies. Launched in September 2023 the grant aims to support lab-stage projects across Rice, providing crucial capital for projects to spin out of the university and successfully attract investment from angel investors and venture capital.