Political science professor Bob Stein recognized with the 2025 Y. Ping Sun Award for Outstanding Community Engagement....
Nine Rice faculty members received the 2025 George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, which honors Rice’s top instructors based on votes from alumn...
Each year, Rice University honors members of its community who have served students through outstanding teaching, dedication and service. ...
Kasey Leigh Yearty has been named the 2025 recipient of the George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching....
In a city defined by innovation and resilience, the Rice Water Technologies Entrepreneurship and Research (WaTER) Institute hosted its distinguished l...
The Owls men's tennis team won its first American Athletic Conference Championship after defeating the Memphis Tigers at the Leftwich Tennis Center Ap...
Rice will increase access by growing the university’s student body, marking an unprecedented growth trajectory that began earlier this decade. The exp...
Following Pope Francis’ death, Craig Considine, a senior lecturer in sociology at Rice, scholar of religion and interfaith dialogue is available to di...
As Earth Day approaches April 22, Rice University experts are available to provide insight into their research on a range of environmental topics....
The finding, reported by The New York Times April 16, builds on generations of inquiry into whether life exists beyond Earth....
Tam Dao has been appointed Rice University’s first associate vice president of campus safety and research security. His first day in this role will be...
Humanities disciplines, especially medical humanities, shouldn’t just be consulted at the end of the development pipeline when systems are being evalu...
Mia X, first lady of No Limit Records, to be inducted into hip-hop archives at Rice
September 5, 2024
Rice’s Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning will honor hip-hop pioneer Mia X by inducting her into its Hip Hop Archival Collection.
September 5, 2024
Cherríe Moraga, a renowned writer, feminist activist, poet, essayist and playwright, will present her lecture titled “They Are Falling All Around Me — A Borderless América Reimagined” at the Sept. 18 Gray/Wawro Lecture.
‘He was a visionary’: Wayne Graham built Rice baseball into a ‘nationally renowned program’
September 4, 2024
Wayne Graham transformed Rice baseball into a perennial national powerhouse in his 27-year coaching tenure.
Ahalya Lettenberger represents US, Rice at Paris Paralympics
September 4, 2024
Former Rice University swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger made her country and alma mater proud last weekend, competing in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
Rice experts available to discuss mpox global health emergency
September 4, 2024
Rice University experts are available to discuss the mpox global health emergency as the world grapples with the ongoing outbreak.
Legendary coach Wayne Graham passes away
September 4, 2024
Wayne Graham, the architect of Rice’s rise to the top of the college baseball world, passed away in Austin, Texas on Tuesday night at 88.
Rice addressing ‘one of the most pressing issues of our time’: The brain’s role in America’s future
September 4, 2024
Neuroscience experts from government, medicine, business and academia came together at Rice’s Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) Aug. 27 to discuss the American “brain economy transition.” The role of the human brain in the wider economy is drawing increased attention, and brain capital is becoming a priority for business and individuals.
‘Light of Andrea’: Vigil honors loss of beloved student and leader
September 4, 2024
A Sept. 3 vigil honored the life of Andrea Rodriguez Avila, whose promising future was tragically cut short.
‘What connects us most’: Rice’s Humanities Research Center embraces the power, challenges of repair
September 4, 2024
For Graham Bader, director of Rice's Humanities Research Center, the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the critical role of humanists in addressing the world’s pressing concerns.
Rolling into the fall semester: Rice Chabad students enjoy sushi social
September 3, 2024
Rabbi Shmuli welcomed the large crowd to the event, encouraging them to indulge in the plentiful sushi and cold beverages while getting to know their fellow students.