We are excited to announce significant news regarding our residential college system. Lovett College, one of our foundational colleges named after the...
Rice and Baylor College of Medicine have received $2.8 million from the NIH for research on reducing inflammation and lung damage in acute respiratory...
For the next two years, 120 Division I Rice athletes will be part of a concussion study with Houston Methodist researchers to identify reliable and no...
When Robert Howell contemplates the future of artificial intelligence, he foresees a world where an app might guide your moral decisions just as Googl...
Rice experts John Diamond and Zach Bethune are available to comment on the Fed's decision to cut interest rates by a half percentage point....
Rice’s Grand Hall was boisterously filled with students, music and festivities as the university began its many celebrations as part of Hispanic Herit...
With last week’s unveiling of Rice University’s redesigned Academic Quadrangle came the introduction of a few new residents – the 42 species of plants...
Rice360 will host the first edition of Innovation for Day One Sept. 25-27....
Naomi Halas will lead a multi-university research project backed by a prestigious $7.5 million award from the Department of Defense. ...
Rice hosted the Energy, Waste, and the Environment in West Africa conference Sept. 12-13, an event that convened scholars, policymakers and artists to...
A newly identified wasp species has been discovered on the university grounds....
Culminating in an encore performance of “Cumbanchero” with fellow faculty from Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, Ana María Martínez’ “Noche Española” f...
Rice’s Amanda Marciel wins NSF CAREER Award
Rice’s Amanda Marciel has won an NSF CAREER Award for her research on materials useful in applications such as stretchable electronics and biomimetic tissues.
Rice to hold winter clothing drive Jan. 22-31
Rice University’s Emergency Medical Services and Housing and Dining departments have teamed up for a winter clothing drive set for Jan. 22-31.
A major initiative to improve newborn care and survival across sub-Saharan Africa will announce the next phase of activities supported by new, eight-figure funding during a press conference held at Rice University’s Biosciences Research Collaborative Jan. 23.
Rice research opens new arena to study quantum interactions
Rice scientists along with collaborators at Durham University prolonged quantum behavior in an experimental system nearly 30-fold by using ultracold temperatures and special laser wavelengths to generate a “magic trap” that delays the onset of quantum decoherence.
Owls to kick off '25 season with Puerto Rico Challenge
Rice will open the 2025 baseball season in a unique setting as the Owls are one of eight college baseball teams who have been selected to play in the Puerto Rico Challenge, Feb. 13-16, 2025 in Ponce and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Rice Alliance, HETI and TEX-E Energy Venture Day and Pitch Competition applications open
The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, the Houston Energy Transition Initiative (HETI) and TEX-E have opened applications for their Energy Venture Day and Pitch Competition at CERAWeek, set to take place in the Agora program on March 20.
Mexico, US relationship examined in latest edition of Mexico Country Outlook report
The United States-Mexico border will be the greatest source of conflict between the two nations in 2024 — particularly with elections in both countries this year — according to the latest edition of the Mexico Country Outlook report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice Global welcomes delegation from Indian Institute of Science
As part of its strategic global initiative, Rice University recently welcomed a presidential delegation from the Indian Institute of Science. The group of Rice leadership and IISc representatives discussed their current collaboration while also mining ways to extend future efforts.
Woodside provides $12.5M to support Rice-led project to advance decarbonization
Rice University and Woodside Energy today announced a ground-breaking five-year technology collaboration aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and providing lower carbon solutions.
Spring exhibition at Rice’s Moody Center explores ‘The Foreign in Us’
Challenging the fear and apprehension of otherness through profound imagery, artist Hayv Kahraman advocates for compassion and acceptance in her new exhibition at Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts.