Alexandria Shockney, a second-year doctoral student, studies the migration physiology of the Mexican free-tailed bat.
Rice professor Pernilla Wittung Stafshede recently served as a co-organizer of the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, where she co-represented the fi...
Hans Renata’s team recently developed a method that significantly reduces the cost of adding thiophosphate to chemical structures, opening up new path...
When Houston served as host city for the FIFA World Cup 2026, Rice University helped extend the tournament beyond the stadium by creating opportunitie...
Two Rice research teams have received Phase I awards through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, a national initiative harnessing artific...
LumiStrain, a Rice spinout commercializing a Strain Sensing Smart Skin (S4) for structural testing and health monitoring, has received a $1.55 million...
Rice bioengineer Michael King and his team recently published a paper demonstrating that this ability to survive high-stress environments, or mechanor...
The Moody Civic Immersion program is a weeklong experience run by Rice’s Center for Civic Leadership that brings incoming students into the city befor...
Rice mechanical engineers and Baylor College of Medicine neurosurgeons have identified simple changes to surgical tools that could reduce strain on th...
The Sustainable Ecologies Installation was built by students and faculty. ...
Rice has joined the U.S. Department of Energy Quantum Science Center....
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its annual Honors Court with five Owl student-athletes earning the distinction, the or...
Rice women's track and field athlete Mckyla Van der Westhuizen added one more honor to her stellar career after being named a CSC Academic All-America...
Rice takes down UConn in overtime thriller
Quinton Jackson capped off a performance for the ages by dashing for the winning score as Rice snapped a three-game losing streak with a 37-34 win over UConn at Rice Stadium on Saturday.
Researchers gather at Rice to bridge quantum materials and quantum information
The Extreme Quantum Materials Alliance (eQMA) in collaboration with Rice’s Smalley-Curl Institute hosted the eQMA Workshop on Hidden Orders and Quantum Entanglement, part of the UNESCO 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology celebration.
Lighting up life: Rice scientists develop glowing sensors to track cellular changes as they happen
Researchers at Rice have engineered living cells to use a 21st amino acid that illuminates protein changes in real time.
Innovation to impact: Richards-Kortum previews Rice360’s Innovation for Healthcare Access Conference
Ahead of the Innovation for Healthcare Access Conference hosted by Rice360, Rebecca Richards-Kortum shares insights on advancing equitable health care solutions across Texas and the United States.
Lilly, Chan perform with Houston Symphony, strengthening Shepherd School ties
The Houston Symphony’s classical subscription series concerts Sept. 27 and 28 marked an early highlight for the Shepherd School of Music’s newest faculty, whose performances drew standing ovations from the audience.
Engineering their next play: Student-athletes pursue their professional dreams through Rice program
For Rice student-athletes Omari Porter, David Kasemervisz and Matthew Aribisala, football and engineering aren’t competing priorities — they’re complementary pursuits. Each came to Rice to push their limits both on the field and in the classroom, and each found a university uniquely equipped to help them do both.
Rice planetary scientists link Jupiter’s birth to Earth’s formation zone
New research from Rice suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, carving out rings and gaps that ultimately explain one of the longest-standing puzzles in planetary science: why many primitive meteorites formed millions of years after the first solid bodies.
From Rice to the Navy’s nuclear ranks: Senior earns rare engineering commission
Rice University’s Midshipman 1st Class Matthew Deverell, a mechanical engineering major and Will Rice College senior, has been selected by the U.S. Navy for one of only eight nuclear engineering officer positions available nationwide each year.
Rice to take on UConn during Hall of Fame weekend
Rice and UConn will kick off the third consecutive meeting between the schools in football at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 25 at Rice Stadium.