Rice has advanced 22 spots in the 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings, climbing to No. 119 globally and No. 29 among U.S. universities....
Rice yoga instructor and alumna Alicia Dugar Stephenson is bringing wellness to the forefront through a unique yoga initiative that connects the Rice ...
Rice undergraduates transformed Kraft Hall's corridors into a vibrant showcase of original research and creative exploration during the 2025 Social Sc...
Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts welcomed enthusiastic arts and music lovers for a Pride Month happy hour on the afternoon of June 26, which featured ...
As Houston’s pride parade made its way through the streets of downtown Houston, so did Rice’s students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters. The par...
Computational biochemist Linna An will join Rice’s Department of Biosciences with support from a $2 million award from the Cancer Prevention and Resea...
The Texas 89th Legislative Session marked a milestone for Rice's government relations efforts as the university played a vital role in advancing key l...
Rice bioengineer Mario Escobar has won a Transformational Project Award from the American Heart Association to develop a new therapy for heart failure...
OpenStax, a provider of affordable instructional technologies and the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources, has partnered with Micr...
Rice graduate student and adjunct assistant professor explores how music can help shape new memories....
The “Synergizing AI, Digital Health and the Built Environment" symposium addressed the ways AI and digital health tools can enhance the built environm...
A new study led by Rice's Christopher Tunnell and Dorian Amaral sees the first direct search for ultralight dark matter using a magnetically levitated...
May 23, 2025
Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, a leading mind in applied geophysics and Trustee Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice, has been awarded the 2025 Reginald Fessenden Award by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
Rice method refines ultrapure diamond film fabrication for quantum and electronic applications
May 23, 2025
Rice researchers have developed a simpler and more effective technique to make ultrapure diamond films for quantum and electronic applications.
‘Hopelessly attached’: Scientists discover new 2D material that sticks the landing
May 23, 2025
Researchers from Rice and Northwestern University discover new 2D material, confirming decade-old prediction.
Rice experts equip Houston professionals with AI and machine learning training
May 22, 2025
Rice experts at the Ken Kennedy Institute who taught an intensive boot camp for data science practitioners and technical managers are available to address questions from the media related to their AI and ML expertise.
Boniuk Institute convenes leading religion scholars at Rice Paris Center
May 22, 2025
The Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance recently gathered scholars representing nearly a dozen different nations at the Rice University Global Paris Center to discuss new directions for global research on religious violence and pluralism.
Program in collaboration with area colleges empowers next generation of sustainability data scholars
May 21, 2025
This spring, 75 students from Lone Star College, San Jacinto Community College and Houston Community College met with Rice faculty, staff and graduate students five times over three months to explore how data science can be used to solve real-world sustainability challenges.
From Rice to orbit: Student engineers build safer, low-cost satellite thruster
May 21, 2025
A team of Rice engineering students has designed and built a safer, low-cost propulsion module for small satellites.
Summer schedule full of art and ideas at the Moody
May 21, 2025
From exhibitions that trace personal and cultural histories to community events and wellness programming, the Moody’s summer schedule offers more than a break from routine.
Forging a path to a sustainable carbon economy: Inside the vision of Rice’s Carbon Hub
May 21, 2025
As the world races to address the climate crisis, a coalition headquartered at Rice is taking a radically collaborative approach to one of the toughest challenges: how to decarbonize industry while at the same time boosting manufacturing, improving infrastructure and securing the supply chains for the energy and materials we rely on every day.
Sex-specific climate responses in plants reveal flaws in biodiversity forecasts
May 20, 2025
A new study highlights the need to refine biodiversity forecasts to account for the sex-specific responses to Earth’s changing climate.