Rice engineers reveal molecular dynamics that underpin concrete’s durability
A new molecular dynamics study from Rice sheds light on what's happening inside the hidden channels inside concrete.
Three experts from Rice will attend Brain Week at the United Nations General Assembly Sept. 21-25 to join an international conversation that reaches w...
Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, Rice’s Shepherd School of Music honored the anniversary the way it has every year since 2002: by pausing to ...
The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice presents ”Radiant Geometries: Vectors of Knowledge from the Indigenous Americas” this fall, bringing together co...
Following a national search, Andrew Billing will become secretary to the Rice Corporation and Board of Trustees on Oct. 1. ...
‘Beyond the Hedges: Historias de Latinidad at Rice University’ runs through Dec. 31 at the Julia Ideson Building....
Rice's Natasha Kirienko developed a new screening method that identified drugs that target leukemia cells without unduly harming healthy cells....
Rice’s football team returns to Rice Stadium Sept. 19 to take on Western Michigan University at 6 p.m....
Rice’s Center for Community and Public Health (CCPH) at the Kinder Institute will premiere a new series of accessible grief educational resources for ...
Rice’s Defense Research Advancement initiative and the Smalley-Curl Institute recently hosted the inaugural Quantum Frontiers Summit, a first-of-its-k...
Vanessa Sanchez, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rice, has received the Toyota Programmable System Innovation Fellowship....
Rice senior from Tokyo, returns home for the World Baseball Classic this spring - a professional milestone and a homecoming. ...
A record number of first-year students have registered for the Doerr Institute for New Leaders’ flagship Activation One-on-One Coaching program for th...
Rice celebrates 50 years of discovery with the Wiess School of Natural Sciences
More than 300 guests gathered Nov. 6 at Hotel ZaZa in Houston’s Museum District for a dinner and alumni awards ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences as an independent school at Rice.
Campanile Orchestra unites non-music majors for Nov. 23 concert
Its 85 members include students from across the university, from engineers and biologists to economists and future physicians, all united by their love of music.
Sharper MRI scans may be on horizon thanks to new physics-based model
Researchers at Rice and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have unveiled a physics-based model of magnetic resonance relaxation that bridges molecular-scale dynamics with macroscopic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals, promising new insight into how contrast agents interact with water molecules.
Two-step flash Joule heating method recovers lithium‑ion battery materials quickly and cleanly
A Rice research team has developed a process that rapidly separates lithium and transition metals from spent lithium-ion batteries. The method provides an acid-free, energy-saving alternative to conventional recycling techniques,
Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center convened more than 100 experts, industry leaders and attendees Nov. 6-7 for its 12th annual conference, connecting cutting-edge flood mitigation with the fast-emerging world of market-based natural carbon solutions.
Remembering Lars Lerup — visionary designer, scholar and former dean of Rice Architecture
The Rice community is remembering Lars Lerup, a visionary designer, theorist and educator who served as dean of the School of Architecture from 1993 to 2009.
Rice and Paris Brain Institute form transatlantic partnership in brain science and innovation
The partnership follows the recent launch of the Rice Brain Institute, a universitywide effort to accelerate discoveries in brain science and health.
‘A Thousand Lanterns’ to light up SEAPI Night celebration
Rice’s second annual Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander Night will return Nov. 21 from 6-11 p.m. at the Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall with expanded performances, new vendors and an even greater sense of cultural pride and community connection.
Ukrainian delegation visits Rice to learn university’s sports science model
A delegation of Ukrainian sports medicine and performance experts visited Rice University to learn how the university integrates science, medicine and education to support student-athletes — a model they say they hope to adapt in their own national sports programs.