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.
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...
Algorithm maps genetic connection between Alzheimer’s and specific neurons
Rice researchers and collaborators developed a computational tool that can help identify which specific types of cells in the body are genetically linked to complex human traits and diseases, including in forms of dementia such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Rice Business’ Sparking Success Conference takes place Oct. 31
The 10th annual Sparking Success Conference is set for Oct. 31, when attendees can experience a forum full of industry professionals, leaders and experts to network and learn important skills in the ever-changing world of business.
Collaboration without borders: Rice-PSL fund opens doors for faculty across campus
The PSL Global Seed Fund operates less like a grant program and more like a catalyst sparking collaborations that bridge disciplines and extend Rice’s reach across continents.
Filmmaker Coleman explores life, death, consciousness with Rice community
An exploration of how Tibetan Buddhist and scientific traditions each understand and attempt to study the tukdam state has taken filmmaker and scholar Donagh Coleman from Himalayan monasteries to neuroscience labs around the world.
Art meets science in new Moody exhibit showcasing coral reef fish
A new display at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts showcases work led by Kory Evans, assistant professor of biosciences, whose research examines how bony fish adapt, diversify and survive amid a rapidly changing climate.
Rice Business’ Rodriguez named Poets&Quants Dean of the Year
Peter Rodriguez, the Houston Endowment Dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice, has been named the 2025 Poets&Quants Dean of the Year, a national honor recognizing visionary leadership and outstanding contributions to business education.
Rice embraces Campus Sustainability Month with eco-friendly initiatives
Rice’s Office of Sustainability is celebrating Campus Sustainability Month this October. Student organizations, campus departments and community partners that advance sustainability on campus and within Houston recently gathered at Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall Oct. 16 to demonstrate the variety of sustainable practices available on campus and to the Rice community.
Rice caps off Hispanic Heritage Month with food, dance, festivities
As Hispanic Heritage Month closed, Rice welcomed guests for a festive dance and food celebration Oct. 15 to capstone the month. With Ballet Folklorico Sol de San Antonio and Mariachi Luna Llena as the special guests, the day was filled with colorful outfits, spirited dancing and a menu that nourished both the body and spirit.
Rice study reveals Parkinson’s protein clumps rob brain cells of vital energy
A new study has revealed that protein clumps associated with Parkinson’s can actively drain energy from brain cells.