President Reginald DesRoches welcomed hundreds of Rice University staff members to a morning breakfast and recognition ceremony April 23 at Tudor Fiel...
Rice honored exceptional faculty, staff and students for their dedication to teaching, mentoring and service at the annual University Awards Ceremony ...
Rice University recognized six outstanding staff members with the 2025 Staff Excellence Award during the annual staff appreciation event April 23, cel...
Rice will welcome Robert Langer, one of the world’s most influential biotechnology innovators, for a keynote address as part of its President’s Lectur...
Victoria Langlais, senior assistant dean of human resources and administration in Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing, was name...
Torn between a conservatory and a university experience, Sophie Urban said she chose Rice for the “best of both worlds”: world-class musical training ...
Rice Architecture students embarked on a "life-altering" trip to China as part of a course project where they learned from world-renowned architects a...
A cohort of Rice University undergraduates boarded a bus bound for Alabama — not for vacation, but for a deeper understanding of America’s legacy of r...
A report from Rice’s Kinder Institute highlights critical gaps in banking access, retirement savings and financial literacy....
Rice professors Karen Lozano and Eduardo Salas have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious ...
Student engineering teams at Rice demonstrated how hands-on design can drive real-world impact at the 2025 Huff Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen Show...
For Thiago Pinheiro dos Santos, a doctoral candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Brazil, research is a way to drive positive, meanin...
Rice, Houston first responders recognized for saving the life of swimmer in distress
May 31, 2024
First responders from Rice and the city of Houston were recognized May 29 for their efforts in working together to save the life of a Rice graduate student who nearly drowned this spring.
May 31, 2024
Family, friends, fellow educators and funders came together to celebrate this year’s achievements in the School Literacy and Culture program May 15.
European Academy of Sciences honors Rice’s Pol Spanos with prestigious award
May 31, 2024
Rice’s Pol Spanos, the Lewis B. Ryon Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, has been awarded the 2024 Blaise Pascal Medal in Engineering by the European Academy of Sciences.
Rice’s CAAAS welcomes new faculty, postdoctoral associate
May 31, 2024
Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies is expanding its offerings and expertise with the appointments of Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, Khadene Harris and Ayodeji Olugbuyiro.
Rice’s Jamie Padgett wins Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award
May 31, 2024
Rice’s Jamie Padgett has been awarded the 2024 Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
May 30, 2024
Rice University’s Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning and Fondren Library have partnered with the Houston Public Library and the CCM Foundation to help present the “‘Straight Flexin’, No Plexin’” hip-hop exhibit.
In the brain at rest, neurons rehearse future experience
May 30, 2024
New research from Rice and the University of Michigan sheds light on how individual neurons in the hippocampus of rats stabilize and tune spatial representations during periods of rest following the animals’ first time running a maze, offering first proof of neuroplasticity during sleep.
Rice researchers uncover surprising role of opioid receptors in gut development
May 29, 2024
Researchers at Rice have revealed a previously unknown function of opioid receptors in the development of the enteric nervous system.
Rice and Houston Community College collaborate to diversify access to biomedical research training
May 29, 2024
Rice and Houston Community College collaborate to diversify access to biomedical research training through program funded by a $1.8M NIH grant.
May 29, 2024
Rice University experts are available to discuss a variety of hurricane-related topics with the media.