Rice’s 12th annual Symposium on Teaching and Learning hosted by the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) addressed student trust and how teachers can ...
Rice invites the community to join in celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day with events honoring his life and legacy as well as insights from univers...
In Houston’s Texas Medical Center Helix Park, RBL LLC is transforming the path from scientific discovery to lifesaving therapies. This new biotech ven...
Rice Real Estate Co. has entered into an agreement with Brinshore Development and Family Scholar House to support a new housing development in Houston...
Kicking off the spring semester, Rice President Reginald DesRoches took the wheel of a golf cart, giving students fun rides across campus and a memora...
The world’s largest and richest intercollegiate student startup competition, the RBPC is hosted and organized every spring by the Rice Alliance. Each ...
The Brain House at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) upcoming annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, is a marquee platform designed to spotlight the cri...
Rice is a hub of cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on the brain. In addition to a critical mass of researchers in the field, Rice is home to en...
The Rice Board of Trustees recently recognized Caitlin Lindsay for her unwavering service to the institution and its constituents. She currently serve...
An international team of engineers has developed an innovative, scalable method for creating topography-patterned aluminum surfaces, enhancing liquid ...
Rice researchers have published a study describing how quasiparticles called polarons behave in tellurene, a nanomaterial first synthesized in 2017 th...
Maya Harpavat’s love of writing began when she was 6 years old, sitting at the kitchen table with her father. ...
‘Education is about opening doors’: Rice president, graduate detail impact of Teach For America
February 22, 2024
“Education dramatically changed my life,” Rice University President Reginald DesRoches told a crowd of nearly 300 at Teach For America’s annual Ignite Potential luncheon Feb. 21 at the Briar Club in Houston.
February 22, 2024
According to new research from Rice University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, conservative-leaning job applicants indicate being less likely to pursue positions that require personal statements on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and those negative reactions are not independent of anti-Black racism.
Google’s chief scientist discusses artificial intelligence history and future at Rice
February 21, 2024
Jeff Dean, chief scientist at Google, spoke at Rice University Feb. 13 to discuss trends in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
Rice researcher using statistics to shed light on the untold story of Africa’s Lake Chad Basin
February 21, 2024
Lake Chad, a large, shallow body of freshwater in North Central Africa, is vitally important to the livelihood of tens of millions of people living in the semi-arid, remote and impoverished region. Over the decades, the area’s inhabitants have adapted to extreme conditions affecting their water resources.
February 21, 2024
To address nursing staff shortages, OpenStax, a nonprofit educational initiative of Rice University, in partnership with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), is creating the first Open Nursing Education (ONE) Summit. The two organizations are building upon their shared goal of addressing staffing shortages by reducing financial barriers for nursing students while facilitating discourse around important issues faced by the field.
Owls snag first win over Bearkats
February 21, 2024
Jack Riedel’s third home run in as many games fueled Rice’s 7-3 win over Sam Houston at Reckling Park on Tuesday night.
February 21, 2024
Rice University's Medical Humanities Research Institute will delve into the profound connections between visual art and medical humanities at "Health Aesthetics: A Panel and Art Exhibition featuring Pato Hebert" March 6.
Rice swimming team to compete in AAC Championships this week
February 21, 2024
The Rice swimming team is set to compete for the American Athletic Conference Championship Feb. 22-25, in Dallas.
RISE students engage with local, Black-owned businesses in Houston community
February 20, 2024
Rice University’s RISE program recently planned a trip for its students to engage with the Houston community and support local and Black-owned businesses.
New CAAAS director Sherwin Bryant talks Black History Month, vision for center’s future
February 20, 2024
Sherwin Bryant is approaching his new role as director of the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) with energy, enthusiasm and a vision that he said reflects the capacious and thoughtful energy that went into creating the center.