Rice political scientist examines how cybercriminal networks evolve into global security threats
Rice alumnus Conner Joyce ’26 awarded with the 2026 Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper presented at the American Political Science Association's annual meeting.
New detector design has potential to expand search for dark matter
Rice researchers’ detector concept uses engineered semiconductor materials to search for axions in a range of possible masses that has remained difficult to probe with existing experiments.
Rice Business launches early career track within MBA@Rice Online Program
Rice Business today announced the launch of a new Early Career Track within its MBA@Rice Online MBA program. The new track gives high-potential professionals with less than three years of work experience a path to earn their MBA earlier in their careers. The program will launch with the October cohort and applications are open now.
RNA barcoding approach reveals previously unknown virus-host relationships
An interdisciplinary team of Rice researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts, offering a powerful new tool for next-generation microbiome engineering.
New era for robot autonomy: Rice lab delivers tutorial at international robotics conference
Rice researchers from the Kavraki lab presented a keynote tutorial at the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Vienna showcasing upgrades to the lab's Open Motion Planning Library.
Living bandage accelerates healing across multiple wound types
Researchers developed a living bandage that accelerated healing across several wound types in animal models by continuously releasing therapeutic proteins at injury sites.
Curving wireless beams could let cyberattackers hide the source of jamming attacks
Rice researchers demonstrated a new kind of wireless jamming attack that uses curved radio signals to disguise where interference is coming from.
Rice nears goal of $20M faculty matching fund, $3M remains to unlock full impact
Rice nears goal of $20M faculty matching fund, $3M remains to unlock full impact.
Nearly 300 graduates of the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing took part in the induction ceremony for the Order of the Engineer and The Pledge of the Computing Professional.
Rice researchers develop realistic ‘mock’ samples to speed cervical cancer test development
A team of Rice bioengineers has developed a new way to create highly realistic “mock” patient samples that could help accelerate the development of faster, more accessible cervical cancer screening tests for low-resource settings.
AI-powered handheld microscope aims to spot cancer earlier
Researchers at Rice and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a compact, artificial intelligence-powered imaging device that could transform how clinicians detect cancer.
Climate patterns may shape where violent conflict risks are amplified, Rice study finds
A new Rice study uses high-resolution data and empirical modeling to examine how large-scale climate patterns shape the probability of civil conflict and war.
Rice Business honors MBA graduates, student leaders and faculty at commencement
The latest graduates from Rice’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business were awarded their Master of Business Administration degrees May 8 at Tudor Fieldhouse in front of a crowd of loved ones, faculty, staff and students.
‘So much love and gratitude in my heart’: Rice celebrates advanced degree graduates
Nearly 900 advanced degree recipients were celebrated May 9 as Owls walked across the stage at Tudor Fieldhouse to roars of applause and cheers, marking the culmination of their academic journeys at Rice University.
Rice students turn classroom project into publishable breakthrough in aerospace composites
A group of Rice students has turned a single semester course project into a peer-reviewed research paper, demonstrating a new way to make high-performance composite materials both stronger and more resistant to catastrophic failure.
