Rice’s Sanchez exploring a future where fabric itself becomes the robot
Vanessa Sanchez, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rice, has received the Toyota Programmable System Innovation Fellowship.
Rice materials science brings hidden history into view at Menil Collection
Researchers from Rice collaborated to help bring the installation to life.
New measure captures how scientists’ identities shift across academic disciplines
Rice and Michigan State researchers have developed and validated a new way to measure the extent to which scientists remain closely connected to the core of their discipline over the course of their careers.
Electrical fingerprint on tiny cell particles could offer new way to spot pancreatic cancer signals
Rice researchers have developed a device that separates particles, making cancer-associated signals more visible.
Rice celebrates Kavraki, Richards-Kortum for rare ‘triple crown’ achievement
Lydia Kavraki and Rebecca Richards-Kortum are the first two faculty members in Rice history to be elected to all three U.S. national academies — the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine.
Rice bioengineer King joins Texas cancer institute’s AI advisory panel
Michael King was selected as a founding member of ACAI.
Rice project aims to reinvent cameras with generative AI
Rice has received an NSF award to develop artificial intelligence-powered cameras.
Rice University builds momentum with record demand, historic growth
Rice is entering a new era of growth, fueled by record student demand, an expanding faculty and research enterprise, major investments in campus infrastructure and a growing global presence — all while introducing new programs designed to ensure that a Rice education remains accessible and deeply personalized.
Rice’s Akane Sano named to inaugural class of Chief of Naval Research Fellows
Rice's Akane Sano has been selected for the first class of the Chief of Naval Research Fellows program.
Niche ranks Rice among nation’s best across academics, research and student experience
Rice is once again among the nation’s leading universities, earning the No. 10 spot in Niche’s 2027 Best Colleges in America rankings while placing in the top 10 across 18 academic disciplines and university categories.
Rice researchers build 3D platform to study how nerves form protective coating
Rice has developed a new platform to grow human-derived nerve cells with Schwann cells.
Rice-developed BuoyBeads bring biotechnology lessons to high school classrooms
A biotechnology kit developed at Rice allows high school students to create living materials.
Rice360 project aims to bring faster breast cancer diagnosis to rural Texas
A project led by the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies aimed at making breast cancer diagnosis faster and more accessible in rural and medically underserved communities across Texas has received support from the Hill Prizes program.
A blade of grass in a beating heart: Rice students find design needs bedside
Bioengineering students address 5 unmet health care needs through clinical immersion in Houston hospitals
Rice researchers developed a way to stabilize diamond during high-temperature and low-pressure processing.