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Advanced degree ceremony 2026

‘So much love and gratitude in my heart’: Rice celebrates advanced degree graduates 

May 10, 2026

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.

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Rice, Baylor College of Medicine renew Superfund Research Program to tackle toxic pollutants and protect public health

May 7, 2026

Rice and Baylor College of Medicine have renewed their joint Superfund Research Program with a nearly $15 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to advance detection, health research and cleanup technologies for a class of hazardous pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

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Rice expert warns of growing risks to Middle East water supply

May 7, 2026

A new piece published in Science by Menachem Elimelech raises urgent concerns about the vulnerability of desalination infrastructure across the Middle East, warning that geopolitical instability and environmental threats could quickly disrupt water supplies for millions.

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Rice students turn classroom project into publishable breakthrough in aerospace composites

May 7, 2026

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.

Combat and Movement for the Stage

Swords drawn, students take stage for unconventional Rice final

May 6, 2026

Taught by lecturer Kyle Clark, Combat and Movement for the Stage is open to any Rice student regardless of major.

Fondren Fellows Showcase 2026

Rice students uncover Houston’s hidden histories through Fondren Fellows program

May 4, 2026

Fondren Fellows pairs Rice undergraduate and graduate students with faculty mentors and library staff to pursue original research projects grounded in Fondren Library’s collections and digital infrastructure.

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Engineering students design field-ready solution for exertional heat stroke

May 4, 2026

A team of Rice engineering students developed a portable cooling system prototype for managing exertional heat stroke.

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Rice and UT Arlington partner to build Hill Country flood warning system

May 4, 2026

After catastrophic flooding claimed more than 130 lives in Central Texas in July 2025, Rice and the University of Texas at Arlington are partnering to develop a real-time flood warning system aimed at preventing future loss of life.

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Rice engineering students turn $300 car into dystopian endurance racer

May 1, 2026

A team of Rice engineering students macgyvered a 1980 Datsun 200 SX into a race-ready vehicle, complete with Orwell-inspired theming.

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‘At the cusp of an intelligence revolution’: Google VP and Rice alum Ranganathan headlines lecture on AI’s future

May 1, 2026

Parthasarathy Ranganathan, vice president and engineering fellow at Google, discussed the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and the technical and societal challenges shaping its future during the second annual Raleigh White Johnson Jr. Lecture at the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing.

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Perovskite solar cells skip yellow phase, degrade slower thanks to key additives

April 30, 2026

Rice researchers have developed extremely stable perovskite crystalline films for long-lasting, high-efficiency solar cells.

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Team UroVac wins top engineering prize for bladder cancer device at Rice’s Huff OEDK Showcase

April 30, 2026

Team UroVac won top prize at the Huff OEDK Engineering Design Showcase.

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Rice hosts global quantum experts in Paris for cutting-edge conference

April 28, 2026

A Rice-led conference in Paris convened global experts in cavity quantum electrodynamics to explore new approaches to controlling light-matter interactions and advancing quantum technologies.

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Room-temperature multiferroic could pave way to low-energy computing

April 28, 2026

Rice researchers engineered a new version of a well-known multiferroic that exhibits orders of magnitude higher performance at room temperature than its parent material.

Virginia Tech’s open-source surgical stapler design won second place and the Public Invention Open Source Award (Credit: Jared Jones/Rice University).

Students from around world showcase lifesaving innovations at Rice360 Global Health Technologies Design Competition

April 28, 2026

Student innovators from across the globe gathered at Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative to tackle some of the world’s most urgent health challenges.

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