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There’s never been a better time to pursue an English degree at Rice

Creative writing program offers unique opportunity to learn from America’s foremost writers and scholars.

Taylor Crain on creating the Rice she wanted to see

The storyteller and world-builder leaves a lasting legacy as she looks ahead.

Translational Humanities for Public Health project captures worldwide scholarly responses to pandemic

Ostherr’s online database offers a ‘different framing of what an intervention can look like.’

'Become human again' to address social, environmental challenges

"Hyposubjects: on becoming human," a new book from Rice professors Timothy Morton and Dominic Boyer, takes an experimental approach to thinking about the social and environmental challenges of our times.

Graciela Sanchez, founder of San Antonio’s Esperanza Center, will deliver keynote address

Graciela Sanchez, founder of San Antonio’s Esperanza Center, will deliver keynote address.

Graduate symposium explores intersections of violence and care across disciplines

A dual graduate studies symposium on violence and care, complete with two keynotes, is slated later this month in a collaboration between Rice’s Department of English and the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality (CSWGS)

Cathy Park Hong on the ‘Asian American Reckoning’

The right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon reportedly has started peddling anti-Chinese rhetoric. It’s the latest in a troubling trend of anti-Asian sentiment, on the rise across America, as addressed by Rice President David Leebron in a recent message to the Rice community.

Acclaimed author, alumnus Larry McMurtry dies at 84

Larry McMurtry ’60, who launched his writing career as a student at Rice University — a place he considered his “intellectual home”— and became famous for such memorable novels as “Lonesome Dove,” “The Last Picture Show” and “Terms of Endearment” among his dozens of other books and screenplays, has died. He was 84.

New sensation: Grad student symposium hosts international experts on five senses

‘Making Sense’ draws scholars from diverse array of disciplines March 12-13 for an international conference on humanistic research.

‘Women in Criminal Justice’ panel explores overlooked segments of incarcerated population

The Feb. 26 online conversation will convene reform advocates from across Texas.

Untapped potential’: Rice partners with area universities in new African and African American studies consortium

Feb. 19 panel on history of AAAS in Southeastern Texas to kick off collaboration between Rice, UH, TSU and PVAMU.

Ostherr awarded DeBakey Fellowship for computational health research

The award supports research at the world's largest medical library at the National Institutes of Health.

'It takes more than science': Medical Humanities Program flourishes at Rice

Program’s popularity grows as more medical schools recognize need for humanity in health care.

English professor’s first novel optioned for TV

Bryan Washington’s new novel, “Memorial,” doesn’t arrive in print until Oct. 27, yet the title has already been optioned for television.

Rice backs studies of race, anti-racism

The Race and Anti-Racism Research Fund at Rice University has awarded grants to eight professors to develop better understanding of how race, racism and racial injustice affect society.