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.
Student demand for environmental studies surges
Rice’s Center for Environmental Studies is responding with new and expanded courses, fall speaker series.
Remote control: CTE’s Adaptive Course Design Institute prepares professors for teaching online
Rice professors set it all aside this summer to learn all about the best new tools for teaching online.
MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream' speech to be revisited in Aug. 28 lecture by Walter Earl Fluker
In commemoration of the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech, the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) will host an Aug. 28 lecture via Zoom by renowned speaker Walter Earl Fluker.
Acclaimed author Bryan Washington appointed Scholar-in-Residence for Racial Justice at Rice
Washington will be the first to occupy an 'important and necessary' position at the university.
English lecturer Bryan Washington awarded two top literary prizes
Acclaimed young author of short story collection 'Lot' will release his first novel, 'Memorial,' in October.
Rice community mourns loss of graduate student Clancy Taylor
Clancy Taylor, a Ph.D. student in the English department, died May 16. Taylor was 25 years old.
COVID-19 research funds back six new initiatives
Grants to Rice faculty will support diagnostic, environmental and social projects.
Graduating Mellon Mays fellows grateful for opportunity — and the Rice mentors who helped
Increasing diversity in the faculties of colleges and universities across the U.S. is the mission of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program, which has helped fund the doctoral dreams of over 5,000 students at 48 member schools since 1986.
Coronavirus and the classroom: How Rice is tackling the move to remote learning
Rice students, faculty and staff are finishing the spring semester in unprecedented circumstances, responding to the threat of COVID-19 by hunkering down and delivering classes online.