Rice U. physicist Ming Yi wins coveted Moore Foundation grant
May 28, 2020
Rice physicist Ming Yi won $1.6 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for high-risk, high-reward research into quantum materials.
Internationally acclaimed soprano Nova Thomas named professor of voice at Rice
May 18, 2020
HOUSTON – (May 18, 2020) – Internationally acclaimed soprano Nova Thomas has been appointed a professor of voice at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. She begins July 1.
Janet Braam named interim dean of natural sciences
April 29, 2020
Rice University bioscientist Janet Braam has been appointed interim dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences.
Rice reacts to critical shortage of COVID-19 protective gear
April 27, 2020
Rice is responding to the critical shortage of COVID-19 protective gear with creativity, generosity and tenacity.
Rice IT gets A+ on midterm course rollout
April 10, 2020
Rice remembers Stephen Tyler, emeritus professor of anthropology and linguistics
April 6, 2020
Stephen Tyler, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Linguistics died April 2.
Coronavirus and the classroom: How Rice is tackling the move to remote learning
March 23, 2020
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.
Bioengineers call for scale-up of COVID-19 testing to academic labs
March 19, 2020
Rice bioengineers are calling on federal officials to draft their lab and thousands like it to rapidly scale up coronavirus testing.
'Hunker down' and hope for a controlled crash landing
March 18, 2020
Rice bioscientist Yousif Shamoo explains how diseases like the coronavirus spread quickly and discusses how big cities like Houston can respond.
Ex-CBS News president talks future of news at Social Sciences anniversary lecture
March 2, 2020
What does the future hold for journalism?
Kavraki honored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
March 2, 2020
Rice University computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has received the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Pioneer Award for her fundamental contributions to robot design.
BioScience's Rosa Uribe wins NSF CAREER Award
February 17, 2020
Rice University neurodevelopmental biologist Rosa Uribe has won a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
Feds back Rice computer scientist’s security strategy
February 9, 2020
Ang Chen, an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University, is clearly poised for success. The National Science Foundation agrees.
Rice on pace to double research spending by 2027
January 21, 2020
Rice is on pace to double research funding by 2027 thanks to faculty success in attracting large, programmatic grants.
Uighur humanitarian crisis in focus at Rice event
January 21, 2020
HOUSTON – (Jan. 21, 2020) – Rice University's Islamophobia Resistance Campaign and the Muslims in American Society sociology course will host "Voices From the Uighur Community" Jan. 23 to shed light on the humanitarian crisis in China.