Rice's first professor at Venice International University returns with a fresh eye for the classroom
“This experience made me realize how strongly students respond to that and how engaged the rest of the class becomes listening and learning from it," said anthropology professor Nia Georges.
Rice students encounter Gothic world where it still stands
“Nothing prepares you for a cathedral,” said Denva Gallant, associate professor of art history at Rice.
In Paris, Rice physiology students trace science to its source
For professor Laura Kabiri, who teaches the same physiology course in Houston, Paris changed what the material meant to her students.
Rice, Université PSL open new front in quantum race with ‘Frontiers of Knowledge’
“It will bring together some of the greatest minds in this space from across the globe,” Rice President Reginald DesRoches said.
Rice Provost Dittmar brings economist’s lens to Borgo Dialogues at the Vatican
Amy Dittmar brought an economist’s and higher education leader’s perspective to the Vatican for a global conversation on how health systems, labor markets and communities can be designed around human dignity.
Even Disneyland can be a garden: Rice course reads power in landscapes of Paris
Imperial Gardens, taught at the Rice Global Paris Center, traced how political power writes itself into garden landscapes and public parks.
The Brain Health for Economic Resilience Commission, convened in collaboration with Nature Medicine, was announced at the Texas Brain Economy Summit June 9–10.
At VivaTech, Rice turns lab-born ideas into transatlantic partnerships
The university’s second appearance at Europe’s largest tech event paired seven startups with new research ties to France and Germany.
Digital Health Institute welcomes French delegation to explore pathways to collaboration
The Houston Methodist-Rice Digital Health Institute recently welcomed Frank Marchetti, Consul General of France in Houston, and his team to discuss health care innovation and avenues for international collaboration.
Rice unites global quantum materials synthesis leaders in Paris for cutting-edge workshop
The Rice Center for Quantum Materials hosted a workshop on quantum materials synthesis at the Rice Global Paris Center, bringing together global researchers in physics, materials science, chemistry and quantum research to identify new directions and address urgent challenges facing the quantum materials synthesis community.
AI crashed a Paris wine tasting and that was the point
The ‘Human Flourishing in the Age of AI’ conference tackles how AI is quietly reshaping what it means to live a fully human life.
Over the course of seven days, Rice’s presidential delegation crossed two countries and held meetings with many prominent universities, research institutions and government leaders.
The Institute of Global Politics at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice announced the creation of a new task force focused on assessing the strategic rationale for U.S. foreign assistance, reframing policy objectives and developing actionable recommendations for a new era of global competition.
Rice Global India: From launch to long-term partnership
Rice Global India has built strategic alignment with India's leading research institutions including the Indian Institute of Science and a growing group of Indian Institutes of Technology.
The Claudio X. González Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy convened its second annual U.S. Policy Outlook conference in Mexico City at a moment of heightened political and economic significance for the U.S.-Mexico relationship.
