History

Little Free Libraries on campus encourage ‘fun’ reading, lifetime learning habits

Just weeks after their installation, the boxes are bursting with popular titles.

Byrd named a Piper Professor

The history professor — and Rice alum — is among the 10 best teachers in Texas.

Center for African and African American Studies offers new minor, course and grad certificate

The new minor includes 72 different classes across 10 departments and programs.

Inaugural lecture series at Rice will commemorate, contemplate Juneteenth

A new annual lecture series from Rice will remember June 19 through discussions on the legacy of slavery and race in America.

America’s 'Forever Empire' in Middle East chronicled by Citino

Award from Truman Library Institute will fund history professor’s ongoing research for upcoming book

COVID-19 research funds back six new initiatives

Grants to Rice faculty will support diagnostic, environmental and social projects.

Rice history professor wins Pulitzer Prize

Caleb McDaniel’s 'Sweet Taste of Liberty' tells true story of slavery and restitution in America.

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.

America Through Foreign Eyes: Popular online course updated with Russian perspective

The massively popular online course, launching Feb. 17, now includes a module on Russian relations and perspectives.

Leading voting rights and elections expert to speak Feb. 20 in Herring Hall

HOUSTON – (Feb. 7, 2020) – One of the nation’s most prominent constitutional law experts is scheduled to speak at Rice University in a lecture that’s free and open to the public.

People, papers and presentations Jan 21, 2020