Transnational Asian Studies expands its offerings with three new faculty members
August 25, 2021
‘A true pioneer,’ the department works across boundaries in space, time and discipline.
Amitav Ghosh tackles the 'unthinkable' in 2021 Campbell Lecture Series on climate change
August 16, 2021
The global thinker offers parables for a planet in crisis Sep. 13 and 14. during an event that's free and open to the public.
CAAAS asks: Has MLK’s dream been deferred?
August 16, 2021
The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will deliver annual lecture commemorating the 1963 March on Washington.
Incoming freshmen RISE to the occasion
August 10, 2021
New 10-day residential seminar acquaints humanities and social sciences students with Rice, Houston, race and urban life.
Timothy Morton on giving up flight — at least when it comes to lectures
July 26, 2021
The environmental philosopher wants to model a new work-life balance that sends a message of care.
Jeffrey Kripal on how to think about the UFO phenomenon
June 30, 2021
To study the subject adequately is ‘to study pretty much everything’
June 21, 2021
Lillian Wieland’s freshman-year presentation for the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) “went terribly,” as she recalls it.
Juneteenth event addresses Rice's history and topics of African American life
June 18, 2021
Task force proposes competition to redesign Academic Quad, determine fate of statue.
Rice celebrates Juneteenth and emancipations to come
June 17, 2021
Rice’s second annual Juneteenth celebration will bring together professors across the university — from Computational and Applied Mathematics to Modern and Classical Literature and Cultures — for three panels exploring ideas and questions central to the meaning and promise of the important holiday.
June 8, 2021
How a medical humanities workshop and coding crash course created a pulse-inspired art exhibition at Rice’s Solar Studios.
World’s largest database on history of slave trade now housed at Rice
May 24, 2021
SlaveVoyages.org is the result of years of research, reengineered for the future by Rice and a newly formed consortium.
There’s never been a better time to pursue an English degree at Rice
May 18, 2021
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
May 12, 2021
The storyteller and world-builder leaves a lasting legacy as she looks ahead.
Kassim wins prestigious dissertation completion fellowship
May 10, 2021
A series of setbacks didn’t deter this Rice grad student, who is soon to publish his second book.
May 10, 2021
Ostherr’s online database offers a ‘different framing of what an intervention can look like.’