
The questions of our time: Humanities courses encourage closer examination of daily life
Rice's Big Questions courses speak to issues that are fundamental to our experience.
The questions of our time: Humanities courses encourage closer examination of daily life
Rice's Big Questions courses speak to issues that are fundamental to our experience.
A new look at ‘The Red Book,' a 1915 artifact of Black life in Houston
A midwife named Annie Hagen “came to Houston with 50 cents and through her industry and thrift … accumulated a nice bit of property” around the turn of the 20th century.
Unique topics, returning favorites and leading faculty: Humanities’ summer course offerings heat up
From environmental studies and medical humanities courses to a survey of "Star Wars," there's something for everyone this summer.
Gray/Wawro Panel examines immense impact of migration on women and vice versa
Jaclyn Dean ‘12 was the first Rice student to declare a minor in Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities (PJHC).
Eddie Glaude on the moment the ‘cold civil war’ turned hot
The Princeton professor's Campbell Lecture on March 4 tackled the stakes of racial justice and the future of American democracy.
New sensation: Grad student symposium hosts international experts on five senses
‘Making Sense’ draws scholars from diverse array of disciplines March 12-13 for an international conference on humanistic research.
‘Women in Criminal Justice’ panel explores overlooked segments of incarcerated population
The Feb. 26 online conversation will convene reform advocates from across Texas.
New humanities podcast explores personal connections between life and scholarship
"Connections" was conceived as a way to explore a topic that’s long been fundamental to humanistic fields of study.
Rice presents new mission for former Marine
Transfer student Thomas Avalos — and family — receive a warm Rice welcome.
Historian Brinkley to discuss future of American presidency in wake of insurrection
Free Feb. 3 town hall to take place via Zoom
What if Black women have always been the vanguard of voting rights?
Historian and Johns Hopkins professor Martha S. Jones to speak March 10 for Women’s History Month.
Feb. 19 panel on history of AAAS in Southeastern Texas to kick off collaboration between Rice, UH, TSU and PVAMU.
Eddie Glaude Jr. talks racial justice in America in special Campbell Lecture
Popular Princeton professor will speak March 4 during online lecture.
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.
Writer-in-residence Bajani leading new journeys with three upcoming books
Andrea Bajani has been thinking a lot lately about the journey a writer and reader take together, the evolution of character and the boundaries crossed in pursuit of something new.