Inaugural lecture series at Rice will commemorate, contemplate Juneteenth
June 15, 2020
A new annual lecture series from Rice will remember June 19 through discussions on the legacy of slavery and race in America.
Former Rice religion professor, legendary TSU debate coach Thomas Freeman dies at 100
June 8, 2020
Thomas Freeman, the legendary Texas Southern University debate coach who was the first African American professor to teach in the School of Humanities at Rice, has died at the age of 100.
English lecturer Bryan Washington awarded two top literary prizes
June 4, 2020
Acclaimed young author of short story collection 'Lot' will release his first novel, 'Memorial,' in October.
Rice community mourns loss of graduate student Clancy Taylor
May 21, 2020
Clancy Taylor, a Ph.D. student in the English department, died May 16. Taylor was 25 years old.
Posters, oral presentations pivot online for Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 20, 2020
Rice’s Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) is the big yearly event for students across disciplines to showcase their research projects and receive recognition for their work.
America’s 'Forever Empire' in Middle East chronicled by Citino
May 15, 2020
Award from Truman Library Institute will fund history professor’s ongoing research for upcoming book
Unconventional students at Rice: Shree Kale turns uncertainty into opportunity
May 13, 2020
The New Jersey native and his dad decided to stick around to check out the campus. That’s when he received an email from the Rice School of Architecture dean offering to show him and other students around the school.
Rice grads win 10 Fulbright grants
May 8, 2020
The university celebrates one of its largest-ever cohorts of Fulbright Scholars this year.
COVID-19 research funds back six new initiatives
May 8, 2020
Grants to Rice faculty will support diagnostic, environmental and social projects.
Rice history professor wins Pulitzer Prize
May 4, 2020
Caleb McDaniel’s 'Sweet Taste of Liberty' tells true story of slavery and restitution in America.
Humanities courses for summer 2020 help make sense of changing world
May 1, 2020
Nearly 50 online courses are available at significant discount for Rice students and the general public.
In this together: Rice students, Korean kids forge mutually beneficial bonds
April 24, 2020
Before the pandemic hit, Jayoung Song was planning to take the students in her first-year Korean language class on a series of immersive trips to some of Houston’s Korean restaurants and grocery stores. And Will Rice freshman Diego Lopez-Bernal was eagerly awaiting the first outing, because trying Korean food last year was one of the things that got him interested in learning the language in the first place.
Graduating Mellon Mays fellows grateful for opportunity — and the Rice mentors who helped
April 24, 2020
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.
