New editorial era for Journal of Southern History
Caleb McDaniel will become only the fourth full-time editor of the Journal of Southern History since 1965, an editorial continuity almost unheard of in academic publishing.
Fondren Fellows document Fifth Ward’s toxic history through archive
Seniors Catherine Cook and Shay Olaifa are building a public archive that preserves decades of community stories, environmental records and lived experiences surrounding creosote contamination in Houston’s Fifth Ward.
At Campbell Lectures, Cobb offers clearer view of America’s democratic crossroads
Across both nights, Cobb blended the precision of a historian with the urgency of a journalist.
The event was organized in conjunction with “Bio Morphe,” the Moody’s current exhibition exploring how select contemporary artists evoke biomorphism — the aesthetics of organic material and forms — in their work.
Rice to launch Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
The result of several years of collaboration among Rice’s creative writing faculty, the three-year graduate program will welcome its first cohort in fall 2026.
Rice establishes endowed professorship in Jain studies
Supported by alumni and members of the Jain community nationwide, the establishment of the Thirthankar Shantinath Professorship builds on a decade of partnership between Rice and the Jain community.
Expert on innovation, higher education: Rice’s Levander on reinventing the American university
As colleges, universities and policymakers grapple with how to remain relevant in an era of rapid technological change, reassess the value of a degree and reinvent what higher education means for today’s learners, Caroline Levander is uniquely positioned to offer authoritative insight.
Second Foundings Conference brings national dialogue on slavery’s legacies to Rice
Hundreds of scholars, students and community members from across the country gathered at Rice in mid-October for the fall research conference of the Universities Studying Slavery Consortium.
‘Religion happens everywhere’: Brunton connects faith, environment, ethics of energy
“Religious studies lets you inhabit another person’s worldview,” said Judith Ellen Brunton, assistant professor of religion and a Boniuk Institute Faculty Fellow.
Across deserts and dynasties: Uzbekistan exhibition unveiled in Herring Hall
Rice’s Department of Art History unveiled its “HART in the World: Uzbekistan” student exhibition Oct. 29.
‘Endangered Feces’ turns humor into habitat in Harris Gully
Installed near Rice's Harris Gully Natural Area, the work features two decomposable sculptures shaped like the droppings of the Houston toad and the Attwater’s prairie chicken, both endangered species native to the Gulf Coast.
ASAP/16 turns Houston into living gallery
From Oct. 22-25, more than 500 scholars, artists and curators filled lecture halls and galleries from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to Project Row Houses, exploring how the arts shape the present moment and how cities like Houston can help define it.
Journalist, historian Cobb to deliver Campbell Lecture Nov. 19-20
Jelani Cobb's two talks promise to cast fresh light on some of the most volatile questions confronting the country today.
Rice scholar offers insight into politics, identity shaping modern France
Julie Fette's research spans issues of gender, race and citizenship in France, including how elites and institutions have shaped — and been shaped by — the nation’s values.
Filmmaker Coleman explores life, death, consciousness with Rice community
An exploration of how Tibetan Buddhist and scientific traditions each understand and attempt to study the tukdam state has taken filmmaker and scholar Donagh Coleman from Himalayan monasteries to neuroscience labs around the world.