Senior Spotlight 2026: Frias brings resiliency to Rice, research and leadership
Rice senior Lupita Frias shares how struggles at Rice unmasked her greatest strength: resilience.
Rice hosts global quantum experts in Paris for cutting-edge conference
A Rice-led conference in Paris convened global experts in cavity quantum electrodynamics to explore new approaches to controlling light-matter interactions and advancing quantum technologies.
Water resilience research brings more prepared future
This Earth Month, Rice is highlighting a selection of research projects that seek to better understand and build resiliency for extreme water events like flooding.
Rice scientists uncover how protein helps plants grow in early stages
Rice researchers find certain protein helps regulate plant peroxisome’s size changes during the seed to seedling stage.
Bird-in at Owl Deck raises over $3,000 for Houston Audubon
Rice's first annual bird-in, which supports the Houston Audubon, was hosted at the Owl Pavilion this Earth Day.
Rice students tackle racism, homelessness, horror — and win awards doing it
Nearly 100 students presented research and creative work across two days at the annual Humanities and Arts Festival held April 13-14.
Pengcheng Dai elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rice professor Pengcheng Dai has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious learned societies in the nation.
New model helps understand why most human pregnancies are singletons
Rice researchers develop new model of follicle selection that suggests its chance, not size, that selects a follicle during the menstrual cycle.
Where discovery begins: Rice students showcase research with real-world impact
At Rice’s Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, hundreds of posters lined the room with ambitious questions and early answers.
Rice senior finds common ground between philosophy, medicine
“My journey has definitely been an exercise in broadening my academic interests every year,” said Annesha Dey.
Engineered dual-bacterial sensors turn chemical signals into electricity
Rice professor Caroline Ajo-Franklin’s group, working in collaboration with researchers from Tufts University and Baylor College of Medicine, recently developed a flexible bioelectrical sensor system called electroactive co-culture sensing system (e-COSENS).
Rice researchers find sulfur-rich Mercury magmas behave differently than Earth’s
Rice researchers recreate Mercury rocks, showing that sulfur replaces oxygen in key rock structures.
Rice professor receives French Order of Merit
Rice’s David Alexander recently received the Ordre national du Mérite (National Order of Merit), an honor awarded by the French president for, among other things, innovation and contributions to the renown of France.
Rice study resolves decades-old mystery in organic light-emitting crystals
Researchers at Rice have now solved a long-standing mystery in a widely used organic semiconductor, revealing how tiny structural imperfections can actually improve how these materials work.
Rice scientists discover new way metals bind oxygen, possibly starting ‘new chapter’ in chemistry
Rice researchers develop a way to create new interaction between dioxygen and a lanthanide metal called neodymium, enabling the creation of lanthanide-oxos.