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OpenStax algebra curriculum receives unanimous approval in Texas

OpenStax, the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources based at Rice, announced that its algebra curriculum has received unanimous approval from the Texas State Board of Education. With this approval, the curriculum has been added to the Texas Instructional Materials Allocation list, underscoring OpenStax’s commitment to providing secondary educators with affordable, high-quality resources that support student success.

New OpenStax digital resource supports the field of neuroscience

OpenStax, Rice’s initiative to make education affordable and accessible to learners everywhere and the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources (OER), announces the release of “Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience,” a free, openly licensed digital learning resource.

Richard Baraniuk honored with 2025 IEEE Signal Processing Medal

Richard G. Baraniuk, the C. Sidney Burrus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University, has been awarded the 2025 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal.

OpenStax celebrates 25 years of transforming education

OpenStax, an educational initiative of Rice, is celebrating 25 years of expanding access to research-informed educational tools and resources for learners and educators worldwide. Throughout its history, OpenStax has served 36.7 million students across 153 countries and has saved students over $2.9 billion in related education costs.

‘Introduction to Computer Science’ is latest free digital learning textbook from OpenStax

OpenStax, the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources and a provider of interactive learning technologies based at Rice, announces the publication of “Introduction to Computer Science.” As a free digital learning textbook, this resource provides extensive coverage of core concepts such as algorithms, data structures, computer systems and software development with real-world applications highlighting how these concepts solve complex problems.

‘Introduction to Computer Science’ is latest free digital learning textbook from OpenStax

OpenStax, the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources and a provider of interactive learning technologies based at Rice, announces the publication of “Introduction to Computer Science.” As a free digital learning textbook, this resource provides extensive coverage of core concepts such as algorithms, data structures, computer systems and software development with real-world applications highlighting how these concepts solve complex problems.

New developmental psychology resource available from OpenStax

OpenStax, the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources based at Rice, announces the publication of the latest title in its social sciences collection, “Lifespan Development.” This resource is free to anyone interested in learning, upskilling, reskilling or refining their knowledge of developmental psychology.

Complete nursing textbook series now available from OpenStax

OpenStax, an educational initiative of Rice and the largest publisher of open educational resources, in partnership with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, has completed the publication of its OER Nursing Essentials project to help address the ongoing shortage of nurses nationwide.

Remembering Robert Maxfield, Rice Owl and Silicon Valley engineering pioneer

His career and contributions to the fields of engineering and technology have left an indelible mark on both Rice and industry.

OpenStax partners with Google’s Gemini Apps

OpenStax, the world’s largest nonprofit publisher of open educational resources (OER) based at Rice, announces a partnership with Google to expand access to relevant, trustworthy educational content. This partnership will enable the OpenStax library of more than 70 openly licensed, peer-reviewed textbooks to be discovered, searched and referenced within Google Gemini. These materials will be available to Gemini users 18 and older in the United States starting in August 2024. 

OpenStax Assignable expands, brings interactive learning to higher education

OpenStax, a nonprofit initiative of Rice, announces the expansion of OpenStax Assignable, a product allowing instructors to create custom assignments from high-quality, peer-reviewed OpenStax resources directly within their institution’s learning management system (LMS). The expansion of Assignable is aligned with the OpenStax commitment to expand access to high-quality educational materials and experiences to all.

Rice’s OpenStax awarded $90M to lead first-of-its-kind NSF research hub for transformational learning and education research

OpenStax at Rice University was awarded $90 million from the National Science Foundation to build and lead SafeInsights, a groundbreaking research and development (R&D) hub for inclusive learning and education research to benefit tens of millions of students and their instructors across all educational levels.

Rice’s OpenStax: Free computer science for all

Now available from OpenStax, the world’s leading provider of free, peer-reviewed, openly licensed content based at Rice University, is “Introduction to Python Programming.” 

Rice OpenStax and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to host inaugural Open Nursing Education (ONE) Summit

To address nursing staff shortages, OpenStax, a nonprofit educational initiative of Rice University, in partnership with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), is creating the first Open Nursing Education (ONE) Summit. The two organizations are building upon their shared goal of addressing staffing shortages by reducing financial barriers for nursing students while facilitating discourse around important issues faced by the field.

Newest OpenStax textbook provides essential workplace skills to students

OpenStax’s newest textbook, “Workplace Software and Skills,” addresses the evolving needs of college and university students preparing for their careers with free, customizable resources. Just like the other 65 textbooks freely available in Rice University’s OpenStax library, this textbook is openly licensed and peer-reviewed.