Bridging cultures through music in China
Five students joined peers from 30 institutions across Asia, Europe and North America to form the NextGen Symphony, a first-of-its-kind international orchestra.
Engineered with heart: Student-designed device could streamline imaging for cardiac procedures
A team of six Rice students developed a device that holds and stabilizes an intracardiac echocardiography catheter during heart procedures, allowing the primary physician to maintain precise control of the catheter without needing a second set of hands.
The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Rice is proud to announce that HEXAspec, a cutting-edge spinout from the lab of professor Jun Lou, has been awarded a $500,000 National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation grant. The funding will support HEXAspec’s work to enhance the future of computing by substantially improving the thermal conductivity of chips.
Rice students launch oral history archive to preserve Indigenous Texas stories
The project titled “Living Memory: An Oral History Project to Strengthen Native Sovereignty in Texas” began in fall 2024 as part of the Center for Civic Leadership-funded Houston Action Research Teams program.
Rice students chart a new course for autonomous sailboat fleets
In a corner of Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), a group of students is tackling a big idea: revolutionizing maritime transport with swarms of smart, self-sailing boats.
More than words: The degree that does it all
While national narratives have often painted the humanities as a risky investment, Rice’s English program offers a clear rebuttal.
New media studies program at Rice blends critical thinking with creative practice
The program trains students to both analyze and produce media across formats, empowering them to become not just smarter consumers of content but purposeful creators.
6 natural sciences students awarded Moody Fellowship
Six undergraduates from Rice University’s Wiess School of Natural Sciences have been awarded research fellowships as part of the Russell Shearn Moody Pathway to Research in the Natural Sciences.
Rice students drive real-world change through research with Houston nonprofits
Community partners across Houston are seeing meaningful results from a unique research partnership with Rice University students.
Rice’s student-led Rice Wind Energy team soared to new heights this year, clinching second place overall at the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2025 Collegiate Wind Competition.
From Rice to orbit: Student engineers build safer, low-cost satellite thruster
A team of Rice engineering students has designed and built a safer, low-cost propulsion module for small satellites.
Rice to offer Bachelor of Science in artificial intelligence
To prepare the next generation of innovators and thought leaders in AI, Rice will offer a Bachelor of Science in AI beginning in the fall of 2025.
Lydia Kavraki named University Professor, the highest faculty distinction at Rice
In a landmark moment for Rice, renowned computer scientist Lydia E. Kavraki has been named a University Professor, the institution’s highest academic rank. She becomes only the 11th person and the third woman in the university’s 112-year history to earn this prestigious title.
More than 750 freshly minted advanced degree graduates took their well-earned strolls across the stage at Rice's Tudor Fieldhouse May 10.
‘It’s never the right time until you make it the right time’: MBA graduates take flight
Denise Buckley raised her children and watched one of her daughters, Brianna, graduate from Rice Business in 2022 with her Master of Business Administration. This year, it was Denise’s turn.