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Momentous: Personalized Scale for Global Impact: Rice unveils new strategic plan

Under the leadership of President Reginald DesRoches, Rice has unveiled a new strategic plan to become the world’s premier teaching and research university by delivering unparalleled personalized education and propelling breakthrough discoveries to transform lives and better humanity. Momentous: Personalized Scale for Global Impact serves as a road map for the next decade and reflects the collective contributions of the entire Rice community, capitalizing on the university’s size as a competitive advantage.

Rice draws from best graduate students in the world with research reputation, student support

Robust research, renowned faculty, industry partnerships and a supportive community — a diverse group of incoming and returning Fulbright recipients cited these and other reasons for choosing to continue their studies at Rice University.

Rice welcomes new faculty in largest hiring in history

More than 160 people attended a celebratory reception for new and newly promoted Rice faculty in the Faculty Club.

Rice in top 20 of US News ‘Best Colleges’ rankings

Rice is No. 18 in the 2025 U.S. News “Best Colleges” rankings and stands out in the top 10 for both best value and undergraduate teaching programs.

Rice selected to participate in AAC&U Institute on AI, Pedagogy and the Curriculum

The initiative focuses on equipping institutions with the tools and strategies needed to thoughtfully integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their curricula, ensuring that AI enhances, rather than disrupts, the educational experience.

Rice and MD Anderson launch initiative to advance cancer-focused operations research

Rice and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the launch of the Center for Operations Research in Cancer, a joint initiative to solve complex challenges in cancer care using data science to make better operational decisions.

‘Light of Andrea’: Vigil honors loss of beloved student and leader

A Sept. 3 vigil honored the life of Andrea Rodriguez Avila, whose promising future was tragically cut short.

‘Brilliant and brave’: Rice remembers, mourns student Andrea Rodriguez Avila

The Rice community is mourning the tragic, violent loss of Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a Jones College junior remembered as a bright and dedicated young scholar with a promising future.

Classes underway at Rice after another rousing O-Week

Classes are now underway at Rice, following a lively and action-packed week of welcoming and introducing the Class of 2028 to its new academic home.

‘Embarking on unprecedented growth’: Rice president, provost welcome new faculty

“As we’re embarking on unprecedented growth of the faculty, you’ve joined Rice at a truly exciting time,” said President Reginald DesRoches during his welcome to the 88 new members of Rice University’s faculty.

Rice bioengineers develop lotus leaf-inspired system to advance study of cancer cell clusters

Rice bioengineers have harnessed the lotus effect to develop a system for culturing cancer cell clusters that can shed light on hard-to-study tumor properties. The new zinc oxide-based culturing surface mimics the lotus leaf surface structure, providing a highly tunable platform for the high-throughput generation of three-dimensional nanoscale tumor models.

Rice is top destination for Mexican students who receive Fulbright awards

Seven master’s and Ph.D. Fulbright recipients from Mexico will study at Rice this fall, the most of any university and nearly double the number of any other university, including Rice’s Association of American Universities peers.

Rice’s Emilia Morosan awarded prestigious Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship

Physicist wins Department of Defense’s most prestigious single-investigator award

Pioneering Rice economist remembered as ‘exceptionally compassionate,’ ‘dedicated teacher’

YingHua He, an associate professor of economics at Rice University, died earlier this month at the age of 44 after fighting a quickly spreading cancer.

Rice’s Omid Veiseh elected to the Controlled Release Society College of Fellows

Rice bioengineer Omid Veiseh has been elected to the Controlled Release Society College of Fellows.