AI tools aren’t a creativity machine on their own, Rice expert says
Can generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that create text, images and other content truly enhance employee creativity? A new paper published in the Journal of Applied Psychology and co-authored by Jing Zhou, Rice’s Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management, finds that generative AI doesn’t enhance creativity equally for everyone. Instead, its impact depends on how well people manage their own thinking while using it.
No hype, just breakthroughs: Rice AI summit quietly makes waves in Paris
Some of the world’s top minds in machine learning, optimization and distributed systems gathered this summer in the heart of Paris.
Artificial intelligence is infamous for its resource-heavy training, but a new study may have found a solution in a novel communications system that markedly improves the way large language models train.
Rice experts are available to comment on digital health topics, including AI, wearable and ingestible devices, imaging and robotics.
Rice University’s OpenStax partners with Microsoft for AI-enhanced learning
OpenStax, a provider of affordable instructional technologies and the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources, has partnered with Microsoft to integrate its trusted content into Microsoft’s latest learning innovation, Microsoft Learning Zone. Available on Microsoft Copilot+ PCs, Microsoft Learning Zone aims to provide educators and students with responsible AI technology and peer-reviewed educational content to support learning.
Rice and Baylor College of Medicine host AI and health equity symposium
The “Synergizing AI, Digital Health and the Built Environment" symposium addressed the ways AI and digital health tools can enhance the built environment to help reduce health disparities. Community Health Symposium: AI, Digital Health and the Built Environment
Rice, Houston shine on global stage at VivaTech 2025
The university joined the Greater Houston Partnership in hosting the first city booth at the global event, which drew more than 180,000 attendees from across the international tech ecosystem.
Lilie Summer Venture Studio accelerator returns with 8 new student ventures
The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) at Rice has unveiled the eight high-potential ventures selected for the third annual Lilie Summer Venture Studio accelerator program. Summer Venture Studio is Rice’s accelerator for high growth, high ambition founders, offering a deep dive into venture building and equipping student-led teams with the funding, mentorship and resources needed to bring their bold ideas to life.
Biotechnology governance entreaties released, echoing legacy of 1975 recombinant DNA guidelines
Twenty-seven biotechnology governance entreaties echoing the legacy of the 1975 recombinant DNA guidelines are now available for public review.
Houston makes history at Europe’s premier tech event, VivaTech
Throughout the day, the Houston booth saw a constant stream of visitors with Rice-affiliated entrepreneurs introducing their ventures to global investors, corporate partners and foreign dignitaries.
Rice experts equip Houston professionals with AI and machine learning training
Rice experts at the Ken Kennedy Institute who taught an intensive boot camp for data science practitioners and technical managers are available to address questions from the media related to their AI and ML expertise.
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.
Persona AI expands in the Ion as Rice and Ion District support growth of AI innovation
Persona AI, the Houston-based humanoid robotics startup that recently closed $25 million in pre-seed funding, is significantly expanding its operations at the Ion, the Houston innovation hub powered by Rice.
Rice faculty experts discuss ethical guidelines for building responsible AI
Experts from Rice spoke about how AI is reshaping society, industry and human behavior.
