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Senior Spotlight: Zeisha Bennett ’25

Zeisha Bennett found a way to combine two lifelong loves — fashion and photography — and turn them into something bigger than herself.

‘A new chapter’: Rice breaks ground on Moody Center Complex for Student Life

Rice marked a major milestone with the groundbreaking of the Moody Center Complex for Student Life, a bold step toward enhancing the student experience through connection, engagement and growth.

Machine learning powers new approach to detecting soil contaminants

A team of researchers at Rice and Baylor College of Medicine has developed a new strategy for identifying hazardous pollutants in soil ⎯ even ones that have never been isolated or studied in a lab.

Senior Spotlight: Jae Kim ’25

Senior Spotlight: Jae Kim ’25

Senior Spotlight: Thara Venkateswaran ’25

Senior Spotlight: Thara Venkateswaran ’25

‘Deeply meaningful’: Rice President Reginald DesRoches named ASCE distinguished member

Rice President Reginald DesRoches, a nationally recognized leader in resilient infrastructure and engineering education, has been elected to the 2025 class of distinguished members of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Rice to host 2025 Carbon Hub Annual Meeting

Rice will host the 2025 Carbon Hub Annual Meeting May 12-13, marking the fifth anniversary of the Rice-led coalition of academia, industry and federal labs working to advance industrial decarbonization, electrification and hydrogen production.

New roadmap advances catalytic solutions to destroy ‘forever chemicals’

A team of researchers from Rice, Carnegie Mellon University and other leading global institutions has outlined a bold new roadmap for harnessing heterogeneous catalysis to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the so-called “forever chemicals” that have contaminated water supplies worldwide.

Rice faculty experts discuss ethical guidelines for building responsible AI

Experts from Rice spoke about how AI is reshaping society, industry and human behavior.

Rice to break ground on Moody Center Complex for Student Life May 8

Rice will break ground on the Moody Center Complex for Student Life at 3 p.m. May 8, marking a transformative moment for the university’s commitment to student engagement, development and success.

Kinder Institute study shows Houstonians may be underprepared for disasters

As hurricane season approaches new insights from Rice’s Kinder Institute highlight Harris County households’ disaster preparedness.

Biologist Scott Solomon named Piper Professor for excellence in teaching

Scott Solomon, a biologist, science communicator and teaching professor in the Department of Biosciences, has been named a 2025 Piper Professor by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation.

Electricity-generating bacteria may power future innovations

A team led by Rice's Caroline Ajo-Franklin has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity.

National Academy of Sciences elects Lydia Kavraki as a member

Lydia Kavraki, a leading researcher in robotics, computational biomedicine and artificial intelligence at Rice, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the world’s foremost professional societies dedicated to honoring achievement in science and outstanding original research.

Rice president charts bold vision for growth, access in interview with The Chronicle of Higher Education

Rice President Reginald DesRoches offered a compelling and in-depth account of the university’s future during a one-on-one interview with The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Ian Wilhelm in Washington, D.C.