imagineRio allows users to visualize five centuries of change in a modern megacity
Major rebuild to the Rice site adds 3,000 photos, new tools for teaching, learning
Rice Architecture alums Super satisfied with their new venue
Two Rice Architecture alums were part of the team that designed SoFi Stadium, the spectacular site of this year’s Super Bowl.
Matthew Jones wins NSF CAREER Award
Rice chemist Matthew Jones wins an NSF CAREER Award to study controlled growth of metallic nanoparticles for biomedicine, energy storage and computing.
Islamic studies scholar Doostdar contemplates God and Satan in modern Shi’i thought
University of Chicago professor to deliver Feb. 17 Kazimi Lecture
Nathan Dautenhahn wins CAREER Award
Rice University computer scientist Nathan Dautenhahn wins a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to pursue simplified, automated security for sophisticated software.
Machine learning fine-tunes flash graphene
Rice University scientists are using machine learning techniques to streamline the process of synthesizing graphene from waste through flash Joule heating.
Pastors serve as primary source of mental health care for Black, Latino congregants
A new study of Black and Latino Christians found they often turn to their pastors for mental health care or information on mental health resources, even when those clergy feel ill-equipped to offer help or advice.
Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano ’08, fresh off her Houston Grand Opera debut as Mother Marie in Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites,” found herself back on a familiar stage Jan. 21 to speak with some of the Shepherd School of Music's aspiring opera stars.
Geoff Wehmeyer wins CAREER Award
Mechanical engineer Geoff Wehmeyer wins an NSF CAREER Award to study nanoscale heat transfer.
Architecture’s Brittany Utting wins top honor for ‘Deep Geologies’
Brittany Utting wins the 2022 Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change and Society for her Rice Architecture studio on the relationship between resource extraction and the built environment in Texas.
'Cultures of Energy' podcast returns on Groundhog Day
The "Cultures of Energy" podcast, hosted by Rice University anthropologists Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe, returns Feb. 2 with the first of 10 new episodes after a more than two-year hiatus.
Deep dive into juvenile justice data shows opportunity for targeted, early intervention
A Rice University Texas Policy Lab (TPL) analysis of juvenile justice data reveals most youths in the Harris County juvenile justice system are "one and done" — that is, they only have one interaction with it.
James Pomerantz named AAAS fellow
James Pomerantz has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
Now you don’t see it … and now you do
Scientists and engineers from Rice University and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research discover fluorescence from silicon nanoparticles in cement and show how it can be used to reveal early signs of damage in concrete structures.
‘Lefty’ tightens control of embryonic development
A protein known as Lefty pumps the brakes as human embryos begin to differentiate into the bones, soft tissues and organs that make us.