Voter research amid pandemic wins Rice students new national award
Undergrad team wowed judges by helping secure millions for polling place safety across Harris County.
Rice names new round of IDEA winners
Six teams of Rice researchers have won backing from the InterDisciplinary Excellence Awards.
First-ever virtual Fall Chamber Music Festival to be held Dec. 3-9
The festival will include a tribute to Beethoven's 250th birthday and contemporary pieces such as Lutosławski's "String Quartet."
New Art/New Music series gets even more experimental this fall
Badie Khaleghian’s interactive composition with 1,024 possible permutations among new compositions for Moody’s ‘States of Mind.’
Americans' attitudes about guns influenced by owners’ race and gender
HOUSTON – (Nov. 16, 2020) – A new study from researchers at Rice University found that Americans' attitudes about gun ownership are impacted by the gender and race of firearms' potential owners.
Former piece of Pacific Ocean floor imaged deep beneath China
In a study that gives new meaning to the term "rock bottom," seismic researchers have discovered the underside of a rocky slab of Earth's lithosphere that has been pulled more than 400 miles beneath northeastern China by the process of tectonic subduction.
What comes next? Rice experts to discuss 2020 election's impact in Nov. 18 webinar
HOUSTON – (Nov. 16, 2020) – The 2020 election is now one for the history books, and Rice University political scientists will discuss the results, President Donald Trump's reaction and the incoming Joe Biden administration’s likely domestic and foreign policy in a Nov. 18 webinar.
Once-discounted binding mechanism may be key to targeting viruses
Researchers detail subtle stabilizing effects in cells’ ability to recognize coronaviruses that compromise the immune system. The discovery could lead to new targets to prevent disease.
Rice researchers top two categories in ‘Create the Future’ contest
Rice University was a double winner in the annual Create the Future Design Contest, an international competition in its 19th year.
Folding proteins feel the heat, and cold
A new study shows proteins that presumably evolved to avoid water as they fold may actually behave in ways scientists did not anticipate.
Shepherd School's Robert Yekovich to step down as dean, return to faculty
After 18 years of service helping build Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music into an internationally renowned program, Dean Robert Yekovich will step down from his position June 30, 2021, and return to the faculty.
1 in 4 Black teens apathetic about racial justice
Researchers plan to conduct future studies to track racial apathy of Black teenagers and adults.