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‘Fostering inclusion and empowerment’: Rice hosts Genuine World Cup Connect event

Rice embraced its commitment to inclusion and community engagement during the Genuine World Cup Connect event Aug. 1.

Global impact: Six Rice graduates awarded prestigious Fulbright scholarships for study and teaching abroad

Six Rice graduates have been named Fulbright Scholars this year, receiving grants to fund study abroad and teaching opportunities across the globe.

Rice Athletics announces South Main Collective to support student-athletes

Tommy McClelland, vice president and director of athletics at Rice, announces the formation of the South Main Collective.

Incoming Rice freshmen RISE to the call

Incoming freshmen interested in exploring their burgeoning curiosity in higher education were welcomed to Rice this summer with RISE, an acronym standing for responsibility, inclusion and student empowerment, which familiarizes them with both the campus and Houston.

Angel Martí elected fellow of the American Chemical Society

Rice’s Angel Martí has been elected a fellow of the American Chemical Society, one of his discipline’s highest honors.

Rice’s Sylvia Dee working to improve projections of extreme droughts, floods

Rice climate scientist Sylvia Dee has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the agency’s most prestigious early career honor.

Rice alums reflect on Olympic experiences: Lennie Waite

Lennie Waite, an Olympian and former Rice track and field star, talks about her experiences during the 2016 Olympics.

Students find inspiration at Tapia STEM Camps

The Tapia STEM Camps, founded by and named after Richard Tapia, aims to encourage students from underrepresented communities to pursue STEM careers.

‘Truly stunning’: Rice Shepherd School of Music alumnus reflects on conducting during Olympics opening ceremony

In the minutes before the Orchestre National de France prepared to play Edith Piaf’s “L’Hymne à l’Amour” to close out the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, music director Cristian Măcelaru had a moment of confusion.

Breaking MAD: Generative AI could break the internet

Rice researchers have found that training successive generations of generative artificial intelligence models on synthetic data gives rise to self-consuming feedback loops.

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 lab finds faster, cleaner way to extract lithium from battery waste

Rice researchers uncover a rapid, efficient and environmentally friendly method for selective lithium recovery using microwave radiation and a readily biodegradable solvent.

Incoming Rice Owls experience Houston and service-learning through Moody Civic Immersion program

Several dozen incoming Owls traveled to Houston to immerse themselves in the city and the social justice issues local advocates are striving to address through the Ross Rankin Moody Civic Immersion program, one of the flagships of the university’s Center for Civic Leadership.

Brazilian students explore AI and infrastructure resiliency at Rice amid Hurricane Beryl

A group of undergraduate students and faculty from Brazil spent a week at Rice exploring the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in sustainability and natural disaster resiliency practices as part of a knowledge and cultural exchange program funded through the 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative.

Rice sport management students take on Paris for 2024 Olympics

Students taking 3-week courses in venue management, professional sports business