Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research releases its 2025 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report.
Packing hope: Rice Psychological Sciences welcomes new refugees to Houston
Volunteers from the Department of Psychological Sciences assemble gift bags for those supported by Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston.
Rice students win top prize in global design contest with cutting-edge haptic wristband
Rice student engineers have earned top international honors for a novel device that could redefine how humans interact with virtual environments.
Documentary roots of Rice professor’s civil rights course continue to make global impact
Documentary, co-directed and executive produced by Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman awarded Best Advocacy Film at the International Black and Diversity Film Festival in Toronto.
Rice360’s Global Health Fellowship program is finding ways to engineer hope
When Mary Seifu Tirfie graduated with a degree in biomedical engineering from Addis Ababa University in 2023, she wasn’t just earning a diploma — she was stepping into a global mission.
‘Here to work with the world’: Rice shines at inaugural SXSW London
Rice took center stage at the inaugural South by Southwest London, bringing Texas-sized ambition, pathbreaking innovation and global vision to one of the world’s premier gatherings of creative and intellectual leaders.
Targeting mitochondria to fight leukemia: Rice-led research team pursues new treatment strategies
Acute myeloid leukemia remains one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of blood cancer, even as treatments have advanced in recent years.
Xie recognized for innovation in quantum phenomena
Rice's Yonglong Xie has been recognized for his innovation in quantum phenomena.
Rice students chart a new course for autonomous sailboat fleets
In a corner of Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), a group of students is tackling a big idea: revolutionizing maritime transport with swarms of smart, self-sailing boats.
Rice Update: Student visa changes and our commitment to international students
Recent federal developments concerning student visa processing have created increasing uncertainty for many international students. Members of Rice leadership sent an update May 30.
Top US physicists gather at Rice for national particle physics meeting
Rice hosted scientists from more than 40 institutions for the 2025 U.S. CMS collaboration meeting.
6 natural sciences students awarded Moody Fellowship
Six undergraduates from Rice University’s Wiess School of Natural Sciences have been awarded research fellowships as part of the Russell Shearn Moody Pathway to Research in the Natural Sciences.
Rice students drive real-world change through research with Houston nonprofits
Community partners across Houston are seeing meaningful results from a unique research partnership with Rice University students.
Rice-led research team develop super material that could change electronics
A research team led by physicists Ming Yi and Emilia Morosan has developed a new material with unique electronic properties that could enable more powerful and energy-efficient electronic devices.
Rice anthropologists spotlight human toll of glacier loss
Rice University anthropologists examine the societal consequences of global glacier loss in a commentary published in Science.