Anticorrosion coating sets new benchmark
Rice engineers adapt a compound to serve as a universal anticorrosive coating for steel.
Nanoscale lattices flow from 3D printer
Rice University engineers are printing 3D lattices of glass and crystal with sub-200 nanometer resolution. The technique could make it practical to print micro-scale electronic, mechanical and photonic devices.
Packard Foundation backs Rice bioengineer
Rice University bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski wins a prestigious Packard Fellowship to pursue noninvasive brain research.
Leebron talks future of education in fireside chat
Rice President David Leebron regaled a crowd of local business and education leaders at a luncheon hosted by the Greater Houston Partnership with a fireside chat on the future of higher education, the COVID-19 response and more.
Broadway bound, Rice’s Kanisha Feliciano to debut in new musical
As Broadway's theaters come to life again after more than a year of darkness during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Rice University's own young talents will be lighting up the stage.
Working mothers who feel in control of schedule more likely to embrace healthy habits
A present-focused mindset made mothers more likely to maintain a feeling of control as demands on their time increased.
Rice to host James Heckman for RISE Nobel Laureate Lecture Series
Heckman is best known for his work on how early childhood development impacts health, economic and social outcomes.
Initiative for the Study of LatinX America expands Latin American scholarship at Rice
ISLA seeks to position Rice on the cutting edge of contemporary studies and research
Best yet to come for stellar jet researchers
New findings about stellar jets also provide a path forward for astronomers awaiting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Get your comfort food fix at Little Bird HTX in Sammy's
Chicken tenders and more are on the menu from the team that brought Little Kitchen HTX to Brochstein
Former glacier inspires orchestral work
Okjökull first made international headlines when Rice anthropologists organized the first memorial service for a glacier lost to climate change.
Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra makes highly anticipated return to Stude stage
After more than a year of Zoom concerts and recitals taking the place of public performances in person, Rice University's Stude Concert Hall once again came alive with the sounds of the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra.
OpenStax founder Baraniuk wins ‘Nobel Prize of education’
Richard Baraniuk has been awarded the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education.
Corps of Engineers funds bid to ‘flash’ waste into useful materials
A $5.2 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers grant will expand Rice efforts to recycle waste into valuable products through flash Joule heating.
US Army backs ‘sleeping cap’ to help brains take out the trash
Rice engineers are developing a noninvasive device to understand how the brain disposes of metabolic waste during sleep.