Money Matters: Rice course prepares students for lifetime of financial decisions
As financial literacy education gains momentum across the country, Rice is helping students build the skills to navigate financial decisions they’ll face long after graduation.
Meet the 2026 Rice Global ambassadors: Albany Ray
Back-to-back trips to Mexico and Paris gave the sophomore from rural Kentucky a new lens on cities, art and her own independence.
Nearly 130 years later, Rice sociologist finds new way to measure WEB Du Bois’ double consciousness
Rice study offers researchers a way to examine how racial inequality influences identity and everyday experiences.
Same street, different flood risks: Rice research reveals hidden vulnerabilities in Houston homes
Rice Researchers analyzed nearly 1 million residential buildings across Harris County and found that nearly two-thirds of the variation in flood vulnerability occurs within neighborhoods, rather than between them.
50 years later, a vision born at Rice continues to shape Houston’s heart
The South Main Alliance marks its 50th anniversary with the premiere of “Houston’s HEART: The Story of South Main Alliance,” a documentary highlighting the people, partnerships and projects behind the area’s evolution.
Beyond words: Rice scholars explore how language shapes opportunity
Rice’s Texas-Latin America Social Science Forum on Language and Opportunity brought together scholars from sociology, economics and political science to explore how language influences opportunities for Latino communities, particularly in Texas, and how research can help identify and address barriers.
Meet the Rice Global ambassadors: Jasmine Cheng
A fiction writing course and daily bakery stop made Paris feel like home for the Rice sophomore.
STaRT@Rice brings research training, connections and new ideas together
For the sixth fall in a row, Rice welcomed a new group of researchers to STaRT@Rice, giving emerging researchers both the skills and the support to grow as scholars.
Rice psychologist takes resilience research beyond classroom
Rice psychological science professor Danielle King Jordan that brings years of research on workplace resilience out of academic journals and the traditional classroom and makes it available to anyone.
2 Rice students named Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholars
Rice juniors selected for the 2026-28 Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service.
Rice launches transformational AI initiative with faculty hiring, new programs and facilities
Rice has launched a transformational universitywide AI initiative to recruit 75 faculty members working across disciplines, invest in a new, state-of-the-art facility that advances research and industry collaboration, and expand AI-related courses and degrees, accelerating the institution’s emergence as a global leader in advanced computing and responsible AI.
Alumnus Rhodes makes case for listening before you argue
The former Obama speechwriter brings lessons from 15 American speeches and a warning about AI to Rice’s fall Campbell Lectures Nov. 17-18.
Meet the 2026 Rice Global ambassadors: Karlianna Kapche
Time in Madrid and Paris changed how the biochemistry and psychology junior sees her future as well as her community at Rice.
From global conversation to local action: Rice advances brain economy at UN
The transition of the brain economy from theory to actuality is increasingly becoming a focus for Rice and its partners in Houston. Provost Amy Dittmar brought the conversation to the United Nations General Assembly and moderated a panel titled “The New Wealth of Nations: Brain Economy Leadership in Action.”
“The Future of Faiths,” the theme of this fall’s Religious and Civic Leader Gatherings, hosted by Boniuk Institute's Religion and Public Life Center, is a series that connects Houston-area leaders with researchers and practitioners whose work can help them understand changes affecting the communities they serve.
