Social Sciences

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.

Rice economist Yunmi Kong honored with young scholar award

Yunmi Kong, an assistant professor of economics at Rice University, is the recipient of a Korea-America Economic Association (KAEA) Young Scholar Award.

Old bones get new life in renovated Rice laboratory

The skeletons of more than 800 Southeast Texas animals are getting a second life in a renovated archaeology lab space at Rice University.

Texas abortion law to be discussed in webinar

After hurricanes, what makes people decide to stay or to go?

Experts will educate public at Sept. 20 teach-in on Texas abortion law, reproductive rights

Rice hosts Leah Litman, Melaney Linton, Wendy Davis and more in response to Texas abortion ban via Zoom webinar.

Graduate Student Loan Closet reopens, restocked and revamped

The ‘incredible resource’ for three decades of Owls had to shut down during the pandemic.

Rice U. experts available to discuss 20th anniversary of Sept. 11

The Way I See It: Parenting is the mother of gender inequality in science

The pandemic has laid bare the gender inequities in the scientific community, as women’s publication rates have been hit much harder than men’s by the need, for instance, to home-school children.

New book explores the different — and surprising — types of atheism in science

A newly published book argues that a significant part of the public wrongly sees scientists who are atheists as immoral elitists who don’t care about the common good.

Drive-through voting is a hit with Harris County voters, according to newly released Rice U. survey

HOUSTON – (Aug. 24, 2021) – As Texas legislators continue fighting over election reform, a new survey from researchers at Rice University finds that drive-through voting is a big hit with Harris County voters who chose to cast their 2020 general election ballots in their cars – even among Republicans.

CAAAS asks: Has MLK’s dream been deferred?

The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will deliver annual lecture commemorating the 1963 March on Washington.

New book explores what Prophet Muhammad, ancient Christians can teach us about Christian-Muslim relations

What can the relationships between the Prophet Muhammad and ancient Christians teach us about today's relations between the religions?

Incoming freshmen RISE to the occasion

New 10-day residential seminar acquaints humanities and social sciences students with Rice, Houston, race and urban life.

Why middle-class residents want to stay put after floodwaters recede

Flood disasters like Hurricane Harvey lead some people to move far from the places they had called home.