A new ‘STaRT’ for Social Sciences students
An innovative new program in Rice University's School of Social Sciences helps students build connections while learning the necessary skills to become top-notch researchers.
Rice sociologists honored by Children At Risk
Ruth López Turley and Stephen Klineberg were honored at the 2021 Accolades Luncheon Oct. 8.
National Academies Gulf Scholars Program launches at Rice
A new National Academies Gulf Research Program will expand the opportunities Rice students have to study and impact the most pressing environmental, health, energy and infrastructure challenges in the Gulf of Mexico region.
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
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.
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.
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.