NSF awards 38 Graduate Research Fellowships to Rice students
The National Science Foundation has awarded 38 Graduate Research Fellowships to Rice University students.
New Rice research: Tattoos not a turnoff for customers
Thinking of getting a tattoo but worried about consequences on the job? Maybe you shouldn’t be so concerned: New research from Rice University and the University of Houston finds that customers don’t necessarily look down on employees with tattoos – and in some settings, ink is seen as a plus.
Sayid selected as Frederick Douglass Global Fellow
Prestigious international leadership program for students of color takes place in Ireland
Fette awarded Fulbright grant to research migration, citizenship in French children’s literature
Grant recognizes a career dedicated to cultural ambassadorship between France and the United States
Rice experts available to discuss how alternative energy can ease foreign oil dependence
Amid Russia's war on Ukraine, Rice University experts are available to discuss how alternative energy sources could ease the United States' dependence on foreign oil.
Two-thirds of Muslims, half of Jews and more than a third of evangelical Protestant Christians experience workplace discrimination, albeit in different ways, according to a new study from Rice University’s Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP).
A winning combo: Rice sport management students win trophy, score real-world experience
A team of four Rice University sport management students won the inaugural Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) Case Study Cup, part of the organization’s annual conference hosted last month by the University of Houston.
As President Joe Biden prepares for his first State of the Union address Tuesday, Rice University political scientist Paul Brace is available to discuss what to expect.
Atheists in the United States are more likely to conceal their beliefs if they’re women, Republicans, Southerners or if they’ve previously been religious, according to new research from Rice University and West Virginia University.
Ancient DNA reveals surprises about how early Africans lived, traveled and interacted
A new analysis of human remains that were buried in African archaeological sites has produced the earliest DNA from the continent, telling a fascinating tale of how early humans lived, traveled and even found their significant others.
Rice archaeologists’ new video series gives inside look at historic plantation site
A team of Rice University students, faculty and staff at the Varner-Hogg Plantation Historic Site are in the midst of project to study newly discovered and long forgotten artifacts of slavery.
Leading French intellectual to speak at Rice
Fassin’s March 21 talk will tackle authoritarian neoliberalism’s attacks on academic freedom
Writing about women across the disciplines
The Friends of Fondren Library annual event Feb. 16 honored Rice-affiliated authors, editors and composers
New Rice book: Democracies have more consistent foreign policy than nondemocracies
Democracies have had more consistent foreign policy than nondemocracies over the past 100 years, according to a new book from Rice political scientist Ashley Leeds.
Young alum shares power of poetry to promote critical dialog
Tim Harrison ’20 brought a powerful spoken-word performance to campus for a FWIS class