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Losing sleep over money: Rice study reveals how financial stress follows workers to bed

December 1, 2025

New research from Rice shows “stress-before-bed behaviors” as a key mechanism linking financial worry and job insecurity to declining sleep quality.

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Toxic fear: New study suggests flood-driven contamination deepens climate anxiety in vulnerable communities

December 1, 2025

New research from Rice show major storms are spreading industrial contaminants across entire neighborhoods, raising concerns about future well-being.

Rice University sophomore Saami Baig (back row, second from left) joins fellow participants at the Allstate Foundation National Youth Service Summit in Chicago.

Driven by community impact, Rice sophomore joins national cohort tackling country’s toughest issues

November 21, 2025

Rice sophomore Saami Baig one of just 60 students selected nationwide to attend the Allstate Foundation National Youth Service Summit in Chicago.

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Rice students help feed Houston: Social policy analysis capstone connects research and community

November 19, 2025

Students volunteer and observe a Second Servings pop-up through the capstone project for Rice’s social policy analysis major.

New Global Affairs Major at Rice

Global affairs major prepares Rice students to lead across borders

November 12, 2025

Rice’s global affairs major will give students a chance to study global issues through different lenses — political, cultural and economic — while gaining hands-on experience at home and abroad.

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Rice leads way with new master’s degree in computational economics

November 4, 2025

New Master of Computational Economics (MCEcon) program that sits at the intersection of economics, data science and computation positions Rice among the leading institutions offering this kind of quantitative economics and computation degree.

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Rice launches Brain Institute to accelerate discoveries in brain science and health

October 29, 2025

Rice has announced the creation of the Rice Brain Institute, an ambitious, interdisciplinary hub that unites faculty members across campus, including engineering, natural sciences and social sciences, to tackle one of humanity’s most complex and promising frontiers: the brain.

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Real-time caregiving data could reshape dementia support, Rice study suggests

October 28, 2025

A Rice study — known as Project REACH — is among the first in the nation to collect real-time data on how stress affects the health and well-being of dementia caregivers.

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A new chapter for Rice: First fall schedule of classes in Paris proving to be success

October 17, 2025

The inaugural semester of student programming at the Rice Global Paris Center is a collaboration between the Wiess School of Natural Sciences and Rice Global with support from the School of Social Sciences and School of Humanities and Arts.

A U.S. map from Rice University’s FEMA buyout mapping tool shows clusters of buyouts and market moves between 2007 and 2017, revealing relocation patterns nationwide.

Rice researcher develops interactive tool to track FEMA buyouts

October 16, 2025

A new interactive tool created at Rice shows that the vast majority of people aren’t relying on FEMA buyout program, which has major implications for resilience.

Graduate and prospective graduate students take part in a hands-on session during the STaRT@Rice program, which offered training in statistical methods, data visualization and other research tools.

Finding their STaRT: Students gain competence, confidence, community through hands-on research program

October 15, 2025

STaRT@Rice offers a “panoramic view of the research process,” combining workshops, mentoring and interdisciplinary exposure to help participants at all levels build confidence and capability.

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Exploring links between AI and the brain as Texas weighs Proposition 14

October 15, 2025

LLMs and the Brain, a symposium featuring researchers from Rice, Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Montreal and other institutions explored the intersection between neuroscience and AI. The conversation around brain research extends beyond the university and is unfolding at the state level. On Nov. 4, Texas voters will decide on Proposition 14, which would fund the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT) with $3 billion over 10 years, creating the largest state-funded dementia research program in the country.

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Rice faculty recognized for national awards in inaugural ceremony

October 13, 2025

President Reginald DesRoches and Provost Amy Dittmar welcomed winners of highly prestigious and prestigious awards to the Brockman Hall for Opera to celebrate Rice faculty excellence. On Oct. 6, Rice honored those faculty who have earned prestigious and highly prestigious awards, defined as such by the Organization of the National Research Council and the Association of American Universities.

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Biosciences student shares Rice Global Paris Center experience

October 8, 2025

From her morning commute on the Metro to afternoon classes in social psychology and evenings exploring the 13th arrondissement, sophomore Jessica Ji shares what it’s like to live, learn and study abroad while staying on track with her Rice degree.

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One year in, Momentous strategic plan accelerates Rice’s path toward bold future

October 7, 2025

One year after launching its ambitious 10-year strategic plan, Momentous: Personalized Scale for Global Impact, Rice is already seeing the transformative results of its bold vision.

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