STEM Engagement

R-STEM education luncheon springs support from university partners

Fresh chamomile, marjoram and dianthus from Rice’s holistic garden welcomed nearly 90 guests to the spring R-STEM Partners Collaborative Luncheon hosted by the Office of STEM Engagement. Held at the Ralph S. O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science, the biannual event draws engagement from STEM supporters, university faculty and staff, nonprofits, industry and school districts from across the greater Houston area. 

Rice Continuing Studies prepares Houston teachers, students for success

The Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies is building relationships and connections in the greater Houston area that are resulting in novel learning opportunities for both students and teachers.

Take Flight program makes four-year STEM education ‘accessible to all high-achieving students’

More than 100 students from local community colleges visited Rice’s campus Nov. 8 as part of a transformative pathway program meant to increase STEM degree completion and educational access for Houston-area students from under-resourced and historically excluded communities.

‘Part of the solution’: National Academies grant allows Rice to build the next generation of leaders in environmental justice

EcoStudio in Rice’s Sustainability Institute and the Rice Office of STEM Engagement have received a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to expand the Center for Environmental Studies’ successful environmental justice education summer program for Houston high school students.

Taking STEM education further: Rice expands low-cost health care solutions workshops for local teens

More than 20 high school students participated in Rice’s Innovator Spotlight workshop, which is a continuation of a summer program where the same students looked to change the future of health care through low-cost solutions.

Rice Architecture Summer Immersion program offers high school students hands-on experience, exposure to college life

Through the Rice University Summer Immersion program, local high school students are able to explore their passion for architecture while soaking in what it’s like to live on campus at a prestigious university.

Rice engages young minds with STEM-focused summer camps

Rice’s Office of STEM Engagement and Rice Athletics have been holding weeklong day camps for third, fourth and fifth grade students. Dubbed STEM-Letics and now in its seventh year, with Space Week in its second year, the day camps are designed to keep students both mentally and physically active during the summer break.

Rice researchers uncover surprising role of opioid receptors in gut development

Researchers at Rice have revealed a previously unknown function of opioid receptors in the development of the enteric nervous system.

Rice and Houston Community College collaborate to diversify access to biomedical research training

Rice and Houston Community College collaborate to diversify access to biomedical research training through program funded by a $1.8M NIH grant.

Rice undergraduates win coveted Goldwater Scholarship

Rice University students Emma Codianne and Daniel Wang have won the Barry Goldwater Scholarship , an annual award that recognizes pioneering science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) undergraduates in the United States.

Rice working with nonprofit to develop next generation of environmental justice advocates

Thanks to new funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF) will partner with Rice University’s Office of STEM Engagement (R-STEM) and other area stakeholders to help students conduct research on local environmental justice issues and propose future climate resilience strategies for their communities.

Rice and Houston ISD partner to launch planetary science education program for K-12 students and teachers

Rice University and the Houston Independent School District (HISD) will collaborate on a space and planetary science pilot program to inspire the next generation of Earth, planetary and space enthusiasts and professionals.

Rice, Lone Star College to sign agreement April 12 helping transfer students complete Rice degrees without losing credits

Rice University and Lone Star College will celebrate the renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and signing of an articulation agreement April 12 to allow transfer students in LSC’s Take Flight Program to receive Rice credit for core science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses completed at Lone Star College. The event will take place from 2-2:30 p.m. in the Rice Founder’s Room in Lovett Hall.

Teachers learn about nanotechnology at the Rice University NanoAcademy

The Office of STEM Engagement recently organized two workshops for more than 100 students from third through 12th grades in Houston.

Rice to host National Society of Black Engineers’ Fresh Start event

Rice University will host the National Society of Black Engineers Houston Professional Chapter’s Fresh Start event this week, expecting a record number of participants. The Dec. 9 event at Rice’s Ley Student Center aims to engage third- through 12th-grade students in interactive workshops that creatively explore the various disciplines in the field of engineering.