Rice recently hosted a reception where scholarship recipients and their donors met one-on-one to demonstrate that every dollar awarded is money well spent. Professors, donors and community leaders gathered at Cohen House where the university’s leadership and students underscored the long-lasting impact of charitable giving for higher education. More than 600 endowed scholarships are awarded to Rice undergraduate students each year.
Houston’s Nice Winery, co-owned by Rice University alumnus Ryan Levy ’97, has claimed the prestigious Top All-Around Winery Award at the 2025 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition, one of the largest and most competitive wine competitions in the country. The award makes the winery a back-to-back winner in 2024 and 2025, solidifying Nice Winery’s place as a premier winemaker on a national stage.
Rice alumni, students, staff, faculty and friends saddled up and joined the fun at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo March 11 for Rice Night at the Rodeo.
The story of the Underground Railroad typically conjures images of northbound journeys to freedom, but for some enslaved people in Texas, liberation lay across the Rio Grande in Mexico.
Rice has launched the Office of Academic Support for Undergraduate Students, a new initiative aimed at providing equitable, inclusive and professional academic support and fostering a culture of help-seeking and collaborative learning.
In light of the recent measles outbreak, Rice has partnered with Albertsons/Randalls to offer a measles, mumps and rubella vaccination clinic for all members of the Rice community. This clinic will be held March 20 from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. in Room 112, Cambridge Office Building.
Domestic violence affects many with 1 in 5 college students and 1 in 4 women experiencing abuse in their lifetime. Since 1977, the Houston Area Women’s Center, a community partner of Rice, has been a vital resource for those affected by domestic and sexual violence.
Rice students, faculty and staff packed the Ley Student Center’s Farnsworth Pavilion on a festive night for “Mega Shabbat” Feb. 28. Hosted by Chabad at Rice, it was a night of fellowship, culture and great food.
The concert will feature the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jerry Hou, performing compositions that highlight the innovative voices emerging from the Shepherd School’s composition program.
Rice will break ground on the new Moody Center Complex for Student Life later this spring, marking a transformative moment for the university’s commitment to student engagement, development and success.
Through an eight-week immersive experience, Rice students observed complex clinical environments at Texas Children’s Hospital and the Texas Heart Institute, identifying unmet health care needs and exploring solutions with a human-centered approach.
