Rice will welcome Robert Langer, one of the world’s most influential biotechnology innovators, for a keynote address as part of its President’s Lectur...
A cohort of Rice University undergraduates boarded a bus bound for Alabama — not for vacation, but for a deeper understanding of America’s legacy of r...
Rice professors Karen Lozano and Eduardo Salas have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious ...
Student engineering teams at Rice demonstrated how hands-on design can drive real-world impact at the 2025 Huff Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen Show...
A team of students from Rice is developing a mobile app to “make happiness a daily habit.” Named Sprout Wellness, the technology’s goal is to provide ...
A collaboration between Rice and Houston Independent School District is helping strengthen its Sunrise Centers....
Rice will increase access by growing the university’s student body, marking an unprecedented growth trajectory that began earlier this decade. The exp...
Rice launches a first-of-its-kind collaboration: the Texas Linguistics Consortium....
Voter registration drive at Fondren Library finishes strong ahead of 2020 elections
October 12, 2020
Cross-campus collaborations made volunteer-driven event a success.
Seesaws offer playful social distancing on campus
October 8, 2020
Rice Architecture students built 'Twelve Feet Apart' to encourage safe outdoor activities.
Rice Public Art transforms temporary classrooms into public art destinations
October 6, 2020
HOUSTON – (Oct. 6, 2020) – The tent-like structures serving as temporary classroom spaces at Rice University during the pandemic could have been left as they were built: tall, steel-framed, silvery-white facilities tucked behind a row of live oak trees near Hanszen College at the corner of College Way and Alumni Drive.
Musicians may need more than social distancing to stay safe on stage
October 5, 2020
Keeping musicians safe while they're on stage during the pandemic may require more than just social distancing, according to a study of exhaled aerosols conducted by Rice University engineers and musicians from Rice's Shepherd School of Music and the Houston Symphony.
Flu shots — including drive-up options — available on campus
October 1, 2020
Rice faculty and staff will have an opportunity to get a flu shot on campus starting this week.
New technology TA positions empower students to partner with professors
October 1, 2020
These student jobs are about more than just troubleshooting Zoom calls.
'States of Mind: Art and American Democracy' exhibit at the Moody demands attention, contemplation
September 28, 2020
A highly political art show isn’t easy, but that’s the point.
'Religion and Black Lives Matter' to be tackled in Rockwell Lecture Series
September 28, 2020
Next talk Oct. 1 features leading Africana philosopher Lewis R. Gordon.
Rice U. Theatre Program livestreaming one-night-only production of 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
September 25, 2020
Actors will wear masks for Oct. 9 play broadcast from Hamman Hall.
Rice helps give Houston early COVID-19 warnings
September 24, 2020
Scientists and statisticians at Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering have worked long hours for months to help the city of Houston monitor the spread of COVID-19 through traces of the coronavirus found in wastewater treatment plants.