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....
Study: Mapping crystal shapes could fast-track 2D materials
July 27, 2020
Materials scientists at Rice University and the University of Pennsylvania are calling for a collective, global effort to fast-track the mass production of 2D materials like graphene and molybdenum disulfide.
Alexander Byrd appointed Rice’s first Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
July 27, 2020
The lauded history professor and Rice alum will guide diversity initiatives.
Humanities debuts unique Department of Transnational Asian Studies
July 20, 2020
The ‘Asia’ this department will study is nearly global.
July 20, 2020
Historically and geographically, the new department reaches from ancient Greece to the contemporary Americas.
President announces fall semester plans
July 17, 2020
President David Leebron provided updated information about Rice's decisions and plans for the fall semester via email July 17.
Global health students’ innovation not stopped by COVID-19
July 16, 2020
Students at Rice University and in Malawi present device designs to deal with the COVID-19 crisis during the Rice 360˚ Institute for Global Health Intern Showcase.
Baker Institute: Politics are hindering public health
July 16, 2020
HOUSTON – (July 16, 2020) – Partisan divisions about the pandemic are negatively affecting public health and economic recovery, according to experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice panel focuses on how universities should confront and rectify histories of racism
July 13, 2020
How should universities confront and redress histories of racism on campus? When and where should monuments go, and what lessons can history offer now and in the future?
Rice For Black Life empowers Black students to create change on campuses across America
July 7, 2020
The student group has big plans beyond its initial successful fundraiser.
Rice historian Melissa Kean retires
July 7, 2020
Her popular Rice History Corner blog will continue to live on.