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....
Rice names campus grove in honor of Rev. William Lawson
May 18, 2020
Rice University has announced it will name part of its campus central quadrangle The Reverend William A. Lawson Grove.
May 18, 2020
HOUSTON – (May 18, 2020) – When surveyed in February and early March — on the brink of the coronavirus pandemic — Houstonians expressed a deeper sense of mutual trust, empathy and solidarity than ever before, with growing numbers of people calling for policies to reduce inequalities and improve public schools, according to the 2020 Kinder Houston Area Survey.
Rice’s commencement ceremonies go virtual for first time
May 17, 2020
A behind-the-scenes look at how it all came together with weeks to spare.
Rice grads win 10 Fulbright grants
May 8, 2020
The university celebrates one of its largest-ever cohorts of Fulbright Scholars this year.
COVID-19 research funds back six new initiatives
May 8, 2020
Grants to Rice faculty will support diagnostic, environmental and social projects.
Mech major Cofer named Knight-Hennessy Scholar
May 6, 2020
The Jones College senior will joining 75 other scholars from 26 countries pursuing Ph.D.s at Stanford University.
‘Quaranteens’ across the world star in podcast launched by Rice students
May 1, 2020
A new podcast from Rice students features interviews with other undergraduates tackling college during the coronavirus.
Humanities courses for summer 2020 help make sense of changing world
May 1, 2020
Nearly 50 online courses are available at significant discount for Rice students and the general public.
Almost gone but never forgotten
April 28, 2020
Julianne Yost wins this year’s top teaching award, the George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
9 recognized with award for superior teaching 2020
April 28, 2020
Nine faculty received the 2020 George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, which honors top Rice instructors as determined by the votes of alumni who graduated within the past two, three and five years.