Researchers at Rice have developed an innovative electrochemical reactor to extract lithium from natural brine solutions, offering a promising approac...
The inaugural exhibition at the Rice School of Architecture’s new William T. Cannady Hall explores how architecture and design can participate in a mo...
Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business has taken the No. 1 spot in The Princeton Review and Entrepreneurship magazines’ rankings of top schools for ...
Students who attended pre-K programs at public schools in the Houston area are seeing benefits in early elementary school, according to new reports fr...
Several alumni from Rice’s Shepherd School of Music are in the running for Grammy Awards, continuing the school’s legacy of musical excellence with th...
Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies welcomed 75 students from Eastwood Academy to campus for its annual college preparedness work...
The Southeast Regional conference of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program unfolded at Rice Nov. 1-3, gathering undergraduate fellow...
Providing access to safe drinking water can save more lives than doctors...
June 20, 2024
Despite Houston’s longtime reputation as one of the most affordable large cities in the country, homeownership is increasingly out of reach for many of its residents, according to the 2024 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report.
RUPD youth academy builds positive relationship between law enforcement, young people
June 18, 2024
The Rice University Police Department welcomed local high school students to campus this month to experience what it’s like to work in law enforcement during the third annual Law Enforcement Youth Academy program June 10-14.
June 18, 2024
A number of Rice graduate programs are rated among the nation’s best in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” rankings.
New book from Rice anthropologist discusses what the pandemic workplace taught us about democracy
June 18, 2024
In “The Pandemic Workplace,” Ilana Gershon examines how the U.S. workplace changed during the pandemic — and changed employees in the process.
Rice gathers world’s top medical humanities minds in Paris
June 3, 2024
Rice’s Medical Humanities Research Institute recently held a research summit at the Paris Center, convening leading international researchers to explore critical issues at the intersection of medicine and humanities.
June 1, 2024
June serves as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and to celebrate, Rice University and many campus affiliates will host events to spread awareness about the LGBTQ+ community and educate on sexual and gender diversity.
Rice, Houston first responders recognized for saving the life of swimmer in distress
May 31, 2024
First responders from Rice and the city of Houston were recognized May 29 for their efforts in working together to save the life of a Rice graduate student who nearly drowned this spring.
May 30, 2024
Rice University’s Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning and Fondren Library have partnered with the Houston Public Library and the CCM Foundation to help present the “‘Straight Flexin’, No Plexin’” hip-hop exhibit.
In the brain at rest, neurons rehearse future experience
May 30, 2024
New research from Rice and the University of Michigan sheds light on how individual neurons in the hippocampus of rats stabilize and tune spatial representations during periods of rest following the animals’ first time running a maze, offering first proof of neuroplasticity during sleep.
Rice and Houston Community College collaborate to diversify access to biomedical research training
May 29, 2024
Rice and Houston Community College collaborate to diversify access to biomedical research training through program funded by a $1.8M NIH grant.