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....
Dominic Boyer, professor of anthropology at Rice awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation....
Intero Biosystems — a life science company that has developed the first cell-derived human “minigut” replicating cell types, spatial structure and fun...
Rice and ExxonMobil have entered into a master research agreement to collaborate on research initiatives focused on sustainable energy solutions. ...
Oz Ocampo, a former international scout with the Houston Astros, is shaping the next generation of sports industry professionals....
An international team of physicists, including Rice’s Paul Padley, Frank Geurts, Karl Ecklund, Wei Li and Darin Acosta, was awarded the 2025 Breakthro...
At the busy intersection of academic life and everyday student traffic, a striking white and yellow structure has appeared on Rice’s campus....
DesRoches: Rice is committed to research that addresses global issues
September 30, 2024
Rice President Reginald DesRoches spoke with author Walter Isaacson at a fireside chat ahead of a startup pitch day hosted by Halliburton Labs as part of the inaugural Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week 2024. DesRoches and Isaacson spoke about Houston's innovation ecosystem and academia’s role in the future of technology and innovation.
New synthesis strategy could speed up PFAS decontamination
September 30, 2024
Rice engineers have developed an innovative way to make covalent organic frameworks, special materials that can be used to trap gases, filter water and speed up chemical reactions.
Rice Business gala honors 50 years of empowering leaders, celebrates future growth
September 27, 2024
In a dazzling celebration of five decades of innovation and achievement, the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice held a gala Sept. 26, uniting board members, faculty, staff, alumni and community partners. The event celebrated 50 years of growth and looked ahead to the future, including plans for a new 112,000-square-foot building to accommodate significant population and program expansion over the past decade.
Rice celebrating series of 50th anniversaries
September 26, 2024
As Rice launches a new strategic plan Oct. 1 to shape its future over the next decade, the next year will be marked by a series of historic milestones — the Jones Graduate School of Business, Shepherd School of Music, George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing and Wiess School of Natural Sciences are all commemorating their 50th anniversaries.
Rice in top 20 of US News ‘Best Colleges’ rankings
September 24, 2024
Rice is No. 18 in the 2025 U.S. News “Best Colleges” rankings and stands out in the top 10 for both best value and undergraduate teaching programs.
Ken Kennedy Institute’s annual conference informs the future of AI in health innovation
September 23, 2024
Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute hosted the third annual AI in Health Conference Sept. 9-12, welcoming over 470 participants to Houston to explore the latest advancements in artificial intelligence.
Lilie showcases 8 student startups that are making a difference in their industries
September 20, 2024
Eight Rice student startups presented their ventures at the 2024 Summer Venture Studio Accelerator (SVS) Demo Day hosted by Rice’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) Sept. 17 in the Anderson Clarke Center. Lilie is the home for entrepreneurship education, exploration and acceleration for students, faculty and alumni from every discipline.
Rice student team takes top prize in national competition with innovative medical device
September 20, 2024
A team of Rice engineering students was awarded the top prize in a prestigious national design competition for its innovative medical device for urological care.
Houston Methodist and Rice team up to track gut-brain connection
September 18, 2024
For the next two years, 120 Division I Rice athletes will be part of a concussion study with Houston Methodist researchers to identify reliable and novel concussion biomarkers in their gut microbiomes in ways that standard brain imaging cannot.
Another new wasp species discovered by researchers on Rice campus
September 18, 2024
A newly identified wasp species has been discovered on the university grounds.