Longtime Houston restaurateur Benjy Levit debuted Local Foods Market at Rice, situated in the newly renovated Brochstein Pavilion, during a soft openi...
Rice drew more than 400 of the nation’s brightest undergraduate researchers to its campus Nov. 8-10 for the 16th annual Gulf Coast Undergraduate Resea...
The In-Space Physical AI Workshop convened top scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and government leaders to explore the role of AI in space explorat...
Rice is expanding its international presence with the launch of Rice Global India. This strategic initiative underscores the university’s commitment t...
Rice senior Jae Kim ’25 has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, one of just 32 American recipients – and the sole representative from a Tex...
The Ion District, Houston’s hub for innovation, now has its very own pickleball experience with the newly-opened Pickle Lab....
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...
Masha Gessen to discuss Ukraine, Russia and threats to democracy in fall Campbell Lectures
October 10, 2022
Renowned author and journalist Masha Gessen will be on campus Nov. 7 and 8 for the annual Campbell Lecture Series, hosted by the School of Humanities.
Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease goal of new research project from Rice neuroscientist
October 10, 2022
More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, for which there is no cure. Early detection is critical to managing symptoms.
Wong named fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
October 10, 2022
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering’s Michael Wong has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
King receives American Psychological Association’s Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists
October 7, 2022
Danielle King , an assistant professor of psychological sciences at Rice, is a recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists.
Business major serves community as pipe organ player at Houston-area church
October 7, 2022
Bruce Xu ’24 is a business major at Rice doesn’t mind hitting the road every week to play the organ at a church in The Woodlands.
Climate risks for Gulf of Mexico coral reefs spelled out in study
October 5, 2022
Promptly reducing greenhouse emissions would give Gulf of Mexico corals up to 20 extra years to adapt to critical threshold temperatures, according to Rice research.
A semester in Paris, an experience of a lifetime
September 30, 2022
At 20, Rice Architecture’s international campus has plenty to celebrate.
Fluidic circuits add analog options for controlling soft robots
September 28, 2022
Soft robotics researchers from Rice and Harvard have created a nonelectronic control system that uses air to process information.
$50M Kinder Foundation grant will expand Kinder Institute’s work to solve challenges facing Houston
September 23, 2022
A new $50 million grant from the Kinder Foundation will empower Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research as it focuses on a bold vision for “inclusive prosperity” — ensuring that everyone can contribute to Houston's success and share in its opportunities.
RNA-editing tool a fast, sensitive test for COVID-19
September 22, 2022
Researchers at Rice University and the University of Connecticut modify a gene editing tool to serve as a highly sensitive diagnostic test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.