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...
Inaugural cohort of Humanities Dean’s Fellows hails culture of collaboration
December 14, 2021
New program funds undergraduates passionate about humanities research
Rice’s Technology Development Fund backs faculty projects
December 10, 2021
Nine projects proposed by Rice researchers have been granted seed funding by Creative Ventures' Technology Development Fund.
‘Super trees’ may help save Houston … and beyond
December 9, 2021
Rice statisticians are part of a study sharing strategies to identify “super trees” for urban areas that help mitigate pollution, flooding and heat.
12 questions for Nichole Ayers, Rice’s newest astronaut
December 7, 2021
Rice alumna and fighter pilot Nichole Ayers joins NASA's astronaut corps.
Omicron mutations may help SARS-CoV-2 evade antibodies
December 2, 2021
Software under development at Rice University and its partners reveals mutations in the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 that may help it evade antibodies, including those from vaccinations.
Ruth López Turley named next director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research
December 1, 2021
HOUSTON – (Dec. 1, 2021) – Ruth López Turley, a prolific education researcher, professor of sociology and director of Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), has been selected as the next director of the university's Kinder Institute for Urban Research after current director Bill Fulton steps down June 30, 2022.
‘Bound Away’ conference bringing new research on slave voyages
November 22, 2021
Art exhibitions at Moody, MFAH will contextualize research presented Dec. 3-4
Ultrathin solar cells get a boost
November 22, 2021
Rice University engineers boost the efficiency while retaining the toughness of solar cells made of two-dimensional perovskites.
‘Double House’ wins city honors for Rice Architecture students
November 22, 2021
Two Rice Architecture students win a City of Houston competition to design an accessory dwelling unit with plans freely available to the public.
Rice issues update to COVID-19 vaccination policy for employees
November 22, 2021
Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby, chair of the Rice's Crisis Management Advisory Committee, sent a message regarding the updated COVID-19 vaccination policy for employees in a Nov. 19 email to the university community.