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...
Rice student helps fans make World Series memories
November 2, 2021
How many part-time college jobs put you smack-dab in the middle of the World Series?
Leebron outlines progress, challenges in State of the University
November 1, 2021
President Leebron committed Rice to “doing all we do at the highest level … regardless of the challenges we face” in his State of the University address to faculty.
Rice launches $2 billion capital campaign
October 29, 2021
Rice University has launched a comprehensive capital campaign to raise $2 billion by the end of 2025, by far the largest fundraising effort in the university's history.
Student Center goes all out for final Halloween in RMC
October 28, 2021
The Rice Student Center does Halloween like no other student center.
Nicolaou wins Robert Koch Gold Medal
October 28, 2021
K.C. Nicolaou, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry, has been awarded the Robert Koch Gold Medal for his life’s work in biomedical science.
Rice faculty, alums recognized among city's most impactful Latinos
October 22, 2021
Four people from the Rice community were recognized as top Latinos and featured in a recent Chronicle Sunday story.
Rice accepts invitation to join American Athletic Conference
October 21, 2021
Rice has accepted an invitation to join the American Athletic Conference, a historic new direction for the school’s athletic department.
A new ‘STaRT’ for Social Sciences students
October 14, 2021
An innovative new program in Rice University's School of Social Sciences helps students build connections while learning the necessary skills to become top-notch researchers.
Leebron talks future of education in fireside chat
October 13, 2021
Rice President David Leebron regaled a crowd of local business and education leaders at a luncheon hosted by the Greater Houston Partnership with a fireside chat on the future of higher education, the COVID-19 response and more.
Broadway bound, Rice’s Kanisha Feliciano to debut in new musical
October 11, 2021
As Broadway's theaters come to life again after more than a year of darkness during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Rice University's own young talents will be lighting up the stage.