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...
CAAAS asks: Has MLK’s dream been deferred?
August 16, 2021
The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will deliver annual lecture commemorating the 1963 March on Washington.
Incoming freshmen RISE to the occasion
August 10, 2021
New 10-day residential seminar acquaints humanities and social sciences students with Rice, Houston, race and urban life.
Why middle-class residents want to stay put after floodwaters recede
August 9, 2021
Flood disasters like Hurricane Harvey lead some people to move far from the places they had called home.
NSF grant kicks off Center for Adapting Flaws into Features
August 3, 2021
Rice University has won a Phase I National Science Foundation grant to establish the NSF Center for Adapting Flaws into Features to investigate nanoscale chemical phenomena and optimize the structures and electronic properties of materials.
How headless hydra feel, react to prodding
August 2, 2021
Researchers identify redundant neural networks in jellyfish-like, freshwater hydra. The work is a step toward modeling how internal states and external stimuli shape the behavior of an organism with a highly dynamic neural architecture.
Owls at the Olympics: Ogwumike is up
July 28, 2021
Rice Owls alumni are showcasing their skills in the Tokyo Olympics.
For Lettenberger, trip to Paralympics worth the wait
July 26, 2021
When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived last year, Ahalya Lettenberger's lifelong dream was put on hold.
Rice team creating insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetes
July 26, 2021
Rice University bioengineers are using 3D printing and smart biomaterials to create an insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetics.
Timothy Morton on giving up flight — at least when it comes to lectures
July 26, 2021
The environmental philosopher wants to model a new work-life balance that sends a message of care.
Astronaut, Rice alumna speaks to RESP students
July 21, 2021
This year’s cohort of Rice Emerging Scholars Program students heard from astronaut Shannon Walker ’87 Monday at Duncan Hall.