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...
Matthew Loden, CEO of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, returning to Rice as dean of Shepherd School
July 15, 2021
HOUSTON – (July 7, 2021) – Matthew Loden, an award-winning musician and symphony leader currently serving as the CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, will become the next dean of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.
Rice, Rutgers developing inhalable COVID-19 vaccine spray
July 7, 2021
Scientists at Rice and Rutgers developing two COVID-19 vaccine strategies that do not require cold storage, one of which can be inhaled.
Jeffrey Kripal on how to think about the UFO phenomenon
June 30, 2021
To study the subject adequately is ‘to study pretty much everything’
Housing in Houston: Tough times for tenants, would-be homeowners
June 22, 2021
HOUSTON – (June 22, 2021) – Houston's share of homeowners is dropping, and a growing number of renters interested in buying a home find themselves shut out of the market, according to a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
June 21, 2021
Lillian Wieland’s freshman-year presentation for the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) “went terribly,” as she recalls it.
Study examines how breast implant surfaces affect immune response
June 21, 2021
Rice University bioengineers collaborated on a six-year study that systematically analyzed how the surface architecture of silicone breast implants influences adverse side effects.
Solar energy collectors grown from seeds
June 21, 2021
Rice University engineers have created microscopic seeds for growing remarkably uniform 2D perovskite crystals that are both stable and highly efficient at harvesting electricity from sunlight.
Juneteenth event addresses Rice's history and topics of African American life
June 18, 2021
Task force proposes competition to redesign Academic Quad, determine fate of statue.
Cruz Jr. out to guide Rice back to baseball's elite
June 18, 2021
One of the cornerstones of Rice's rise to prominence in college baseball, José Cruz Jr., has returned to his alma mater as the 22nd head baseball coach of the Owls.
Rice celebrates Juneteenth and emancipations to come
June 17, 2021
Rice’s second annual Juneteenth celebration will bring together professors across the university — from Computational and Applied Mathematics to Modern and Classical Literature and Cultures — for three panels exploring ideas and questions central to the meaning and promise of the important holiday.