Rice will welcome Robert Langer, one of the world’s most influential biotechnology innovators, for a keynote address as part of its President’s Lectur...
A cohort of Rice University undergraduates boarded a bus bound for Alabama — not for vacation, but for a deeper understanding of America’s legacy of r...
Rice professors Karen Lozano and Eduardo Salas have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious ...
Student engineering teams at Rice demonstrated how hands-on design can drive real-world impact at the 2025 Huff Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen Show...
A team of students from Rice is developing a mobile app to “make happiness a daily habit.” Named Sprout Wellness, the technology’s goal is to provide ...
A collaboration between Rice and Houston Independent School District is helping strengthen its Sunrise Centers....
Rice will increase access by growing the university’s student body, marking an unprecedented growth trajectory that began earlier this decade. The exp...
Rice launches a first-of-its-kind collaboration: the Texas Linguistics Consortium....
Rice Stadium to become community vaccination site
March 8, 2021
The facility has already begun vaccinating some Rice students, faculty and staff — by appointment only — as part of a “soft launch” before ramping up full operations next week.
Eddie Glaude on the moment the ‘cold civil war’ turned hot
March 8, 2021
The Princeton professor's Campbell Lecture on March 4 tackled the stakes of racial justice and the future of American democracy.
Rice announces plans for 2021 Commencement
March 6, 2021
President David Leebron, Provost Reginald DesRoches, Dean of Undergraduates Bridget Gorman and Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Seiichi Matsuda sent a message to the Rice community March 5 regarding 2021 Commencement plans.
Rice Crisis Management Team honored by Board of Trustees
March 5, 2021
The Rice Board of Trustees honored the university's Crisis Management Team (CMT) for its extraordinary work during the last year.
New sensation: Grad student symposium hosts international experts on five senses
March 2, 2021
‘Making Sense’ draws scholars from diverse array of disciplines March 12-13 for an international conference on humanistic research.
Chip simplifies COVID-19 testing, delivers results on a phone
February 25, 2021
Programmed magnetic nanobeads paired with an off-the-shelf cellphone and plug-in diagnostic tool can diagnose COVID-19 in 55 minutes or less.
February 22, 2021
Take a video tour of the newest residential college on campus.
February 22, 2021
Be there with Martian geologist Kirsten Siebach as the Perseverance rover lands on Mars.
Study could explain tuberculosis bacteria paradox
February 22, 2021
Tuberculosis bacteria have evolved to remember stressful encounters and react quickly to future stress, according to a study by computational bioengineers at Rice University and infectious disease experts at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
‘Power Flower’ blooms as Bowdoin’s debut work of Rice Public Art
February 15, 2021
VADA professor’s sculpture is one of four new pieces acquired for campus art program.