The Owls men's tennis team won its first American Athletic Conference Championship after defeating the Memphis Tigers at the Leftwich Tennis Center Ap...
Rice will increase access by growing the university’s student body, marking an unprecedented growth trajectory that began earlier this decade. The exp...
Following Pope Francis’ death, Craig Considine, a senior lecturer in sociology at Rice, scholar of religion and interfaith dialogue is available to di...
As Earth Day approaches April 22, Rice University experts are available to provide insight into their research on a range of environmental topics....
The finding, reported by The New York Times April 16, builds on generations of inquiry into whether life exists beyond Earth....
Tam Dao has been appointed Rice University’s first associate vice president of campus safety and research security. His first day in this role will be...
Humanities disciplines, especially medical humanities, shouldn’t just be consulted at the end of the development pipeline when systems are being evalu...
At the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies’ 15th annual Undergraduate Design Competition, the future of global health innovation was on f...
Humanities Days offered Rice students the chance to present their research and creative work in panels, poster sessions and art presentations....
A team of Rice researchers has developed a new way to control light interactions using a specially engineered structure called a 3D photonic-crystal ...
In a classroom filled with the sounds of singing, storytelling and lively conversation, young children at Rice University’s Oral and Written Language ...
As Rice prepares to celebrate the Class of 2025 at commencement May 9-10, Rice News is spotlighting a collection of standout seniors....
March 20, 2025
A new study from Rice takes a look at one of the most polarizing sports controversies in recent memory.
March 20, 2025
Rice’s Kaiyuan Yang and his team recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind authentication protocol for wireless, battery-free, ultraminiaturized implants that ensures these devices remain protected while still allowing emergency access.
Shepherd School alum Luke Sutliff wins Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition
March 19, 2025
Sutliff was named one of five winners by a distinguished panel of judges, earning a $20,000 cash prize as well as career-defining exposure and networking opportunities.
Sustainable practices can be based in nature, expert says
March 19, 2025
Rice biogeochemist Carrie Masiello was a headliner in CERAWeek’s “lyceum” where experts from industry and academia present research and technical expertise at the annual energy conference in Houston.
Winning your bracket: Rice expert’s tool gives college basketball fans a competitive edge
March 18, 2025
The excitement of March Madness is in full swing as basketball fans across the country prepare their brackets, Rice’s Scott Powers , a former Major League Baseball analyst with a deep background in sports analytics, has a tool that can help.
Rice statistician earns CPRIT award to advance AI-powered precision medicine for prostate cancer
March 18, 2025
Rice statistician Erzsébet Merényi is part of a team of researchers awarded $1 million by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to develop AI tools that can identify lethal forms of prostate cancer earlier and improve treatment selection.
March 18, 2025
March Madness is where legends are made, and in 2000, Jennifer Cafferty-Patton and the Rice University women’s basketball team seized its moment, carving out a piece of tournament history that will live on at Rice forever.
Rice alumnus breaks all-time rodeo wine competition record
March 18, 2025
Houston’s Nice Winery, co-owned by Rice University alumnus Ryan Levy ’97, has claimed the prestigious Top All-Around Winery Award at the 2025 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition, one of the largest and most competitive wine competitions in the country. The award makes the winery a back-to-back winner in 2024 and 2025, solidifying Nice Winery’s place as a premier winemaker on a national stage.
One giant step: Rice alumna Nichole Ayers is defying gravity with SpaceX Crew-10
March 18, 2025
While many people gaze at the stars and dream, Rice alumna Maj. Nichole Ayers of the Air Force has made those dreams a reality.
Building a safer future: Rice researcher works to strengthen Haiti’s earthquake resilience
March 18, 2025
Marc-Ansy Laguerre, a postdoctoral associate in civil and environmental engineering at Rice, is determined to build a safer future for his country.