Nine Rice faculty members received the 2025 George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, which honors Rice’s top instructors based on votes from alumn...
Kasey Leigh Yearty has been named the 2025 recipient of the George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching....
In a city defined by innovation and resilience, the Rice Water Technologies Entrepreneurship and Research (WaTER) Institute hosted its distinguished l...
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....
Rice ponies up at the Houston Rodeo
March 12, 2025
Rice alumni, students, staff, faculty and friends saddled up and joined the fun at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo March 11 for Rice Night at the Rodeo.
Rice partners with Texas House during SXSW
March 12, 2025
Rice served as the educational partner for the inaugural Texas House during the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin.
Rice experts at CERAWeek showcase their research
March 12, 2025
CERAWeek, an annual energy conference, kicked off March 10, and Rice experts are presenting their work on the energy transition.
Former presidential advisers discuss their role shaping science policy
March 12, 2025
Three former presidential science advisers spoke with the director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy March 5 to discuss the critical role of science and technology in a complex world. The conversation explored the panelists’ experiences leading the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the office’s critical role in shaping national policies to advance science, technology, innovation and higher education.
March 12, 2025
Ruth Simmons, the President’s Distinguished Fellow at Rice and a pioneering leader in higher education, was awarded the rank of Officer in the French National Order of the Legion of Honor during a special ceremony March 11.
Rice returns to AAC championship game after defeating Temple
March 12, 2025
The ninth-seeded Rice women's basketball team looks to defend their title tomorrow night after a 67-49 win over fourth-seeded Temple Tuesday night at Dickies Arena.
March 11, 2025
Wade Adams, former director of the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice, passed away Feb. 12 at the age of 78. A self-described “technical optimist,” Adams was not only an experienced researcher and educator but also an enthusiastic advocate of nanotechnology, which he defined as “making small stuff do big things” and viewed as offering potential solutions to pressing challenges, particularly in energy but also in clean water and medicine.
‘Diligent and dedicated’: Rice women’s table tennis club team advances to national championships
March 11, 2025
Rice's table tennis club team has secured a spot at the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association National Championships.
March 11, 2025
The Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Rice's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies is set to host the 24th annual Best Boards Conference, bringing together nonprofit leaders, board members and community stakeholders to explore governance strategies and impactful leadership.
Shepherd School of Music welcomes Houston for 50th Anniversary Community Day
March 11, 2025
The Shepherd School of Music invites the Houston community to celebrate its 50th Anniversary Community Day with a free, family friendly event.