The Swiss Chemical Society has awarded Rice’s Julian West the Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize....
A team of researchers led by Anna-Karin Gustavsson at Rice University has developed an innovative imaging platform that promises to improve our unders...
The Center for Innovation and Translation of POC Technologies for Equitable Cancer Care hosted its inaugural convening at Rice, marking a significant ...
Rice Vice President and Director of Athletics Tommy McClelland announced that Scott Abell has been named the new Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach a...
Rice’s Native American Student Association hosted an Indigenous cultural celebration involving dancing, music, food, beading, crafts and storytelling ...
Newly developed halide perovskite nanocrystals show potential as antimicrobial agents that are stable, effective and easy to produce. ...
Elizabeth Freimuth ’98, Shepherd School of Music alumna and principal horn of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, will join the Shepherd School faculty...
Black Americans are more interested in life-extending health technologies than their white peers and religion increases this desire....
A new study by a team of researchers at Rice University and Houston Methodist’s Center for Neural Systems Restoration and Weill Cornell Medical Colleg...
Remote working tools like Zoom and Slack have been around for more than a decade, but it wasn’t until the COVID-19 pandemic that remote work really to...
OpenStax, the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources and a provider of interactive learning technologies based at Rice, announces the...
Rice University alumna Sofia Adrogué was sworn in as judge of the 11th Division Texas Business Court Nov. 19 at the Harris County Courthouse....
Thomas Killian named dean of Wiess School of Natural Sciences
December 1, 2020
Rice University has named physicist Thomas Killian dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences, effective Jan. 1.
'Strategic indifference' leaves refugees in precarious position, says Baker Institute expert
November 30, 2020
Current explanations for migrant and refugee policies in the "global south" mistake the absence of formal policy for neglect. But a migration and immigration expert at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy proposes to explain this dynamic as "strategic indifference.”
Islamic scholar Nasr to lecture on intertwined history of Shi’ism and Sufism
November 30, 2020
Rice’s Kazimi Lecture series brings 'towering figure' into conversation via Zoom Dec. 7.
AI helps scientists understand brain activity behind thoughts
November 24, 2020
Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University have developed artificial intelligence models that help them better understand the brain computations that underlie thoughts.
Rice United Way Campaign meets goal
November 23, 2020
At the end of the seventh week, Rice’s annual United Way campaign has met the university’s $250,000 goal.
Franklin retires after 30 years
November 23, 2020
After 30 years at Rice, Ute Franklin, who served as manager of Delivery Services since 2004, has retired.
Understanding frustration could lead to better drugs
November 23, 2020
Atom-scale models of proteins that incorporate ligands, like drug molecules, show a strong correlation between minimally frustrated binding sites and drug specificity. Such models could lead to better-designed drugs with fewer side effects.
Next fall, Rice Architecture sets sail for Seoul
November 23, 2020
A Rice assistant professor of architecture and his students hope to travel to Seoul, South Korea, next fall to present their work at the city’s Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.
Owls continue to shine in NCAA graduation rate
November 23, 2020
Rice women student athletes once again led the nation in the Federal Graduation Rate, according to the latest Division I graduation success data released by the NCAA. Rice also had eight sports receive perfect marks for their success in the classroom, according to the NCAA's Graduation Success Rate.
Study says when to identify students who take longer to be English proficient
November 23, 2020
Students who begin elementary school and haven’t become proficient at speaking English after five years in school should be identified as what educators call “long-term English learners” (LTELs), according to a new paper from Rice University researchers.