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....
Mark Jones and David R. Brockman discuss the ongoing Republican-led initiatives in the U.S. to introduce more religious content into classrooms. ...
Rice’s Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences hosted its inaugural workshop Nov. 14-16....
Solomon, Siebach appear in science TV series 'Life 2.0'
September 4, 2020
Rice faculty members Scott Solomon and Kirsten Sieback appear in the first episode of "Life 2.0," a new television series that's available for streaming and slated to debut on the air this weekend.
Rice tops in Texas, No. 7 nationally in new Niche rankings
September 4, 2020
Rice University is ranked as the top university in Texas and one of the top universities nationwide in the latest ratings compiled by Niche.
Three research teams earn Dunn Awards
September 4, 2020
Three teams of Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine researchers have been named winners of the 2020 John S. Dunn Collaborative Research Awards.
If you see something, say something
September 3, 2020
Rice’s ethics hotline has always given people in the Rice community a way to anonymously report illegal, unethical or improper conduct without fear of backlash. Now faculty, staff, students and visitors can use it to report COVID-19-related infractions, including failure to wear masks and follow social distancing protocols.
Rice Business expert available to discuss Postal Service financials
September 3, 2020
The U.S. Postal Service was not created to be a traditional profit-making business, according to an accounting expert at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
Rice mourns artist Darra Keeton, professor emeritus of painting and drawing
September 3, 2020
Darra Rathbun Keeton, Rice professor emeritus of painting and drawing, died Aug. 28. She was 73.
Quantum leap for speed limit bounds
September 2, 2020
Nature's speed limits aren't posted on road signs, but Rice University physicists have discovered a new way to deduce them that is better — infinitely better, in some cases — than prior methods.
Having a family member locked up takes disproportionate mental toll on African American women
September 2, 2020
About 44% of African American women in the United States have at least one family member incarcerated, a disproportionate burden that a new study concludes leads to poor mental health.
Ambient light alters refraction in 2D material
September 2, 2020
Microscopic crystals in tantalum disulfide have a starring role in what could become a hit for 3D displays, virtual reality and even self-driving vehicles.
Pope picks Rice professor for science academy
September 2, 2020
Rice University physicist José Onuchic has been appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.