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....
Researchers at Rice have found a new way to improve a key element of thermophotovoltaic systems, which convert heat into electricity via light. Rice ...
Jonathan Mak, a third-year Doctor of Musical Arts student at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, recently earned the top prize at the inaugural Sorel-Tra...
Senior officials from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas visited Rice Nov.11 for a firsthand, comprehensive look at the university’...
Rice For Black Life empowers Black students to create change on campuses across America
July 7, 2020
The student group has big plans beyond its initial successful fundraiser.
Rice historian Melissa Kean retires
July 7, 2020
Her popular Rice History Corner blog will continue to live on.
Boron nitride destroys PFAS 'forever' chemicals PFOA, GenX
July 7, 2020
Rice chemical engineers discovered a photocatalyst that can destroy 99% of the “forever” chemical PFOA
Parents' pandemic-induced stress can do long-term harm to children, says Baker Institute expert
July 6, 2020
HOUSTON – (July 7, 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic, which has accentuated long-standing challenges many families face, has put additional stress on parents that could harm the development of their children, according to a new brief from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Trump vs. Biden brings foreign policy to the forefront
July 6, 2020
Foreign policy will play a major role in the 2020 presidential campaigns, according to a new brief from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice physicists win grant to continue Higgs study
July 6, 2020
Rice physicists win $1.3 million in Department of Energy funding to pursue ongoing research at the Large Hadron Collider.
Rice launches online Visiting Owls program
July 6, 2020
HOUSTON – (July 6, 2020) – Rice University is welcoming visiting students into its classrooms this fall through a new online program. The pilot Rice Online Visiting Owls program allows high school juniors and seniors and visiting undergraduates to enroll in select online courses for credit.
Future Texas hurricanes: Fast like Ike or slow like Harvey?
July 6, 2020
Climate change will make fast-moving storms more likely in late 21st-century Texas.
Trade pact success tied to competence of American, Mexican presidents
July 6, 2020
The success of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) depends on competent leadership from two unpredictable presidents, according to a new brief from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Charcoal a weapon to fight superoxide-induced disease, injury
July 6, 2020
Artificial enzymes made of treated charcoal could have the power to curtail damaging levels of superoxides that appear after an injury.