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’...
Ken Goldsmith, 'pillar' of Shepherd School strings department, dies at 81
July 1, 2020
Ken Goldsmith, a recent retiree from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music who shared his passion with hundreds of musicians throughout a long and distinguished career, died June 26 in Houston. He was 81.
Ogwumike is Conference USA's first repeat Female Athlete of the Year
July 1, 2020
Former Rice women's basketball player Erica Ogwumike is the first athlete to earn back-to-back Female Conference USA Athlete of the Year awards, the league office announced Tuesday.
Rice introduces temporary sick leave program for employees
July 1, 2020
Rice has implemented a temporary sick leave program amid the COVID-19 pandemic, effective July 1.
Laser-welded sugar: Sweet way to 3D-print blood vessels
June 29, 2020
Bioengineers keep cells alive in lab-grown tissues by creating networks of branching blood vessels from templates of 3D-printed sugar.
Cartwheeling light reveals new optical phenomenon
June 29, 2020
Researchers at Rice University have discovered details about a novel type of polarized light-matter interaction with light that literally turns end over end as it propagates from a source.
Study finds new link between Alzheimer’s suspects
June 29, 2020
Researchers have described for the first time specific genes and pathways in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Webinar to address and seek remedies for racism on campuses
June 29, 2020
Four leading historians will discuss racism on university campuses and how higher education can confront and remedy racial injustice during an upcoming webinar.
Rice lab’s bright idea is pure gold
June 29, 2020
Physicists discover plasmonic metals can produce “hot carriers” that emit unexpectedly bright light in nanoscale gaps between electrodes.
Back to Work help available to job seekers
June 29, 2020
HOUSTON – (June 29, 2020) – As unemployed workers struggle to find jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rice University’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies is offering a series of reduced-tuition virtual workshops as part of its new Back to Work initiative.
People, papers and presentations Jun 29, 2020
June 29, 2020
Topics to be discussed are agriculture, energy, women’s health and plastics.