Menachem Elimelech was honored with the Sidney Loeb Award at the European Desalination Society Conference held in Porto, Portugal, April 28. ...
As India’s influence grows in fields such as climate change, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, Rice is positioning itself to be a key collabo...
For senior Dasseny Arreola, pursuing two majors, one minor, three research fellowships and even a novel was never about checking boxes....
More than 80 scientists from around the globe gathered at Rice for the School on Electron Correlations and Topology....
Rice researchers have developed a new machine learning algorithm that excels at interpreting optical spectra, potentially enabling faster and more pre...
Founder’s Court buzzed with energy Friday as about 2,000 students gathered for Moody X-Fest....
Astronomers, including Rice’s Andrea Isella and Charlie Gardner have unveiled new mages of planets....
Rice has announced the launch of Rice Digital Learning and Strategy, a reimagined office aimed at expanding the university’s impact through innovative...
Veloci, an innovative shoe company founded by Rice student-athlete Tyler Strothman, took home the top prize at the annual Napier Rice Launch Challenge...
The Rice Biotech Launch Pad and RBL LLC will celebrate the official launch and lab opening of RBL LLC May 5 with a program featuring biotech pioneers ...
President Reginald DesRoches welcomed hundreds of Rice University staff members to a morning breakfast and recognition ceremony April 23 at Tudor Fiel...
Rice honored exceptional faculty, staff and students for their dedication to teaching, mentoring and service at the annual University Awards Ceremony ...
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.
Largest gift in Rice history establishes The Welch Institute
September 2, 2020
The Robert A. Welch Foundation announces the largest single gift in the history of Rice University, $100 million, to establish The Welch Institute for world-leading advanced materials research.
'This Place Called Houston': Jim Blackburn hosts webinar on the city’s past, future
August 31, 2020
Jim Blackburn sees Houston as a perfect reflection of the 20th century, an emerging but disorganized city at the turn of one century that boomed into a diverse economic powerhouse by the next.
Researchers set sights on theory of deep learning
August 31, 2020
Rice's Richard Baraniuk and Moshe Vardi are part of a multiuniversity team of engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians and statisticians tapped by the Office of Naval Research to develop a principled theory of deep learning.
Rice physicist Ronald Stebbings dies at 91
August 31, 2020
Ronald Stebbings, a Rice University emeritus professor of space physics and astronomy, former dean of undergraduates and first vice president of student affairs, dies at 91.
NSF backs first community platform for smarter wireless
August 31, 2020
Rice University researchers, with National Science Foundation backing, develop a community platform, 3DML, to accelerate machine learning for next-generation wireless networks and mobile applications.
Interviews with those affected by Harvey available on Urban Data Platform
August 31, 2020
Three years after Hurricane Harvey rained devastation on Houston and surrounding areas, first-hand oral accounts from people affected by the storm are available through Rice University's Urban Data Platform (UDP), part of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
North American trade webinar: A view from Congress
August 31, 2020
The evolution of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and what it means for the future of North American trade will be examined in a Sept. 2 webinar hosted by the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy