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 ...
Rice University recognized six outstanding staff members with the 2025 Staff Excellence Award during the annual staff appreciation event April 23, cel...
Rice will welcome Robert Langer, one of the world’s most influential biotechnology innovators, for a keynote address as part of its President’s Lectur...
Victoria Langlais, senior assistant dean of human resources and administration in Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing, was name...
Torn between a conservatory and a university experience, Sophie Urban said she chose Rice for the “best of both worlds”: world-class musical training ...
Rice Architecture students embarked on a "life-altering" trip to China as part of a course project where they learned from world-renowned architects a...
A cohort of Rice University undergraduates boarded a bus bound for Alabama — not for vacation, but for a deeper understanding of America’s legacy of r...
A report from Rice’s Kinder Institute highlights critical gaps in banking access, retirement savings and financial literacy....
Rice professors Karen Lozano and Eduardo Salas have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious ...
Student engineering teams at Rice demonstrated how hands-on design can drive real-world impact at the 2025 Huff Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen Show...
For Thiago Pinheiro dos Santos, a doctoral candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Brazil, research is a way to drive positive, meanin...
Tour scores prestigious Centenary Prize
June 24, 2020
Rice University chemist James Tour has been named a winner of this year’s Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize.
Message to the Rice community from President Leebron and Provost DesRoches
June 24, 2020
President David Leebron and Provost Reginald DesRoches wrote to Rice students, faculty and staff June 23 in response to a list of proposals for improving the Black experience at Rice.
Housing affordability in Houston and Harris County is declining, especially for renters
June 23, 2020
Housing affordability in the Houston area is declining for all households and renters are finding it almost impossible to buy homes without significant subsidies, according to a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Rice professor attracts grant to study magnetism
June 23, 2020
The Department of Energy awards a five-year Early Career grant to Rice physicist Ming Yi to explore the nature of magnetism in two-dimensional materials.
New COVID-19 business grading system could help economy reopen more safely
June 23, 2020
Restaurants have long been subject to health department inspections evaluating their cleanliness and safety. Researchers at Rice University’s Texas Policy Lab (TPL) propose creating a similar system for grading businesses on COVID-19 safety, which they hope will help consumers make informed decisions amid the pandemic.
Inaugural Juneteenth lecture series convenes wide web audience
June 22, 2020
The entire lecture series is now available for viewing on Rice's YouTube channel.
Purifying water with a partly coated gold nanoparticle
June 22, 2020
Rice's Naomi Halas has collaborated with Yale University engineers on the creation of a light-activated nanoparticle for clearing water of pollutants. The research is part of an effort by NEWT, the Rice-based Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment.
Global scientific collaboration hindered by politics, says Baker Institute study
June 22, 2020
HOUSTON – (June 22, 2020) –A survey of thousands of scientists conducted by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy suggests international scientific collaboration can be improved through policy reform.
Georgia State U.'s Aurign wins 2020 Rice Business Plan Competition
June 22, 2020
HOUSTON – (June 22, 2020) – Aurign from Georgia State University in Atlanta rose to the top in the 2020 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) hosted June 17-19 by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
Fluorocarbon bonds are no match for light-powered nanocatalyst
June 22, 2020
Rice University engineers have created a light-powered catalyst that can break the strong chemical bonds in fluorocarbons, a group of synthetic materials that includes persistent environmental pollutants.