Rice alumna Camila Vinson ’22 ’23 has been accepted into the Knowles Teacher Initiative Teaching Fellowship, a five-year program that supports early c...
A groundbreaking Rice University study sheds light on the extraordinary evolution of anglerfish, a group of deep-sea dwellers whose bizarre adaptation...
The lives and lived experiences of law enforcement professionals were the focus of a Nov. 21 campus event, “Behind the Badge,” organized by Rice Unive...
James Shee’s journey from the ballet stage to the classroom may seem improbable, yet for Shee, it all stems from an appreciation for beauty....
Sandra Johnson, the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Rice, returned to campus for a fireside chat that celebrated her ...
OpenStax, the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources and a provider of interactive learning technologies based at Rice, announces the...
Rice jumped out early on South Florida and withstood a late challenge to send the senior class of 2024 out as winners in their final game at Rice Stad...
Returning to his alma mater, filmmaker Kyle Henry ’93 ’94 captivated Rice students with a candid 90-minute talk that offered hard-won advice and refle...
Representatives from Breakthrough T1D, a leading global organization funding Type 1 diabetes research, visited Rice to learn about advances in diabete...
Scott Abell was introduced as Rice's 20th head football coach during a press conference on the eve of Thanksgiving. ...
The Swiss Chemical Society has awarded Rice’s Julian West the Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize....
A team of researchers led by Anna-Karin Gustavsson at Rice University has developed an innovative imaging platform that promises to improve our unders...
From Aldine to academia: Rice’s Civic Humanist program inspires Houston-area students
November 12, 2024
As soon as the class heard one answer, hands shot up with more questions for Rice University faculty Fay Yarbrough and Luziris Pineda Turi as well as junior Jessaly Chavez.
Owls to clash with Cougars at Tudor Fieldhouse Nov. 14
November 12, 2024
The Rice women’s basketball team will look to clinch its third straight home victory as the Owls face off with the crosstown rival Houston Cougars at Tudor Fieldhouse Nov. 14.
Rice Energy Finance Summit Nov. 15 to explore energy transition, security
November 12, 2024
The 16th annual Rice Energy Finance Summit takes place Nov. 15 at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business and will explore the complexity of the energy value chain, the funding for the energy transition, the maintenance of energy security and emerging ideas in the global energy ecosystem.
Vaccine summit at Rice’s Baker Institute to focus on Texas legislative session
November 12, 2024
The Texas Vaccine Policy Symposium, hosted by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Nov. 15, will discuss the impact of vaccines in Texas and the challenges ahead as experts look toward the 89th Texas legislative session that starts in January.
Rice Business tops Princeton Review entrepreneurship rankings for sixth year in a row
November 12, 2024
Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business has taken the No. 1 spot in The Princeton Review and Entrepreneurship magazines’ rankings of top schools for graduate entrepreneurship programs for the sixth year running.
Rice discovery taps ‘hot carriers’ for on-demand, emissions-free hydrogen and catalyst regeneration
November 11, 2024
Rice researchers have developed a new photocatalyst that could render steam methane reforming entirely emissions-free and extend catalyst lifetimes.
Kinder Institute report: Houston area pre-K programs boost early elementary success
November 11, 2024
Students who attended pre-K programs at public schools in the Houston area are seeing benefits in early elementary school, according to new reports from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Shepherd School alumni among 67th annual Grammy Award nominees
November 8, 2024
Several alumni from Rice’s Shepherd School of Music are in the running for Grammy Awards, continuing the school’s legacy of musical excellence with the 67th annual Grammy Awards set to be held Feb. 2.
Doerr Institute’s Catalyst workshops develop students’ skills as leaders
November 8, 2024
The Doerr Institute’s latest efforts to develop leaders at Rice include getting students in front of leadership experts to develop their skills at Catalyst leadership workshops.
Rice college preparedness workshop looks to ‘break down the barriers for students to enter college’
November 7, 2024
Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies welcomed 75 students from Eastwood Academy to campus for its annual college preparedness workshop entitled Navigating the Pathway to College Admission last month.