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An interdisciplinary team of Rice University engineers and collaborators led by Jamie Padgett has won $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve the safety and resiliency of coastal communities facing compounded risk…

Organized by Rice University’s Extreme Quantum Materials Alliance (eQMA) in collaboration with the Smalley-Curl Institute, the eQMA Workshop on Quantum Materials and Entanglement brought together more than 100 experts and attendees from…

The Statistical Training and Research Techniques program at Rice University, known as STaRT@Rice, is recognized for cultivating exceptional researchers and fostering community. It held its annual fall event Oct. 11-14 in Kraft Hall.…

Rice University’s O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science now houses an immersive public art installation titled “Climate Parliament,” a thought-provoking work by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Commissioned by Rice’s …

Rice University is ranked No. 6 in the nation in WalletHub’s 2025 College and University Rankings released this week, making it the top university in both Texas and the entire Southern region. The Owls excelled in multiple categories,…

It started with an idea jotted down on a napkin at a bar in the Houston Heights in 2014, but the Program in Politics, Law and Social Thought (PLST) at Rice University has evolved into the most popular minor offered in the School of…

Rice University and the Rice Real Estate Company are proud to announce new partnerships with Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy), Fathom Fund and Activate, marking a major milestone as the Ion is now 90% leased. These new leases…

Hospital service prices surged more than 220% between 2000 and 2022, according to a report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. While hospitals attribute rising prices to increased operating costs — particularly due…

In a bold move to transform patient care, Rice University has launched RBL LLC, a pioneering biotech venture creation studio designed to rapidly build companies based on life-saving medical technologies developed out of the Rice Biotech…

OpenStax, the world’s largest publisher of open educational resources based at Rice University, announces the publication of the latest title in its social sciences collection, “Lifespan Development.” This resource is free to anyone…