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For newborns with congenital hypothyroidism, early diagnosis spells the difference between a normal, healthy life and lifelong disability.After learning about the heavy toll the disease takes on children born in parts of the world where…

The Rice women's track and field team had another great showing in the last meet before next weeks conference championships, with multiple event titles and top finishes at the Tom Tellez Invitational at the University of Houston.Lina…

Rice University’s Texas Policy Lab (TPL) welcomed its partners to a stakeholders event April 25. The TPL staff discussed its projects and partnerships that are leading to meaningful policy change, primarily in early childhood and criminal…

Two Rice University core services earned high praise from The Princeton Review in its recent Best Colleges rankings. In the quality-of-life category, Rice ranked No. 12 for best college dorms and No. 18 for best campus food, marking yet…

Rice has launched a nationwide search for an associate provost of digital learning who will develop and lead an institutionwide strategy for enhancing online education and digital innovation in the classroom. The announcement of a new…

Rice University and Texas Southern University (TSU) have announced a partnership to share resources, expertise and best practices to build stronger bridges between their institutions and communities. The collaboration aims to foster…

The Rice Global Paris Center is expanding the reach and influence of Rice University’s world-class faculty and research through a rich and diverse array of events in Paris this summer.The summer series includes a total of eight faculty…

Livestock herders, or pastoralists, have been a part of African societies for many millennia. They are a major driver of local economies and a key part of cultural traditions throughout the continent. But how has their work developed and…

The materials in the study are magnetic at cold temperatures and become nonmagnetic as they thaw. Experimental physicist Makariy Tanatar of Ames National Laboratory at Iowa State University noticed perplexing electronic behavior in…

Moshe Vardi, one of the world’s leading computer scientists and a University Professor at Rice, has been elected a Foreign Member of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society.Known formally as the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural…