Historians are turning to new mapping technologies to visualize and investigate the past — by layering primary documents, heaps of data and historic imagery to create a spatial his...
Six Degrees of Valhalla is inspired by Stanley Milgram’s experiments in social networks; actor Kevin Bacon’s eponymous parlor game; the stellar academic genealogies of Rice graduat...
Listen to a group of seniors thoughtfully reflect on finding their way at Rice — and leaving an indelible impression on campus — in these stunning video portraits....
Mikki Hebl's research enlivens the classroom experience, and vice versa....
Shepherd School grad Shawn Conley contributes music that’s both contemporary and traditional to Silk Road recordings...
African-American and poor children in the United States suffer disproportionately from asthma. A new study from Rice sociologists finds that this may be a result of social inequali...
Evolutionary biologists at Rice discovered a new wasp species that feeds on other wasps....
Rice chemists have developed a method that uses carbon to filter and clean radioactive water from nuclear plant disasters or industrial mining....
In the spirit of springtime and new beginnings, we reached out to a half-dozen owls to tell us their stories of career and life reinvention. And we were delighted with the variety ...
A set of snap-together glasses designed by students at Rice lets people with diabetes see into the future and know that without proper care, the future does not look good....
A dance performance was part of the opening celebration of Rice’s new Moody Center for the Arts...
Rick Fienberg '78 wanted to gaze at the night sky. So he built himself an observatory....