Rice Magazine

When the Shepherd School of Music announces its opera productions, the costume room inside Brockman Hall leaps to life.

Here are a few of the talented writers and photographers who contributed to the Winter 2026 issue.

Now Reading: A landmark new history by Alexander X. Byrd and W. Caleb McDaniel reveals how the long fight for integration reshaped Rice.

How junior Ankhi Banerjee helped NASA scientists monitor microbes on the International Space Station.

In 2001, the Russian president arrived on campus to pitch a new era of openness.

In 1975, Main Street Theater founder Becky Greene Udden set the stage for a Houston playhouse that has grown and evolved over the past 50 years.

With his award-winning novel, “L’Anniversario,” Rice’s Andrea Bajani has become an Italian literary sensation — and ignited a national debate.

A transformational gift from the Chao family will shape Rice’s 12th residential college, blending modern design with a legacy of generosity.