Rice Magazine

Barbora Malikova balances elite sprinting and marathon studio sessions in a schedule that doesn’t slow down.

A detention basin becomes a living laboratory as Rice students restore one of Texas’ most endangered ecosystems.

Rice senior Lucca Ferraz won the NFL’s Big Data Bowl with a new metric that measures defenders’ unseen influence.

For Michael Garcia, researching labor history in the Rio Grande Valley is also an act of recognition.

Sociologist Thomas examines the crisis that begins after patients are declared Ebola-free.

MFAH intern Will Marsden conceived a display highlighting a major moment in Houston’s art history.

A few of the talented writers, artists and photographers who contributed to the Spring 2026 issue.

Richard Smalley and Robert Curl’s Nobel Prize-winning discovery led to a scientific and technological revolution.