Abby Manuel and Jack Vu noticed in April 2025 that some of the kids in the weekly classes they volunteered with had stopped showing up. They realized an uptick in U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

Footpaths act as both aesthetic contributions to an environment and as invitations for individuals to shape their own journey. For some, that journey is one of free choice and creativity in how to get ...

Rice is bringing generative artificial intelligence into the creative writing world with this fall’s new course, “ENGL 306: AI Fictions.” Ian Schimmel, an associate teaching professor in the English ...

Lovett and Baker Colleges will undergo a major housing transition next school year and restructure their off-campus housing policies, according to Lovett Internal Vice President Dylan Wall. The ...

After last year’s tumultuous 4-8 football season — in which former head coach Mike Bloomgren was fired eight games into the season — running back Dean Connors left Rice, opting to go across town to ...

Rice has admitted 2,984 applicants to the incoming class of 2030 as of the March 25 regular decision announcements, according to Yvonne Romero, vice president for enrollment and dean of admissions and ...

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When Netflix crashed because fans expected a secret “better” ending to the fifth season of “Stranger Things” a week after its finale was released, the backlash said everything about how poorly it ...

The METRORail Red Line slows at the Hermann Park/Rice University station. A handful of students step off, cross Sunset Boulevard, and disappear — some toward the hedges marking where it seems Rice ...

As Rice's enrollment increases, the need for additional student space has become more urgent, Abad said. Beyond providing additional square footage, she said the MCCSL will enable student success and ...

In one of the most crowded races in the Rice Student Association’s history, Chelsea Asibbey has been elected RSA president for the 2026-27 school year. After five rounds of ranked choice voting, she ...

E. coli was found in routine water testing at Lovett Hall, according to a Rice Alert sent out to the campus on Monday at 7:41 p.m. An exterior hose hub at Lovett Hall was the source of the ...