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 ...

Rice University Police Department Corporal Barry Oliver said he prefers to let students off with a warning. Violating the Rice Bicycle, Scooter, Micro-Transportation Policy usually means a $75 fine ...

Rice accepted 13.2% of Early Decision applicants in its first round of admissions for the class of 2029, said Yvonne Romero, vice president for enrollment. With 2,970 total applicants, this year saw ...

For many students, midterm season is a precarious balancing act of assignments, studying and other commitments. For students with testing accommodations, that balance becomes even more precarious.

A historic season for women’s basketball came to a close on Sunday evening, but not before Rice set a new all-time program record for most wins in a single season. The Owls played their final two ...

With an 18-7 win over Brown College, fifth-seeded Hanszen College claimed the intramural softball title Saturday, capping off a dominant playoff run. The victory marked Hanszen’s first IM softball ...

Rice University, alongside 30 other universities, has reached agreements with the Trump administration to end partnerships with The PhD Project, an organization accused of discrimination by the ...

The first woman to land on Mars is a Rice alumna. Her name is Adelaide Brooke. She earned her doctorate in physics here before becoming a NASA astronaut and, eventually, the commander of an ...

With finals rounding the corner and students wrapping up Beer Bike, the Artemis II spacecraft has come and gone, and students ...

When Soviet troops invaded Prague in 1968, Sayuri Shimizu’s primary concern was for the stuffed animals she’d have to leave behind. Though she didn’t know it, this was the seed of a budding interest ...

Rush season is upon us. For those of you who aren't friends with your college's coordinators, here is a ranked list of O-Week themes to help you start planning where to co-advise. 1. Duncan College: ...

Rice University is tied for registering the oldest .edu domain in history, with rice.edu going online on April 24, 1985. Exactly 10 years later, on April 24, 1995, The Rice Thresher published its ...