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Thursday, Jun. 4, 2026

Gong receives National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award

For an AI-enabled approach to make stronger, eco-friendly, and cheaper concrete to build resilient cities.

Friday, May. 29, 2026

Student-led breakthrough advances semiconductor chip quality control

Rice materials science freshman Rishi Madhuvairy and collaborator take top honors at Purdue AI Research Showcase.

Tuesday, May. 19, 2026

15 student teams compete at the 2026 D2K Spring Showcase

Team NASA Reentry, Team Hawkeye (TechnipFMC), and Team Palyno-Minds (Smithsonian) won first, second, and third place, respectively.

Tuesday, May. 12, 2026

Rice Engineering and Computing announces 2026 Alumni Awardees

Trailblazers across industries will be honored at the 2026 Rice Engineering and Computing Alumni Awards Celebration.

ASM Launches Bioinformatics, Genomics & Big Data Conference Tue, 10/07/2025 - 15:55

Rice associate professor of computer science Todd Treangen serves as Chair of the ASM BIG Program Committee.

Rising scholar Quadri Popoola invited to present at the Ecological Society of America conference Tue, 09/30/2025 - 13:27

Popoola co-presented his research on agrarian sustainability in the Lake Chad Basin with his mentor, Prof. Frederi Viens

Mehta Rice Engineer Scholar publishes paper in Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects Tue, 09/23/2025 - 14:30

Sikandar Bind was a 2023-24 Mehta Rice Engineering Scholar hosted by Sibani Lisa Biswal.

Michael Reynolds wins the 2025 CRE Practice Award Mon, 09/15/2025 - 12:01

The AIChE's CRE Practice Award recognizes individuals who have made pioneering contributions to the industrial practice of catalysis and chemical engineering reactions.

Rice student teams win awards at NIH’s 2025 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge Thu, 09/11/2025 - 11:06

Two Rice undergraduate teams—DialySafe and VacuTrac—won awards at the 2025 DEBUT Challenge sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Marcia O’Malley and Jeffrey Tabor elected Fellows of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering Fri, 09/05/2025 - 12:15

The International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE) is an esteemed honorary body of fellows who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the profession of medical and biological engineering at an international level.