Construction projects helping to transform engineering facilities Mon, 10/05/2020 - 12:15

Maxfield Hall transformation under way, as Rice National Security Research Accelerator nears completion.

Ernst named inaugural Don Gaver, Jr. Early Career Award winner Mon, 09/21/2020 - 11:23

The first institute-wide early-career award from INFORMS recognizes 'outstanding research accomplishments in operations research, probability and statistics.'

Rice undergraduate engineering program moves up to No. 19 in U.S. News ranking Mon, 09/14/2020 - 07:11

Remains highest-ranked engineering program in Texas.

Kavraki, Mikos elected to prestigious Academia Europaea Fri, 09/11/2020 - 09:19

Rice Engineering faculty members recognized for their 'sustained academic excellence'

How a lifetime of advocacy led Norma Santamaría to helping underrepresented students Fri, 09/11/2020 - 08:29

A former lawyer and teacher, the ECE administrator aims to promote equity and inclusion.

Rice goes GRE-optional for grad programs, will grant fee waivers to graduates of Texas schools Wed, 09/09/2020 - 08:06

Rice is eliminating the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) standardized test requirement for its 2021 graduate programs.

Seven students, alumni named 2020 Fellows of the National GEM Consortium Thu, 09/03/2020 - 13:50

GEM has supported more than 4,000 Fellows from underrepresented groups at the master’s and doctoral levels in engineering and science.

Eight new tenure-track faculty members join Rice Engineering in 2020-21 Fri, 08/28/2020 - 12:17

The new faculty in five departments have joined or soon will join the School of Engineering as assistant professors.

DesRoches named chair of the National Construction Safety Team Tue, 08/25/2020 - 08:23

NCST is the body charged with investigating building failures resulting in significant loss of life.

CAAM alumna Villalobos receives mentoring award from White House Wed, 08/05/2020 - 14:53

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley professor earned her M.S. and Ph.D. from Rice in 1998 and 2000.