News & Events

Moshe Vardi to host Kate Crawford's Technology, Culture, and Society Lecture Thu, 01/27/2022 - 11:35

Crawford, professor and leading researcher in the social impacts of AI, will present “Atlas of AI: Mapping the Political Economies of Planetary Computation”

Moshe Vardi to give Vienna Logic Day Lecture on the adverse consequences of technology Mon, 01/10/2022 - 13:25

In celebration of UNESCO's World Logic Day, Vardi will present “From Greek Paradoxes to Political Paradoxes"

Alumni Leo Elworth (PhD '19): Award Winning Posters and Pitches Thu, 01/06/2022 - 14:52

Elworth honed his presentation skills with the help of Rice's ACTIVATE Engineering Communication program

Rice CS PhD students win Ken Kennedy Institute graduate fellowships Wed, 01/05/2022 - 11:16

Zhiwei Zhang awarded Andrew Ladd Fellowship and ZhaoZhuo Xu wins BP Fellowship

Treangen, Stadler confirm presence of omicron in Houston wastewater treatment plants Mon, 12/13/2021 - 11:35

In collaboration with the Houston Health Department, Rice researchers found the SARS-CoV-2 variant in eight of the city’s 39 facilities

Omicron mutations may help SARS-CoV-2 evade antibodies Thu, 12/02/2021 - 12:58

Treangen Lab software reveals spike mutations that could help virus variant defeat vaccinations

Reginald DesRoches, former dean of engineering, named 8th president of Rice University Thu, 11/11/2021 - 16:10

Distinguished civil engineer to replace David Leebron, president of Rice since 2004, effective July 1, 2022

The Ken Kennedy Institute awards Computational Science & Engineering Fellowship to Xinyu Yao Tue, 11/09/2021 - 14:19

The Rice computer science doctoral student is one of three award recipients

Kyrillidis urges caution when it comes to quantum computing Thu, 11/04/2021 - 11:29

Rice computer scientist and collaborators have received NSF grants totaling $930,000 to investigate the development of quantum computing.

Kavraki Lab speeds process of identifying potential pandemic treatments Mon, 11/01/2021 - 15:35

Rice web portal helps identify COVID-19 drug candidates