Design Your Dorm

10 Fab Decor Items Your Favorite Undergrad Needs For Their Dorm

Looking for some "a-dorm-able" art? Shop select favorites from Dormify, Impeccable Pig, and Beehive.

08/09/2022 By Alexia Partouche

Dorm Life

Gear Up for College With These Dorm Room Essentials

Shop handheld vacuums, desk lamps, mini-fridges, and more from Amazon, Impeccable Pig, and Target.

07/20/2022 By Jessica Lodge With Danielle Wright

West University

Property Dreams: A Modern Home in West University

Here's a closer look at a stunning home in West University with a perfect blend of classic and modern elements.

07/15/2022 By Stephanie Bartels

Fiscally Responsible

Rice University Named the Best College Investment in Texas

Located in the Museum District, Rice University takes the crown as the only Texas-based school to rank in the top 10 nationally.

07/06/2022 By Brianna Benitez, Jessica Lodge, and Alexia Partouche

Getting That Degree

Diploma-Worthy Graduation Shoes For Everyone

Shop select favorites from Call It Spring, Zara and JC Penny.

05/06/2022 By Danielle Wright

Arts Scene

Moody Kicks Off 2022 With Incredible New Slate of Programs

Rice University’s premier art institution has big plans for 2022.

01/05/2022 By Amarie Gipson

News

Very Artsy News: MFAH’s New Theater, Murals and More

A weekly brief on what’s happening in Houston’s arts and culture scene.

11/30/2021 By Amarie Gipson

Owls are wise

Rice University Ranks in the Top 10 Best Colleges

According to a study, Rice University ranks No. 7 in best colleges in the nation.

08/23/2021 By Kelsy Armstrong Edited by Shelby Stewart

Creativity in the Bayou City

The Best Time to Visit Rice's Twilight Epiphany Is ... You Guessed It .... Dusk

Sure, nothing gold can stay, but check out the cerulean blues and brilliant tangerines of this James Turrell public art piece in the evenings and early mornings.

02/04/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Top Doctors 2020

Could This Device Help Save Covid-19 Patients Before the ICU?

A device that counts T-cells on the quick could help identify the most vulnerable patients.

09/04/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Posing in the Rain

6 Gorgeous Spots for Rainy Day Photoshoots in Houston

The city’s stormy season doesn’t have to stop you from making memories you’ll never forget.

06/22/2020 By Kaitlyn Miller

No more handshakes

The Future of Work in a Post-Pandemic World

We talked to three local experts about what the workplace is going to look like after the coronavirus crisis.

06/09/2020 By Catherine Wendlandt

The Sesquipedalian

Grace Walters Is the Spelling Bee Coach of Champions

In the world of competitive spelling, an 18-year-old from Magnolia is queen bee.

05/01/2020 By Laura Furr Mericas

Public Policy for a New Era: Introducing Rice University’s Master of Social Policy Evaluation

The program emphasizes using data analytics and research science to impact social policy and improve people’s lives.

03/02/2020

Perfect Party

March's Perfect Party: The Rah-Rah-Dash Edition

This month we're inviting a Houston Dash player, a super smart septuagenarian, and a bloodthirsty squirrel.

03/02/2020 By Catherine Matusow

Fix Houston

How to Mitigate Flooding

10 tips to help prevent future flooding.

01/30/2020 By Jeff Balke

Perfect Party

November's Perfect Party: Ladies' Night Edition

This month is all about female empowerment.

10/28/2019 By Catherine Matusow

Last Words

Levee Confronts Existential Anxiety With Paul Otremba's Most Potent Poetry

The late Rice professor turned in his final collection of poems in the throes of stomach cancer.

08/26/2019 By Morgan Kinney

Education

Expand Your Mind With These Classes

These Houston-area continuing education courses will restore your wellbeing and feed your mind, body, and soul.

07/22/2019 By Morgan Kinney, Gwendolyn Knapp, Nicki Koetting, Abby Ledoux, and Laura Furr Mericas

Essay

For Me, Aladdin Has Always Been Complicated. I'm Finally OK With That.

On the occasion of Houston's Aladdin obsession, one writer looks at the story as a way to process her identity.

06/28/2019 By Ivanka Perez