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The World Cup is officially underway at the Graduate Commons.Our graduate students gathered with the rest of the Rice co...
06/11/2026

The World Cup is officially underway at the Graduate Commons.
Our graduate students gathered with the rest of the Rice community to watch the first match between Mexico and South Africa, bringing plenty of spirit.
With so many countries represented in our graduate community, the World Cup is more than a tournament — it’s a chance to celebrate the global connections that make Rice feel like home.
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the first watch party. More matches, more memories and more reasons to cheer together are ahead.
Check out all the news and events at rice.edu/fifa26

06/11/2026

World Cup ready, Rice style. ⚽️

Our Fulbright graduate students kicked off the games by passing the official match ball across campus, stopping at the Rice-themed soccer balls created by Houston artist Donkeeboy.

With so many countries represented at Rice, there’s plenty of Rice pride to go around — and a little extra hometown excitement as the games come to Houston.

Rice Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences graduate student Debjeet Pathak is helping uncover new clues about the ...
06/09/2026

Rice Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences graduate student Debjeet Pathak is helping uncover new clues about the early solar system — and the building blocks that helped make Earth habitable.
As the corresponding author on a new paper in Science Advances, Pathak worked with Rice researchers to study iron meteorites, fragments from some of the earliest planetary bodies to form more than 4.5 billion years ago.
By recreating meteorite crystallization in the lab, the team found new evidence about how nitrogen and phosphorus — two elements essential for life — were distributed in the early solar system.
Their findings suggest Earth’s life-essential ingredients may have been sourced from early small, solid celestial bodies formed from cosmic dust and gas in the inner solar system.
At Rice, graduate students are not just studying the universe. They are helping explain how it came to be.

Deep in the heart of Texas — and now officially honorary Texans.Rice Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies was proud to welc...
06/05/2026

Deep in the heart of Texas — and now officially honorary Texans.

Rice Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies was proud to welcome EducationUSA advisers to Houston alongside Rice Undergraduate Admissions, the University of Houston and Lone Star College.

EducationUSA advisers help international students worldwide explore opportunities to study at U.S. colleges and universities, guiding them through the application process and helping them find the right academic fit.

Their visit included a special moment as Jennifer Hunter, assistant dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, made the group honorary Texans.

We’re grateful for the chance to showcase Rice, Houston and the incredible higher education community that helps make this city such a global destination for students.

Read more about the visit in our bio.

06/03/2026

Summer at Rice, with sprinkles on top. 🍦☀️
Rice Staff Council brought campus together for a Staff Appreciation Ice Cream Social — a sweet summer pause to celebrate the people who keep Rice moving all year long.
GPS staff joined the fun, campus leadership served the scoops, and Dean Matsuda made sure the raspberry sorbet was in good hands.
Thank you, Rice Staff Council, for making appreciation feel this sweet.

Quiet summer quad, native flowers doing their thing. 🌿Just inside the Sallyport, Rice’s Academic Quad is the heart of ca...
06/02/2026

Quiet summer quad, native flowers doing their thing. 🌿
Just inside the Sallyport, Rice’s Academic Quad is the heart of campus — designed with Texas-friendly plants, more shade and space to gather. It may be a little quieter this time of year, but it still looks like Rice.
The quad’s redesign includes native and climate-adapted plants that support pollinators and increase biodiversity on campus.
Learn more at rice.edu/quad

Is everything really bigger in Texas?For GPS Graduate Ambassador Manuel Carmona Pichardo, the answer is bigger than high...
05/29/2026

Is everything really bigger in Texas?
For GPS Graduate Ambassador Manuel Carmona Pichardo, the answer is bigger than highways, food portions or pickup trucks.
In his latest blog, Manuel reflects on what the famous phrase actually means for international students experiencing Texas for the first time — from Houston’s scale to its culture of pride, hospitality and “hearty” energy.
Read the full blog at the link in bio.

Graduate school is more than what happens on campus.Recently, our Graduate Ambassadors caught a Houston Dash game and to...
05/28/2026

Graduate school is more than what happens on campus.

Recently, our Graduate Ambassadors caught a Houston Dash game and took in one of the best parts of being a Rice graduate student: living in Houston.

From professional sports and world-class museums to food, music, parks and neighborhoods to explore, Houston offers our students a city full of ways to connect, recharge and build community.

Learn more about the Graduate Ambassador Program at graduate.rice.edu/student-ambassadors

05/27/2026

The academic year of 2025–2026 was one to celebrate.
From research breakthroughs and fellowship wins to GPS moments, campus traditions, commencement memories and everything in between, this year was full of Rice minds at work.
One year. Countless Rice moments.
Here’s to what’s next.

05/26/2026

Melissa Hurtado Nuez, a second-year Ph.D. student in sociology at Rice, was recently named a 2026 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow.
An immigrant from Cuba, Melissa studies migration, health and guns in society, with a focus on how immigrant communities navigate safety, belonging and structural inequality in the United States.
Selected from more than 3,000 applicants, Melissa is one of 30 outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants chosen for this year’s Soros Fellowship class.
At Rice, her work is helping expand how we understand immigrant well-being, public safety and the policies that shape both.

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