Swim head coach Seth Huston took a peek at the team scores before the diving event on the final day of the American Conference Championship. Rice was still ahead. “I’ll call it relief,” Huston said.

At 73, Michael Gustin has spent almost 30 years teaching at Rice. The professor of biosciences has left his mark on the university over his three decades, from his creation of the student-taught COLL ...

A picnic table loafer by day and a huntress by night, Lovett College’s Mama Cat is a cat of many meows and much mystery. Over the past three years, she has become a campus celebrity and cherished ...

Under Beth Leaver’s tenure as the interim assistant vice president for housing, dining and hospitality, she has implemented many changes — including the transition to the unpopular unlimited meal plan ...

Standing before a panel of Major League Baseball executives and seasoned data scientists, members of the Rice University sport analytics team were not just trying to win a trophy. They were trying to ...

The city of Houston just made a change that could cause delays to ripple across the city’s entire transportation network. The Red Line is Rice’s primary gateway into Houston. With two stops serving ...

Former Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov began his talk at the Baker Institute for Public Policy with, he said, the same words he uses at every speaking engagement. “I am Omer Shem Tov, and I am a free ...

In one of the most crowded races in the Rice Student Association’s history, Chelsea Asibbey has been elected RSA president for the 2026-27 school year. After five rounds of ranked choice voting, she ...

With an 18-7 win over Brown College, fifth-seeded Hanszen College claimed the intramural softball title Saturday, capping off a dominant playoff run. The victory marked Hanszen’s first IM softball ...

Years before Lovett Hall was built, buffalo herds roamed the coastal prairie ecosystems of the Houston area on land that Indigenous nations called their home. Now, Rice researchers and Indigenous ...

Last month, UnoTheActivist turned Pub into a mosh pit and reminded the Thresher that Rice has a louder musical history than many think. Dig through Thresher archives and one will find a surprisingly ...

After joining a new conference this fall, the Rice men’s rugby team remains focused on growth, despite a 1-3 record. The Owls now compete in the National Collegiate Rugby Conference against larger ...