Frank Ryan, a former Rice football star, NFL champion and highly-regarded professor, passed away Jan. 1 at the age of 87. In addition to his wife and four sons, Ryan is survived by 11 grandchildren ...

The temperature was hovering around the low 50s Tuesday morning when President Reggie DesRoches and Athletic Director Tommy McClelland jumped into Rice’s outdoor competition swimming pool alongside ...

A win over the University of Texas at San Antonio and a loss to Tulane University have pushed Rice football to 2-5 (1-3 in AAC) heading into the home stretch of the 2024 season. The Owls secured their ...

ktru hosted its 32nd annual music festival, the Outdoor Show on Saturday, March 30, with student cover band Sunset Blvd opening and Philly-born artist Binki headlining. Sunset Blvd kicked off the ...

This year’s Beer Bike took place Saturday, April 6. After a seven-minute delay, the alumni races began, followed by the women’s and then the men’s. For the second year in a row, each of the races were ...

This week, we interviewed students on their thoughts about ChatGPT, OpenAI's chatbot launched last November. What are your thoughts? - Created by Stella Son - The Rice Thresher video team consists of ...

The Roadrunners kept sets two and three closer, nearly achieving parity at 20-19 and 13-12 respectively, but ultimately lost out to the firepower of senior Danyle Courtley, hitting 0.382 with 16 kills ...

As the Powderpuff regular season comes to a close, six colleges vie for the coveted championship scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 23. With the most players of any intramural sport, Powderpuff is not taken ...

Thresher puzzles are usually 15x15, but can be 10x10, 12x12, 14x16, 21x21, etc. We’ll consider any puzzle where the two numbers add up to 20 or more. Most puzzles are themed, but we’re willing to ...

Sophomores Alexa Vela and Brayden Bowin often golf at Memorial Park, down the road from Rice campus. The two sport management and business majors established the Rice golf club on Feb. 14 of this year ...

R&B music filtered through the ballroom, mixing with the scuffling of shoes against hardwood as people rushed to settle in before New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay made her entrance. Once ...

Students and community members gathered outside the Baker Institute to protest the “Raising a Meaningful Voice” gala held Oct. 26. A Rice University Police Department officer at the protest estimated ...