Robert  “Bob” M. Stein, Rice professor emeritus and prominent political scientist, passed away July 18 of cancer at 75.

Rice’s student run boba tea shop will likely shutter its doors after managers were informed that they could no longer operate ...

In many ways, the current landscape of American higher education is unprecedented. Sweeping cuts to federal research funding, overt government efforts to control academic departments and censor campus ...

A crowd gathered at House of Blues Houston on June 18 to hear the upbeat bedroom pop that got many of them through high ...

In an office nestled near the elevator on the ground floor of Tudor Fieldhouse, Chuck Pool taps away at his keyboard, vowing to answer a few more emails before fielding questions from the Thresher.

In the early hours of the morning on July 4, flood waters rapidly rose the Guadalupe River to 30 feet above its normal height. One of the few gauges on the river failed. Young girls sleeping in the ...

Ask Beto O’Rourke about having the odds stacked against him. As a Democrat in Texas for the past 20 years, he knows the feeling better than anyone.

Modified Beer Bike races, dubbed “Bike Bike,” were held at the track April 18 from 5-8 p.m. Results were released by email April 21.

John Whitmire’s remarks on the city’s budget, transportation and infrastructure were interrupted twice by shouts from audience members at a Baker Institute event May 29.  At the event, which was ...

While the atmosphere prior to Night of Decadence is always animated, this year’s energy is different: It will be the 50th anniversary of Rice’s arguably best known public. While event-goers look into ...

Amid uncertainty in federal funding for universities, graduate school acceptances and funding may also be at risk. The National Institute of Health announced Feb. 7 that federal grants for ...