Rice is a community of curious thinkers, passionate dreamers and energetic doers who believe that improving the world demands more than bold thought and brave action. It takes unconventional wisdom.
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As one of the country’s most prominent and comprehensive research universities, Rice takes a creative, interdisciplinary approach to higher education. Students have unparalleled opportunities to learn from distinguished faculty through classroom interaction as well as research collaboration. Rice is developing disruptive digital technologies that enhance our students’ on-campus experience and improve educational outcomes for learners of all ages.
At Rice’s founding more than 100 years ago, no one could foresee the amazing discoveries to come, like Buckyballs, nanotechnology and artificial hearts. For the past century, Rice faculty and graduates have been honored with Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, Academy Awards, National Medals of Science and more. While it’s impossible to know what will be discovered during Rice’s next 100 years, one thing is certain—the unconventional wisdom that is Rice assures that amazing things will happen.
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