HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- In a David vs. Goliath type of showdown, three Black homeowners who were previously enslaved took on the wealthy Rice Institute when they began buying up property in ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- We may still be in the middle of a pandemic, which has impacted so many Houston businesses and industries, but at Rice University, the focus is on the future. The Welch ...

Rice University board of trustees has selected its first Black and foreign-born president in the school’s history. Reginald DesRoches has been at the university for five years, first as dean of ...

The Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University has received the largest individual contribution in its 32-year history.

Rice University has reopened its historic Academic Quadrangle, unveiling areas that emphasize gathering and inclusivity in the space that formerly featured a statue of the school’s segregationist ...

Regarding “Rice University moves founder’s statue, remains in redesign of main courtyard after racial reckoning,” (Nov. 29): Texas has an inglorious history of white supremacy. We seceded from two ...

It was a dark night in New York City in 1900. The old man slept in his bed alone. A vast fortune lay at his command. A shadowy figure approached. And the old man would never awake again. With the ...