Rice football has hired Scott Abell as the program’s 20th head coach, according to an announcement from director of athletics Tommy McClelland, who led a national search to fill the position.

In this week's video, check out some of the costumes that students wore to Screw-Yer-Roommate this past Friday! Edited by Jasmine Liou The Rice Thresher Video editor is Jasmine Liou ...

This week, we followed Rice EMS to learn about how they operate, what their special events coverage looks like, and what draws people to REMS and inspires them to do the work they do. - Edited by Eli ...

Rice Dance Theatre presented their spring performance April 17-19. The show featured work by guest choreographer Kevin Ferguson.

Following Skelly’s address, a panel took place that featured Paul Goydan, Jeffrey Tillery and Hill Vaden. The panelists discussed their thoughts on the future of various green technologies. Tillery, ...

On the second day of the 2025 spring semester, Jan. 14, Rice men’s basketball will play their first home game of the semester against the University of Texas at San Antonio. As with most athletics ...

As the swim team reaches the midpoint of their season, the Owls are focused on refining their approach, embracing a culture of accountability and pushing themselves to excel at the AAC Championships ...

As the basketball season begins, fans may find the student section filled with new chants, signs and a larger-than-life foam cutout of Shrek’s face. Megan Vila, assistant director of marketing for ...

Cannes, Sundance and South by Southwest. What do they have in common? They’re all world-renowned film festivals that have exhibited the works of alumnus Kyle Henry ’94. Henry returned to Houston this ...

The 2024 Houston Cinema Arts Festival, which ran from Nov. 7 to 17, showcased a vibrant array of films with unique storytelling and artistic vision. Here are four of this year’s festival standouts, ...

With the release of his self-titled album “Shawn,” Shawn Mendes proves that men with abs can sing folk. The album, Mendes’ fifth, represents a marked shift from his previous work and is well worth a ...

Many film fans discuss their favorite Christmas movies, Valentine’s Day movies and even Election Day movies, but Thanksgiving cinema is too often forgotten. Here at the Thresher, we want to ...