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Escrito y traducido por Astrid Campos Mata. Seguir un sueño tiene sus ventajas, pero también tiene un precio.

By Aneesha Nayak. A guide encouraging graduate students to not only dive deep into their academics, but also to embrace a fun and social life on Rice University’s campus.

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026

Sourdough Sociologists

By Caroline Wolski

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026

The Weight They Cannot See

Rice Wellbeing and Counselling Centre as a Place of Repose. By: Osinachi Okafor

Traducido por Maximiliano Triana: Blog Original: Finding Housing as a Graduate Student in Houston

By Astrid Campos Mata. This blog aims to raise awareness and inspire conversations.

By Maximiliano Triana. A practical way to learn, improve, or maintain a language while balancing research.

By Manuel Carmona Pichardo. A survival guide for graduate students leaving campus housing

By Caroline Wolski

By Aneesha Nayak. A guide to successfully write a personalized statement for PhD admissions.

Por Osinachi Okafor. Encontrar Departamento: Mucho ruido y pocas nueces… hasta encontrar el departamento correcto como estudiante internacional. Traducido por Maximiliano Triana: Blog Original: Finding Housing as a Graduate Student in Houston

By: Manuel Carmona Pichardo. A survival guide for graduate students leaving campus housing

By: Maximiliano Triana Camacho. A practical way to learn, improve, or maintain a language while balancing research.

By Astrid Campos Mata

作者:Daniela Hikari Yano:通过俱乐部运动在研究生院交朋友

By Manuel Carmona Pichardo. The oversimplified guide to your fifth year as graduate student.

By Nathaniel Uy. How Leadership Coaching Shaped My Confidence, Purpose, and Voice at Rice.

By Bohan Zhang. Exploring the heart of the Great Plains during the winter break.

Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026

Rocks, missions and donuts

By Gaetano Ferrante: A weekend getaway trip to the Texas Hill Country.

By Morgan Bettin-Coleman. Rice offers so many activities - there's something for everyone!

Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026

Rice Graduate Dining

By Osinachi Okafor. You Fit Swipe?

By Osinachi Okafor. Is Houston America or Nigeria?

By Osinachi Okafor. Is Houston America or Nigeria?

By Sebastian Berrios Carvajal. Being promoted from observer to participant in this deeply American tradition.

By Bohan Zhang. A Journey Through History.

By Bohan Zhang. A Six-Day Journey Across Texas.

By Bohan zhang. Five Days of History and Culture Across Texas’s Bustling Megaregion.

By Osinachi Okafor. I had my first lecturing debut in America and it was a delight!

By Osinachi Okafor. Much Ado About Finding the Right Apartment as an International Student

By: Maximiliano Triana Camacho. A quick guide to Houston Astros baseball, where orange and navy paint the city.

By Jae'la Solomon. Rice University offers many great opportunities for paid research and teaching work.

By Osinachi Okafor: What shocked you most about America upon arrival as a first timer?

By: Maximiliano Triana Camacho. Where Clutch City still means fourth-quarter poise

By: Nathaniel Uy, Reflections on growth, purpose, and finding belonging through the APSA experience

By: Maximiliano Triana Camacho. Where SWARM is more than a chant, it’s the way they play

By: Sebastián Berríos-Carvajal. Building a life, finding community, and dancing through my first year at Rice.

By: Maximiliano Triana Camacho. A quick guide to Rice Football, where Owls fly loudest.

By Alan Covarrubias. A Week of Scientific Exploration with Club de Ciencias Mexico.

By: Manuel Carmona Pichardo. The oversimplified guide to your first year as a graduate student

By Carly Graverson. Lessons learned from my graduate school journey.

By Bohan Zhang. Your Guide to Indoor Fun for the Hottest Days.

Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025

What’s For Ya, Is For Ya

By Daziyah Sullivan: A perspective on how to deal with rejection in academia. This can relate to a failed grant proposal, fellowship application, submitted paper, etc.

De Bohan Zhang. Eu moro no Rice Graduate Student Housing e aqui estao os motivos que eu amo!

Para estudantes de doutorado que recebem o subsidio, Rice irá cobrir 100% do seguro saúde.

De Carly Graverson. O poder de compra depende da sua localização.

By Jae'la Solomon. The Medical Humanities Research Institute has expanded my exploration of the world.

By Osinachi Okafor. The Church: A Second Home or a Much-Needed Community?

Monday, Jul. 21, 2025

The Mercatus Center Fellowships

By Brandon Garcia. This article shares a great opportunity to undergraduate and graduate students at Rice.