Impact stories across the Rice community
Accelerate - Issue 5
Spring 2026
As one of the world’s most diverse and forward-looking cities, Houston offers unmatched opportunities for collaboration and discovery that are helping Rice extend its impact around the world. This issue of Accelerate explores the launch of the new MFA in Creative Writing, the Digital Health Initiative’s collaboration with the Texas Medical Center and research and international engagement through the Claudio X. González Center for the United States and Mexico. These stories illustrate how meaningful progress at Rice grows from deep engagement with the city we call home — and is fueled by the support of Rice’s philanthropic community.
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