Rice Design Alliance bids Sylvan farewell

Linda Sylvan, second from left, chats with Julie Browning, left, dean for undergraduate enrollment, who was among well-wishers at a reception at Brochstein Pavilion June 29 to honor Sylvan’s 34 years of service to Rice Design Alliance, the last 29 as its executive director. Sylvan, profiled on the Rice School of Architecture website, will step down when her replacement is hired. Sylvan is a Rice alumna, earning a degree in art history in 1973.