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“Rice would simply not be what it is today without our Asian-American and Asian students,” President David Leebron told more than 200 students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members at a kickoff celebration commemorating 100 years of Asian undergraduate life at Rice Jan. 27 at the Rice Media Center.

Members of the Rice community and senior representatives of local law enforcement agencies turned out to pay tribute to Chief of Police Johnny Whitehead at a retirement reception.

A newly discovered wasp victimizes gall wasps by modifying their behavior and tunneling to freedom through their heads. It’s a rare example of a parasite infecting a parasite, a process known as hypermanipulation, according to scientists at Rice.