Rice University News & Media

Relive the fun and excitement of Rice University’s O-Week 2017 in this photo gallery and compilation video, featuring coverage of many of the week’s activities.

The Rice Owls football team will open the 2017 season more than 8,500 miles away in Sydney.

It takes a lot to get college students out of bed before dawn, but Aug. 13 was a special day — a day for which Rice University’s student advisers for O-Week had been preparing for months.