Two Owls among Houston’s 50 most influential women
February 28, 2022
Ana María Martínez, professor of voice, and Kathi Dantley Warren, vice president for development and alumni relations (DAR), have been named to Houston Woman Magazine’s annual list of Houston’s 50 Most Influential Women of 2020-21.
Rice launches $2 billion capital campaign
October 29, 2021
Rice University has launched a comprehensive capital campaign to raise $2 billion by the end of 2025, by far the largest fundraising effort in the university's history.
Moody Foundation grants $100 million to Rice University
September 22, 2021
The Moody Foundation has granted Rice $100 million to build a transformative new student center designed by one of the world’s premiere architects and to create endowments supporting student opportunity and success, both as part of the center and in other areas of the university.
OpenStax to vastly expand open education library with support from national foundations
September 10, 2020
OpenStax, Rice’s educational technology initiative, is vastly expanding its library of free textbooks, working toward a goal of ensuring that no student ever has to worry about textbook costs again. This work is possible as a result of new grants totaling $12.5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Charles Koch Foundation and the Stand Together community.
7 selected for Rice alumni board; president and president-elect announced
July 30, 2020
Seven alumni have been selected to serve on the Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) Board of Directors: Estevan Delgado ’13; Carol Der Garry ’83, ’85; Sten Gustafson ’89; Milinda McNeely ’79; Priya Prasad ’08; Shawn E. Simmons '99; and Mike Yuen ’89. They began their three-year terms July 1, when Bryan Guido Hassin ’01, ’02 became president of the ARA and Monique Shankle '86 became president-elect.