More than 700 Rice Owls graduate during December commencement
December 5, 2023
Amidst a sea of academic regalia, more than 700 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral Owls concluded the latest chapter of their respective life stories and embarked on the next at the 2023 Rice University December commencement ceremony in Tudor Fieldhouse Dec. 5.
Numerous Rice Owls up for Grammy gold
November 17, 2023
A number of Rice University Shepherd School of Music alumni will be up for Grammy gold at the 66th annual Grammy Awards ceremony Feb. 4 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Rice research: DACA uncertainty leads to psychological stress for recipients
November 17, 2023
After former President Donald Trump announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2017, beneficiaries of it experienced significantly higher levels of distress and post-traumatic stress diagnoses than their non-DACA counterparts, according to a new study from Rice University.
Hitting all the right notes
November 6, 2023
Grammy Award-winning conductor and former Houston Symphony music director Hans Graf rehearses with the Rice Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra prior to its Oct. 27 performance. He conducted the orchestra in an exhilarating musical program titled “Fire and Ice,” featuring the work of Scriabin, Sibelius and Stravinsky.
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music presents Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ Nov. 3, 5
October 27, 2023
Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music will present Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. at the Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera . The romantic work is helmed by director Paul Curran with conductor Stephanie Rhodes Russell and the Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra under the tutelage of Joshua Winograde, director of opera studies.
It’s fall, y’all!
October 23, 2023
Rice Staff Council hosted its Fall Staff Social Oct. 20 at Valhalla. Staff members mingled while enjoying free food, drinks and conversation with their fellow colleagues and the university administration. Photos by Amy McCaig.