Mark Ditman receives inaugural Y. Ping Sun Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
Mark Ditman, a longtime Rice employee who retired June 30 after nearly 29 years of service, is the inaugural recipient of the Y. Ping Sun Award for Outstanding Community Engagement.
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music presents Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ Nov. 3, 5
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.
Rice experts available to discuss Nov. 7 election topics
As early voting kicks off in Texas this week, Rice University experts are available to discuss the Nov. 7 election.
Rice welcomes United Arab Emirates health care leaders
Rice welcomed guests from the United Arab Emirates Oct. 12 and 17 as they toured the university’s BioScience Research Collaborative.
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.
Hans Graf returns to Houston to lead Rice Shepherd School Symphony Oct. 27
Grammy Award-winning conductor and former Houston Symphony music director Hans Graf will return to Houston Oct. 27 to guest conduct the Rice Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra in an exhilarating musical program titled “Fire and Ice,”featuring the work of Scriabin, Sibelius and Stravinsky.
Deep in the heart of red-state Texas, more than 80% of Houston voters support measures to reduce firearm deaths and injuries, and a majority may be willing to pay more in additional fees and taxes on essential city services, according to a new report from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Music on the move: The Concert Truck visits Rice for preview performance
The Concert Truck visited Rice Oct. 17 for a short performance in the Piazza Della Musica in front of the Shepherd School of Music’s Brockman Hall for Opera.
Rice helping study how soil health improvement can boost crops
America’s farmers rely on a host of practices such as cover cropping and crop rotation to maintain soil health, grow more productive crops and feed the U.S. and countries around the world. However, current research is too sparse to precisely demonstrate how these practices can actually affect the yields and bottom line for farmers.
Sherwin K. Bryant named director of Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies
Sherwin K. Bryant, a leading scholar of slavery, race and the early modern African diaspora, will join Rice University Jan. 1 as director of the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) and an associate professor in the Department of History.
Tunes on wheels: Rice Shepherd School bringing free music to community via The Concert Truck
Classical music from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music is coming to several locations around Houston Oct. 24 and 26 thanks to a fully functioning mobile concert hall called The Concert Truck.
Rice community gathers for campus vigil supporting Israel and Jewish students, faculty and staff
Approximately 200 members of the Rice University community, including Rice President Reginald DesRoches and Provost Amy Dittmar, gathered Oct. 11 in solidarity with the campus’ Jewish students, faculty and staff at an evening vigil for Israel, held at Ray Courtyard outside the Rice Memorial Center.
Rice astronomy experts available to discuss Oct. 14 annular eclipse
Rice University professors of physics and astronomy Patrick Hartigan and Patricia Reiff are available to discuss the Oct. 14 annular eclipse.
Rice Shepherd School’s James McCarthy named 2024 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow
James McCarthy, a graduate student in voice at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music , has been named a recipient of the 2024 San Francisco Opera (SFO) Adler Fellowship.
STaRTing the school year right
For the third year in a row, Rice’s School of Social Sciences held STaRT@Rice, an innovative program that provides a snapshot of the research process coupled with professionalization training.
