Erika Thompson joins Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies as associate director
In a move to bolster its academic and community engagement, Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies has appointed Erika Thompson as its new associate director.
‘The surviving shards’: Donation preserves comic art at Rice
Rice’s Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop has received a significant donation of original comic art, enhancing its already sizable collection.
Rice student’s Juneteenth poem celebrates legacy of Freedmen’s Town
Though she grew up in Houston’s Freedmen’s Town, Avalon Hogans didn’t start digging into the history of the area until she came to Rice.
International Timpani Intensive debuts at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music
For five days of musical immersion in early June, the inaugural International Timpani Intensive brought together timpanists from around the globe to Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.
Japanese migrants’ experiences in Texas celebrated in award-winning exhibit
Completed in time to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Month in May 2023, Fondren Fellows project “History of Japanese Farmers in Texas” recently won the 2024 Texas Digital Library’s Trailblazer Award.
Paris Center thrives as academic hub
In its first year of full programming, the Rice Global Paris Center has provided a hub for teaching, learning and research that has brought together participants from all over the globe.
From cards to classrooms: How Rice is helping students imagine More&More futures
The premise of the game is simple. Players draw six cards from different categories then select a role card, such as an artist, child, pet, religious leader or architect.
Moody Center’s ‘Resonant Earth’ explores humanity’s entangled relationship with the land through art
“Resonant Earth: Contemporary Perspectives on Land and Body” is a new exhibition at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts that challenges viewers to reevaluate their relationship with the land.
Panel discussion probes impact of Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action
Researchers and higher education leaders participated in a June 18 panel discussion at Rice titled “In the Wake of Affirmative Action.”
Exploring climate change through wine
Among the courses recently offered at the Rice Global Paris Center was “Climate Change, Economics and the Wine Industry,” which brought students to Paris for three weeks in May.
Ahead of Juneteenth celebrations, Rice experts available to discuss history, significance, impact
Now a federal holiday for its third year, Juneteenth celebrates the June 19, 1865 arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas, who delivered the news that enslaved people in the state were finally free – two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Moody Fellowship helps Rice rising senior investigate Colombian hydroelectric project
Sarah Davidson, a rising senior at Rice, is making strides in the fields of history and anthropology through her research on Hidroituango, Colombia’s largest hydroelectric dam.
A recent Traveling Owls visit to Paris included a special behind-the-scenes experience: sitting in on rehearsal of National Orchestra of France and having lunch with its Grammy Award-winning conductor: Shepherd School alumnus Cristian Măcelaru.
Longtime master of trumpet and Shepherd School professor passes away after ALS battle
Charlie Geyer, the trumpet professor who spent the last decade of his celebrated career at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, passed away this week at the age of 79 after a long battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Italian immersion: Rice voice students travel to Italy to learn language, history
It’s difficult for second-year master’s student Megan Brilleslyper to pick her favorite memory from her three-week trip to Florence, Italy, with several other voice students from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.
