Katharine Shilcutt

Amitav Ghosh on the dangerous delusions that created our climate crisis

The renowned novelist explored the global legacy of colonial attitudes and aggression during the two-night Campbell Lecture Series.

Getting rec’d

Texas abortion law to be discussed in webinar

GSA welcomes grad students new and returning with fall festivities

After a year spent studying remotely, Rice’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) knows the importance of reestablishing connections on campus — and creating a community for those first-year students just arriving.

Rice’s latest piece of public art, 'Seif,' lights up campus

Shirazeh Houshiary’s glass helix sculpture draws attention day and night.

Everybody dance now

Will Rice junior Annie Xu leads one group of incoming Duncan College students in a dance-off while Duncan sophomore Pia Arana and Duncan senior Mei Leebron lead another across the commons. Learning your college’s line dances and rally cheers are as much a part of O-Week as learning your way around campus. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow and Tommy LaVergne)

Experts will educate public at Sept. 20 teach-in on Texas abortion law, reproductive rights

Rice hosts Leah Litman, Melaney Linton, Wendy Davis and more in response to Texas abortion ban via Zoom webinar.

Rice Theatre presents 'On the Verge' Oct. 8-10

Eric Overmyer’s magical play follows three Victorian explorers through place and time.

Puppet masters

At the end of this semester, students in Afsaneh Aayani-Santos’ course on puppetry design — a brand-new offering in the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts — will have created their own fully original and fully articulated puppets.

Rivals remember 9/11 

Rice MOB and UH marching band on field, Sep. 11, 2021

Graduate Student Loan Closet reopens, restocked and revamped

The ‘incredible resource’ for three decades of Owls had to shut down during the pandemic.

Simmons: Confront legacies of slavery 'unflinchingly'

When she was president of an Ivy League university, Ruth Simmons learned the importance of confronting an institution’s complicated and controversial history head-on. Now, as a Rice trustee emerita and president of Prairie View A&M University, she has some thoughts and advice.

Resumayhem returns

The Center for Career Development's annual fall picnic and Resumayhem returned Aug. 27

Dashboard displays troubling trend of unexplained deaths

‘Slow-burning background crisis’ revealed in new work by Rice humanities researcher John Mulligan.

Bon voyage

Jazz musicians Brandon and Daleton Lee played a powerful send-off for Sondra Perry's monumental "Ocean Modifier," which closed its year-long installation at the Raymond and Susan Brochstein Pavilion on September 2.