Inaugural Community Market connects Rice alumni business owners
Rice University hosted its inaugural Community Market during Alumni Weekend, the largest annual alumni event on campus. Between 8:30-11 a.m. Nov. 4, 24 vendors filled the Greenbriar lot as Rice alumni business owners sold products, generated awareness of their businesses and networked with each other.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby talks innovation, sustainability with President DesRoches
Rice University President Reginald DesRoches spoke with United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Nov. 1 at The Ion as part of a new series called “Visionary Voices.” Jan Odegard, executive director at The Ion, and Managing Director of United Airlines Ventures Andrew Chang, a Rice alumnus, opened the conversation by introducing the goals of their respective companies and commending Rice for creating The Ion.
Annual SSPEED Center conference welcomes international flood-control experts
The Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center at Rice hosted its 11th annual conference last month at the university’s Anderson-Clarke Center.
Ngozi Ukazu, graphic novel author and illustrator, recently visited David Messmer’s class African American Comics and Graphic Novels as a guest lecturer.
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.
Owls take home singles, doubles titles at Rice Invitational
Sophomore Darya Schwartzman was named the singles champion, while Schwartzman and junior Saara Orav were named doubles champions on the final day of the Rice Invitational at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.
One-of-a-kind practice organ gifted to Rice music students
Imagine being able to replicate the sound of the finest organs from cathedrals and concert halls around the world without ever having to travel.
Rice VP for research addresses energy demand at international engineering conference
Rice Executive Vice President for Research Ramamoorthy Ramesh presented the Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, “Energy: The True Final Frontier,” at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.
Rice University alum Angela Berry Roberson ’90 was sworn in to serve as the senior adviser in the Departmental Office of Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Transportation Oct. 23, 2023.
Global temperature variations impact the planet’s water cycle
A new study by Rice climate scientist Sylvia Dee and an international team of collaborators sheds light on the impact that global temperature variation over the past 2,000 years has had on the planet’s hydrological cycle.
Rice’s Glasscock School celebrates educators with ‘Life in Schools’ event
Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies held its “Life in Schools” event Oct. 28, highlighting first-year teaching experiences and honoring two faculty members for their long tenures as educators.
Rice students ‘soar together’ thanks to donors’ generosity
Rice University recently welcomed donors and scholarship recipients to the Moody Center for the Arts for “Soaring Together,” a reception celebrating the generosity of the Rice community and the transformational impact of scholarship endowments.
Texas Life Science Forum to highlight Texas health innovation Nov. 7 at Rice’s McNair Hall
The 12th annual Texas Life Science Forum takes place Nov. 7 at Rice University and will bring together 600 attendees for keynote speakers, panels and pitches from life science technologies. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and BioHouston host the premier life science and health tech event in Texas each year to bring together members from industry, emerging life science companies, academics and investors.
Luz Garcini, an assistant professor of psychological sciences at Rice University and interim director of Community Health at the university’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is a recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists.
Robert Santos, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will discuss leveraging data to advance equity and diversity, lessons learned from the 2020 census and his plans to reach historically undercounted communities in 2030 at a Rice Kinder Forum event Nov. 8.
