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Rice United Way Campaign over halfway to $250,000 goal

The Rice United Way Campaign is already 56% of the way to its $250,000 goal, having raised $139,740 in the first three weeks of the fundraising effort.

Tejada tells students to keep speaking up and speaking out for environmental justice

Matthew Tejada, director of the Office of Environmental Justice for the Environmental Protection Agency, addressed a live and virtual crowd Oct. 26

Opera house honors

Rice University's Brockman Hall for Opera was this year’s winner of the Associated General Contractors of America Build America Award in the Construction Management, New Under $99 Million category.

People, papers and presentations for Nov. 1, 2021

The Georgia Tech Alumni Association names Rice Provost Reginald DesRoches an honorary alumnus for his service and contributions to the community, and a paper about local activation time mapping of cardiac chambers led by Rice's Jennifer Hellar places second in major student competition.

Rice launches $2 billion capital campaign

Rice University has launched a comprehensive capital campaign to raise $2 billion by the end of 2025, by far the largest fundraising effort in the university's history.

Rice professor, grad student strike $45 million deal for startup

A startup biotech company founded by a Rice professor and a graduate student in 2018 has been acquired in a deal that could be worth as much as $400 million.

Friends of Fondren break bread

Rice University Representative Y. Ping Sun addressed the Friends of Fondren Library Oct. 21.

Student Center goes all out for final Halloween in RMC

The Rice Student Center does Halloween like no other student center.

Nicolaou wins Robert Koch Gold Medal

K.C. Nicolaou, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry, has been awarded the Robert Koch Gold Medal for his life’s work in biomedical science.

'Amazing in every way': Rice mourns death of Fulbright engineer Ricardo Poveda Calderon

Ricardo Poveda Calderon, a Rice doctoral student studying mechanical engineering, died Oct. 24. He was 32.

Rice United Way Campaign nearly halfway to $250,000 goal after two weeks

As the second week of the annual Rice United Way campaign came to a close, the fundraising endeavor hit $122,941, over 49% of its $250,000 goal.

Suspended students more likely to get caught up in juvenile justice system, and vice versa

Students who are suspended from school even once are much more likely to have contact with the juvenile justice system, according to new research from Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), which also shows that students who come in contact with the juvenile justice system are more likely to face suspension.

Beware of those fuzzy asp caterpillars, Rice EMS and Student Health Services warn

The fuzzy asp caterpillars found across campus and throughout Houston might look cute, but they can dish out nasty stings that can be excruciatingly painful and cause serious allergic reactions. So Student Health Services and Rice Emergency Medical Services (REMS) want to give everyone in the Rice community a seasonal warning.

Rice Business ranked No. 3 for entrepreneurship by Poets & Quants

The Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice is No. 3 in new ranking.

Many Latinos chose virtual learning for children to minimize health risks to family, study shows

Many Latino families chose virtual learning for their children instead of returning to the classroom last fall in an effort to minimize health risks and protect vulnerable family members from COVID-19, according to a new study from a Rice University sociologist.