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Top university entrepreneurship centers announced at GCEC conference

November 19, 2024

The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC), headquartered at the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship in Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, brought leading university entrepreneurship programs together to celebrate creativity and innovation in university-based entrepreneurship education for its annual conference Nov. 14-16. GCEC also announced the top programs in higher education at the event.

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Rice celebrates first Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander Night

November 18, 2024

The Rice community joined together at the grassy knoll outside the Memorial Student Center and Brochstein Pavilion to celebrate Rice’s first Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander Night Nov. 8. More than 800 people took in an evening of entertainment, fellowship and food and beverages from local businesses operated by people with SEAPI heritage. The evening was a collaboration between the Rice Vietnamese Student Association, Rice Filipino Student Association and Rice Southeast Asians United at Rice.

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Political block parties in Pennsylvania may have boosted voter turnout, new study finds

November 18, 2024

Research led by a Rice University political scientist finds that residents living in neighborhoods that hosted at least one block party in prior presidential election years were nearly 2 percentage points more likely to vote in that year’s presidential election compared to those who lived on blocks without such events.

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Campus parking violators get second chance for relief

November 18, 2024

On Nov. 19-20, anyone with unpaid parking citations issued on or before Nov. 15 may pay them off while simultaneously benefitting the Rice community through a donation program.



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Workshop highlights ‘pivotal moment’ for future of AI in space exploration

November 18, 2024

The In-Space Physical AI Workshop convened top scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and government leaders to explore the role of AI in space exploration.

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Rice University announces strategic expansion into India with Rice Global India

November 18, 2024

Rice is expanding its international presence with the launch of Rice Global India. This strategic initiative underscores the university’s commitment to fostering global collaboration and advancing its contributions to India’s rapidly growing education and technology sectors.

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‘Surprised and moved’: Rice student Jae Kim named Rhodes Scholar

November 17, 2024

Rice senior Jae Kim ’25 has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, one of just 32 American recipients – and the sole representative from a Texas university – chosen to study at the University of Oxford in England next fall.

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Fondren Library increases access to Rice research

November 15, 2024

As the fall semester progresses toward the holiday season, Rice’s Fondren Library is making efforts to increase the visibility of Rice research and reduce barriers to open access publishing for Rice-affiliated scholars.

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Houston premiere of newly discovered Chopin waltz performed at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music

November 14, 2024

A newly discovered waltz by Frédéric Chopin, recently unearthed from a vault at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, made its Houston debut Nov. 13 at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.

The Ion District, Houston’s hub for innovation, now has its very own pickleball experience with the newly-opened Pickle Lab.

New Pickle Lab in Ion District open to public

November 14, 2024

The Ion District, Houston’s hub for innovation, now has its very own pickleball experience with the newly-opened Pickle Lab.

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Shepherd School presents ‘Spirit of the Season’ with special arrangement by Broadway’s Andy Einhorn

November 14, 2024

Rice’s Shepherd School of Music is set to bring holiday magic to Houston with its annual “Spirit of the Season” concert Dec. 7 in Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera.

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Topping out ceremony marks progress on Rice’s Sarofim Hall

November 14, 2024

Rice celebrated the topping out of Susan and Fayez Sarofim Hall, a new visual arts building, Nov. 12.

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Rice WaTER Institute and Yokogawa partner on autonomous water treatment

November 14, 2024

Rice’s WaTER Institute and Yokogawa Corporation of America announced a new partnership in support of modular autonomous water treatment and reuse processes.

New Art/New Music Fall 2024

Moody’s ‘In Process’ comes alive through Shepherd School student compositions

November 13, 2024

Students of Rice’s Shepherd School of Music composed and performed original pieces in response to the themes of the Moody Center for the Arts’ fall 2024 exhibition “Do Ho Suh: In Process.”

Strategic Plan Roadshow - Momentous

Rice introduces strategic plan Momentous to local leaders and community partners

November 13, 2024

Rice welcomed an assembly of leaders ranging from higher education and Texas Medical Center institutions to state and local elected officials to share with them Rice’s newly unveiled 10-year strategic plan: Momentous: Personalized Scale for Global Impact.

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