Business leaders, Rice commit to support Houston innovation
Prominent entrepreneurs and business leaders have committed to invest in Houston’s innovation landscape as part of the inaugural cohort of the Rice University Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie)’s Leadership Council.
Rice homecoming brings Owls together for weekend of celebrations
The campus will welcome alumni, students, faculty, staff and families for Rice Alumni Weekend Nov. 3-4. Part homecoming, part class reunion and part family weekend, the 48 hours promise something for everyone.
Rice Athletics inducts 2023 hall of fame class
The Rice Athletics Hall of Fame inducted its newest class of legendary standouts during a ceremony Oct. 27 at the Westin Houston Medical Center Ballroom.
Rice marks campus sustainability day with afternoon of festivities
Rice’s Office of Sustainability hosted its annual Campus Sustainability Day to highlight and celebrate student organizations, campus departments and community partners that advance sustainability on campus and within Houston.
Rice Facilities and Capital Planning recognized with industry award
The Rice facilities and capital planning department was recently recognized with an award from IBM and Reliability Web during Reliability Web’s 2023 conference for the university’s progress in automating business process solutions for space management, operations, maintenance and capital construction project management.
The Rice Student Volunteer Program (RSVP) hosted its Project Pumpkin event Oct. 28, featuring pumpkin carving and other Halloween-themed activities in the Central Quad.
The Rice University campus gathered together to create a screecher of an event: pumpkin carving. No gourd was left untouched as Owls collected to wreak havoc on the fruit du jour while also sharing their creativity.
Rice physicist Evelyn Tang is inaugural recipient of early career award
Rice theoretical physicist Evelyn Tang is an inaugural recipient of the Interdisciplinary Early Career Scientist Prize from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
A Rice-led collaboration of engineers, oncologists and global health partners from three continents is establishing a research center in the Texas Medical Center to develop affordable, effective point-of-care (POC) technologies to improve early cancer detection in low-resource settings in the United States and other countries.
Discussions of international relations and the perilous state of the world were front and center as three former U.S. secretaries of state shared their perspectives on global affairs, democracy and diplomacy at the Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy’s 30th anniversary gala Oct. 26.
Mark Ditman receives inaugural Y. Ping Sun Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
Mark Ditman, a longtime Rice employee who retired June 30 after nearly 29 years of service, is the inaugural recipient of the Y. Ping Sun Award for Outstanding Community Engagement.
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music presents Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ Nov. 3, 5
Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music will present Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. at the Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera . The romantic work is helmed by director Paul Curran with conductor Stephanie Rhodes Russell and the Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra under the tutelage of Joshua Winograde, director of opera studies.
Recap: Rice celebrates Our Heritage Month
Rice University wrapped up Our Heritage Month, a celebration of Latine and Hispanic cultures represented on campus, following a series of events held Sept. 15-Oct. 15. Watch the recap video to sample the variety of programming Rice community members took part in throughout the month.
Leaders from Rice University and Mexico’s Anáhuac University will unveil a new international executive education program Nov. 6 at a signing ceremony at Rice.
Breakthrough synthesis method improves solar cell stability
A process developed by Rice engineers and collaborators yields 2D halide perovskite crystal layers of ideal thickness and purity through dynamic control of the crystallization process ⎯ a key step toward ensuring device stability for optoelectronics and photovoltaics.
