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MS 300
Houston, TX 77005-2659

Jeff Falk, interim vice president and director of news and media relations
713-348-6775, jfalk@rice.edu

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  • Academic Affairs
  • Admissions
  • Budget
  • Crisis Management Team
  • Development and Alumni Relations
  • Finance and Administration
  • General Counsel
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology
  • Investments
  • President’s Office
  • Program in Writing and Communication
  • Provost’s Office
  • Public Affairs
  • Research
  • Rice Management Company
  • Rice Thresher
  • Rice University Police Department
  • Strategic Initiatives and Digital Education
  • Oversees all beats for stories and expertise that have potential interest to national and international media

Jade Boyd, science editor and associate director
713-348-6778,
jadeboyd@rice.edu
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  • George R. Brown School of Engineering
  • Institute for Biosciences and Bioengineering
  • Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology (K2I)
  • Rice 360° Institute for Global Health
  • Technology Transfer
  • Wiess School of Natural Sciences
  • Center for Research Computing

Amy McCaig, senior media relations specialist
713-348-6777,
amym@rice.edu
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  • Government Relations
  • Kinder Institute for Urban Research
  • School of Social Sciences
  • Shepherd School of Music

Avery Franklin, media relations specialist
713-348-6327, ar119@rice.edu
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  • Baker Institute for Public Policy
  • Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance
  • Chao Center for Asian Studies
  • Doerr Institute for New Leaders
  • Glasscock School of Continuing Studies
  • Jones Graduate School of Business
  • Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
  • Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative

Schaefer Edwards, media relations specialist
713-348-6769, swe1@rice.edu

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  • Center for Civic Leadership
  • Center for Career Development
  • Center for Education
  • Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Center for Written, Oral and Visual Communication
  • Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellows
  • Dean of Undergraduates (Student Affairs)
  • Fondren Library
  • Graduate Student Association
  • International Students and Scholars
  • Moody Center for the Arts
  • Program in Writing and Communication
  • Residential Colleges
  • Rice Counseling Center
  • Rice Media Center
  • Rice Public Art
  • School of Humanities
  • Student Association
  • Chao Center for Asian Studies

Silvia Cernea Clark, media relations specialist
713-348-6728, silviacc@rice.edu
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  • George R. Brown School of Engineering
  • Center for Theoretical Biological Physics
  • Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
  • School of Architecture, including Rice Design Alliance
  • Wiess School of Natural Sciences

Matt Wilson, senior editor
713-348-3930, matt.wilson@rice.edu
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  • Rice Athletics
  • Academic Advising
  • Facilities Engineering and Planning
  • Gibbs Recreation and Wellness CenterHuman Resources
  • Information Technology (for Rice News)
  • Multicultural Affairs
  • Naval Sciences
  • Rice Children’s Campus
  • Rice Memorial Center/Ley Student Center
  • Rice News

Arie Wilson Passwaters, editor of Rice News
713-348-6773, arie@rice.edu
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  • @Rice (alumni newsletter)
  • Archived photos
  • Coming Events calendar in Rice News
  • Metrics
  • Faculty awards (for commencement)
  • People, Papers, Presentations (PPPs) in Rice News
  • Rice News
  • Student awards

Sam Byrd, internal communications writer
713-348-6760, sam.byrd@rice.edu

Stefan De La Garza, news analyst
713-348-6772, srd9@rice.edu
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  • Dateline Rice
  • Hometown news releases

Brandon Martin, manager of videography
713-348-3535, bmartin@rice.edu

  • All beats, as needed

To reach the team member who is on call after hours, phone 713-348-6774.