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Sending a message

With their mortarboards visible from the stadium stands above, many graduates took the opportunity to both decorate and coordinate them with face masks. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow)

‘I just wanted fireworks’: Class of 2020 returns for emotional graduation, reunion

Postponed by the pandemic, commencement finally came for these proud Owls.

Minor revolution: Class of 2021 graduates in historic in-person ceremony at Rice stadium

“You chose Rice, I believe, not because it was easy, but because it was hard,” said Rice President David Leebron.

8 selected for Rice Alumni board; president and president-elect announced

Eight alumni have been selected to serve on the Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) Board of Directors: Travis San Pedro, Alejandro Chaoul, Amy Good, Meg Brigman, David Leal, Robert Lundin, Bobby Dixon and Ian Akash Morrison.

Rice team vying for $1 million Solar Desalination Prize

A Rice team's clever design uses the power of the sun to make fresh water from saltwater, even at night.

Rice’s Walker beams down from space station

Rice alumna Shannon Walker and crewmate Kate Rubins, aboard the International Space Station, joined a conversation with students in Houston, Scotland and Ecuador.

Debate teams Zoom to national championships

Hosting meetings and giving presentations via Zoom during the pandemic has been tough enough for many of us. But Rice students in the George R. Brown Forensics Society have now won national debate competitions over Zoom — and in three different categories.

Acclaimed author, alumnus Larry McMurtry dies at 84

Larry McMurtry ’60, who launched his writing career as a student at Rice University — a place he considered his “intellectual home”— and became famous for such memorable novels as “Lonesome Dove,” “The Last Picture Show” and “Terms of Endearment” among his dozens of other books and screenplays, has died. He was 84.

Gray/Wawro Panel examines immense impact of migration on women and vice versa

Jaclyn Dean ‘12 was the first Rice student to declare a minor in Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities (PJHC).

Rice recognized as one of nation’s top producers of Fulbright scholars

Rice celebrated one of its largest cohorts of Fulbright scholars last year, when 11 alumni were offered grants from the program for work or research abroad.

Rice mourns tragedy in Jones School family

The Rice community mourns with the family of Jones Graduate School of Business student Jackie Nguyen, whose mother and three young children died in a house fire Feb. 16 in Sugar Land.

Task Force hosts conversation with Rice’s first Black student, Raymond Johnson

Johnson’s discussion was the third “Black at Rice” webinar convened this semester to offer dialogue on the Black student experience.

Rice learns from its history in weekly podcast from Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice

“Doc Talks” podcast sheds light on new research and other behind-the-scenes work done by Rice historians and students alike.

Rice salutes its veterans in annual ceremony

The 18th annual Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 honored three veterans and one active-duty service member among the Rice community.