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.
Moody Foundation grants $100 million to Rice University
The Moody Foundation has granted Rice $100 million to build a transformative new student center designed by one of the world’s premiere architects and to create endowments supporting student opportunity and success, both as part of the center and in other areas of the university.
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.
New GONZO247 mural revealed outside temporary classrooms at Rice
Award-winning Houston muralist GONZO247 believes everyone has an inner artist — and the new 40-foot community mural he painted with Rice students and alumni is one way to bring out that artistic energy.
School of Humanities talking new goals, why humanities matter in Owl Together series
What can you do with a humanities degree? And why are the humanities so important during times of pandemic, past and present?
OpenStax to vastly expand open education library with support from national foundations
OpenStax, Rice’s educational technology initiative, is vastly expanding its library of free textbooks, working toward a goal of ensuring that no student ever has to worry about textbook costs again. This work is possible as a result of new grants totaling $12.5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Charles Koch Foundation and the Stand Together community.
7 selected for Rice alumni board; president and president-elect announced
Seven alumni have been selected to serve on the Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) Board of Directors: Estevan Delgado ’13; Carol Der Garry ’83, ’85; Sten Gustafson ’89; Milinda McNeely ’79; Priya Prasad ’08; Shawn E. Simmons '99; and Mike Yuen ’89. They began their three-year terms July 1, when Bryan Guido Hassin ’01, ’02 became president of the ARA and Monique Shankle '86 became president-elect.
AMD gives supercomputer to Rice for COVID-19 research
AMD is donating a petaflop-scale supercomputer to Rice University to speed progress on pandemic-related research.
Black History Month at Rice includes returning favorites and new Black Excellence Gala
Nearly every day in February boasts an event in celebration of Black History Month at Rice University.