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Ready, set, Lego!

January 23, 2023

For the first Owls After Dark event of the semester, the Rice Student Center partnered with the Doerr Institute for New Leaders to host a late-night Lego building competition Jan. 19 in the Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall.

Students

Doerr’s spring Catalyst program designed to help students become better leaders

December 16, 2022

Looking to build leadership skills in the new year? The Doerr Institute for New Leaders’ Catalyst program is now open for applications from Rice students.

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All fun and games

September 6, 2022

The Rice Student Center and the Doerr Institute for New Leaders joined forces Aug. 25 to host a fun filled Owls After Dark Game Night.

Stefanie Johnson

Leadership expert Stefanie Johnson named director of Doerr Institute

June 14, 2022

Stefanie Johnson, acclaimed leadership author, professor and keynote speaker, has been named the new director of the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University. She will take over for outgoing director Tom Kolditz July 1.

HigherLed

Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders unveils new elective classification, resource community

March 29, 2022

Leadership education and development proponents have two new ways to elevate their commitment to developing skills students need to become leaders: the Carnegie Elective Classification in Leadership for Public Purpose (LPP) and HigherLed, a digital resource community.

people, papers, presentations

People, papers and presentations for March 28, 2022

March 28, 2022

Kimberly Jones , a doctoral candidate in Rice’s Department of History, has been selected as one of eight WW Dissertation Fellows in Women’s Studies for 2022 by the Institute for Citizens and Scholars and will receive $5,000 to go toward expenses incurred while completing her work.

Doerr

Doerr Institute spearheads efforts to develop leaders across the country

February 28, 2022

The Ann and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders, in partnership with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education, plans to launch Leadership for Public Purpose.

Tom Kolditz

Kolditz, director of Rice's Doerr Institute, announces departure

February 14, 2022

Tom Kolditz, director of Rice University's Ann and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders, has announced his departure from Rice effective June 30, 2022. He will remain with the institute as a member of its external advisory board.

Tim Harrison '20 speaks during a FWIS course

Young alum shares power of poetry to promote critical dialog

February 7, 2022

Tim Harrison ’20 brought a powerful spoken-word performance to campus for a FWIS class

Leadership Reckoning

Rice’s Doerr Institute expands CoachRICE program to serve other institutions

December 9, 2021

The Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University is expanding its CoachRICE leadership coaching program, providing other institutions of higher education with training to improve how they develop students as high-potential leaders.

Alexander Hernandez

Starting from the bottom: Grad student charts an unconventional path from Venezuela to Rice

November 8, 2021

'Everybody needs to learn from him that nothing in the world is impossible'

Statue of Liberty with the twin towers in the background.

Rice U. experts available to discuss 20th anniversary of Sept. 11

September 3, 2021

PPP

People, papers and presentations June 28, 2021

June 28, 2021

The MD Anderson Leadership Institute at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Prism Award 2020 nominee.

The new Department of Transnational Asian Studies will be housed on the fifth floor of Lovett Hall. (Photo by Brandon Martin)

Leadership during a crisis can make or break trust, according to Doerr Institute founder

August 29, 2020

HOUSTON – (April 29, 2020) – People trust leaders who show they have “skin in the game” during a crisis, according to an expert at Rice University’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders.

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As Hurricane Laura nears Texas coast, experts available from Rice

August 25, 2020

HOUSTON — (Aug. 25, 2020) — As Hurricane Laura nears the Texas coast, Rice University has a number of experts that can discuss a wide variety of storm-related topics.

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