Faculty

RUPD hosts National Night Out

The Rice University Police Department hosted National Night Out at the Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center Oct. 5. Attendees enjoyed free food, drinks, games and the chance to dunk a police officer in a tub of water.

Rice’s HACER gets its game on during Our Heritage Month

Rice Owls gathered for a night of festivities at Rice Memorial Center during the Hispanic Association for Cultural Enrichment at Rice Game Night, one of the many events planned throughout Our Heritage Month to celebrate Latine culture and traditions and to reflect on past and current social issues on campus Sept. 15-Oct. 15.

Rice’s Campbell Lecture Series to feature National Book Award winner, Harvard professor Imani Perry Nov. 15-16

Imani Perry will headline Rice University’s Campbell Lecture Series Nov. 15-16, sponsored by the School of Humanities. She is a Harvard University professor, National Book Award winner and 2023 MacArthur Fellow.

Susann Glenn honored by Rice Board of Trustees

Rice’s Board of Trustees recognized Susann Glenn of the Office for Finance of Administration for her 18 years of service and accomplishments in multiple initiatives throughout her career with the university.

Rice’s Medical Humanities Research Institute has transformational agenda for health care

Rice University has launched its Medical Humanities Research Institute, the only institute in the United States and one of few in the world solely dedicated to advancing translational research on human experiences of health and illness. 

Welcome Back gathering unveils new Friday campus tradition

Each Friday is now Rice Spirit Friday. Rice faculty, staff, students, alumni and supporters are encouraged to wear clothing that bears the Rice logo or features Rice colors.

Rice welcomes families for weekend of festivities

Rice hosted Families Weekend Sept. 29-30. Over two sunny days, parents, families and loved ones got an inside look at the unique Rice experience.

Rice’s Medical Humanities Research Institute has transformational agenda

Rice University recently launched its Medical Humanities Research Institute, the only institute in the United States and one of the few in the world that is solely dedicated to advancing translational research on human experiences of health and illness.

Rice’s Mariachi Luna Llena plays national anthem at Astros game

Rice’s student-led Mariachi Luna Llena performed the national anthem at the Sept. 23 Houston Astros baseball game.

Our Heritage Month Weekly Hangout brings Owls together

Students and members of the Rice community gathered at the university’s Multicultural Center Sept. 21 for an Our Heritage Month Weekly Social Hangout, one of many events planned to celebrate Hispanic culture and traditions on campus Sept. 15-Oct. 15.

Rice creates $1M scholarship in honor of Ruth Simmons

An event intended to honor higher education trailblazer Ruth Simmons’ best-selling new memoir became a groundbreaking event of its own when Rice University President Reginald DesRoches announced the creation of a $1 million scholarship in Simmons’ honor.

Preston, four others win Ig Nobel Prize for ‘necrobotic’ spider study

Mechanical Engineering’s Daniel Preston, three graduate students and a postdoctoral fellow have won a 2023 Ig Nobel Prize for their “necrobotic” robot arm that incorporated a dead spider.

New Rice leadership members greeted during reception

More than 100 members of the Rice community gathered at Brockman Hall for Opera Sept. 15 to welcome a slate of the university’s newest leadership team members: Stephen Bayer, vice president for development and alumni relations; Melinda Spaulding Chevalier, vice president for public affairs; and Tommy McClelland, vice president and director of athletics.

Ralph S. O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science official opening marks ‘beginning of new era at Rice’

The Ralph S. O’Connor building for Engineering and Science was officially inaugurated yesterday with a ceremony commemorating the late Rice University trustee whose generosity helped make it a reality.

President’s Distinguished Fellow Ruth Simmons to discuss her book

Rice University will host a conversation with Ruth Simmons, a President’s Distinguished Fellow, at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, in Rice’s Brockman Hall for Opera.