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Faculty Orientation 2025

A growing university: Rice welcomes 97 new faculty to bolster teaching, research

August 20, 2025

Just like incoming freshmen are getting to know the Rice campus during O-Week, newly hired faculty spent two days in an orientation of their own before classes start.

Faculty Address 2025

Rice Class of 2029 consumes sage advice by day, barbecue by night

August 19, 2025

On the second morning of O-Week, Rice’s Class of 2029 assembled in Tudor Fieldhouse to hear advice from professors who shared their academic experiences as well as secrets for success — both at Rice and beyond. The faculty delivered short, TED Talk-style lectures encouraging new students to explore the possibilities the university offers.

Weeks of Welcome 2025

Weeks of Welcome to connect Owls with campus community, resources

August 16, 2025

As a continuation of Rice’s Office of Student Success Initiatives’ O-Week, the Student Center will host Weeks of Welcome Aug. 23-Sept. 6 at various locations on campus. The program will combine academic, educational, developmental and social programming for both undergraduate and graduate students to provide a solid foundation for new and returning students as they transition or return to Rice. 

Owl Access 2025

Owl Access sets up incoming Rice students for success

August 16, 2025

Rice’s Office of Student Success Initiatives hosted a prematriculation program for incoming Rice freshman and their families Aug. 14-16 as a leadup to O-Week. Named Owl Access, the initiative is led and supported by current students to welcome freshmen who move in early to Rice, providing a comfortable adjustment period and easing them into college life.

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Rice, city relocate crosswalk signal to boost safety near graduate apartments

August 15, 2025

Rice demonstrated its commitment to campus and community safety with the recent relocation of a crosswalk signal. Rice worked with the surrounding neighbors and the city of Houston to transfer a high-intensity activated crosswalk signal previously located on Sunset Boulevard in front of Congregation Emanu El to Rice Boulevard at Gate 23 near First Christian Church — an area that experiences substantially more foot traffic.

RESP 2025

Rice Emerging Scholars Program prepares first-year students for STEM success

August 15, 2025

Rice’s campus was buzzing this summer as students in the Rice Emerging Scholars Program wrapped up six weeks of challenging courses, hands-on projects and community-building. The end-of-program events and presentations marked the culmination of a summer designed to prepare incoming first-year students — particularly those from under-resourced high schools — for the pace, depth and rigor of STEM majors at Rice.

Wesley Sinor

‘Forever grateful’ Rice alumnus steps in line for top chair with Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

August 11, 2025

Rice alumnus Wesley Sinor ’97, who graduated with a master’s degree from the Jones School of Business, has been flagged as Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's chairman-elect.

Civic Immersion

Moody Civic Immersion program introduces incoming Owls to service-learning, Houston area

August 11, 2025

Rice’s academic year is about to launch, but dozens of incoming Owls started early by engaging with the city and its social justice issues, addressing them through the Ross Rankin Moody Civic Immersion program, one of the flagships of the university’s Center for Civic Leadership.

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‘A future full of promise’: Rice to welcome largest class in history

August 11, 2025

Rice will kick off its annual orientation, lovingly dubbed O-Week, Aug. 17 in a series of programs that familiarize incoming students with their new schools, residential colleges and classmates as it welcomes the Class of 2029.

A new Rice University study explores how different types of housing instability affect long-term outcomes in health, income, and family life.

Breaking the cycle: Housing instability shapes lives while hitting some harder than others

July 25, 2025

New research, led by Brielle Bryan, offers a clearer view of what instability really looks like and why it should be treated as a driver of inequality, not just a symptom.

Shepherd School

Rice’s Shepherd School of Music announces 2025-26 season

July 16, 2025

With orchestral, chamber, opera and recital programs, the milestone season showcases the excellence of Shepherd’s students and faculty alongside appearances by distinguished guest artists.

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Rice alumni come full circle as clinical leaders for REMS

July 16, 2025

Three Rice alumni who are now medical doctors comprise the clinical leaders for Rice Emergency Medical Services, the university’s student-led team of emergency medical technicians.

ETC Lab

Rice empowers Houston teens to lead through entrepreneurship, technology and civics

July 15, 2025

Rice hosted five high school students for a forward-thinking summer pilot program named the ETC Lab, designed to equip high school juniors and seniors with the tools to become empowered, civically engaged citizens and future leaders.

Blood Drive

Rice EMS’s blood drive helps save lives

July 15, 2025

Rice Emergency Medical Services partnered with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center to host a campus blood drive July 12.

Moody celebrates Pride 2025

Moody Center recognizes Pride Month with live music, open gallery

June 30, 2025

Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts welcomed enthusiastic arts and music lovers for a Pride Month happy hour on the afternoon of June 26, which featured renditions of pop favorites by Pride Chorus Houston and tunes from DJ Krazzy Kris.

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