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“A Conversation with Raymond L. Johnson” took place on Dec. 1, 2020.

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

December 7, 2020

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

Jackie McCauley in a photograph that was featured on the cover of the Houston Chronicle Sunday Magazine in 1965. © Houston Chronicle

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

December 7, 2020

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

Wiess College senior Arisa Sadeghpour, Hanszen College junior Mason Reece and McMurtry College senior Carolyn Daly won the inaugural MetroLab Student Cup pitch competition.

Voter research amid pandemic wins Rice students new national award

November 19, 2020

Undergrad team wowed judges by helping secure millions for polling place safety across Harris County.

Rice wins Mayor's Early Vote College Challenge

November 4, 2020

Plantation House at Varner-Hogg Plantation. Photo courtesy of Texas Historical Commission.

Slave trade artifacts and records to be studied with aid of new grant

November 4, 2020

The institution of slavery caused centuries of harrowing misery, triggered wars and left a searing legacy of racial injustice, but many of the artifacts and records pertaining to slavery’s history have been understudied or altogether forgotten.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Future of Supreme Court — both immediate and long-term — is focus of Rice webinar

October 29, 2020

Major challenges now facing the Supreme Court will be the topic of a Nov. 12 webinar.

Rice University with the Medical Center in the background.

'It takes more than science': Medical Humanities Program flourishes at Rice

October 23, 2020

Program’s popularity grows as more medical schools recognize need for humanity in health care.

Douglas Brinkley will draw from his well of presidential knowledge Oct. 1 in a virtual town hall, “Reflections on the 2020 Election.”

Rice professor, CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley to discuss 2020 election in virtual town hall

September 15, 2020

Brinkley will draw from his well of presidential knowledge Oct. 1 in a virtual town hall, “Reflections on the 2020 Election.”

Protests against racial injustice and police brutality have spread not only across the U.S., but also around the world — including France.

Which lives matter? Couti leads international forum Sept. 25 on race and policing in France

September 14, 2020

The public webinar will be preceded by special Humanities Now session for Rice undergrads.

Join us to commemorate the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, during which Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream' speech to be revisited in Aug. 28 lecture by Walter Earl Fluker

August 20, 2020

In commemoration of the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech, the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) will host an Aug. 28 lecture via Zoom by renowned speaker Walter Earl Fluker.

US and Japan flags split down the middle.

Rice historian available to discuss 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in WWII

August 10, 2020

HOUSTON – (Aug. 10, 2020) – Aug. 14 marks the 75th anniversary of the announcement of Japan's surrender to the Allies in World War II, effectively ending the deadliest conflict in history.

Alexander Byrd is the associate dean of humanities and associate professor of history, widely admired for his mentoring skills and captivating classroom presence.

Alexander Byrd appointed Rice’s first Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

July 27, 2020

The lauded history professor and Rice alum will guide diversity initiatives.

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

Humanities debuts unique Department of Transnational Asian Studies

July 20, 2020

The ‘Asia’ this department will study is nearly global.

From left: Leslie Harris of Northwestern University, James Campbell of Stanford University, Hilary Green of the University of Alabama and Anne Twitty of the University of Mississippi.

Rice panel focuses on how universities should confront and rectify histories of racism

July 13, 2020

How should universities confront and redress histories of racism on campus? When and where should monuments go, and what lessons can history offer now and in the future?

Melissa Kean retired as the university's Centennial Historian, a unique position suited to her unique passion for Rice history

Rice historian Melissa Kean retires

July 7, 2020

Her popular Rice History Corner blog will continue to live on.

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