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Rice President Reginald DesRoches at Owl Together weekend town hall

Owl Together 2022 — celebrating Rice’s past with an eye to the future

October 31, 2022

This year’s Owl Together festivities kicked off with the annual Rice Faculty Keynote Lecture Oct. 28. Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and author of “American Moonshot,” spoke to alumni in Tudor Fieldhouse about John F. Kennedy and the race to space of the 1960s, just a few weeks after the 60th anniversary of JFK’s famous speech at Rice Stadium in 1962.

Owl Together banner

Rice homecoming brings Owls together for weekend of celebrations

October 24, 2022

Rice University will welcome alumni, students, faculty, staff and families for Owl Together, a celebration of its past, present and future Oct. 28 - 29 with an eclectic mix of events to celebrate everyone involved in the campus community.

Owl Together poster

Get ready for homecoming by showing and sharing Rice spirit

October 13, 2022

Ahead of Owl Together 2022, which will combine Rice’s homecoming, reunion and families weekend activities into a one-of-a-kind experience Oct. 28 and 29, Rice’s Staff Council is hosting a spirit week contest for staff and faculty.

Rice Ring ceremony 2021

Put a ring on it

November 1, 2021

The 2021 Rice Ring ceremony took place outside the Huff House Oct. 29

Wide receiver Jake Bailey Oct. 30

Working overtime

November 1, 2021

The Owls took a nail-biting game against the University of North Texas into overtime Oct. 30

The Rice University Marching Owl Band at homecoming 2021

Marching squid band

November 1, 2021

The Rice University Marching Owl Band (MOB) celebrated its 50th anniversary during the 2021 Owl Together weekend

Shake your tailgate feathers

Shake your tailgate feathers

November 1, 2021

Alumni from across the years gathered under the shade of historic Rice Stadium for a homecoming tailgate Oct. 30

Rice University cheerleaders kept the crowd’s energy level high well into overtime Oct. 30.

Everybody dance now!

November 1, 2021

Rice University cheerleaders kept the crowd’s energy level high Oct. 30

Family Coffee with Campus Leaders brought together parents and alumni Oct. 29

Coffee klatch

November 1, 2021

Family Coffee with Campus Leaders brought together parents and alumni Oct. 29

Owl Together

Homecoming 2021 set to kick off with virtual and on-campus events galore

October 20, 2021

This year, Rice is combining its traditional homecoming and families weekend programming under the Owl Together banner: a weeklong celebration of Rice past, present and future with an eclectic mix of events held both virtually and in person.

President's Lecture Series

President’s Lecture Series examines Rice alums' search for a vaccine

October 26, 2020

A special online President's Lecture Series homecoming event Oct. 27 will feature Barney Graham ’75 and Bill Gruber ’75, two alumni who are leading efforts to develop vaccine therapies for COVID-19.

Everyone who registers for the event will be entered to win one of 15 limited edition posters designed for the concert by Houston artist Carlos Hernandez.

Vince Bell, Sara Hickman to headline Fondren’s virtual homecoming concert

October 26, 2020

The famed folk musicians will be joined by Guy Clark biographer Tamara Saviano.

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