Housing and Dining

Rice’s toy drives are making the season bright

Two campus departments are working to make the holiday season merry and bright: Rice University’s Housing and Dining department and the Rice University Police Department.

Rice announces new residential colleges, enhanced campus housing

Rice President Reginald DesRoches and Vice President for Finance and Administration Kelly Fox shared a message with the university community in a May 19 email.

Rice mourns Triny Carranza

It is with great sadness that I share with you the unexpected passing of our esteemed colleague, Triny Carranza, on May 7. Her sudden departure has left a profound sense of loss that will be felt deeply by the Rice community.

Rice U.’s Housing and Dining receives top marks from Princeton Review

Two Rice University core services earned high praise from The Princeton Review in its recent Best Colleges rankings. In the quality-of-life category, Rice ranked No. 12 for best college dorms and No. 18 for best campus food, marking yet another year in which the two services have ranked within the top 20 in their respective categories.

Owls show support for one of their own at blood drive

The Rice University community showed its support for the son of a fellow Owl by making life-saving blood donations Jan. 30 and 31.

The DesRoches era begins as Rice’s eighth president takes office

Reginald DesRoches started his first day as Rice University’s newest president the same way he starts most Fridays: with a run around campus, on this particular dewey Houston morning, accompanied by his wife Paula and daughter Shelby, a Rice senior. Later, just as he has during his term as provost, he strolled into Allen Center. But on this Friday, he walked in as President DesRoches.

Gone Texan

Rice celebrated Go Texan Day Feb. 25 with breakfast tacos

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

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

Friends of Fondren break bread

Rice University Representative Y. Ping Sun addressed the Friends of Fondren Library Oct. 21.

Get your comfort food fix at Little Bird HTX in Sammy's

Chicken tenders and more are on the menu from the team that brought Little Kitchen HTX to Brochstein

New to you

Barely used shoes and worn-once jeans were among the items available as the Rice EcoRep program hosted a clothing swap in the central quad.

New Sid Rich is ready to rock

Take a video tour of the newest residential college on campus.

State of the University: President hails 'remarkable performance'

David Leebron delivered his 2020 State of the University address with a salute to the university’s faculty, staff and students for overcoming the year’s unprecedented challenges.

No-dunking zone

With COVID-19 guidelines in place, the DuncTank outside Duncan College isn’t getting any use this year as the fountain into which Duncaroos are traditionally and gently tossed on their birthdays, but it’s getting plenty of use as a peaceful study spot on sunny days

Picnicking en plein air