After a successful inaugural event in 2023, the Black Houston(s) Symposium returns this year with an event slated for March 21-22, which will bring together scholars, community members and thought leaders to explore the multifaceted narratives of Black life in Houston.
Hip-hop harmony: KRS-One event culminates in prestigious volunteer award for CERCL pioneers
Billed as “One-on-one with the Teacha,” a March 7 event hosted by the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL) featured an intimate conversation with hip-hop legend KRS-One and quite the surprise for several of its organizers.
‘Forward-looking’ Rice center fuses Latin American and Latinx studies
From hosting speakers on topics ranging from curanderas in Mexican-American literature, the meaning of oil in Venezuela and the archaeology of the Amazon to fostering events on the arts in Guyana and contributing to student events, Rice University’s Initiative for the Study of LatinX America (ISLA) has accomplished a lot in the past three years.
Rice Art History prepares for artistic, cultural exploration in Paris
Rice’s Department of Art History will celebrate a milestone in a manner befitting its creative spirit by embarking on a transformative journey to Paris.
Texas state Rep. Ann Johnson honors Rice faculty, researchers and alumni with proclamations
Texas state Rep. Ann Johnson, whose legislative district includes Rice University, visited campus Feb. 29 to present resolutions from the 88th Texas Legislative session to Rice faculty, researchers and alumni.
Rice breaks ground on new home for arts
Rice University hosted the groundbreaking ceremony for Susan and Fayez Sarofim Hall Feb. 29, marking a significant milestone in the university’s commitment to advancing its growing arts program.
Rice event at Moody Center spotlights intersection of art, activism
Artist jackie sumell is set to speak at Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts for a presentation titled “Growing Abolition.”
The centers are the Rice Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences, Synthesis X Center, Center for Environmental Studies, Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies, and Center for Coastal Futures and Adaptive Resilience.
‘The Amazon wasn’t an empty place’: Visiting professor discusses past, future at Rice event
Rice University hosted professor Eduardo Góes Neves from the University of São Paulo, Brazil Feb. 22 for a discussion titled “Roads of Creation, Roads of Destruction: Landscapes in Conflict in Contemporary Amazon.”
Rice professor knighted by French education ministry
The call from the French Consulate of Houston was not one Rice University French studies associate professor Julie Fette expected.
Rice University's Medical Humanities Research Institute will delve into the profound connections between visual art and medical humanities at "Health Aesthetics: A Panel and Art Exhibition featuring Pato Hebert" March 6.
New CAAAS director Sherwin Bryant talks Black History Month, vision for center’s future
Sherwin Bryant is approaching his new role as director of the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) with energy, enthusiasm and a vision that he said reflects the capacious and thoughtful energy that went into creating the center.
Rice to host groundbreaking for new visual arts building Sarofim Hall
Rice University will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the Susan and Fayez Sarofim Hall, a new home for the Department of Art, at 3 p.m. Feb. 29. The building will be named for Susan and Fayez Sarofim, the lead donors for the project.
Art history scholar links Sunni and Shi’i architectural heritage in fifth annual Kazimi Lecture
Stephennie Mulder, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, presented her research during the Rice School of Humanities' fifth annual Kazimi Lecture in Shi'i Studies.
In a corner of Rice University’s Fondren Library reserved for the special, rare and historic, a relatively new addition with centuries old roots is making an impression at Woodson Research Center.