Master of Global Affairs
Rice football’s bowl-clinching victory against Florida Atlantic University last month was not only a testament to the teams hard work and tenacity this season, but for three particular senior Owls, it was the culmination of six years of dedication and perseverance paying off.
Glasscock School celebrates 55 years of sharing Rice with the community
The Glasscock School and Rice leaders celebrated 55 years with a Sept. 22 party at the Anderson-Clarke Center.
Prizes and awards presented to degree recipients
Rice undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates reaped a number of fellowships, scholarships and awards this year.
Casbarian, Doty, Leebron and Sun receive ARA’s Gold Medal at 2022 Laureates Awards
At the Association of Rice Alumni’s 2022 Laureates Awards ceremony May 7, the group bestowed its highest honor — the Gold Medal Award — to Rice Architecture’s John Casbarian ’69 ’72 and Janice Doty ’60. Rice President David Leebron and wife Y. Ping Sun were also awarded the ARA’s Gold Medal for their 18 years of service to the university.
French ambassador to address energy challenges at Baker Institute event
Philippe Etienne, the ambassador of France to the United States, will discuss energy security, energy transitions and international relations at a March 10 event hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
The Way I See It: How Rice University became the training ground for two future Navy officers
It was March 6, 2018, when I got the news. I had been on travel in the Middle East when I learned of my acceptance into Rice University's Master of Global Affairs (MGA) program. Staring at the illuminated minarets around me that night, I knew the future was bright.
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'
People, papers and presentations for Aug. 16, 2021
The Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East and director of the Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program, has been awarded the 2021 Emerging Scholars Policy Prize
Award, plaque to honor legacy of former Dean of Social Sciences Lyn Ragsdale
Lyn Ragsdale's legacy of excellence will live on with an award bearing her name and a memorial plaque on campus.
Prestigious fellowship will send Rice graduate student to Morocco to study
Rice University graduate student Angel Smith will get some extra help mastering Arabic thanks to a coveted scholarship from the Department of State and the prestigious Boren Fellowship.
From Trump to Biden: Experts to discuss tumultuous presidential transition
How will the tumultuous transition from Donald Trump to Joe Biden affect the new administration? Experts from the White House Transition Project and Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy will discuss the topic during a free webinar Friday.
Rice goes GRE-optional for grad programs, will grant fee waivers to graduates of Texas schools
Rice is eliminating the Graduate Record Examinations standardized test requirement for its 2021 graduate programs.
Social Sciences turns 40: A look back
More than a third of Rice undergraduates major in the social sciences, making it tough to imagine that Rice's School of Social Sciences didn't exist 40 years ago.
