On the sunny fall morning of Oct. 21, Rice President Reginald DesRoches was formally summoned to his inauguration as the university’s eighth president. It was an occasion calling for more pomp and circumstance than could be packed into a simple email, phone call or text message.
Inauguration kicks off with food and fun
Oct. 20, the first day of inauguration ceremonies for Rice President Reginald DesRoches, university faculty and staff were invited to come together in celebration of the occasion.
Investiture ceremony for Rice President DesRoches set for Oct. 22
Rice University will celebrate the historic inauguration of its eighth president, Reginald DesRoches , with a series of events from Thursday, Oct. 20, to Saturday, Oct. 22. The celebrations will culminate in DesRoches’ investiture Oct. 22.
Rice sets schedule of events for President Reginald DesRoches’ inauguration celebration
Rice University will formally inaugurate its eighth president, Reginald DesRoches, during a three-day celebration on campus Oct. 20-22. Students, faculty, staff and alumni will participate in several events coinciding with this landmark event in the university’s 110-year history.
Reginald and Paula DesRoches honored by child advocacy organization
President Reginald DesRoches and University Associate Paula DesRoches were honored at the 22nd Annual Accolades Luncheon for Children at Risk, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children through research, policy, education, collaboration and advocacy. The event was held Sept. 30 at Hotel ZaZa in Houston.
Rice's first Black student athletes feted in 50th anniversary celebration
To mark the 50th anniversary of a pair of momentous occasions in Rice history, six trailblazing Owls were honored at the First Black Student-Athletes Celebration Sept. 16 at the Ion.
Construction begins on Center for Human Performance
Leaders from Rice and Houston Methodist gathered at Tudor Fieldhouse Aug. 19 to celebrate the start of construction on the Houston Methodist-Rice University Center for Human Performance.
President DesRoches welcomes new students with barbecue and dance beats
Continuing a time-honored O-Week tradition, Rice President Reginald DesRoches hosted his first President’s Welcome dinner for all incoming students at Rice, held this year in Founder’s Court with the gorgeous backdrop of Lovett Hall’s iconic Sallyport.
In first matriculation address, DesRoches encourages Class of 2026 to expand horizons
An eventful first day of O-Week for Rice’s Class of 2026 was capped off with yet another annual Rice tradition — the matriculation ceremony and accompanying slate of speeches that signal the official beginning of incoming students’ new lives as members of the Rice community.
People, papers and presentations for Aug. 15, 2022
A paper co-authored by postdoctoral research associate Mohammad Salehi and President Reginald DesRoches, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and of mechanical engineering, was selected as the featured article for a recent volume of the journal Engineering Structures.
Leebron accepts posts at Columbia, Harvard
Former President David Leebron will spend much of the coming year at the two institutions other than Rice that have played the most important roles in his education and career.
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.
On first day, President DesRoches thanks Rice community for support
Today marks my first day as president of Rice University and exactly five years since I first arrived at Rice. I am humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve such a distinguished institution and have already received a tremendous amount of support.
Leebron expresses gratitude as he says goodbye
This is the final day of my service as president of Rice, and I face just one key but difficult task, namely to try to adequately express our gratitude to the Rice community. Ping and I came to Rice 18 years ago with only an inkling of what lay ahead. We were excited by what we had learned about Rice, including what the university had accomplished and what its ambitions were. We were hopeful about what we might contribute, and yet not sure what to expect.
Dittmar named new Rice University provost
Amy Dittmar, a distinguished scholar with an extensive background in economics, finance and university administration, has been named the new provost of Rice University.
