Residential Colleges

Lovett College to relocate, open on new site in fall 2026

We are excited to announce significant news regarding our residential college system. Lovett College, one of our foundational colleges named after the university’s first president, Edgar Odell Lovett, is set to undergo a transformative change. This decision comes after a thoughtful and deliberate process by university leadership, including the board of trustees, and years of student leader advocacy and reflection on our commitment to maintaining our goals and priorities related to undergraduate housing.

‘Light of Andrea’: Vigil honors loss of beloved student and leader

A Sept. 3 vigil honored the life of Andrea Rodriguez Avila, whose promising future was tragically cut short.

‘Brilliant and brave’: Rice remembers, mourns student Andrea Rodriguez Avila

The Rice community is mourning the tragic, violent loss of Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a Jones College junior remembered as a bright and dedicated young scholar with a promising future.

Classes underway at Rice after another rousing O-Week

Classes are now underway at Rice, following a lively and action-packed week of welcoming and introducing the Class of 2028 to its new academic home.

‘All the little things’: Orientation weekend helps international undergrads settle in at Rice

By 9 a.m. on a humid Friday morning, Eduarda Favero was already racing around the halls of Rice’s Sid Richardson College, greeting anxious families, leading international students from 40 different countries to their rooms and answering a flurry of questions.

‘Make the lift lighter’: Rice football helps freshmen move into residential colleges

The morning after a grueling three-hour scrimmage, Rice Football players spread out over campus to help rookies tackle their first big college move.

Rice's iconic 'Hello Hamlet!' returns for three-night run

Only brought out to be polished once every four years, the Rice University hidden gem that is “Hello Hamlet!” returns to Weiss Tabletop Theatre April 12-14 at 7:30 p.m.

Rice welcomes Class of 2026 with open arms on jubilant move-in day

A light drizzle didn’t stand a chance of dampening spirits inside Rice’s hedges when the university’s incoming Class of 2026 arrived on campus Aug. 14 for their jubilant move-in day celebration.

New wing at Hanszen College making progress

The first timber column has been laid at Hanszen College’s new wing .

Historian of science Luis Campos joining Rice as Baker College Chair

Appointment in the History of Science, Technology and Innovation begins in spring

O Christmas tree

The annual Baker College freshman camping trip to cut down a Christmas tree brought home a beauty this year

Team furry friends Wiess

The final “Team Family Wiess” get-together of the semester invited Wiess College associates to bring their pets to campus.

Birthday dunc

Duncan College celebrated its 12th birthday with a week of activities Nov. 15-19

Rice on rice

A group of Lovett College students gathered in the commons Nov. 4 to make onigiri for a good cause.

NASA’s Shannon Walker ’87 returns with gifts from space

NASA astronaut and Rice alumnus Shannon Walker ’87 returned to campus Oct. 12 to present more than a dozen Rice-related mementos that flew with her during her latest six-month mission to the International Space Station.