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Apple Li stands on Rice's campus

Freshman from China endures weeks long journey to reach campus

September 21, 2020

Anybody from Shanghai faces a long journey to Rice, but Apple Li’s globe-trotting adventure took weeks.

O-Week 2020 ended with the traditional fireworks display following matriculation. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow)

New semester brings unique O-Week experience

August 24, 2020

Rice reimagined O-Week to include remote students in the annual orientation week and its traditions.

Incoming Rice students stride toward the Sallyport for matriculation, which ran all day long to accommodate social distancing measures and allow plenty of room for each college to march through the quad.

Masked-up matriculation

August 24, 2020

Incoming Rice students stride toward the Sallyport for matriculation, which ran all day long to accommodate social distancing measures and allow plenty of room for each college to march through the quad. (Photo by Tommy LaVergne)

Student's socially distance dining.

Distance dining

August 24, 2020

With way more than six feet between you and your opponent, table tennis in the college commons was the ideal indoor social distance sport during O-Week.

Social distance sportsmanship

August 24, 2020

With way more than six feet between you and your opponent, table tennis in the college commons was the ideal indoor social distance sport during O-Week. (Photo by Tommy LaVergne)

Sid Richardson College students welcome new freshmen with handmade signs. (Photo by Tommy LaVergne)

Unprecedented move-in process puts Rice to the test

August 17, 2020

Hundreds of Owls come home to roost, kicking off an O-Week like no other.

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