Will Rice junior Annie Xu leads one group of incoming Duncan College students in a dance-off while Duncan sophomore Pia Arana and Duncan senior Mei Leebron lead another across the commons. Learning your college’s line dances and rally cheers are as much a part of O-Week as learning your way around campus. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow and Tommy LaVergne)
This year’s O-Week marks the final time Rice President David Leebron will welcome an incoming class of students before he steps down in 2022.
Proving that the foamy stuff isn’t reserved exclusively for Baker 13 runs, shaving cream battles have become a standard during O-Week, as demonstrated here by Lovett and Jones College.
‘Truly magical’: O-Week welcomes new students despite pandemic pivots
Under challenging conditions, the experience remained as ‘intimate’ as ever thanks to Rice students' resilience and resolve.
Rice faculty address to Class of 2025: ‘Keep your curiosity close to you’
What is a fact? Who is science for? And who does it harm? These are just a few of the questions posed by Rice faculty during O-Week video addresses to the incoming Class of 2025.
‘Truly your class is one of a kind’: Rice’s Class of 2025 matriculates as largest ever
President Leebron challenges new students to prepare for a life of boldness, courage and contribution.
Class of 2025 welcomed to Rice in classic O-Week spirit
An emotional move-in day greeted students and parents alike.
