Staff

Staff Spotlight: Paula Platt

Staff profile: Paula Platt

Rice celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month throughout June with host of events, participation in Houston parades

June serves as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and to celebrate, Rice University and many campus affiliates will host events to spread awareness about the LGBTQ+ community and educate on sexual and gender diversity.

Staff spotlight: Renelda Robles

Staff spotlight: Renelda Robles Associate Director, Office of Financial Aid

Provost announces newly promoted and tenured faculty

Provost Amy Dittmar announced Rice faculty member promotions who demonstrated excellence in scholarship, teaching, mentoring, service and leadership. Promotions are effective July 1.

Rice alumni volunteers nurture ‘heart of the university’

The Office of Alumni Relations brought together dedicated Owls from across Houston and the United States for the Volunteer Leadership Conference, an event designed to connect alumni volunteers across diverse roles at Rice and to amplify their impact through workshops, presentations and feedback engagements.

Staff spotlight: Carissa Zimmerman

Staff spotlight: Carissa Zimmerman

Rice’s Staff Council hosts annual ice cream social at packed West Servery

Staff from all across Rice University’s campus came together May 15 to enjoy ice cream and celebrate the start of summer.

7 selected for Rice alumni board; president-elect and alumni trustee announced

Seven alumni have been selected to serve on Rice University’s Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) Board of Directors: Sacha Abinader, Paula Desel, Tawfik Jarjour, Wayne Hale, June Marshall, Wanda Pan and John Sneider. They begin their three-year terms July 1, when David Leal becomes president-elect of the ARA and Cathryn Rodd Selman becomes an alumni trustee.

Staff spotlight: Susan Cudnik


Staff spotlight: Susan Cudnik


Watch video: Rice closes another celebration-filled academic year

It’s a wrap for Rice University’s 2023-24 academic year, which was filled with traditions — established and new — as well as other exciting events, activities and announcements on campus.

Rice’s online Master of Computer Science degree ranked No. 3 by Fortune

Rice’s online Master of Computer Science program was honored by Fortune Magazine with the No. 3 designation in its national rankings.

Rice’s composting program surpasses 1M-pound milestone

Rice University recently crossed a significant milestone with its sustainability efforts. The campus has diverted more than 1 million pounds of food waste from landfills to composting since the composting program’s inception in November 2020.

‘Do things that are extraordinarily hard’: Rice confers doctoral degrees to more than 100 students

More than 100 Rice University students were recognized during a doctoral commencement ceremony at Tudor Fieldhouse the morning of May 4. They join the more than 7,800 alumni who have earned a doctoral degree at Rice in the university’s 111-year history.

Staff Spotlight: Tamara Siler ’87

Staff Spotlight: Tamara Siler ’87

Rice celebrates donors who helped raise more than $200,000 for United Way

Rice University President Reginald DesRoches and wife Paula Gilmer DesRoches welcomed guests to Cohen House for amuse-bouches and beverages April 29 as a way to thank donors who made this year’s “Owl in for Houston” campaign to support United Way of Greater Houston a success.