Students

Six Rice grads named Fulbright Scholars

Six Rice University graduates have been named Fulbright Scholars this year, receiving grants to fund study-abroad and teaching opportunities across the globe.

Rice announces new residential colleges, enhanced campus housing

Rice President Reginald DesRoches and Vice President for Finance and Administration Kelly Fox shared a message with the university community in a May 19 email.

Rice’s Social Policy Analysis students address pressing issues in final projects

With projects focused on rural food insecurity to juvenile mental health courts to teen health clinics, Rice’s graduating seniors and some juniors in the university’s Social Policy Analysis program gathered earlier this month to present and discuss these and other yearlong research efforts.

Doerr Institute announces Leader Impact Award winners

The Doerr Institute for New Leaders recently named Alex Han and Zac Andrews as the winners of the first Doerr Leader Impact Award for their dynamic and innovative work in community leadership.

Class project leads to staff-sponsored initiative for a greener May move-out

Thanks to an initiative two semesters in the making that saw environmentally conscious students partner with campus sustainability leaders and community partners, undergraduates at all of Rice’s 11 residential colleges were able to place unwanted clothing, shoes, linens and other textile-based items in large bins provided to each college by Green City Recycler, a Houston-based recycling company that works to reduce the staggering amount of textile waste that finds its way into landfills each year.

Rice’s Class of 2023 heralded as ‘empathetic team players with superpowers to change the world’

Across two days of joyful tears, stirring speeches, embraces and exultation, Rice University’s 2023 graduates celebrated the end of one chapter in their lives inside the hedges and the thrilling possibilities that lay before them in the chapters beyond.

Rice to hold 110th commencement May 5-6

Rice University’s 110th commencement ceremonies will be held May 5 and 6, concluding with the undergraduate ceremony at Rice Stadium the night of May 6 featuring an address from Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary and assistant to the president.

Rice undergraduate Joshua Fang named a 2023 Key into Public Service Scholar

Joshua Fang, a Rice junior majoring in mathematical economic analysis and social policy analysis with a minor in data science, is one of 20 students selected as a Key into Public Service Scholar by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, one of the nation’s most prestigious academic honor societies.

Hitting all the right notes

Grammy Award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax​​​​​​​ gave a master class for Shepherd School of Music students April 23 in Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall.

People, papers and presentations for May 1, 2023

The Rice Student Center announced its 2023 Club Award winners at the fifth annual Club Awards Reception last month.

Rice pre-med students advocate for immigrant health equity

Shonik Ganjoo has spent his time as president of the Rice Doctors for Change chapter — in between the commitments that come with being a biosciences major and an anthropology minor — researching and advocating for immigrant health equity. He and the chapter’s vice president, Ritesh Dontula have been creating opportunities for Rice students to interact with Texas legislators on real-world issues.

Mariachi Luna Llena performs 9th annual Mariachi Spectacular concert

Mariachi Luna Llena performed its ninth annual Mariachi Spectacular concert at Hudspeth Auditorium April 21-22.

Faculty bestowed with award recognizing superior teaching

Nine faculty received the 2023 George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, which honors top Rice instructors by votes from alumni who graduated within the past two, three and five years.

Faculty, staff, students honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring, service

Each year, Rice honors members of the university community who have served students through outstanding teaching, dedication and service. Here are recipients of some of this year's awards.

Gastric suction device could curb preventable newborn mortality

A team of Rice University engineering students partnered with the Dominican Foundation for Mothers and Infants to design a gastric suction device tailored to the specific needs and health care environment of the Hospital Materno Infantil San Lorenzo de los Mina, one of the largest maternity hospitals in the Dominican Republic.