Students

One-of-a-kind practice organ gifted to Rice music students

Imagine being able to replicate the sound of the finest organs from cathedrals and concert halls around the world without ever having to travel.

Rice students ‘soar together’ thanks to donors’ generosity

Rice University recently welcomed donors and scholarship recipients to the Moody Center for the Arts for “Soaring Together,” a reception celebrating the generosity of the Rice community and the transformational impact of scholarship endowments. 

Rice marks campus sustainability day with afternoon of festivities

Rice’s Office of Sustainability hosted its annual Campus Sustainability Day to highlight and celebrate student organizations, campus departments and community partners that advance sustainability on campus and within Houston.

Project Pumpkin!

The Rice Student Volunteer Program (RSVP) hosted its Project Pumpkin event Oct. 28, featuring pumpkin carving and other Halloween-themed activities in the Central Quad.

Happy H-Owl-a-ween

The Rice University campus gathered together to create a screecher of an event: pumpkin carving. No gourd was left untouched as Owls collected to wreak havoc on the fruit du jour while also sharing their creativity.

Rice’s Shepherd School of Music presents Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ Nov. 3, 5

Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music will present Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. at the Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera . The romantic work is helmed by director Paul Curran with conductor Stephanie Rhodes Russell and the Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra under the tutelage of Joshua Winograde, director of opera studies.

Recap: Rice celebrates Our Heritage Month

Rice University wrapped up Our Heritage Month, a celebration of Latine and Hispanic cultures represented on campus, following a series of events held Sept. 15-Oct. 15. Watch the recap video to sample the variety of programming Rice community members took part in throughout the month.

Kesem at Rice holds team-bonding ‘Olympics’

Kesem at Rice threw an outdoor competition-themed social to enjoy the fall weather and inspire team-bonding among its many volunteers. The festivities, held on a knoll outside Brochstein Pavilion, included games like cup stacking, face the cookie, spoon-and-egg races and tug of war.

Hans Graf returns to Houston to lead Rice Shepherd School Symphony Oct. 27

Grammy Award-winning conductor and former Houston Symphony music director Hans Graf will return to Houston Oct. 27 to guest conduct the Rice Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra in an exhilarating musical program titled “Fire and Ice,”featuring the work of Scriabin, Sibelius and Stravinsky.

Music on the move: The Concert Truck visits Rice for preview performance

The Concert Truck visited Rice Oct. 17 for a short performance in the Piazza Della Musica in front of the Shepherd School of Music’s Brockman Hall for Opera.

Public artwork by local and national artists celebrated at Rice

Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts celebrated the work of four artists it commissioned for temporary public art programs sited in the heart of campus with an opening reception Oct. 12.

Rice Women’s Resource Center hosts ‘Paint and Sip’

Volunteers for the Rice Women’s Resource Center gathered recently at Ray Courtyard for a “Paint and Sip” team-bonding event.

Tibetan Buddhists’ sand mandala on view this week at Rice’s Moody Center

Monks from the Gaden Shartse monastery in India started creating a sand mandala with accompanying rituals today at the Moody Center for the Arts. The mandala will be on view through Oct. 20, when a dissolution ritual will be performed.

Our Heritage Month wraps with day of festivities

Rice closed out Our Heritage Month with a fun-filled day of events at the Rice Memorial Center Oct. 15. The day began in the Grand Hall where nearly 200 people gathered for “Nuestra Herencia,” a program filled with music, dance, fellowship and food. 

Rice remembers psychology professor, groundbreaking administrator Robert L. Bell Jr.

Former professor Robert L. Bell Jr. passed away Sept. 18 at age 89.