The Rice University Board of Trustees and Rice President Reginald DesRoches announced the release of the final report from the university’s Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice in a message to the university community Oct. 6.
Ruth Simmons to join Rice as President’s Distinguished Fellow
Ruth Simmons, a pioneer in higher education, will join Rice University as a President’s Distinguished Fellow, the university announced today.
Renowned firm selected for Rice Academic Quadrangle redesign
Following a thoughtful search for a design partner that included an invitational competition in the summer of 2022, design work is underway to significantly reimagine Rice University’s Academic Quadrangle.
Firm selected for Academic Quadrangle redesign
The design process to enrich student experience by reimagining one of our university’s most iconic spaces, the Academic Quadrangle, is underway.
Rice Founder’s Memorial statue to be relocated in Academic Quad
Rice University’s Academic Quadrangle will undergo a major redesign that will include moving the Founder’s Memorial statue of William Marsh Rice to a new location within the quadrangle.
Simmons: Confront legacies of slavery 'unflinchingly'
When she was president of an Ivy League university, Ruth Simmons learned the importance of confronting an institution’s complicated and controversial history head-on. Now, as a Rice trustee emerita and president of Prairie View A&M University, she has some thoughts and advice.
Woodson Research Center team honored with Shapiro award
Library staff worked throughout pandemic to deliver invaluable documents, digitization and much more.
Juneteenth event addresses Rice's history and topics of African American life
Task force proposes competition to redesign Academic Quad, determine fate of statue.
Rice celebrates Juneteenth and emancipations to come
Rice’s second annual Juneteenth celebration will bring together professors across the university — from Computational and Applied Mathematics to Modern and Classical Literature and Cultures — for three panels exploring ideas and questions central to the meaning and promise of the important holiday.
Task Force hosts conversation with Rice’s first Black student, Raymond Johnson
Johnson’s discussion was the third “Black at Rice” webinar convened this semester to offer dialogue on the Black student experience.
“Doc Talks” podcast sheds light on new research and other behind-the-scenes work done by Rice historians and students alike.
‘The Legal Battle Over Desegregating Rice’ gives context to historic decision
Rice’s Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice hosted a Nov. 5 webinar about Rice's decision to desegregate in 1962.
‘Just echo our voices’: Undergraduates share concerns about Black life at Rice
The online discussion was convened by university’s Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice.
English professor’s first novel optioned for TV
Bryan Washington’s new novel, “Memorial,” doesn’t arrive in print until Oct. 27, yet the title has already been optioned for television.
Black alumni share stories, memories of ‘ever-changing’ Rice
The Oct. 7 panel was organized by Rice's Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice.
