Before the pandemic hit, Jayoung Song was planning to take the students in her first-year Korean language class on a series of immersive trips to some of Houston’s Korean restaurants and grocery stores. And Will Rice freshman Diego Lopez-Bernal was eagerly awaiting the first outing, because trying Korean food last year was one of the things that got him interested in learning the language in the first place.
It was an evening of elegance March 6 as the Black Student Association (BSA) feted fellow students along with faculty, staff and alumni at the inaugural Black Excellence Gala in Cohen House.
Africayé, the annual cultural centerpiece of Black History Month at Rice, packed the Grand Hall in the Rice Memorial Center Feb. 9 with fashion shows, comedy skits, dance performances and much more.
Undergraduates and grad students, faculty and staff — all rubbed shoulders at the annual Special Gathering of Men Feb. 7 in Esther’s Room at Cohen House.