Police oversight groups need more resources, better training, fewer legislative hurdles Nov. 19, 2020
HOUSTON – (Nov. 19, 2020) – With police departments around the country under heightened scrutiny, a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research finds that civilian police oversight groups need more resources, fewer legislative hurdles, and proper experience and training.
Christmas week: Worlds will align for spectacular heavenly sight Nov. 19, 2020
Early in the evening of Dec. 21, people the world over will get a chance to see Jupiter and Saturn line up closer together in Earth's night sky than they have been since just before daybreak on the morning of March 4, 1226.
Rice’s graduate entrepreneurship program again ranked No. 1 in US Nov. 18, 2020
Rice and its Jones Graduate School of Business have the No. 1 graduate entrepreneurship program in the U.S., according to the 2021 rankings announced Nov. 17 by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. This marks the second consecutive year the Rice program has topped this category, its fifth time in a top 3 position nationally and the 12th year in a row ranked in the top 10.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 18, 2020 Nov. 18, 2020
Rice University: COVID-19 not welcome here Several articles and broadcasts mention Rice's plans to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which have included conducting over 60,000 tests since August, altering Thanksgiving and spring break schedules and establishing a student-run COVID Community Court to adjudicate public health violations on campus. President David Leebron is interviewed by KRLD; Emily Garza, director of student judicial programs, is interviewed by KVII; and McMurtry College junior Melody Xiao is quoted in the first Houston Chronicle article.
Rice names new round of IDEA winners Nov. 18, 2020
Six teams of Rice researchers have won backing from the InterDisciplinary Excellence Awards.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 17, 2020 Nov. 17, 2020
How Rice University is fighting COVID-19 spread Several articles and broadcasts mention Rice's plans to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which have included conducting over 60,000 tests since August, requiring face masks, altering Thanksgiving and spring break schedules and establishing a student-run COVID Community Court to adjudicate public health violations on campus. President David Leebron and Martel College senior and Student Association President Anna Margaret Clyburn are interviewed by KHOU; McMurtry College junior Melody Xiao and Emily Garza, director of student judicial programs, are interviewed by ABC 13; and Bridget Gorman, dean of undergraduates, is quoted in MSN.
First-ever virtual Fall Chamber Music Festival to be held Dec. 3-9 Nov. 16, 2020
The festival will include a tribute to Beethoven's 250th birthday and contemporary pieces such as Lutosławski's "String Quartet."
Books outline what it takes to put astronauts in space Nov. 16, 2020
A new set of books edited by a Rice University psychologist provides an overview of the research necessary to put astronauts in space, what is needed to keep them safe on future missions and practical applications for space exploration teams.
Houston companies awarded top honors at premier life science venture capital conference Nov. 16, 2020
HOUSTON – (Nov. 16, 2020) – Life science investors, leaders and innovators from around the world gathered virtually to discuss the pandemic, medical technology and the future of the industry at the Texas Life Science Forum, where Houston companies claimed top honors.
Rice U. grad student debuts interactive ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ concert Nov. 16, 2020
HOUSTON – (Nov. 16, 2020) – They say necessity is the mother of invention. In the case of composer Badie Khaleghian, a doctoral candidate at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, necessity is the pandemic and its restrictions, while invention is his unique new interactive piece: “Let Your Voice Be Heard.”
Rice’s Moody Center celebrates Rothko Chapel’s 50th anniversary with recreation of historic exhibition Nov. 16, 2020
HOUSTON – (Nov. 16, 2020) – Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts will celebrate the golden anniversary of Houston’s Rothko Chapel with its spring exhibition, “Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration,” opening Jan. 22, 2021.
Rice U. courses ask the ‘Big Questions’ about death, hate and Disney Nov. 16, 2020
HOUSTON – (Nov. 16, 2020) – There are three things you can’t escape encountering in our world today: death, hate and, yes, The Walt Disney Co. Classes contemplating these forces are featured in the spring 2021 lineup of Big Questions courses from Rice’s School of Humanities.
New Art/New Music series gets even more experimental this fall Nov. 16, 2020
Badie Khaleghian’s interactive composition with 1,024 possible permutations among new compositions for Moody’s ‘States of Mind.’
Rice students cheer on alumna Shannon Walker as she blasts off to space Nov. 16, 2020
Astronaut Shannon Walker ’87 returned to space Sunday night when NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Mission launched to the International Space Station from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 6:27 p.m. Central Time.
Rice salutes its veterans in annual ceremony Nov. 16, 2020
The 18th annual Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 honored three veterans and one active-duty service member among the Rice community.
