HOUSTON -- (Oct. 18, 2022) -- Rice University will celebrate the historic inauguration of its eighth president, Reginald DesRoches , with a series of events from Thursday, Oct. 20, to Saturday, Oct. 22. The celebrations will culminate in DesRoches’ investiture Oct. 22.
DesRoches’ term as president of Rice officially began July 1, after having formerly served as the university’s Howard Hughes Provost and William and Stephanie Sick Dean of Engineering. As president, DesRoches is the chief executive officer of the university, overseeing its academic and research mission.
Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, DesRoches is Rice’s first Black, immigrant and engineer president.
Investiture is one of the oldest traditions in academia; a milestone that celebrates a new era for the university while honoring its history. On Oct. 22, the Rice community, alongside members of the international academic community and citizens of the city of Houston, will join together to celebrate the official transfer of leadership.
Here are details for reporters and photographers covering the investiture.
EVENT: Investiture of Rice’s eighth president, Reginald DesRoches.
DATE: Saturday, Oct. 22.
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Outdoors in Rice’s Academic Quadrangle, rain or shine. A live feed will be available at https://inauguration.rice.edu/investiture/live-feed. B-roll from the investiture ceremony will be posted Saturday afternoon at
https://rice.box.com/v/investiture2022.
MEDIA RSVP: Jeff Falk, director of news and media relations, at jfalk@rice.edu or 713-348-6775 (office) or 612-964-7236 (cell).
PARKING: Media personnel should be prepared to show press identification when on campus. Media vehicles should enter the campus through Entrance 1 at the intersection of Main Street and Sunset Boulevard and park in the Founder’s Court Lot (Falk will provide parking passes to those who RSVP). For a map to the lot, click here .
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Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy. With 4,240 undergraduates and 3,972 graduate students, Rice’s undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is just under 6-to-1. Its residential college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong friendships, just one reason why Rice is ranked No. 1 for lots of race/class interaction and No. 1 for quality of life by the Princeton Review. Rice is also rated as a best value among private universities by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
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