Dateline Rice for Nov. 28, 2022 (Weekend Edition) Dec. 7, 2022
Dateline Rice for Nov. 28, 2022 (Weekend Edition)
Rice News Archive - 2022
Dateline Rice for Nov. 23, 2022 Dec. 7, 2022
Dateline Rice for Nov. 23, 2022
‘A driving force and visionary leader’: LA Opera’s Joshua Winograde to head Rice Shepherd School’s Opera Studies Dec. 7, 2022
Joshua Winograde, one of the nation’s leading arts administrators, will join Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music as professor of opera and director of Opera Studies in July.
EU natural gas market to remain ‘precarious’ through next winter, says Baker Institute report Dec. 7, 2022
Europe is facing high natural gas prices and high uncertainty due to the substantial reduction in Russian imports, and this winter is only the beginning, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
De Lange Conference puts spotlight on technology, culture and society Dec. 7, 2022
Rice University hosted the De Lange Conference Dec. 5-6 at its BioScience Research Collaborative and the Ion.
Timing is everything: How becoming proficient in English earlier can improve outcomes for students Dec. 7, 2022
When students who begin school learning English as a second language are deemed proficient earlier in their educational careers, their overall learning outcomes — including test scores and access to advanced coursework — can dramatically improve, according to a new research brief from the Rice University Kinder Institute’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC).
President DesRoches welcomes Rice community at open house Dec. 7, 2022
President DesRoches and his family welcomed the Rice community to an open house event on his lawn.
On heels of national championship, Rice speech and debate keeps raking in wins Dec. 5, 2022
The past several months have been a whirlwind of success for Rice’s George R. Brown Forensics Society, the university’s award-winning student speech and debate team with a track record of racking up championships and awards by the dozens. After tremendous success amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, including two national championships in as many years, the team’s penchant for top-tier performances has continued this fall alongside a much welcomed return to in-person competition.
People, papers and presentations for Dec. 5, 2022 Dec. 5, 2022
Richard Gordon, the W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geophysics in Rice’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, is to receive the European Geosciences Union (EGU) Stephan Mueller Medal for 2023. Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, a professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, has been named president of the American Geophysical Union Near-Surface Geophysics focus group.
After beating Aggies and Frogs, Rice women 7-0 for first time Dec. 5, 2022
The Rice women’s basketball team scored a pair of victories over major conference foes
Comic Art Teaching & Study Workshop receives original comic art gift worth six figures Dec. 5, 2022
A rare art collection featuring some of the most famous cartoon characters in American history has been acquired by Rice University’s Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop (CATS) within the School of Humanities’ Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts.
Rice volleyball team bows out in second round of NCAA Tournament Dec. 5, 2022
Rice’s volleyball team dominated the final two sets to claim a 3-1 victory (26-24, 24-26, 25-16, 25-14) over the University of Colorado Boulder in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Dec. 1 in Waco, Texas, before dropping a five-set battle with Baylor University (16-25, 25-22, 25-23, 14-25, 15-11) in the second round Dec. 2.
Religious violence increases anxiety among Muslims and Jews, even if they have never been personally targeted Dec. 5, 2022
Fear of hate crime looms especially large in the minds of Jews and Muslims, even if they have never been personally targeted, according to a new study from Rice University and West Virginia University.
Rice organizes drive to house, assist international students over winter break Dec. 5, 2022
Hosted by the Office of International Students and Scholars — International Connections (OISS), the International Holiday Hospitality Help Program aims to provide amenities such as low-cost/no-cost housing accommodations, meals and gift cards/cash to international undergraduate students who cannot return to their home this holiday season.
Owls land in LendingTree Bowl, will face Southern Miss Dec. 5, 2022
Rice is headed to a bowl game for the first time since 2014. The LendingTree Bowl will pit the Owls (5-7) against the University of Southern Mississippi (6-6) Dec. 17 in Mobile, Alabama. The 4:45 p.m. game between the former Conference USA foes will be televised by ESPN.
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