President’s Office and Rice Employee Well-Being introduces Wellness Wednesdays Jun. 17, 2024
Are you interested in finding ways to maintain your physical, mental and emotional balance? The President’s Office and the Rice Recreation Employee Well-Being Team are here to help and are introducing Wellness Wednesdays, a campuswide wellness initiative.
Rice announces updates to application processes Jun. 17, 2024
Rice University announced today two significant updates to its admission policies. The first introduces an Early Decision II plan, while the second modifies the test score policy for admissions applications. Both changes will be implemented for the fall 2024-25 admission cycle.
Rice team earns gold at the American Culinary Federation Chef Competition Jun. 17, 2024
Rice Dining’s team has brought home the gold. Cohen House Senior Executive Chef Susana Cabrera (team captain) and executive chefs Sing Yam, Joseph Stayshich and Ernesto Perez triumphed at the American Culinary Federation Chef Competition held during the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s annual Chef Conference.
‘Absolutely phenomenal’: Rice hosts college preparation camp for urban youth Jun. 17, 2024
Rice hosted the 14th annual Texas Diversity Council Summer Youth Program. Over 100 students from Houston area high schools and middle schools were provided with life lessons and college readiness activities.
Dateline Rice for June 17, 2024 (Weekend Edition) Jun. 17, 2024
Dateline Rice for June 17, 2024 (Weekend Edition)
Research: Support for Black nationalism now more widespread as profile of Black nationalist has changed across time Jun. 17, 2024
According to recent research by sociologists at Rice, Black nationalism now finds broader support among different segments of the Black community, though the characteristics of Black nationalists have changed over time.
Ahead of Juneteenth celebrations, Rice experts available to discuss history, significance, impact Jun. 17, 2024
Now a federal holiday for its third year, Juneteenth celebrates the June 19, 1865 arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas, who delivered the news that enslaved people in the state were finally free – two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Moody Fellowship helps Rice rising senior investigate Colombian hydroelectric project Jun. 17, 2024
Sarah Davidson, a rising senior at Rice, is making strides in the fields of history and anthropology through her research on Hidroituango, Colombia’s largest hydroelectric dam.
Woodside Energy CEO, former Houston mayor to discuss LGBTQ+ representation, leadership at Ion event Jun. 17, 2024
Woodside Energy CEO Meg O’Neill and former Houston Mayor Annise Parker will host a June 20 fireside chat at the Ion, Houston’s innovation hub powered by Rice.
Evangelical Christians more likely to avoid issue of racial injustice following murder of George Floyd Jun. 17, 2024
Following the murder of George Floyd, evangelical Christians were more likely to avoid the issue of racial injustice, while mainline Protestants and Black clergy addressed the topic in their congregations and in some cases took a stand against it.
Dateline Rice for June 14, 2024 Jun. 14, 2024
Dateline Rice for June 14, 2024
Rice selected by Carnegie Foundation for inaugural Leadership for Public Purpose Classification Jun. 14, 2024
Rice is one of 25 U.S. colleges and universities to receive the first Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose Classification.
Staff Spotlight: Melissa Cohen-Nickels Jun. 14, 2024
Staff Spotlight: Melissa Cohen-Nickels
Traveling Owls flock to Paris for rehearsal, performance with Shepherd School alumnus Cristian Măcelaru Jun. 14, 2024
A recent Traveling Owls visit to Paris included a special behind-the-scenes experience: sitting in on rehearsal of National Orchestra of France and having lunch with its Grammy Award-winning conductor: Shepherd School alumnus Cristian Măcelaru.
Rice nominated for Best Places to Work award by Houston Business Journal Jun. 13, 2024
Rice has been nominated for the Houston Business Journal’s Best Places to Work Awards.
