| Reginald DesRoches named next president of Rice |
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Reginald DesRoches, who is now serving as the university’s provost, has been named as the next president of Rice University. Rice’s Board of Trustees selected DesRoches, an internationally recognized structural engineer and earthquake resilience expert, after a nationwide search for an academic leader to take command at one of the nation’s premier institutions of higher learning. DesRoches will succeed President David Leebron, who previously announced his plan to step down next summer after the end of the current academic year.
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| Rice launches $2 billion capital campaign |
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Rice University has launched a comprehensive capital campaign to raise $2 billion by the end of 2025, by far the largest fundraising effort in the university’s history. The campaign will underwrite a wide range of endowments, expansions and enhancements to the academic experience and research enterprise at Rice, including hiring more faculty, implementing new programs and research endeavors, building new facilities and expanding the student body.
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| Rice accepts invitation to join American Athletic Conference |
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Rice University has accepted an invitation to join the American Athletic Conference (The American), a historic new direction for the school’s athletic department. The invitation was extended after a vote of The American presidents on Thursday. Rice and the five other new members — the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Florida Atlantic University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of North Texas and the University of Texas at San Antonio — will join on a date to be determined.
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| Jones Graduate School of Business ranked No. 3 for entrepreneurship by Poets & Quants |
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The Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University is ranked No. 3 in Poets & Quants’ World’s Best MBA Programs for Entrepreneurship rankings for 2022, up from No. 15 on the 2021 list. Poets & Quants created the annual rankings with Inc. Magazine to measure schools' performance in providing launching pads for entrepreneurial-minded MBA students. Through data collection and analysis, the list ranked 38 schools based on 16 core metrics that reflect not only the resources devoted to entrepreneurship, but also the results of those efforts.
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| Minimal gestures, grand scale: Kapwani Kiwanga fall exhibition open until Dec. 19 |
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One gallery at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts has been converted into a desert landscape made from approximately 50 tons of fine silica sand, while another is centered around a giant structure draped with wooly-looking sisal that nearly reaches the gallery’s lofty ceiling. In her new exhibition “The Sand Recalls the Moon’s Shadow,” Kapwani Kiwanga employs site-specific installations that encourage guests to consider the ways in which the earth’s natural materials can bear witness to the world.
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| Moody Foundation gift to build new student center |
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The Moody Foundation has granted Rice University $100 million to build a transformative new student center designed by one of the world’s premier architects and to create endowments supporting student opportunity and success, both as part of the center and in other areas of the university.
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| Architecture team led by Rice alumnus will create new gateway to campus |
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Rice University’s new home for student art will be named Susan and Fayez Sarofim Hall, and it will be designed by a team helmed by an alumnus with a deep appreciation for the arts at Rice and in Houston. Charles Renfro will lead Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s design team, which has been chosen for Sarofim Hall following a national competition. With architecture honoring the legacy of the former Rice Media Center and Art Barn, the new Sarofim Hall will be an inventive take on the prefabricated building, incorporating exhibition areas, labs, studios, shops, faculty offices and other facilities serving as collaboration points for artists across mediums.
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| National Academies Gulf Scholars Program launches at Rice |
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A new National Academies Gulf Research Program will expand the opportunities Rice students have to study and impact the most pressing environmental, health, energy and infrastructure challenges in the Gulf of Mexico region. The Gulf Scholars Program is a five-year, $12.7 million pilot program that prepares undergraduate students to be future leaders who will serve the region as scientists, engineers, educators, community leaders, policymakers, designers and innovators in local communities.
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| Rice EMS celebrates 25 years of life-saving service inside the hedges and beyond |
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October marks the 25th anniversary of Rice Emergency Medical Services (REMS), the university’s student-led team of emergency medical technicians that’s blossomed into a life-saving point of pride for Rice since its inception in 1996. Today, Rice offers two levels of EMT training courses for medically minded students and would-be REMS team members. The group’s student EMTs regularly respond to emergencies on campus, routinely assist with emergency medical calls across Harris County and have become a constant, comforting presence focused on putting Rice’s culture of care into action.
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| A new ‘STaRT’ for Social Sciences students |
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An innovative new program in Rice University's School of Social Sciences helps students build connections while learning the necessary skills to become top-notch researchers. Statistical Training and Research Techniques at Rice University, or STaRT@Rice, is the brainchild of Tony Brown, a professor of sociology, and Matthew Hayes, an assistant professor of political science. They created the program with two goals in mind: to enhance the sense of community within the School of Social Sciences by fostering relationships between underrepresented minorities and first-generation, low-income students, and to introduce all students to research techniques used in the school's various departments.
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| Support your students on Nov. 30 for GivingTuesday |
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On Nov. 30, 2021, Rice is highlighting ten funds that enable our extraordinary students to pursue bold aspirations across all fields of study. Whether you choose to support scholarships that attract exceptional talent, financial resources that enable every student to participate in the full Rice experience, or the continued excellence of Rice, your gift will make a significant impact on campus.
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| Deadline to register to host a spring OwlEdge Externship is Jan 1. |
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The Center for Career Development is excited to continue offering the Owl Edge Externship, a job-shadowing program over Spring Break. The 2022 sessions will be offered in both in-person or virtual environments. During the university's Spring Break students will be matched to a host (you!) to learn more about a career path. We invite you to help Rice students gain a professional advantage - i.e. build their "Owl Edge" - by serving as a career mentor!
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| Join us at our virtual Holiday Party & Game Night! |
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We invite all members of the Rice community — alumni, parents and friends — to join us virtually at our Holiday Party Game Night! We will be playing Family Feud and Jeopardy to celebrate the holidays and welcome the new year.
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| Watch our Be Bold Campaign Video |
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Nearly 60 years ago, President Kennedy chose Rice University to announce a moonshot — the moonshot — that would advance human progress and possibility for generations. Today, as we face a new era of change and challenge, this spirit of daring exploration and determination to embrace the hard work ahead is needed more than ever. Check out our video to see how Rice will Be Bold.
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