Rice Parents
 
Parents and Families Newsletter
 
 
Issue No. 38 - Winter 2022
 
 
 
A message from Dean Gorman
 

It was thrilling to see so many parents during Owl Together, our Homecoming & Reunion and Families Weekend. Families were able to learn more about their student's experiences and get to know other Rice families while also enjoying vibrant homecoming activities. If you were not able to participate, I do hope we’ll see you next year — it remains a great way to connect to our campus and learn more about your student’s experience here at Rice.

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News Around Campus

 
     
 
2022: The year in review at Rice University
 

From emotional goodbyes to celebrations of new beginnings and accomplishments, 2022 was quite the year at Rice University. Watch some of this year's highlights.

 
 
Rice President Reginald DesRoches inaugurated in historic investiture
 

Rice University celebrated the latest chapter in its storied history Oct. 22 as Reginald DesRoches was formally inaugurated as the school’s eighth president in 110 years during a sun-kissed investiture ceremony.

 
 
Rice rises to No. 15 in US News rankings
 

Rice has risen to No. 15 among the nation’s top universities ranked in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” guidebook.

 
 
Rice’s Kiese Laymon awarded ‘genius grant’ MacArthur Fellowship
 

Rice University English professor and acclaimed author Kiese Laymon has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, the prestigious honor popularly known as the “genius grant.”

 
 
Douglas Brinkley nominated for two Grammys
 

Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor of Humanities, will be up for awards in two categories at the Feb. 5 ceremony in Los Angeles. He has been nominated for his work co-producing two projects: “Black Men Are Precious” by Ethelbert Miller and “Fandango At The Wall In New York” by Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, featuring the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective.

 
 
Biden appoints Rice's Ruth López Turley to National Board for Education Sciences
 

President Biden has appointed Ruth López Turley, director of Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology, to the National Board for Education Sciences. The nonpartisan, 15-member board advises and approves priorities for the Institute of Education Sciences, the research, statistics and evaluation arm of the Department of Education.

 
 
Rice funds new research collaborations with Houston Methodist
 

Rice University and the Houston Methodist Academic Institute have launched a seed grant program to foster innovative research between their faculty, collaborating researchers and clinician scientists. Each institution will share equally in the funding of 20 multiyear projects in robotics, imaging, nursing, cardiovascular engineering and psychological and behavioral health.

 
     
 

Student Life

 
     
 
Shepherd School student Alex Moreno-Gonzalez creates original composition New Dawn for DesRoches investiture
 

When the organizers of the investiture ceremony for Rice University’s eighth president, Reginald DesRoches, wanted a special piece of music to follow his inaugural address, they looked no further than Rice’s own Shepherd School of Music. When Loden and the Shepherd School Department of Composition faculty met to discuss who should be selected for the honor, they chose Alex Moreno-Gonzalez, a junior who is a student of Richard Lavenda.

 
 
Owls land in LendingTree Bowl, will face Southern Miss
 

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.

 
 
Owls claim C-USA regular-season soccer championship
 

The Rice women's soccer team claimed the Conference USA regular-season championship via a 1-0 victory on Senior Night over Western Kentucky University at Holloway Field combined with a Louisiana Tech University victory over the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

 
 
Rice partners with Greentown Labs to create student-driven entrepreneurship ecosystem in Houston
 

Greentown Labs, the largest “climatetech” startup incubator in North America, announced the launch of the Entrepreneurship Exchange for Energy with Rice University and other leading university entrepreneurship centers. Students will have access to mentorship with Greentown Labs’ climatetech entrepreneurs, networking events, career opportunities and pitch competitions.

 
 
World Series smile
 

Rice sport management major and Astros ticket experience ambassador, Thomas Avalos ’23, had another reason to celebrate the World Series win. Thomas sold the Batter’s Eye Box row two where Yordan Alvarez’s homerun landed, clinching the championship.

 
     
 

Parent Involvement

 
     
 
Register by Jan. 10 to serve as an Owl Edge Externship Host
 

Share your expertise as an Owl Edge Externship host March 13-17. By hosting an extern, you can pass along your experiences, in-person or virtually, to Rice students as they explore future career options.

 
 
Owl Together 2022 — celebrating Rice’s past with an eye to the future
 

On Oct. 28-30, hundreds of parents and family members gathered on Rice's campus for Owl Together, which includes Families Weekend. The weekend’s festivities featured undergraduates welcoming their families to lunch within the residential colleges Oct. 28, a fun-filled Owl Together Tailgate & Family Fest and Rice football’s homecoming game against the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

 
 
Support the programs that matter most to your student as a Family Fellow
 

The Rice Family Fellows program is a giving society for parents and family members who are committed to fulfilling the university's mission to provide a transformative undergraduate education to its students. Visit the Family Fellows website to learn more about how you can make a distinctive impact on Rice.

 
     
 

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