| The DesRoches era begins as Rice’s eighth president takes office |
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DesRoches assumed Rice’s presidency July 1, the fifth anniversary of the renowned civil engineer’s arrival on campus to lead the George R. Brown School of Engineering, and two years after he was named provost. As Rice’s eighth president, DesRoches is also the school’s first Black president and the first immigrant to hold the position. Save the date for a weekend of formal investiture events for DesRoches on Oct. 20-22.
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| Dittmar named new Rice University provost |
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Amy Dittmar, a distinguished scholar with an extensive background in economics, finance and university administration, began August 1 in her role as the provost of Rice University. With a reputation for educational innovation and implementing successful strategies, Dittmar comes to Rice with deep leadership experience and a commitment to the mission of higher education.
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| Nine new professors join Rice Business |
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The Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University has added nine faculty members with expertise ranging from management to marketing. It’s a record number of new tenured and tenure-track professors for the school. The school is expanding its core faculty to support the growth of the new undergraduate major in business.
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| Rice to open international campus in Paris |
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Rice University will expand global education and research opportunities for its students and faculty with the opening of the Rice University Paris Center. In a historic 16th-century building in the heart of Paris, the new center will be home to student programs, independent researchers and international conferences organized through Rice. It will also serve as a satellite and hub for European research activity, giving Rice researchers greater access to French and other European partners.
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| Fondren Library honored with award for work during COVID-19 |
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Fondren Library’s Access Services team, a group of 19 people, has won the 2022 Shapiro Library Staff Innovation Award. The Access Services team was honored for keeping the library’s materials and services usable during COVID-19 interruptions and remote work by adapting offerings to meet the needs of faculty and students.
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| Landmark new engineering and science building on campus to bear Ralph S. O’Connor’s name |
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After moving to Houston to pursue a career in the energy industry, Ralph S. O’Connor fell in love with the Rice campus, became deeply involved with the university and ultimately became one of the most generous donors in its history. The Ralph S. O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science, now under construction on the north side of the campus, will complete the Rice University engineering quadrangle.
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| Rice welcomes Class of 2026 with open arms on jubilant move-in day |
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Dozens of Rice students who’d volunteered to lead new students through O-Week — Rice’s time-honored weeklong orientation — awaited the arrival of the newest parliament of Owls. There were 1,210 in this latest flock, the second-largest incoming class in Rice’s history.
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| Rice community hits the streets for LGBTQ Pride celebrations |
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Dozens of members of the Rice community hit the streets of downtown Houston June 25 to walk in the city’s 44th annual LGBTQ Pride parade. This year’s parade and festival marked the first in-person iteration of the yearly event held in two years due to COVID-19.
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| Rice’s Kanisha Feliciano makes Broadway history in ‘Phantom of the Opera’ |
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Just months after her Broadway debut in James Lapine’s musical “Flying Over Sunset,” Rice Artist Diploma student Kanisha Feliciano has joined the cast of Broadway’s longest-running musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera.” Feliciano took the stage in her first performance as Christine June 27 and made history as the first Latina and second Black woman to perform the role.
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| Join Rice parents and families at Owl Together Oct. 28-29 |
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Owl Together features beloved Families Weekend and Homecoming & Reunion traditions and soon-to-be favorite additions. Receive a warm Rice welcome and enjoy unique events for parents, including family breakfast with Rice leaders, the student leadership forum, Owl Together Tailgate and Family Fest, Rice Ring Celebration and more. For more details, visit owltogether.rice.edu.
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| Rice parents contribute $1.6 million to Rice in FY 2022 |
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In addition to supporting their own students, many parents also contribute philanthropically to Rice to ensure that Owls have every opportunity to learn and lead, both on campus and beyond. This past fiscal year, Rice parents showed remarkable generosity in support of unique opportunities for our students and faculty. Click here to read more about parent giving results.
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| Help our Owls kick off the fall semester by supporting the Rice Annual Fund |
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Your support of the Rice Annual Fund every year attracts talented and curious students to Rice, enables them to take part in cutting-edge research and scholarship, and provides the broad support for teaching excellence and residential college activities that distinguish the Rice student experience as one of the best in the nation.
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