Parents and Families Newsletter
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A Message from Dean Gorman
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The spring semester is off to a great start, and your student is anticipating a well-earned spring break. During a recent visit to our Paris campus, I was reminded of the amazing study abroad opportunities available to Owls and the lasting impact they can have — and why I hope all our students will consider engaging in an abroad experience while at Rice.
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Rice University will break ground on the new Moody Center Complex for Student Life (MCCSL) later this spring, marking a transformative moment for the university’s commitment to student engagement, development and success. The groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for May 8 and will signal the start of an exciting chapter in the university's student-focused growth, university leaders said.
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The fires that have ravaged the Los Angeles area in the last month have caused an estimated $250 billion in damage and killed at least 29 people in Southern California according to media reports, affecting thousands of people’s lives including some of the nearly 1,300 Rice University alumni who reside in the area. In response, a few Owl alums sprung into action, reaching out to assess needs and provide assistance.
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Supported by several endowments, including the recently instituted Elizabeth Lee Moody International Fund in the Humanities and the Arts, Rice in Country offers students six weeks of summer coursework, homestays and cultural engagement, fulfilling a key requirement for the certificate in language and intercultural communication.
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The Elizabeth Lee Moody Undergraduate Research Fellowship in the Humanities and the Arts allowed Maya Harpavat to design and host a four-week expressive writing workshop at Halo House, a nonprofit that provides affordable housing and support for blood cancer patients and their caregivers.
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A crowd of students flocked to Rice University’s Fondren Library to partake in a variety of activities for the annual Lunar New Year celebration Jan. 29.
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The relay team — composed of senior Mimi Filkin, junior Lily Cramer and freshmen Ava Portello and Reese Cole — earned 52 points, putting them 1.5 points ahead of Florida International University to win the meet.
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Rice University will welcome bôa as the headline music act at the third annual Moody X-Fest April 25 at Founder’s Court. The signature, rain-or-shine event celebrates the Moody Experience and will include free food, swag and games.
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Rice University senior Jae Kim ’25 has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, one of just 32 American recipients — and the sole representative from a Texas university — chosen to study at the University of Oxford in England next fall. Rice’s 13th Rhodes Scholar and first since 2015, Kim is pursuing a major in integrative biology with a minor in environmental studies and also serves as the Rice Student Association president.
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Thanks to the support of Rice parents, alumni and friends, Zoe Wang ’25 was inspired to blend her passions for medicine and engineering by the Global Health Technologies minor. Her sophomore year, she spent a semester leading a team with no engineering experience to design an award-winning new wafer-bag interface for a colostomy bag.
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Supporting Rice students takes a lot of forms — including volunteerism! Browse our list of opportunities to find the volunteer role that is most meaningful to you.
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Save the date for Families Weekend, October 3 and 4, to experience Rice alongside your student! Families Weekend is an amazing opportunity to engage with our faculty and staff, explore campus, connect with other Owl families and more. Mark your calendar now.
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Join the worldwide Rice community on Wednesday, April 2, for the annual 24-Hour Challenge. When 6,500 parents, alumni, students and friends make a gift, we will unlock $600,000 in challenge funds. Keep an eye out for additional sub-challenges, including a chance to earn extra funds for residential colleges. Save the date and bookmark challenge.rice.edu!
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