RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, November 18-24
Monday (7 pm CT) – Rice Owls Coaches Show Mi Cocina
Tuesday-Sunday – NCAA Individual W/M Tennis Championships
Tuesday (7:30 pm CT) – M Basketball at Louisiana Radio l TV: ESPN+
Wednesday-Friday – Swimming at Phill Hansel Invitational, Houston
Thursday (8 pm CT) – W Basketball at Gonzaga Radio l TV: ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – AAC Volleyball Championship, Wichita
Friday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball at Houston Christian Radio l TV: ESPN+
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Football at UAB Radio l TV: ESPN+ l GN: Rice l UAB
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, November 18-24
Unrtil Dec 31 – Fondren Library: 50 years of Rice Design Alliance
Until Dec 21 – Moody Center: Do Ho Suh: In Process
Monday (5 pm CT) – Baker Event: The Election is Over: Let's Talk
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Scientia Lecture Series: Democracy
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Dallas Fort-Worth: Tuesday Trivia
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Michelle Moore
Wed (5:30 pm CT) – HIPLA: Fall Happy Hour honoring Naomi Halas
Wed (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Assessing the future of US-China Competition
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Online: Meet Author Elizabeth Crook '82
Thursday (8 am CT) – Ion Visionary Voices: Dan Ammann
Thursday (9 pm CT) – Boniuk Institute: RPLC Scholar’s Meeting
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Sawyer Seminar: Jeremy Greene
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Liu Distinguished Visitor Series: Chia Youyee Vang
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Io Capitano Public Film Screening
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Engineers in the C-Suite: Sandra Johnson, PhD ‘88
Thursday (6 pm CT) – ARA Houston November Social
Friday (6 pm CT) – Nobody’s Watching: Film Screening and Discussion
Friday (6 pm CT) – Opening Reception for Platform: Eva LeWitt
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: A Night of 16mm Conspiracy
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Y2K
Shepherd School Events This Week, November 18-24
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
UAB Preview (Rice Owls)
UAB presser quotes and depth chart (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
Yesterday, the Pirates claimed INF Tristan Gray off waivers from the Athletics.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Owls Announce 2025 Schedule (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice M Basketball:
Anglin's Career Day Leads Rice to 83-61 Victory at Louisiana (Rice Owls)
Rice buries Louisiana with late run (The Roost)
Rice Soccer:
Five Owls Named CSC All-District (Rice Owls)
Rice Swimming:
Owls Head Across Town for Phill Hansel Invitational (Rice Owls)
Owls prepare for midseason meet with championship mindset (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Golf:
Bergland Announces Inaugural Signing Class (Rice Owls)
High School Volleyball Playoffs:
Yesterday, nationally ranked Grand Oaks swept Allen in the State Semifinals to advance to the State Championship against Fulshear on Saturday, November 23 at 6 pm at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland. Junior Halle Thompson, the daughter of two-year Rice Volleyball letterwinner Libra Taylor Thompson ‘00 (1997-98), plays for the Grizzlies.
Other News
School of Architecture:
School of Architecture Launches Exhibitions at Cannady Hall (Rice News)
David James '11:
Lina Hidalgo to have destination wedding week after Thanksgiving (Chronicle)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Four-year Rice tennis letterwinner Elle Lewis Anderson ’01 (1997-98-99-00) is the aunt of current Rice W cross country runner Shannon Walsh. Elle is a member of the Rice Board of Trustees. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Bob Toone, Ann Eldredge, Ann Bixby, Bill Allison, Paul Reese, Martha Proctor Gano, Russell Henderson, Jeff Ross, David Ownby, Sallie Schwall, Andy Williams, Ted Richard, Chris Kohnhorst, James Walker, Bob Reinhold, Betty Bixby, Mike Ross and Melinda Clark!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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