College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Friday, October 30, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, Oct 26 - Nov 1
Monday-Wednesday – Baseball at Blue-Gray World Series
Tuesday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Eastern New Mexico EXH
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Tulane ESPN+
Thursday-Sunday – W Tennis at HEB Invitational, Waco
Friday-Sunday – M Tennis at SMU Invitational, Dallas
Friday (12:30 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Charlotte ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – M Tennis at Baylor Invitational
Friday (7 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. South Florida ESPN+
Saturday – American Conference M/W XC Championships, New Orleans
Saturday-Sunday – M Golf at Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, Loxley AL
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week Oct 26 - Nov 1
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until October 31 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Seminar Lecture: Dr Marc Hansel
Mon (12:30 pm CT) – SRUW Seminar with Kathleen Canning LOCATION CHANGE: SRUW will be meeting (in person) at the Anderson-Clarke Center, Rm 115
Monday (4 pm CT) – Baker Event: The Future of US FIscal Policy
Monday (6 pm CT) – Jahi: An Interview with Dr. Anthony Pinn
Tuesday (1 pm CT) - Baker Event: Roberto Carlos
Tuesday (1:30 pm CT) – London l Alumni Social
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: International Rescue Committee
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – Haunted History: Old Haunts & Hidden Stories at Rice
Wednesday (11 am CT) – Wellness Wednesday: Eric George
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Scott Solomon: Becoming Martian
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play that Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Vanzant Seminar Lecture: Dr James Rothman
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – “Revolution’s Daughter” Film Screening and Happy Hour
Thursday (11 am CT) – "Save Sammy the OWL” Escape Room Challenge
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Humanities NOW: The Impossible Will Be Televised
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Austin l Brains in a Bar: Dean Luay Nakhleh
Thursday (6 pm CT) – DFW l Grad Alumni Social
Friday (9 am CT) – Michelle McCoy: Mongol Empire (1206-1368)
Friday (12 pm CT) – Rice Anthropology Brown Bag Talk with Julie Livingston
Friday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Baker Event: Dr Maria Repnikova
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: The Story of the Big Boys
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema l Buddy
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, Oct 26 - Nov 1
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Owls in NFL:
Week 7 Roundup (RIce Owls)
FAU 51, Rice 49:
Backup QB runs to records in FAU loss (The Rice Thresher)
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
Last night, the Brewers defeated the Dodgers, 6-4, to sweep the best-of-seven NL Championship Series, 4-0. Danny Lehmann is the Bench Coach for the Dodgers.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Reckling's Roost Upgraded to Club 37 (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice W Basketball:
Edmonds Earns Preseason Coach of the Year Recognition (Rice Owls)
Rice Soccer:
Owls Welcome Charlotte for Regular Season Finale (Rice Owls)
Other News
Tam Dao:
The Instigator (Science)
James Tour:
Rice researchers develop new way to quicky recycle electronic waste (Rice News)
Shepherd School:
Mahler orchestral journey begins with sold-out night (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
On Monday, Robert Gasser, who pitched for UH from 2020-2021, won game 3 of the World Series for the Brewers. Not only did he win but he became just the second player in World Series history to finish a start of at least 6.0 innings and face the minimum number of batters. (The other was Don Larsen in his perfect game in 1956.) Read more. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ann Bixby, Art Gottschalk, Ted Richard, Andy Williams, Anne Eldredge, Bob Toone, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Martha Proctor Gano, George Wagner, Paul Reese, James Walker, John Golbach, Clarke Anderson, Guy Rollins, Betty Bixby, Arthur Rogers, John Montana, Steve Brown, Chris Kohnhorst, Susan Zimmerman, Greg Mathews, Ben Mayberry, Brian Lattimer, Mike Ross, Jill Clausen, Melinda Clark, Horst Paul, Boyd Harrison and Dan Hyde!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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