RICE UPDATE
Sunday, April 5, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, April 6-12
Wednesday (5 pm CT) – W Tennis vs. SMU
Thursday-Saturday – W/M Track at 44 Farms Team Invitational, College Station
Friday (5:30 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. UH
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, April 6-12
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr Ailong Ke
Tuesday (10 am CT) – SSPEED Lecture: Jim Blackburn
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Nir Eyal
Tuesday (5:15 pm CT) – Rice360 Global Health Seminar
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – Moody Center: Artists-in-Dialogue: Joan Fontcuberta
Wednesday (12:30 pm CT) – Engineering Minds: Heather Snell
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni April Virtual Book Club: Florence Knapp
Thursday – 2026 Night of Ideas Houston
Thurday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Rice Engineering Annual Lecture: Partha Ranganathan
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series: Dr Aimee Froom
Thu (5:30 pm CT) – Katharine Tsanoff Brown Lecture Series: Lauren Cannady
Thursday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Calming the Waters
Thursday (7 pm CT) – P & A Public Lecture: Alfredo Aranda
Friday (12 pm CT) – Brown Bag Talk with Faye Ginsburg
Friday (4 pm CT) – Traveling Owls 2007 Destination Debut
Fri-Sat (6 pm CT) – Moody Center: Dimensions Variable: Open Machine
Friday (6 pm CT) – EOLogy: Odell to the Toaster
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Westermann
Saturday (10 am CT) – Alumni Tent at Beer Bike
Saturday (4 pm CT) – Chicago l St Louis vs Chicago Alumni Meetup
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Los Constructores de la Alhambra
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 30 - April 5
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
CJ Witten:
This week, Cooper Witten, CJ’s brother, committed to play for Oklahoma. Two months ago, their father Jason Witten joined the program as tight ends coach.
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MilB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Trei Cruz (.222) homered for AAA Toledo.
Garrett Stratton (0-0, 9.00) allowed 1 earned run in 1 inning for Hi-A Brooklyn.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
After Texas State, Webb finds new home at Rice (San Marcos Daily Record)
Other Sports News
Rice M Tennis:
Owls Take Down No. 64 Memphis (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 3 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T5 at -14 at the LECOM Suncoast Classic in Lakewood Ranch FL on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Doerr Institute:
John Doerr on purpose, innovation and the future (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Michael Maher ’75, ’79, ‘80 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who enjoyed a thirty-four year career at Exxon Mobil. The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road). Click here for a list of the 2026 Laureates Awards Honorees. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
Way to go, Ted Richard, Andy Williams, Anne Eldedge, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Bob Toone, Kirkwood Johnston, Arthur Gottschalk, John Montana, Martha Proctor Gano, Ann Bixby, Arthur Rogers, Clarke Anderson, Steve Lukingbeal, Paul Reese, Walt Greenberg, Chris Kohnhorst, Greg Williams, Betty Bixby, Melinda Clark, Boyd Harrison, Mike Ross, James Walker and Brian Lattimer!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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