College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, September 14-20
Mon-Wed – M Golf at M Golf at Jackson T. Stephens Cup, Frisco TX Golf Channel
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. #5 SMU, Fort Worth
Thursday (7 pm CT) – Soccer at #23 Memphis ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – W Golf at Lady Paladin Invitational, Greenville SC
Friday (6:30 pm CT) – Volleyball at #13 TCU
Sat-Sun – W Tennis at ITA Women’s All-American Championships, Cary NC
Sat-Sun – M Tennis at ITA Women’s All-American Championships, Tulsa OK
Sat (6 pm CT) – Football vs. Western Michigan Radio l ESPN+ l GN: Rice l WM
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, September 14-20
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Monday (10 am) – Baker Event: Voting Issues Facing the 2026 Midterm Elections
Monday (12 pm) – Vanzant Lecture Series: Dr Sven Kranz
Monday (12:30 pm) – SRUW l Seminar with Vivian Ho
Monday (7 pm) – Learning to Code Using AI with Joe Warren
Tuesday-Thursday – AI in Health Conference
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: The State of US Financial Markets
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – Austin l A Reception wiht President Reginald DesRoches
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – FoFL Annual Membership Celebration and Dinner
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Robin Derby
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Using AI Effectively with Tawfik Jarjour ‘12
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Houston l Andy DiRaddo and Art Gottschalk
Thursday – Water Nexus Conference 2026
Thursday (1 pm CT) – History in the Dungeon: Andrew Apter
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Ann Johnson, “Soul II Sole”
Friday (9 am CT) – Baker Event: Synthetic Biology
Fri (12 pm CT) – Rice Anthropology Brown Bag Talk: Frances Roberts-Gregory
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (5 pm CT) – LA l Portland Fire vs LA Sparks Pregame Social and Game
Shepherd School Events This Week, September 14-20
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Owls in NFL:
Week 1 Roundup (The Roost)
Rice Football:
Western Michigan presser quotes and and depth chart (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.265) homered for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.265) singled and scored for AAA Toledo.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Jackson T Stephens Cup:
Rice Battles Back to Tie Utah (Rice Owls)
Rice Soccer:
Owls Open Conference Play at Memphis (Rice Owls)
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Face Pair of Ranked Opponents in Fort Worth (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
Today, Mitchell Meissner is set to begin play at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship in Columbus, OH on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Doerr Institute:
Record number of first-year students embrace Doerr Institute coaching (Rice News)
Venice International University:
A semester in the lagoon (Rice News)
Rice Twins:
Rice’s multiples, inside and beyond the hedges (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name two Rice alumni who are on the coaching staff of the Cincinnati Bengals. One point for each. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome