College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Thursday, October 29, 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 Volleyball:
Rice Takes Down Tulane (Rice Owls)
Rice Tennis:
Owls make deep runs on home courts at conference championships (The Rice Thresher)
Rice W Tennis:
Owls Set to Compete at H-E-B Invitational (Rice Owls)
Other News
The Ion:
The Arc will soon break ground (RNR)
Malvika Bhardwaj '29:
How a Johnson Mentor shapes the next generation of NASA talent (NASA)
AI:
Rice plans 40 additional AI faculty hires across disciplines (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name the last University of Houston Cougars pitcher to win a World Series game as a starter. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome