RICE UPDATE
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, April 27 - May 3
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – NCAA W Tennis Selection Show Watch Party
Monday-Wednesday – American M Golf Championship, Sarasota
Thursday – W/M Track at Cameron Burrell Invite, Houston
Friday-Saturday – NCAA W Tennis Championship First Round
Saturday – W/M Track at Alumni Muster, College Station
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, April 27 - May 3
Monday (12 pm CT) – Kinder Institute Luncheon 2026
Monday (4 pm CT) – Kural Lecture: Death and the Meaning of Life
Monday (5 pm CT) – Spring 2026 D2K Showcase
Monday (5 pm CT) – Washington DC l Douglas Brinkley Lecture
Wednesday (9 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: David Allen
Wednesday (11 am CT) – Wellness Wednesday: Owls in Motion
Wednesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Saudia Arabia and World Soccer
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Friday-Sunday – Houston Palestine Film Festival
Friday (6 pm CT) – Boston l Floral Design Workshop
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, April 20-26
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Spring Football Notebook (Yahoo Sports)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
American Conference Baseball:
Midseason Roundup: April 17 (The Roost)
Other News
Run with Reggie:
DesRoches makes strides with Run with Reggie (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Launch Challenge:
Student-founded Bionostic wins (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
David M Eagleman ’93 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who teaches at Stanford. 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, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Art Gottschalk, Bob Toone, Scott Wise, Kirkwood Johnston, Ted Richard, John Montana, Martha Proctor Gano, Arthur Rogers, Kathleen Boyd, Anne Eldredge, Sallie Schwall, Mike Ross, Richard Zansitis, Paul Reese, Chris Kohnhorst, Andy Williams, Betty Bixby, Greg Williams, Ben Mayberry, Brian Lattimer, Boyd Harrison, Larry Nettles, Melinda Clark, Clarke Anderson, Ann Bixby and James Walker!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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