Rice Baseball This Week, February 14-20
Tue (6:35 pm CT) – vs. TA&MCC Game Notes: Rice l TAMCC l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: RHP Ty Baker (0-0, 3.12) and RHP Bryson Shea (1-2, 9.15)
Friday (5:05 pm CT) – at Charlotte Game Notes: Rice l CLT l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Saturday (3:05 pm CT) at Charlotte Game Notes: Rice l CLT l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sunday (12:05 pm CT) – at Charlotte Game Notes: Rice l CLT l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Tuesday, April 7, 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:
Dane Myers (.267) walked for the Reds.
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
Texas Relays:
Recap: Women l Men (Rice Owls)
Rice W Tennis:
Owls Sweep Weekend Slate (Rice Owls)
Other News
Houston Endownment:
Grant expands opportunities for Rice students (Rice News)
Michael Hwang (1969-2026):
On March 17, Michael Hwang passed away. Born in Oklahoma, he earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rice in 1991. He worked as a Senior System Architect for Gene By Gene in Houston. He “was known for his humor, loyalty and kindness". Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name the residential college that won the inaugural Beer Bike Race in 1957. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome