RICE UPDATE
Monday, February 16, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, February 16-22
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Hal Williams Collegiate, Mobile AL
Tuesday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. South Florida TV: ESPN+
Wednesday-Saturday – American Swimming Championship, Greensboro NC
Thursday (11 pm CT) – W Tennis vs. Texas A&M-CC
Friday (12 pm CT) – M Tennis vs. ODU, Murfreesboro TN
Saturday (9 am CT) – M Tennis vs. Utah, Murfreesboro TN
Saturday (12 pm CT) – W Basketball at East Carolina
Sunday (1 pm CT) – M Basketball at Tulane TV: ESPN+
Sunday (2 pm CT) – M Tennis at Middle Tenn
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, February 16-22
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr Scott Edwards
Monday (12 pm CT) – SRUW & SOLAR l Seminar with Azucena Castro
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – Brazos Bookstore: Scott Solomon
Wednesday (1:30 pm CT) – Fondren Library: Archives of Courage
Wednesday (5 pm CT) – Baker Event: Karen Elliott House
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Meet the Author: Pam Penick '89
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Austin l Alumni Painting with a Twist
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (1 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Quito J Swan
Thursday (4 pm CT) –Transnational Asia Speaker: Frederick R Dickinson
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Becoming Martian With Scott Solomon
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Carissa Rodriguez
Thursday (6 pm CT) – The Gender Factor: Leadership Double Standards in Tech
Friday (12 pm CT) – Brown Bag Talk with Stephen Molldrem
Friday (12:30 pm CT) – Hudspeth Lecture Series: Noam Lupu
Friday (6:30 pm CT) – We Are Here Film Screening
Saturday (5:30 pm CT) – North Carolina l Research Triangle Social
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Manila in the Claws of Light
Shepherd School Events This Week, February 16-22
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Madison Joins Owls as Cornerbacks Coach (Rice Owls)
Rice Hires Tevin Madison as Corners Coach (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
Last month, Jon Duplantier signed a contract with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball. This will be his second season in Japan, after playing last season for the Hanshin Tigers. Read more.
College Baseball News
College Baseball:
Opening Weekend Guide (Baseball America)
Bracketology:
Field of 64 Projections: Preseason Edition (D1Baseball.com)
Other Sports News
Rice M Golf:
Owls Begin Spring Season at Hal Williams Collegiate (Rice Owls)
Other News
Rodica Gonzalez (1964-2026):
On February 8, Rodica Gonzalez passed away. Born in Romania, she earned a Master of Music from the Shepherd School in 1990. She “was an accomplished violinist and a proud member of the Houston Symphony, where she dedicated 36 years to musical excellence”. For nearly thirty years, she performed side by side her sister Mihaela ‘92/’95. “Whether through her music or her personal relationships, she brought beauty, warmth, and meaning into the lives of others”. She is survived by, among others, her husband Robert and her sister Mihaela. Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Northwestern graduate Saul Bellow ‘37 won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1976, Humboldt’s Gift), the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature and the National Medal of Arts. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
This weekend, the Rice baseball team hosts the Wildcats in a three-game set at Reckling Park.
Way to go, Ted Richard, Ann Bixby, John Montana, Anne Eldredge, Bob Toone, Andy Williams, Arthur Rogers, Clarke Anderson, Russell Henderson, Art Gottschalk, Chris Kohnhorst, Guy Rollins, Ty Buthod, Greg Williams, Betty Bixby, Paul Reese, Kirwin Drouet, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Susan Zimmerman, Jeff Ross, Martha Proctor Gano, Melinda Clark, Boyd Harrison, Dan Hyde, Peter Fasullo, Sallie Schwall, Richard Zansitis, Mike Ross, James Walker, Larry Nettles and Brian Lattimer!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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