RICE UPDATE
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, March 9-15
Monday-Wednesday – NCAA Zone D Diving Championships, College Station
Tuesday-Saturday – American W Basketball Championship, Birmingham
Thursday-Saturday – CSCAA National Invitational, Ocala FL
Friday-Saturday – NCAA W/M Indoor Track Championships, Fayetteville
Friday (4 pm CT) – M Tennis at FAU
Saturday (10 am CT) – W Tennis vs. Charlotte, New Orleans
Sunday (11 AM CT) – W Tennis at Tulane
Sunday (12:30 pm CT) – M Tennis at South Florida
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, March 9-15
Monday – Boniuk Institute: RPLC
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr Mollie Simonis
Monday (12 pm CT) – Moody Center: Leslie Hewitt
Monday (12 pm CT) – SHRUW & REA Seminar with Luay Nakhleh
Monday (5 pm CT) – DFW l Medical Networking Social
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – Katherine Tsanoff Brown Lecture Series: William Wallace
Tuesday (12 pm CT) – Sociology Speaker Series: Dr Forrest Stuart
Tuesday (6:45 pm CT) – Houston l Rice Night at the Rodeo
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Reclaiming Your Financial Future
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni March Virtual Book Club: Juliet Nicolson
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (12:30 pm CT) – CELAS: Goya Boycott
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Women’s History Month Lecture with Antoinette Burton
Thursday (7:30 pm CT) – DeLange Conference Keynote Address: David Eagleman
Friday (11:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Arati Prabhaka
Friday (4 pm CT) – Department of Philosophy Lecture: Dana Kay Nelkin
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: The Ballad of Suzanne Cesaire
Friday (7 pm CT) – DeLange Conference “Free Rein”
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 9-15
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
Benjamin Rosengard:
One-year Rice baseball letterman Benjamin Rosengard (2002) is on the Team Israel roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
College Baseball News
Blaine Brown:
Yesterday, D1Baseball.com’s Kendall Rogers reported that Tennessee’s Blaine Brown is embroiled in a legal dispute with the South Main Collective. Read more.
Other Sports News
Rice Tennis:
Women Fall to No. 36 Wichita State (Rice Owls)
Men Win 2026 Ralph O'Connor Rice Invitational (Rice Owls)
Rice M Basketball:
Owls Close Regular Season against UTSA on Senior Day (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 3 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T25 at -6 at the Astara Chile Classic in Santiago on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Rice Women's Resource Center:
Center celebrates 30 years (The Rice Thresher)
DeLange Conference, March 12-14:
Neuroscience meets public life (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Abilene Christian alums Bill (‘58/’60) and the late Pat Martin (’58) have deep ties to Rice. Bill was a sociology professor at Rice for almost forty years and author of numerous books and magazine articles. In her thirty years at Rice, Pat was a student, teacher, editor, faculty wife, college master and administrator. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
This weekend, the Wildcats host the Owls for a three-game baseball series in Abilene.
Way to go, Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Richard Avant, Art Gottschalk (2), Andy Williams (2), John Montana (2), Ann Eldredge (2), Bob Toone (2), Ted Richard (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Joe Quoyeser, Scott Hochberg, Clark Anderson (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Paul Reese (2), James Walker (2), Gloria Tarpley (2), Steve Lukingbeal, Ty Buthod, Guy Rollins (2), Betty Bixby (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Greg Williams, Melinda Clark (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Sallie Schwall (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Ann Bixby (2) and Mike Ross (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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