Rice Baseball This Week, April 27 - May 3
Tuesday – Rice 6, Lamar 5 Box l Recap: Rice l Lamar l Roost
Saturday (DH1) – Rice 16, UAB 9 Box l Recap: Rice l UAB
Saturday (DH2) – Rice 12, UAB 2 Box l Recap: Rice l UAB
Sunday (1:05 pm CT) – vs. UAB Game Notes: Rice l UAB l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Sunday, May 3, 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
Sat (11 am CT) – Rice vs. TCU, NCAA W Tennis Championship, Baton Rouge
Saturday – W/M Track at Alumni Muster, College Station
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Rice vs. LSU, NCAA W Tennis Championship, Baton Rouge
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
John Doe Lawsuit:
Houston jury awards ex-Rice football player $1.3 million in anti-male bias case (Chronicle)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.273) singled and scored for the Twins.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
American Conference Baseball:
Midseason Roundup: April 17 (The Roost)
Other News
Parthasarathy Ranganathan:
Google VP and Rice alum headlines lecture on AI's future (Rice News)
Robert Arnett (1943-2026):
On April 22, Bob Arnett passed away. A native Houstonian, he earned a BA in Economics from Rice (Baker College) in 1964 and a MBA from SMU in 1966. He enjoyed a career with IBM working with large corporations and NASA. Also, he was active in his church and he “was devoted to his family”. He is survived by, among others, his wife Ann ’65, “his sweetheart of 65 years”. Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Stan Williams ’74 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who teaches at Texas A&M. The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place next 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, Anne Eldredge, Mike Ross, Ann Bixby, Martha Proctor Gano, Bob Toone, John Montana, Arthur Rogers, Ted Richard, Arthur Gottschalk, Melinda Clark, Andy Williams, Clarke Anderson, Richard Zansitis, Paul Reese, Sallie Schwall, James Walker, Ben Mayberry, Betty Bixby, Greg Williams, Susan Zimmerman, Chris Kohnhorst, Boyd Harrison, Brian Lattimer and Guy Rollins!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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