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Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, November 2-8
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. Dallas Christian ESPN+
Monday (8:25 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Houston Christian ESPN+
Thursday-Sunday – W Tennis at ITA Sectionals, Fort Worth
Thursday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. East Texas A&M ESPN+
Friday-Saturday (TBA) – Swimming vs. UH/Tulane at UH
Friday (TBD) – W Basketball at Murray State
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at UTSA
Saturday (12 pm CT) – Pregame Football Tailgate
Saturday (3 pm CT) – Football at UNT Radio l ESPNU l Game Notes: Rice l UNT
Sunday (TBD – Soccer at American Conference Quarterfinal
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Volleyball at Temple
Sunday (1:30 pm CT) – W Basketball at Richmond
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, November 2-8
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until November 7 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Joni Sue Lane Lecture Series: Ellen Ochoa
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – RCEL: Ethical Decisions: The Engineer’s Responsibility
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar: Caroline Levander '95
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Marcia Lima
Wednesday (2 pm CT) – ARC Groundbreaking Ceremony
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Houston Impact Series: Dr Anne Chao
Thursday (12 pm CT) – Rice Space Lecture Series: Denizhan Yavas
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Thompson Lecture Series: Xiao-Li Meng
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Nader Khalili
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Public Film Screening: Sudan, Remember Us
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Julia Haft-Candell
Thursday (6 pm CT) – FED Dallas Event with DesRoches brothers
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Dust in the Wind
Fri (7 pm CT) – Moody Center: Film Screening: Ancient Beacons Long for Notice
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Rebels of the Neon God
Sunday (7 pm CT) – North Carolina l Alumni Social
Shepherd School Events This Week, November 2-8
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Game Preview: North Texas (The Roost)
Homecoming Battle with Tulane Set for 1 pm (Rice Owls)
College Football:
Yesterday, The Athletic re-ranked 138 college football teams for 2026 after week 9, with Rice slipping from 128 to 130. Read here (free content).
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
Last night, the Brewers defeated the Dodgers, 6-4, to sweep the best-of-seven NL Championship Series, 4-0. Danny Lehmann is the Bench Coach for the Dodgers.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Reckling's Roost Upgraded to Club 37 (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Hummel Named Defensive Player of the Week (Rice News)
Rice M Basketball:
Owls Open Season with Commanding Victory over Dallas Christian (Rice Owls)
Rice Routs Dallas Christian in Season Opener (The Roost)
Jacob Dar paces Rice to season-opening rout (Houston Chronicle/AP)
Rice W Basketball:
Owls Stifle Houston Christian for Season Opening Win (Rice Owls)
Rice Smothers Houston Christian in Season-Opening Win (The Roost)
Other News
Adam Robinson '03:
“On Sunday, Adam Robinson (age 44) tragically passed away alongside his wife (Helen Sharp), their two children, their nanny, two close friends and the two pilots in a Learjet 60 private plane crash in Palm Beach County, Florida, while enroute from Austin to the Bahamas”. In 2003, he earned a BA in Economics and Spanish from Rice (Jones) where he was a two-year basketball letterman (2000-1). Read more.
Baker Institute:
Mexico Country Outlook report to be unveiled November 12 (Rice News)
Shepherd School:
Lummus family commissions new opera in memory of daughter Adelaide (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name the current Rice basketball player who has transferred to Rice twice. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome