Rice W Basketball:
Game Versus Texas Southern Canceled (Rice Owls)

Rice M Basketball:
Rice Adds Home Game Versus New Mexico This Sunday (Rice Owls)

The Rice Investment:
Impact Report (Rice News)

Bad News for Fake News:
Rice research helps combat social media misinformation (Rice News)

Evan Walker:
This Texas Rhode Scholar Says Boxing Taught Her "Grit and Resilience" (Texas Monthly)

Final Trivia Leaderboards of the Year:
After 84 questions (and 100 possible points), the final trivia leaderboards of the year are as follows:

“Grandmaster” division – Mike Ross finished in first place with 100 points and Paul Reese and Bob Reinhold tied for second place with 99 points each.

“Ben Mayberry” division – Ted Richard and Bob Toone tied for first place with 80 points, followed by Mike Rogers in third place with 74 points.

“Steve Lukingbeal” division – Russell Henderson finished in first place, Walt Greenberg in second place and Ben Mayberry and Jim Woodruff tied for third place.

Congratulations to these top finishers!  I plan to distribute your prizes by the end of the year.

If you would like to know your point total, please email me.  Thanks to all for playing!

Jones School:
Online MBA program earns high marks in its first year (Rice News)

RIce Architecture:
Anzilla Gilmore Named Inaugural Chase Award Recipient (Texas Architect)

Rice Football:
Marshman Nominated for Burlsworth Trophy (Rice Owls)
Clark Previews Saturday's Game at Rice (UAB Athletics)

Owls in the NFL:
Week 13 Update (The Roost)

Jose Cruz Jr:
Jose Cruz Jr named to Detroit Tigers' coaching staff (MLB)

Trivia Answer:
Before Rice football shut out No. 15 Marshall on Saturday, the last ranked opponent that Rice shut out was No. 16 Texas, 7-0, on October 22, 1960 in front of a sellout crowd at Rice Stadium.  (Thanks, Joe Graves, Grungy, Russell Henderson and Mike Ross!)  

Way to go, Ann Bixby, Kirkwood Johnston, Ellen Pierce, Steve Lukingbeal, Nancy Bailey, George Dethlefsen, Bob Toone, Martha Proctor Gano, Richard Avant, Ben Mayberry, George Wagner, Kirwin Drouet, Paul Reese, Scott Wise, Jim Woodruff, Russell Henderson, Peter Fasullo, Walt Greenberg, Larry Nettles, Chris Kohnhorst, Gene Walker, Cory Barton with an assist to JP Heath, Tommy LaVergne, Grungy, Mike Ross, Betty Bixby, Bob Reinhold, Randy Schaffer, Joe Graves,  Steve Brown, Richard Zansitis, Bev Schorre, Greg Williams, Mike Rogers, William Allison, Chris Reichert and Melinda Clark! 

Final trivia leaderboards of the year tomorrow!

Ashutosh Sabharwal:
Sabharwal elected fellow of National Academy of Inventors (Rice News)

Doug Roberts:
On December 1, Doug Roberts passed away at the age of 83.  He earned a BS in Architecture from Rice in 1960 and “he worked for many years as an Architect building many churches and homes”.  He is predeceased by, among others, his wife Nane.  Click here for The Tennessean obituary.

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Meliisa Kean's latest blog entry entiteld "A Bit More From the Houston Country Club, 1938".

Rice Basketball:
Men's Game at UH Postponed (Rice Owls)
Early season men's and women's roundup (The Roost)

Dornith Doherty '80:
Book Review: Archiving Eden (F-Stop) 

Kirsten Siebach (Thanks, Kathleen Boyd '80!):
NASA named Rice scientist to major Mars rover mission (CultureMap)