Rice M Basketball:
Travis Evee Named C-USA Co-Player of the Week (Rice Owls)

Owls in the NFL:
Final regular season update (The Roost)

The Ion:
Energy industry beginning to get behind tech incubators (Chronicle)

Howard Burt (1929-2020):
On December 19, Howard Burt passed away.  Born in St Louis, he attended Rice (class of 1951) and earned a MD from UT Galveston in 1954.  After military service, he practiced dermatology in Austin for twenty years and then moved his medical practice to Georgetown for another 18 years before retiring in 1998.  Also, he was active in the community.  He is survived by, among others, his wife Penny (they were married in 1952).  Click here for the Austin American-Statesman obituary.

Rice W Basketball:
Owls fly past UTSA with ease, twice (The Roost)

UT Football:
Yesterday, the Longhorns fired Tom Herman and hired Steve Sarkisian as their new head football coach.  Herman was offensive coordinator at Rice from 2007-8.  Read more.

Rice W Basketball:
Owls Sweep Series at UTSA (Rice Owls)

Rice M Basketball:
Rice Dominates UTSA, 84-69 (Rice Owls)
Owls rain down threes in two-game sweep (The Roost)

Glasscock School:
Registration for spring 2021 Community Learning & Engagement courses is now open.  Classes will be entirely online.  From now through January 8 (extended from December 31), receive a 20% discount by checking “Apply Discount” and then selecting “CLE December 2020” when checking out.  Browse offerings here.

Thomas Parks (1939-2020):
On December 24, Thomas Parks passed away.  A native New Yorker, he was a professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice from 1967-86.  Also, he authored over 100 books and research papers in digital signal processing.  He is survived by, among others, his wife Martha.  Click here for the obituary.

Rice M Basketball:
Evee Leads Rice to 95-86 C-USA Opening Victory (Rice Owls)

Rice W Basketball:
Owls Take Down UTSA, 78-53 (Rice Owls)

Debbie Christ Morales (1952-2020):
On October 4, Debbie Christ Morales passed away.  Born in Louisiana, she graduated from Rice in 1979 with a degree in accounting.  With her husband Daniel, they raised two sons Daniel II and Derrick.  Also, she was active in the community and was an avid music lover and an outstanding cook.  Click here for the obituary.

Owls in the NFL:
Week 16 (Rice Owls)

Greg Gatlin '03:
Gatlin's BBQ takes catfish to a new level in Southeast Texas (Houston Chronicle)

Ridge Point Panthers:
After upsetting Atascocita, 55-45, in the third round of the Class 6A Division I playoffs on December 26, Fort Bend Ridge Point lost to two-time defending state champion North Shore, 56-14, in the state quarterfinals yesterday.  Nonetheless, this is the first time that the Panthers have advanced to the state quarterfinals since moving to the 6A classification prior to the 2016 season.

The Ridge Point quarterback is junior Bert Emanuel Jr, the son of Bert Emanuel ’94 who was a two-year baseball and football letterman (1992-93) at Rice.  Also, sophomore DK Kalu, the son of four-year Rice football letterman ND Kalu ’97 (1993-94-95-96), plays defensive tackle for the Panthers.