Brazos Bend State Park:
Counting alligators is a family affair by Scott Solomon (Houston Chronicle)

Graduate Student Experience:
New Rice policies to enhance graduate programs (Rice News)

Rice M Basketball:
Mekhi Mason Named C-USA Freshman of the Week (Rice Owls)

Rice W Basketball:
Owls Take Down A&M Earning Historic Start to Season (Rice Owls)

College Football:
Misery Index Week 13 (USA Today)

Douglas Brinkley (Thanks, Nancy Shelby!):
Douglas Brinkley Would Like to Invite Thoreau to Dinner (NYT Book Review)

Jeff Lanier, MBA '03:

Richard Pulley (1946-2022):

North Texas 21, Rice 17:
Rice Falls to North Texas in Regular Season Finale (Rice Owls)
UNT Beats Rice, Secures Spot in C-USA Title Game (UNT Athletics)

Rice Researchers:
Rice lab’s catalyst could be key for hydrogen economy (Rice News)

Rice Football:
Game 12: Rice at North Texas (Rice Owls)
Rice at North Texas: 5 things to watch (The Roost)

Patrick Senske (1964-2022):
On September 21, Patrick Senske passed away from heart ailments.  Raised in California, he attended Rice where he was a one-year basketball letterman (1983) and he graduated from UCLA and UCLA Business School.  He and his wife Lisa (they were married in 1991) raised four daughters and he was devoted to them.  Click here for the Orange County Register obituary.