March 16, 2023

Trivia Question:
Name the member of the 2003 National Championship Baseball team who was twice selected as a first-round Major League Draft pick.  For a bonus point, name another member of the 2003 National Championship Baseball team who earned a PhD in Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.  Email your answer(s) here.

March 15, 2023

Evan Kravetz (Thanks, Roger Parthasarathy!):
Evan Kravetz is a member of the Israel roster for the World Baseball Classic.  Last night, he struck out Juan Soto but allowed 2 runs (both earned) in .2 innings as Dominican Republic blanked Israel, 10-0. 

March 15, 2023

Trivia Answer:
Former four-year Rice letterwinners Donald Bowers ’91 (Football, 1987-91) and Scott Wise ’71 (Baseball, 1968-71) will receive a 2023 Laureates Award on May 4.  Click here for more information and registration and here to meet the 2023 Laureates Honorees.

March 15, 2023

Michael Petry '81 (Thanks, Kathleen Boyd '80!):
Save the date of May 5, 2023 for an opening reception for multi-media artist Michael Petry ’81 for his exhibition “In League With Devils” at The Dadian Gallery, The Henry Luce III Center for the Arts & Religion, Wesley Theological Seminar, Washington, DC. Michael, who is the older brother of Grammy Award winner Germaine Franco ‘84/’87, earned a BA in Mathematics and Art from Rice in 1981.

Michelle Thackray:

Mrch 14, 2023

Evan Kravetz (Thanks, Roger Parthasarathy!):
Evan Kravetz is a member of the Team Israel roster for the World Baseball Classic.  Last night Puerto Rico blanked Team Israel, 10-0.