August 17, 2025

Turrell Skyspace:
Turrell Skyspace Closed Until Spring 2026 (Glasstire)

Safe Crossings:
Rice, city relocate crosswalk signal (Rice News)

Donald Twieg (1944-2025):
On April 28, Donald Twieg passed away.  He earned a BA in Physics in 1968 and a MS in Space Physics & Astronomy in 1971 from Rice and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from SMU in 1977.  In addition to teaching at various universities including twenty-two years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, he was a medical technology researcher who contributed to the early development of MRI machines.  He retired from UAB in 2012 and he and his wife Kathy retired to Colorado.  Click here for the obituary.

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