Rice Architecture:
Behind the Hedges (Texas Architect)

Spanish Village:
Tex-Mex restaurant closes after nearly 70 years in business (Houston Chronicle)

What's In Woodson:
House of Mirth (Woodson Research Center)

Helen Morgan Johnson (1939-2021):
On June 14, Helen Morgan Johnson passed away.  A native Pennsylvanian, she graduated from Rice in 1961 cum laude with her future husband, Gaylord Johnson.  Together they raised three sons and she “developed into a successful amateur tennis player and teaching professional”.  Divorced in the mid ‘70s, she earned a Master of Education from UT in 1986 and a MA in English from UH in 1994 and she taught English and the tennis team at Del Valle HS in Austin.  Later in life, she was devoted to her six grandchildren.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.

KC Nicolaou:
Reversal speeds creation of important molecule (Rice News)

Christian Carr (1996-2021):
On June 29, Christian Carr passed away after a six-month battle with cancer.  He graduated from Rice with a BA in English and Political Science in 2019.  He worked as the Digital Marketing and Database Coordinator for the Houston SPCA.  Also, he was an amazing local artist and duct tape was his medium – check out this Rice Magazine feature about him entitled “I’m a Nerd About … Duct Tape”.  And click here for the Chronicle obituary.

Klara Jelinkova:
Rice's top tech exec headed for Harvard (Rice News)

Caroline Shaw '04:
Caroline Shaw Is Not Here To Save Classical Music (NPR)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “Speaking of Harold Wilson, ..”

Rice Media Center:
The Last Night at the Media Center (GlassTire)

Suzanne Rindell, PhD, '18:
‘The Other Typist” is a thoroughly wonderful book (The Durango Telegraph)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “I have never seen a philosopher have such an ovation, 1962”.

Dr Stephen Stow (1940-2021):
On June 30, Dr Stephen Stow passed away.  He earned a BA from Vanderbilt in 1962 and a MA and a PhD in Geochemistry from Rice in 1965 and 1966, respectively.  He worked for Continental Oil and taught Geology at the University of Alabama before spending the rest of his career at Oak Ridge from 1980 to 2005.  He was a nationally known expert on the Manhattan Project.  He is survived by, among others, his wife Jeanie.  Click here for the Knoxville News Sentinel obituary. 

Burton Randol:
On June 22, Burton Randol passed away at the age of 83.  A native New Yorker, he trained as a mathematician at Rice (BA ’59) and Princeton (PhD ’62).  He taught at Princeton, Yale and City University of New York.  Also, he “was an advanced amateur photographer as well as an enthusiastic golfer”.  He is survived by, among others, his wife Jamie.  Click here for The Journal News obituary. 

CB Baird Jr (1929-2021):
On June 28, CB Baird Jr passed away.  A native Texan, he graduated from Rice in 1950.  He enjoyed a career as a teacher and administrator in the Fort Worth ISD.  Also, he was the founding donor of the Ninnie L Baird Foundation, named in honor of his grandmother who founded Mrs. Baird’s Bakeries, which was at one time the nation’s largest independent baking company.  Also, he was an avid supporter of the Gunnison Arts Center.  Click here for the Star-Telegram obituary. 

Rice Architecture:
Yesterday, Igor Marjanovic officially began as the William Ward Watkin Dean and Professor at RIce Architecture.  He was recently interviewed here by The Architect’s Newspaper along with four other educators.

Ted Loch-Temzelides:
Fungi embrace fundamental economic theory as they engage in trading (Rice News)

UFO Phenomenon:
Jeffrey Kripal on how to think about the UFO phenomenon (Rice News)

Andrew Barron '81:
Barron Appointed Dilley Professor of Statistics and Data Science (Yale News)

Shelley Pennington (1956-2021):
On June 25, Shelley Pennington passed away.  Born in Hawaii, she graduated from Rice in 1978.  After college, she served in the military where she was trained as a pilot.  After she retired from active duty, she flew for TWA for ten years and finished her career at UPS as chief of pilot safety for both the 757 and 767 aircraft, retiring in 2012.  In retirement, she became an EMT and volunteered for the local first aid squad in Pennington, New Jersey.   

Pennington NJ EMS Top Volunteer Responder Dies (Peterson News)

Shepherd School of Music:
The original teen musical THE QUEST, co-written by Kieren McMillan who earned a Master of Music from Rice in 1997, will have its virtual debut this weekend.  Read more.

Brian Arnstrong '05/'06:
Coinbase CEO is coming to Disrupt (TechCrunch)

Cloy Causey (1931-2021):
On June 21, Cloy Causey passed away.  Born in Mississippi, he served in the military and then earned a BS from Mississippi State in 1958 and a PhD from Rice in 1966, both in Electrical Engineering.  He enjoyed a thirty-four year career with Texaco and then worked for the HARC and founded the ERCH before fully retiring in The Woodlands.   His “greatest joy was simply being with his family”.  He is survived by, among others, his wife of sixty-eight years, Barbara.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.  

Jacob Robinson:
Keck backs Rice bid to ‘build a brain’ (Rice News)

Glasscock School:
This year, for the first time, the Glasscock School is offering a Summer Session featuring a selection of pre-recorded, on-demand courses.  Read more and/or register here.

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “We felt like a platter of stewed potatoes, 1962”.