Baker Institute:
Markets Trump Policy, Again! by Michael Maher '75/'80 and Anna Mikulska

What's in Woodson:
Jacob Boehler in a Can (Woodson Research Center)

School of Social Sciences:
Rice sociologist Rachel Tolbert Kimbro named dean (Rice News)

Beer Bike:
Races will follow revised format to ensure COVID-19 format (The Rice Thresher)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “To anticipate and plan for problems of the future: Art Busch and The Birth of Environmental Studies at Rice”.

Adrienne Correa:
Corals may need their predators' poop (Rice News) 

The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday.  You can check it out here.

Jones School:
Rice Business expands operations management, recruits top scholar (Rice News)

Richard Tapia:
Richard Tapia recognized with Two Sigma gift (Rice News)

Bria Romero '23:
Rice undergrad soars into inaugural group of aerospace fellows (Rice News)

Rice Alliance:
Clean Energy Accelerator now accepting summer applications (Rice News)

Paul Leung (1923-2021):
On February 27, Paul Leung passed away.  Born in Hong Kong, he emigrated to the US in 1949 after serving in the Chinese Air Force as a flight engineer during WWII and earned a MSME degree from Rice in 1952.  He spent a “long and illustrious” career at Bechtel Power, rising to become Chief Engineer.  Also, he “enjoyed fine dining, traveling, and telling stories”.  He is survived by, among others, his wife Dr Yang Ying Lu.  Click here for the Los Angeles Times obituary.

Frank Liu '78:
Redesigned former post office wants to put new stamp on Houston (Chronicle)

The Question of our TIme:
Humanities courses encourage closer examination of daily life (Rice News)

'The Red Book':
A new look at a 1915 artifact of Black life in Houston (Rice News)

Rice Physicists:
Teamwork makes light shine ever brighter (Rice News)

Jim Blackburn:
Rice fighting floods with losing strategy (Rice News)

Erika Kwee '12/'16:
Houston's Pancake Princess puts popular internet recipes to the test (Chronicle)

What's in Woodson:
Celebrating the Houston Asian American Archive (Woodson Research Center)

Glenn Youngkin '90:
GOP gubernatorial candidate aims to bolster business in Virgnia (Charlottesville Today)

OpenStax:
OpenStax making diversity updates for free, openly licensed textbooks (Rice News)

The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday.  You can check it out here.

Visiting Owl Program:
Humanities' summer course offerings heat up (RIce News)

Gray/Wawro Panel:
Panel examines impact of migration on women and vice versa (Rice News)

Dan Worrall:
Local author takes a long, long long lookackat Southeast Texas (Chonicle)

Frederick Lux (1933-2021):
On March 4, Frederick Lux passed away.  Born in Indiana, he earned a BA in English from Rice in 1955 where he was active in Rice Players and was manager of the basketball team for two years.  After military service, he returned to Lafayette and joined the family business in real estate, home building and land development.  He was an artist and he enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles and couples bridge groups.  Also, he was active in his church.  He is survived by, among others, his wife Bernie (they were married in 1956).  Click here for the Journal & Courier obituary.