Shannon Walker '87/'92/'93:
Shannon Walker First Native Houstonian to Command International Space Station (NASA)

DOE Solar Desalination Prize:
Rice team vying for $1 million prize (Rice News)

Elizabeth Gillis Award:
Special collections archivist Focke wins Elizabeth Gillis Award (RIce News)

KTRU:
KTRU Outdoor Show brings music, art to campus scene and virtual screens (The Rice Thresher)

Rice Commencement:
Rice updates commencement plans (Rice News)
Rice announces commencement changes (The Rice Thresher)

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

Leigh Henderson Cox Jr (1925-2021):
On April 8, Leigh Henderson Cox Jr passed away.  A native Texan, he served in WWI and then earned a BS in 1948 and a MS in 1950 in Mechanical Engineering from Rice.  He enjoyed a career at Humble Pipeline (Exxon) and at Brown & Root (Halliburton).  After retirement, he and his late wife Lorene (she passed away in 2008) moved to their ranch in Walker County.  Also, he “loved to travel and explore various cultures”.  Click here for the obituary.

"The New Oil":
Our jobs are bound up with the future of four hydrogen atoms and one carbon (Chronicle Editorial)

Brian Armstrong '05/'06:
Coinbase’s Pre-IPO surprises (Quartz)
The mathematical improbability of Coinbase justifying a $100 billion valuation (Fortune)

Chandler Davidson (1936-2021):
Rice remembers founding member of Dept of Sociology (Rice News)
Chandler Davidson Texas Politics research collection, circa 1970s (RIce News)

Xue Sherry Gao:
Rice bioengineer wins NIH grant to attack cystic fibrosis (Rice News)

Shannon Walker '87/'92/'93:
Walker beams down from space station (Rice News)

Shannon Walker '87/'92/'93:
Walker beams down from space station (Rice News)

Rice Media Center:
Final Lo-Fi films bid fiery farewell to the Rice Media Center (Rice News)

Rice Business Plan Competition:
Smartphone app for convenience store owners wins (RIce News)

George P Bush '98:
George P Bush considers primary challenge to AG Ken Paxton (Chronicle)

Baker Institute:
Let’s Mess With Texas’ Power Market – And Make It Stronger (Forbes)

Goldwater Scholars:
Biochem lab partners win Goldwater Scholarships (Rice News)

Mitchelle Gillespie '83:
Deacon Profile: Michelle Gillespie (Old Black & Gold)

Kathryn Dunlevie '74:
New work from her series Mistick Krewes is included in the PhotoAlliance exhibition Bay Area Current(ly) 2020 in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Flower Garden Banks:
Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore (Rice News)

The Arnolds:
Houston billionaires commit to donating 5 percent of their wealth annually (Houston Chronicle)

Elizabeth 'Libble" Rice Winston (1942-2021):
On March 21, Elizabeth “Libbie” Rice Winston, passed away.  She was the Founder and Director of The Peaceable Kingdom School “following the tradition of pioneering education in her family”.  Her father, James O Winston, Jr, was the founding Chairman of the Board of St John’s School, her mother, Ella Botts Rice Winston, was a founding Director of The Jung Center and her great-great uncle, William Marsh Rice, founded Rice.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.

Roland Smith:
Roland Smith receives namesake award from AABHE (Rice News)

Brian Armstrong '05/'06:
Coinbase Reports Monster Quarter A Week Before Going Public (Yahoo! Finance)

Robert Griffin:
Roger Williams University Selects Robert Griffin as Dean of the SECCM (RWU News)

A Major Expansion:
Rice announces major expansion of student body and campus (Chronicle)

Rice Business Plan Competition:
Events to be livestreamed (Rice News)

RIce Public Art:
'Occam's Wedge' by Beverly Pepper makes striking debut (Rice News)