MLK Jr Day:
Rice celebrates MLK Jr Day (Rice News)
Community members gather to honor MLK Jr (The Rice Thresher)

Rice Sport Management:

Donald Clayton:
On January 3, retired Rice astrophysicist Donald Clayton passed away.  In 1963, he was a founding faculty member of Rice’s Department of Space Science. His wife Nancy (whom he met at Sammy’s), her father William McBride and their son Donald Clayton all graduated from Rice – ’79, ’43 and ’83, respectively.  Click here for the obituary.

DeLange Conference:
Conference to explore future of biology, technology and climate change (Rice News)

Joseph Cozza:
From campaigns to classrooms (The Rice Thresher)

Shepherd School:
February tickets are now available.  Click here.

How to Survive Prohibition:
Owls' Saturday night flights (The Rice Thresher)

Brad Burke:
Rice Names AVP for Industry and New Ventures (Rice News)

Justin Cronin:

Rice Synthetic Biology Institute:
Rice launches Rice Synthetic Biology Institute to improve lives (Rice News)

Rice Innovation Fellows:
10 Houston scientists named to fellowship (InnovationMap)

Frank Liu '78:

Martin Luther King Jr Day, Next Tuesday:
Rice to mark MLK Jr Day with lecture by Ohio State's Treva Lindsey (Rice News)

Ashok Veeraraghavan:
Rice Professor wins Texas Academy's O'Donnell Award (Rice News)

Rebecca Richards-Kortum:
This Rice Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology (IEEE Spectrum) 

Pete Olson '85:
Former Fort Bend County-area US congressman and former naval aviator Pete Olson ’85 has been named the board chair of the Lone Star Flight Museum, effective January 1.

The Rice Thresher:

WY Geng:
Click here for an interview with acclaimed director and producer WY Geng who graduated from Rice in 2016 with a triple major in mathematics, computer science and visual and dramatic arts.

James Tour:
Molecular jackhammers' 'good vibrations' eradicate cancer cells (Rice News)

Moshe Vardi Lecture, Friday:
Moshe Vardi, who is University Professor and the George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering at Rice, will deliver the World Logic Day Lecture entitled  “What Came First, Math or Computing?” at noon this Friday at McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall.  Remote participation will be available by Zoom.  Read more and/or register here.

RUPD:
Houston mayor, police discuss public safety (Rice News)