Project Metis:
Rice partners on Project Metis for brain health, emerging brain economy (Rice News)

Lawrence Katz (1929-2025):

Caleb McDaniel:
New editorial era for Journal of Southern History (Rice News)

Richard Linklater:

Martha Bell (1940-2025):

Margaret Alexander:
On November 18, Margaret Alexander passed away.  Born in Oklahoma, she grew up in Maryland, attended Rice (class of 1971) and earned a BA from Stanford in 1971 and a Master of Engineering from Vermont College in 1975.  She worked twenty-five years for Bolt Beranek and Newman and then she became involved in the non-profit world for fifteen years.  “She was funny, light-hearted and generous.”

Holiday Cheer (Thanks, Michelle Leigh Smith '79):
For the holidays, Stages is presenting It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.  The producers are Amy Sutton ’89 and Gary Chiles ’86.  Read more.

Gary Lee Cisneros (1967-2025):

Amyloid Research Center:
Rice establishes new campus hub to tackle neurodegenerative diseases (Rice News)

Sam Haddon (1939-2025):

Take Flight Scholars Program:
Take Flight branches out (Rice News)

Moody Center:
 'Bio Morphe' inspires New Art / New Music (Rice News)"

Jim Cloutier (1947-2025):

Police Blotter:
Two students robbed at gunpoint in West Lot (The Rice Thresher)

Patricia McGee (1935-2025):

Baker Institute:
Baker Institute receives historic $7.5M gift (Rice News)

Michael Morgan:
Rice celebrates Morgan's career (Rice News)

David James '11:

Chao College:
Students apply to transfer to Chao College (The Rice Thresher)

Robert AM Stern (1939-2025):
On November 27, prominent architect Robert AM Stern passed away.  He designed McNair Hall on the Rice campus.

Rice Architecture:
‘Art, Architecture and the Middle Landscape’ opens (Rice News)

Campbell Lectures:
Cobb offers clearer view of America’s democratic crossroads (Rice News)

Michael Gustin:

Sylvia Del Castillo (1936-2025):
On November 13, Sylvia Del Castillo passed away.  Born in Massachusetts, she earned a BA in Romance Language from Rice in 1958.  Together with her late husband Frank Del Castillo, they raised six daughters.  Also, she was a “teacher at heart” and she “was deeply dedicated to her faith, her family, and ta life of service to others”.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.