Eduardo Salas:
Salas receives American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award (Rice News)

Naomi Halas:
Nanophotonics pioneer celebrated as newest University Professor (Rice News)

Beth Buchanan (1999-2023):

Academic Quadrangle:
Proposed Quad redesign decenters controversial history (The Rice Thresher)

Rice Business Plan Competition, May 11-13:
Largest intercollegiate student startup competition announces teams (Rice News)

Lane Martin:
Rice selects Lane Martin to lead new Advanced Materials Institute (Rice News)

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

Norma Gene Siegel (1931-2023):

Rice Engineers:
Upgraded tumor model optimizes search for cancer therapies (Rice News)

Martha McKean Wright (1942-2023):

Sam Davis Jr (1930-2023):
As reported, Sam Davis Jr '52/'53, who was a professor at Rice for fifty years (1957-2008), passed away on December 25.  A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, March 25 at noon at the Anderson Clarke Center. 

Rice mourns professor and avid supporter (Rice News, 2/20/23)

Barney Graham '75 (Thanks, Peter Fasullo '75/'76!):
Barney Graham ’75 was recently interviewed by the New England Journal of Medicine here.

Baker Institute:

Reggie DesRoches:
This week, Reggie DesRoches appeared on Houston Matters.  Listen here.

Baker Institute:

David Cisneros, MBA '19:
Father, son redeveloping 1920s Eastwood building (Houston Chronicle)

Caleb McDaniel:

Omid Veiseh:
Fats help tag medical implants as friend or foe (Rice News)

Nanxiu Qian (1947-2023):
In Memoriam (Rice News)

Michael Petry '81 (Thanks, Kathleen Boyd '80!):
Save the date of May 5, 2023 for an opening reception for multi-media artist Michael Petry ’81 for his exhibition “In League With Devils” at The Dadian Gallery, The Henry Luce III Center for the Arts & Religion, Wesley Theological Seminar, Washington, DC. Michael, who is the older brother of Grammy Award winner Germaine Franco ‘84/’87, earned a BA in Mathematics and Art from Rice in 1981.

Michelle Thackray:

Melissa Kean:
Melissa Kean honored at Friends of Fondren Library gala (Rice News)

Academic Quadrangle:
Owls react to conceptual design (Rice News)

Doerr Institute: