August 14, 2025
Best in Class:
Rice earns national recognition in Princeton Review (Rice News)
H&D Food Assistance Programs:
Dining access fund announced (The Rice Thresher)
Best in Class:
Rice earns national recognition in Princeton Review (Rice News)
H&D Food Assistance Programs:
Dining access fund announced (The Rice Thresher)
Wesley Sinor, MBA '97:
‘Forever grateful’ Rice alumnus steps in line for top chair with HLSR (Rice News)
The Rahman Sisters:
How 2 sisters are building health innovations at Rice (Rice News)
Nichole Ayers, MA '13:
On August 9, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers returned to earth after ending a 148-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) as a member of SpaceX Crew-10. It was her first spaceflight. She earned a master’s degree in computational and applied mathematics from Rice in 2013. Read more.
SSPEED Center:
Niamh Ordner '25:
From biology to bylines (Rice News)
Mike Evans (1942-2025):
Marco Moraes:
Rice bioscientist wins NSF CAREER Award (Rice News)
Bayou Startup Showcase:
Demo Day Showcased Houston Innovation (Rice News)
Eunice Geibel (1924-2025):
AP Summer Institute:
AP Summer Institute boosts classroom success (Rice News)
RECL Summer Engineering Innovation Program:
Come to DEMO DAY 2025 today between 6 and 8 pm “for an exciting showcase of groundbreaking projects developed by Rice graduate students". Read more.
SPPEED CENTER:
Philip Bedient testifies before Texas Legislative Committee (Rice News)
Joseph Chen '2000:
Ivan Diaz '29:
Rice business student opens smoothie, acai shop downtown (Rice News)
James Andrew Darby (1935-2025):
Olivia Trotto (2000-2025):
On July 25, Olivia Trotto passed away unexpectedly in her sleep. Raised in Pennsylvania, she earned a BA in Cognitive Sciences from Rice in 2022. After working as an Emergency Room Technician, she was currently attending the Drexel University College of Medicine. “Olivia loved family, friends, children, animals, travel, languages, music and art, and lived so much life in her 25 years”. Click here for the obituary.
Baker Institute:
Report: What Houston Employers Gain from Transparent Hospital Pricing (Rice News)
Justin Shilke:
Rice deputy registrar advocates on Capitol Hill (Rice News)