Shepherd School:
The Shepherd School invites you to save the date of Saturday, October 29, 2022 to celebrate the life and legacy of Maestro Larry Rachleff with a concert at 5 pm in Stude Concert Hall and a reception in the Grand Foyer, Alice Pratt Brown Hall at 6 pm.  Registration to follow.

Ed Emmett '71:

"We Choose To Go To The Moon":
Rice to celebrate JFK's moon speech September 10-12 (Rice News)

Class of 2026:
Rice welcomes 1,210 new students with 8.7% acceptance rate (The Rice Thresher)

What's In Woodson:

Miriam E John '70:
Miriam E John Awarded Livermore’s John S Foster Medal (News Wise)

Lacy Johnson:
Life After Student Loan Debt (Harper's Bazaar)

Rice/Baylor MSP Program:

Karen Rogers '68:
Click here for a story in yesterday’s Houston Chronicle about Meyerland which was developed by Karen Roger’s grandfather, George Meyer.

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

James Tour:
Brushing thin films onto electrodes preserves batteries (Rice News)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s blog entry dated August 15 and entitled “Where Was Commencement?”

Harvey:
Essay: So little changed after Harvey by Lacy Johnson (Houston Chronicle)

Alberto Gomez-Rivas (1933-2022):

Michael Friezo:

Space Act Agreement:
Rice, NASA extend Space Act Agreement (Rice News)

Royce Brooks '01:
The ACLU of Texas has recently elected Royce Brooks ’01 to its Board of Directors.  Read more.

Jonathan Silberg:
Rice team eyes cells for sophisticated data storage (Rice News)

Kinder Institute:
Harvey: Houston needs to double down on resilience and planning (Rice News)

What's In Woodson:

Vivek Rao '97:
Vivek Rao, MD has Passion for Medicine in His DNA (TMA)

Beatrice Eleazar '06/'08:
Building our National Parks (Rice News)

Paul Burka '63:
Paul Burka dies at 80 (Texas Tribune)
Remembering Paul Burka, the heart and soul of Texas Monthly (Texas Monthly)

GEM Fellows: