Kinder Institute:
Houston Endowment provides new $1 million gift (Rice News)

Barbara Morris (1945-2022):

Megan Reiter:
Webb Space Telescope reveals shrouded newborn stars (Rice News)

Glasscock School:
Registration for spring 2023 Community Learning & Engagement courses is now open.  On-Campus and online classes are available.  Browse offerings and/or register here.

State of the University:
DesRoches outlines 2023 goals to faculty (Rice News)

Antonio Mikos:
Mikos wins Jensen Tissue Engineering Award (Rice News)

Rice Engineering:
12 Rice Engineering researchers make world's 'Highly Cited' list (Rice News)

Woodson Research Center:
Shepherd School of Music digitization project (Rice News)

Ramamoorthy Ramesh:
Ramesh, VP for research, inducted as National Academy of Inventors Fellow (Rice News)

Friedman Holistic Garden:
Campus holistic garden plants roots in new location (Rice News)

James Tour:
Rice flashes new life in lithium-ion anodes (Rice News)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean's latest blog entry entitled "The First Time Rice Beat Texas, 1917".

Jamie Padgett:
Padgett named NSF BRITE fellow (Rice News)

Houston Jewish History Archive:

Melissa Fu '95:
Peach Blossom Spring is Melissa Fu’s first novel and “is a bold and moving look at the history of modern China, told through the story on one family”.  Melissa graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Rice in 1995 with a double major in English and Chemical Physics.  Read more.

Bob Malinak (1936-2022):
On November 29, Bob Malinak passed away.  A native Texan, he earned a BA in Economics from Rice in 1958 where he was Sports Editor of The Thresher in his senior year.  In 1961, he earned a JD from UT Law.  He was a trial lawyer with Baker Botts until 1999 and then was an arbitrator and mediator as well as a consultant to lawyers who represented attorneys who had been sued.  Also, he was an author, a world traveler and an unwavering supporter of Rice Athletics as well as active in the community and at his church.

Quad Fellows:
US names two Rice students inaugural Quad Fellows (Rice News)

Kenneth Blenkarn (1929-2022):

Dr Arthur Few Jr (1939-2022):
On December 3, Dr Arthur Few Jr passed away. He earned a BS from Southwestern in 1962 and a PhD from Rice in 1969.  He enjoyed a long and successful career in atmospheric physics as a member of the Rice faculty.  Also, he and his wife Joan were the first magisters of Martel College from 2000 to 2005. He is survived by, among others, Joan (they were married sixty years in July).  Click here for the obituary.