May 21, 2022
Prairie Plots:
Getting ourselves back to the garden (RIce News)
Baylor University:
Baylor plans to rename a campus area and to relocate the statue of a slave-owing former university president. Read more.
Prairie Plots:
Getting ourselves back to the garden (RIce News)
Baylor University:
Baylor plans to rename a campus area and to relocate the statue of a slave-owing former university president. Read more.
Baker Institute:
Center for the Middle East renamed in honor of Edward P Djerejian (Rice News)
Rice Chemists:
Rice Chemists skew the odds to beat cancer (Rice News)
Rice Engineering:
Six Rice Engineering faculty members earn promotion in 2022 (Rice News)
Night For Guy Concert:
A Night for Guy (Woodson Research Center)
Albert Chao:
Westlake makes a material shift (Houston Chronicle)
Rice in Country:
Study abroad programs return after two years on hold (Rice News)
Night for Guy Concert:
Concert draws country fans to celebrate the late Guy Clark (Rice News)
Janet Vrancken (1936-2022):
Sally Phelps (1935-2022):
On April 27, Sally Phelps passed away. Born in Atlanta, she earned a BA from Rice in 1957. She wed her college sweetheart George Phelps Jr ’57 and they enjoyed fifty-eight years of marriage before he passed away in 2016. After teaching school in Houston, she and George moved to St Louis and then Dallas with their growing family. Later, she became a realtor, completed a Master of Library Science in 1983 and a PhD in Philosophy in 2000.
George P Bush:
Is Family Name Now a Liability in Texas? (Texas Tribune)
Rice-Waseda Project:
Sophisticated fuild mechanics model is on a roll (Rice News)
Rice Bioscientists:
Crystal study may resolve DNA mystery (Rice News)
Robert (Bob) Howard:
On May 3, Robert (Bob) Howard passed away at the age of 85. A native of Oklahoma, he earned a BA in 1958 and a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 1958 from Rice. He enjoyed a career with Shell Oil until he retired in 1995. He was active in his church and in the community.
Rice Campus Observatory:
May 15 lunar eclipse promises outstanding views (Rice News)
Rice360:
Rice360 honors Virginia Sall ’71 with Global Champion Award (Rice News)
Mike Pence:
Douglas Brinkley:
$10 MM Bob Dylan Center opens in Tulsa (Houston Chronicle)
Lili Baehr '69/'71:
Movieguide Co-Founder Leaves a Legacy of Love, Friendship and Parenting Joys (Movieguide)