Baker Institute:
What China’s Rare Earth Dominance Means for the US (Rice News)

Paul Burka '63:
Remembering Paul Burka and his lesson on Texas politics (Houston Chronicle)

Rice History Corner:

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.