Elena Marks:
Founding CEO of Episcopal Health to retire this year (Houston Chronicle)

Stephen Streiffer '87:
Stephen Streiffer named Stanford VP for SLAC (Stanford News)

Bill Martin:
How a Texas Monthly Writer Wound Up Writing Billy Graham’s Biography (Texas Monthly)

Matthew Elliott:
Rice honors Matthew Elliott for superior teaching (Rice News)

The Rice Thresher:

Rice Business Plan Competition:
Semiconductor technology startup wins (Rice News)
Rice competition doles out nearly $2M in cash prizes to student startups (InnovationMap)

Goldwater Scholarships:

Rice Business Plan Competition:
Winners (Rice News)

Daniel Cohan:
New book from Rice professor shares climate change strategy (Chronicle)

Richard Linklater (Thanks, Nancy Shelby!):

Kathryn Dunlevie '74:
Kathryn Dunlevie ’74 is working on her new series Femmes Futuristes.  You can check it out here. 

Tomas Morin:
Rice English professor wins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship (Rice News)

Stephanie Chadwick, PhD '12:
Searching for the tinker (Lamar University Press)

What's In Woodson:

2022 Sallyport Awards:
Meet the 2022 Sallyport Award Recipients (Rice Owls)

Beer Bike:
Looking at jacks from Beer Bikes past (The Rice Thresher)

Rice History Corner:

Aaron Epstein '08:
UB surgeon leads medical team providing combat care training in Ukraine (The Buffalo News)

Michele Gillespie '83:

Hornblower Group:
Adam Peakes ’95 has joined Hornblower Group as executive vice president and chief financial officer.  He will report to chief executive officer Kevin Rabbitt ’95.  They were basketball teammates at Rice.

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

Rice360 Design Competition:
Georgia Tech team wins Rice360 Design Competition (Rice News)

Emily Ballew Neff, MA '90:
Meet the San Antonio Museum of Art’s Director (San Antonio Magazine)

Viva Valhalla:

Henry deForest Ralph Jr (1933-2022):
On January 25, Henry deForest Ralph Jr passed away.  Born in Washington DC, he earned a BA in 1955 and a BS in 1956 in Chemical Engineering from Rice.  He worked for a number of oil and gas companies, the longest with Coastal States, and he formed his own consulting business in the mid-1980s.  Also, he was involved in the community and in his church.

Rebecca Salinas '14:
Salinas Honored by Rice Board of Trustees (Rice News)