Germaine Franco '84/'87:
On Saturday, Germaine Franco and Lin-Manuel Miranda won an Annie Award in the Best Music – Feature category for their music from Encanto.

Religion and Public Life Program:
How members of three religions experience workplace discrimination differently (Rice News)

Baker Institute:
Report: Immigration reform key to keeping US economy competitive (Rice News)

Baker Institute:
The Need for Strategic Thinking in Ukraine and Beyond by Amb. Edward Djerejian

Ruth Simmons:
A Message from the President (Prairie View News)

Germaine Franco '84/'87:
On Tuesday, the Society of Composers and Lyricists’ SCL Award for Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film went to Germaine Franco for “Encanto”.  Read more.

Luay Nakhleh:
Rice mulling center for energy transition (Houston Chronicle)

Kelsey Sanders '20 (Thanks, Vicki Bretthauer '79!):
Click here (page 4) for a feature on AmeriCorps Member Kelsey Sanders ’20 who is working at the Racine Zoo in Racine WI.

Baker Institute:
'High-skilled' Mexican immigrants in US can help both countries (Rice News)

George P Bush '98:

Moody Foundation:
Moody Foundation funds 12 new student opportunity endowments (Rice News)

Philip Ernst:
Ernst elected to COPSS Leadership Academy (Rice Owls)

Rice History Corner:

Texas Life Science Forum:
Texas Life Science Forum honors top life science innovation companies (Rice News)

Rice Bioengineers:
‘Drug Factory’ implants eliminate ovarian, colorectal cancer in mice (Rice News)

Rice Garden:
Rice garden hosting semiannual plant sale (Rice News)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean's latest blog entry entitled "I Made a Mistake In One of Those Math Department Posts".

Lauren Aronson, BA '03:
Director of immigration law clinic serves community, mentors law students (The Daily Illini)

NSF Career Awards:
Faculty set Rice record with eight CAREER Awards (Rice News)

George P Bush '98:
Texas AG Ken Paxton headed to a runoff against George P Bush (The Texas Tribune)