Germaine Franco '84/'87:
Episode 584 of the Day 6 News Magazine discusses what makes We Don’t Talk About Bruno work (start at 26:10 mark). Encanto’s songs were written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and accompanied by musical scoring by Germaine Franco ’84/ ’87.
Marilee May Wood (1938-2022):
Rice Engineering Alumni:
The application portal for the REA Board of Directors is now open here. REA board members serve three-year terms directing Rice’s oldest and largest alumni interest group. Graduates of any department of Rice’s School of Engineering (regardless of class year, location, or current profession) are eligible to apply. The deadline is March 1, 2022.
Fontaine Carrington Weems II (1928-2022):
Rice Datathon:
Redistricting project wins Rice Datathon (Rice News)
Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean's latest blog entry entitled "The First Woman to Earn a Rice Doctorate, 1929".
Jeopardy:
Starting February 8, Jasmine Manansala will represent Rice on Jeopardy’s National College Championship. Read more.
Matthew Jones:
Matthew Jones wins NSF CAREER Award (Rice News)
Rice History Corner:
The Ion:
The Ion opens unique prototyping lab, names TXRX as partner (Rice News)
Darius Pawlas:
Woman sues Rice, former Shepherd School instructor for childhood sexual assault (The Rice Thresher)
Sasha Cooke '04:
Sasha Cooke and Art in the Time of COVID (Classical Voice)
Terry Tengler (1934-2022):
Caleb McDaniel (Thanks, Nancy Shelby!):
On Sunday, the New York Times published a book review by Caleb McDaniel of “The Last Slave Ship” by Ben Raines.
Nathan Dautenhahn:
Nathan Dautenhahn wins CAREER Award (RIce News)
Julia Guez '87:
Houston poet dives into Costa Rica poetry, receiving NEA grant for translation (Houston Chronicle)
Mary Tobin (1941-2022):
Texas Policy Lab:
One and Done (Rice News)
Rice Design Alliance:
RDA Names Vietnamese Firm Tropical Space as 2022 Spotlight Award Recipient (Rice News)
Jennifer Johnson Cano '08:
Opera singer returns to Rice to share advice (Rice News)
Rice Architecture:
Brittany Utting wins top honors for 'Deep Geologies' (Rice News)
Geoff Wehmeyer:
Geoff Wehmeyer wins CAREER Award (Rice News)
Housing and Dining:
James Pomerantz:
James Pomerantz named AAAS Fellow (Rice News)
Germaine Franco '84/'87 (Thanks, Kathleen Boyd '80!):
'Encanto': Q&A with Germaine Franco (TheWrap)
What's In Woodson: