Evan Fricke:
Lost birds and mammals spell doom for some plants (Rice News)

Daniel Cohan:

Daniel Domingues:
Rice wins NEH grant to create digital database of Atlantic slave trade (Rice News)

Financial Aid:
Rice and 15 other universities accused of conspiring to limit financial aid (The Texas Tribune)
Rice named as one of 16 schools in financial aid lawsuit (The Rice Thresher)

Germaine Franco '84/'87:

Germaine Franco '84/'87:
On Sunday night, Disney's animated movie Encanto won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.  Encanto's songs were written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and accompanied by musical scoring by Germaine Franco '84/'87.

2022 Good Brick Awards:

Suzanne Deal Booth '77 (Thanks, Kathleen Boyd '80!):
Suzanne Deal Booth '77 helped fund the recent Rothko Chapel renovation and her name is on its welcome house and chapel shop.  Read more.

Harry Hanszen Lynch (1939-2021):

Scott Solomon:
Wondrium, the online subscription video service, offer two videos by Scott Solomon: "What Darwin Didn't Know: The Modern Science of Evolution" and "Why Insects Matter: Earth's Most Essential Species".  You can check them out here.

Lesa Tran Lu '07/'09/'12:

Baker Institute:
Biden's Foreign Policy: One Year In (Rice News)

Caroline Shaw '04:
Caroline Shaw on writing classical music (Daily Beast)

2022 Good Brick Awards:

Moody Center:
Moody Kicks Off 2022 With Incredible New Slate of Programs (Houstonia)

Rabbi Oren Hayon '94:
Emanu El Runners: One Step At A Time (Houston Chronicle)

Rice History Corner:

Andre Izidoro:
Earth isn't 'super' because the sun had rings before planets (Rice News)

Stephanie Wu '13:
Stephanie Wu offers accupuncture with neon lighting and pop art basketball prints (SF Examiner)

Ann Harithas:

Rice Engineering:
Rice Engineering sees its largest ever incoming class of freshmen (Rice News)

Germaine Franco '84/'87:

Jane Sanders (1938-2021):
On December 18, 2021, Jane Sanders passed away.  A native Houstonian, she graduated from Rice in 1960.  In addition to raising three children with her former husband Larry, she became a national award-winning elementary teacher.  Also, she loved adventures, fabric of all kinds and feasts with friends and family and she was a voracious reader.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.

Germaine Franco '84/'87:
Last month, Disney released a podcast with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Germaine Franco '84/'87 discussing their work on Encanto.  Listen here.

Piper Madland '89:
Piper Madland '89 is running for Houston City Council, District G.  Election day is January 25, with early voting January 10-21.  Read more.