Marty Belasco (1950-2021):
On December 5, Marty Belasco passed away "after a hard battle with cancer". A native Pennsylvanian, he earned a BA from Rice in 1972 and a master's degree in accounting from UH. At Rice, he was the Sports Editor of the Rice Thresher and one of his stories, in the April 13, 1972 edition, was entitled "Rice grabs three to clobber Horns".
Jo Nelson:
Joe Nelson wins NSF CAREER Award (Rice News)
Houston Business Journal Texas 100:
Carrie McNeil:
Quirky kveik's yeasty questions no match for freshman chemistry students (Rice News)
Germaine Franco '84/'87 (Thanks, Kathleen Boyd '80!):
Yuzhen Yan:
Air bubbles in Antarctic ice point to cause of oxygen decline (Rice News)
Germaine Franco '84'87:
Yesterday, the nominations for the 49th Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation were announced in Los Angeles. Encanto received 9 nominations including one for music (songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda and score by Germaine Franco '84/'87).
Tudor, Pickering & Holt:
Holt, Tudor to retire from banking firm they helped to create (Houston Chronicle)
Technology Development Fund:
Fund backs faculty projects (Rice News)
Jones School:
Dean Peter Rodriguez has been appointed to the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Houston branch for a three-year term begining January 1, 2022. Read more.
The Reverend John Paul Aymond, Jr (1942-2021):
Investing in the Promise of Students:
Rice will offer financial aid free of student loans (Rice News)
Brock Wagner '87 (Thanks, Kathleen Boyd '80!):
Glasscock School:
Registration for spring 2022 Community Learning & Engagement courses is now open. On-Campus and online class options are available. Browse offerings and/or register here.
Luis Campos:
Historian of science joining Rice as Baker College Chair (Rice News)
Oleg Igoshin:
Swirling bacteria mimic Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' (Rice News)
Allen Till (1956-2021):
Shepherd School:
Flutist Marianne Gedigian to join Shepherd School (Rice News)
NEST360:
NEST360 wins 2021 Innovating for Impact Partnershp Award (Rice News)
Mary Tobin: