Rice Engineers:
Humans in the loop help robots find their way (Rice News)

Fred Campbell, PhD '18:
WA supports first all-Black Mount Everest summit bid (The Seattle Times)

Doerr Institute:
Leadership expert Stefanie Johnson named director of Doerr Institute (Rice News)

Syndey Ying '23:
Rice student to appear on NBC’s show ‘Dancing with Myself (Houston Chronicle)

Mary Pattie Butters:

Rice Engineers:
Bumps could smooth quantum investigations (Rice News)

Guido Pagano:
Rice physicist wins DOE early career award (Rice News)

Natsumi Komatsu:
Doctoral Alumna wins prestigious Schmidt Science Fellowship (Rice News)

Henrietta Rash (1932-2022):
As reported, on May 9, Henrietta Rash passed away at home as she wanted, in no pain and with her daughter and husband Mike Rash beside her, after battling Terminal Kidney Disease for several years.  Born in New Orleans, she enjoyed a long career with Shell Oil.  Henrietta and Mike were long-time avid Rice Athletics fans, most principally for baseball, women’s basketball and volleyball, as well as College World Series season ticketholders.  

Scott Solomon:
Scott Solomon’s Tropical Field Biology course (BIOS 319) is headed back to Belize this summer.  Be sure to check out the class blog here.

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean's latest blog entry entitled "They Never Did Find It".

Baker Institute:
New members elected to Baker Institute Board of Advisors (Rice News)

FInes Martin (1934-2022):

Rice Engineers:
Bumps could smooth quantum investigations (Rice News)

James Tour:
Bacteria-killing drills get an upgrade (Rice News)

Grace Walters '23:
Texas teenager claims Spelling Bee title (NPR/AP)
The Queen Bee of Competitive Spelling (Houstonia, 5/1/20)

David Leebron:

Edward Djerejian:
Edward Djerejian has been named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative.  Read more.

George Zgourides (1961-2022):