October 19, 2021
Beatrice Riviere:
Riviere named Association for Women in Mathematics fellow (Rice New)
Mohit Aron, PhD '00:
IIT Delhi alum gifts USD 1 million to Computer Science and Engineering Dept (Careers360.com)
Beatrice Riviere:
Riviere named Association for Women in Mathematics fellow (Rice New)
Mohit Aron, PhD '00:
IIT Delhi alum gifts USD 1 million to Computer Science and Engineering Dept (Careers360.com)
School of Social Sciences:
A new ‘STaRT’ for Social Sciences students (Rice News)
Apoorv Bhargava '12:
The next step for electric cars is to make them part of the grid (Fast Company)
Baker Institute:
New members elected to Baker Institute Board of Advisors (Rice News)
Tower of Many:
A look into Old Sid (The Rice Thresher)
What's in Woodson:
It’s spooooooooky season (Woodson Research Centeer)
Jerzy Szablowski:
Packard Foundation backs Rice bioengineer (Rice Owls)
Emily Yoder '03:
Blackstone appointed Emily Yoder ’03 as Senior Managing Direcgor, Strategic Relationship Management. Read more.
Miah Im (1974-2021):
Opera Studies Music Director remembered (The Rice Thresher)
GHP State of Education:
Leebron talks legacy, education and what’s after Rice in fireside chat (RIce News)
Maynard Holt '89:
Click here to listen to a podcast with Maynard Holt ’89 discussing “crazy leadership ideas”.
Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “James L Kinsey: Colleague, Mentor, and Friend".
Kanisha Feliciano:
Shepherd School Artist Diploma Student to debut in new Broadway musical (Rice News)
Moody Center:
New Gerardo Rosales will debut on Moody Project Wall (Rice News)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published today. You can check it out here.
ISLA:
ISLA expounds Latin American scholarship at Rice (RIce News)
Glenn Youngkin '90:
Inside the many faces of Virginia GOP’s Youngkin (Washington Post)
Miah Im (1974-2021):
HGO opera Coach and Rice professor radiated an enthusiasm for music (Houston Chronicle)
Baker Insitute:
Dr Rola El-Sorag named director of Center for Health and Biosciences (Rice News)
Dr Robert Grossman (1933-2021):
On October 7, Dr Robert Grossman, a pioneering neurosurgeon at Houston Methodist, passed away. Two of his daughters graduated from Rice, Dr. Amy Grossman Coburn with a BA in Biology in 1981 and Kate Grossman Rose with a Master of Architecture in 1992 and a MBA in 1998. Also, Amy served on the Friends of Fondren Library board for several years. Click here for the Chronicle story.
Little Bird HTX:
Get your comfort food at Little Bird HTX, new spot at Sammy’s (RIce News)
Chuck Jackson, PhD '98:
UHD’s Scholar of the Terrifying and Frightening (UH News)
Rabbi Danny Horowitz '73:
Houston rabbi competing for nat’l chess championship (JHV)
Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “University and Main, mid-1930s.
James Tour:
Urban mining for metals flashes electronic trash into treasure (Rice News)
What's in Woodson:
Got My Eye on You (Woodson Research Center)