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)
Yunmi Kong:
Rice economist honored with young scholar award (RIce News)
The Ion:
Baileson Brewing, co-owned by Adam Cryer ’01, plans to open a taproom at The Ion. Read more.
Alex Porter, MBA '18:
Houston brewery Southern Yankee opens offshoot bar in Montrose (Houston Chronicle)
Baker Institute:
Baker Institute director Djerejian to retire (Houston Chronicle)
Ben Chou '03:
Harris County Elections officer hails increased civic engagement at Rice (Rice News)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
The Ion:
Click here for a podcast with Ryan LeVasseur, managing director of direct real estate for Rice Management Company, who discusses the Ion.
Ben Breed (1936-2021):
On September 30, Ben Breed passed away. A native Texan, he started at Rice and received a BA in Physics from UT in 1957. After military service, he earned a MA (1964) and a PhD (1965) in Physics from Rice. After working for several entities, he co-founded Breed and Harvel Associates, his own consulting practice in 1975. He specialized in acoustics and magnetics. He retired in 2005 and, with his wife Janie, “spent many happy years in Austin and at their beautiful house on the ranch on Barton Creek”. He is survived by, among others, Janie (they were married for 57 years). Click here for the Austin American-Statesman obituary..
Dale Friend (1941-2021):
On September 27, Dale Friend passed away. A native Texan, he earned a BA from Rice in 1963 and a JD from UT Law in 1966. He started in private practice in Houston and then became a plaintiff’s attorney at Abraham & Watkins where he became a name partner. When he retired in 2002, he moved to Lake Tahoe. Also, “he enjoyed collecting rare coins, traveling, reading suspense novels, playing poker, and spending time with his wife, two sons, and their children”. He is survived by, among others, his wife Stacey. Click here for the Chronicle obituary.
James Tour:
Rice researchers hope to turn trash into treasure in a 'flash' (Houston Chronicle)
Baker Institute:
Director of Baker Institute Announces Retirement (Rice News)
RIchard Baraniuk:
OpenStax founder wins 'Nobel Prize of education' (Rice News)
Miah Im:
Rice remembers Miah Im, director of opera studies (Rice News)