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:

Rice Endowment:
Rice endowment reels in 36% return for fiscal year (Pensions & Investments)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “Thanksgiving Leftovers!”.

Kinder Institute:
Ruth Lopez Turley named next director (RIce News)

Josef Sifuentes, PhD '10:
Sifuentes wins UT System Outstanding Teacher Award (Rice News)

Bryan Washington:
Bryan Washington, Scholar-in-Residence for Racial Justice at Rice, was recently named one of Forbes 30 under 30 Media for 2022.  Read more.