Jaswmine Manansala '23:
Rice students gather to cheer for classmate on 'Jeopardy'! (YouTube)

Walter Baker, Jr (1933-2022):

Candace Bushnell (Class of 1980):
Candace Bushnell Is Back In The City (New Yorker)

Baker Institute:
The 'Texas Freeze' one year later (Rice News)

Kate Shepherd:

Germaine Franco '84/'87:
Germaine Franco made 'Encanto' groove (NPR)

Lars Eighner:
Lars Eighner, Who Wrote Eloquently of Being Homeless, Dies at 73 (New York Times)

The Rice Thresher:

Doerr Institute:
Kolditz, director of Doerr Institute, announces departure (Rice News)

Annise Parker '78:
On January 1, Annise Parker’s daughter Marquitta married Elisabeth Pabst.  Read more.

Rice Physicists:
Physicists find evidence of new quantum phase (Rice News)

James Tour:
Rare earth elements await in waste (Rice News)

Helen Demaris (Hudspeth) Flores (1949-2022):

Carbon Neutral:
Rice announces plans to be carbon neutral by 2030 (Rice News)

Lauren Snouffer '09:
Texan singer delivers a Valentine - with a twist (Houston Chronicle)

What's in Woodson:

Richard Baraniuk:
Richard Baraniuk named to National Academy of Engineering (Rice News)

Germaine Franco '84/'87:
Shepherd School alumna picks up first Oscar nomination (Rice News)

Theatre 314:

Bill Broyles '66:
Texas Monthly's First Editor Looks Back (Texas Monthly)

Maria Nicanor (Thanks, Mike Ross!):

Jasmine Manansala '23:
Last night, Jasmine Manansala ‘23 lost her quarterfinal round of Jeopardy! National College Championship. 

Tim Harrison '20:
Young alum shares power of poetry to promote critical dialog (Rice News)

Jasmine Manansala '22:
Rice student to compete in Jeopardy! National College Championship Today (Rice News)

Baker Insititute:
Report: Energy transition could be headed for 'valley of death' (Rice News)

Germaine Franco '84/'87:
Episode 584 of the Day 6 News Magazine discusses what makes We Don’t Talk About Bruno work (start at 26:10 mark). Encanto’s songs were written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and accompanied by musical scoring by Germaine Franco ’84/ ’87.

Marilee May Wood (1938-2022):