Sally Phelps (1935-2022):
On April 27, Sally Phelps passed away. Born in Atlanta, she earned a BA from Rice in 1957. She wed her college sweetheart George Phelps Jr ’57 and they enjoyed fifty-eight years of marriage before he passed away in 2016. After teaching school in Houston, she and George moved to St Louis and then Dallas with their growing family. Later, she became a realtor, completed a Master of Library Science in 1983 and a PhD in Philosophy in 2000.
George P Bush:
Is Family Name Now a Liability in Texas? (Texas Tribune)
Rice-Waseda Project:
Sophisticated fuild mechanics model is on a roll (Rice News)
Rice Bioscientists:
Crystal study may resolve DNA mystery (Rice News)
Robert (Bob) Howard:
On May 3, Robert (Bob) Howard passed away at the age of 85. A native of Oklahoma, he earned a BA in 1958 and a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 1958 from Rice. He enjoyed a career with Shell Oil until he retired in 1995. He was active in his church and in the community.
Rice Campus Observatory:
May 15 lunar eclipse promises outstanding views (Rice News)
Rice360:
Rice360 honors Virginia Sall ’71 with Global Champion Award (Rice News)
Mike Pence:
Douglas Brinkley:
$10 MM Bob Dylan Center opens in Tulsa (Houston Chronicle)
Lili Baehr '69/'71:
Movieguide Co-Founder Leaves a Legacy of Love, Friendship and Parenting Joys (Movieguide)
Rice Architecture:
Dogtrot destined to help solve housing issues (Rice News)
Haotian Wang:
Rice process aims to strip ammonia from wastewater (Rice News)
BlueLaunch:
Rice launches new small-business accelerator (Rice News)
Daniel Preston:
Daniel Preston wins NSF CAREER Award (Rice News)
Sport Analytics:
Rice creates new major to offer training in rapidly expanding field (Rice News)
Rice Architecture:
Faculty among New York's finest (Rice News)
John Doerr '73/'74:
Stanford gets $1.1 Billion for New Climate School from John Doerr (New York Times)
Kinder Institute:
Stephen Klineberg: A retrospective (Rice News)
George R Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching:
Statistics’ Philip Ernst wins Rice’s top teaching prize (Rice News)
Rice Architecture:
Rice students are building for the future (Houston Chronicle)
Germaine Franco '84/'87: