Rice Eingineering:
Soft shell makes hard ceramic less likely to shatter (Rice News)

Wes Anderson:
On July 12, Wes Anderson’s latest film, The French Dispatch, debuted and Wes “is the artfully centered toast of Cannes once again”.  Click here for the recent Texas Monthly story entitled “Everything We Know So Far About Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’.

Wes is the son of ARA Meritorious Service Award winner (2003) and avid Rice baseball fan Texas Anderson ‘81/’85.

Vicente Ordonez:
Vicente Ordonez joins Rice with CAREER Award (Rice News)

Frank Liu '78:
Post Market Hall adds new culinary vendors with global flavors (Houston Chronicle)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “we all hunted out and shortened old dinner dresses, 1962”.

Peter Foley '78:
Gutting Decades of Architecture To Build a New Kind of Processor (The Next Platform)

Adhara Perez:
Meet a Nine-Year Girl with an IQ of 162 (TWJ)

Shelley Pennington (1956-2021):
As reported, Shelley Pennington ‘78 passed away on June 25.  Click here for The Trenton Times obituary of “an amazing woman”. 

Baker Institute:
Study: Oil demand likely to grow despite pandemic (Rice News)

Donna Yeager Wood (1955-2021):
Donna Yeager Wood recently passed away.  After graduating from Rice in 1977, she “went on to a rich and diverse acting career, continuing a legacy of brilliant and funny performances with the Rice Players”.  Also, she was a fundraiser as well as “a relentless advocate for all artistic endeavors, and an important asset to Houston’s artistic community for decades”.  She is predeceased by, among others, her husband Larry.  She was featured in the April-May 1988 Sallyport Magazine (p. 9) and click here for the Chronicle obituary.

Rice Architecture:
Behind the Hedges (Texas Architect)

Spanish Village:
Tex-Mex restaurant closes after nearly 70 years in business (Houston Chronicle)

What's In Woodson:
House of Mirth (Woodson Research Center)

Helen Morgan Johnson (1939-2021):
On June 14, Helen Morgan Johnson passed away.  A native Pennsylvanian, she graduated from Rice in 1961 cum laude with her future husband, Gaylord Johnson.  Together they raised three sons and she “developed into a successful amateur tennis player and teaching professional”.  Divorced in the mid ‘70s, she earned a Master of Education from UT in 1986 and a MA in English from UH in 1994 and she taught English and the tennis team at Del Valle HS in Austin.  Later in life, she was devoted to her six grandchildren.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.

KC Nicolaou:
Reversal speeds creation of important molecule (Rice News)

Christian Carr (1996-2021):
On June 29, Christian Carr passed away after a six-month battle with cancer.  He graduated from Rice with a BA in English and Political Science in 2019.  He worked as the Digital Marketing and Database Coordinator for the Houston SPCA.  Also, he was an amazing local artist and duct tape was his medium – check out this Rice Magazine feature about him entitled “I’m a Nerd About … Duct Tape”.  And click here for the Chronicle obituary.

Klara Jelinkova:
Rice's top tech exec headed for Harvard (Rice News)

Caroline Shaw '04:
Caroline Shaw Is Not Here To Save Classical Music (NPR)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “Speaking of Harold Wilson, ..”

Rice Media Center:
The Last Night at the Media Center (GlassTire)

Suzanne Rindell, PhD, '18:
‘The Other Typist” is a thoroughly wonderful book (The Durango Telegraph)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “I have never seen a philosopher have such an ovation, 1962”.

Dr Stephen Stow (1940-2021):
On June 30, Dr Stephen Stow passed away.  He earned a BA from Vanderbilt in 1962 and a MA and a PhD in Geochemistry from Rice in 1965 and 1966, respectively.  He worked for Continental Oil and taught Geology at the University of Alabama before spending the rest of his career at Oak Ridge from 1980 to 2005.  He was a nationally known expert on the Manhattan Project.  He is survived by, among others, his wife Jeanie.  Click here for the Knoxville News Sentinel obituary. 

Burton Randol:
On June 22, Burton Randol passed away at the age of 83.  A native New Yorker, he trained as a mathematician at Rice (BA ’59) and Princeton (PhD ’62).  He taught at Princeton, Yale and City University of New York.  Also, he “was an advanced amateur photographer as well as an enthusiastic golfer”.  He is survived by, among others, his wife Jamie.  Click here for The Journal News obituary.