DOD Grant:
Rice, Baylor win defense grant to advance metastatis study (Rice News)

Roland Smith:
Longtime professor and diversity, equity and inclusion advocate retires (Rice News)

Barry The Owl (Thanks, Charles Maynard!)
Barry The Owl Brought Us Together.  What Will We do Without Her? (New York Times):

What's In Woodson:
Economic Summit of Racoons (Woodson Research Center)

Best Colleges:
Rice ranks #7 on Niche’s 2022 Best Colleges in America list.

Laura Segatori:
‘Smart cells’ show promise to treat disease (Rice News):

Charles Robinson, '90:
Robinson Appointed Interim Chancellor (University of Arkansas News)

Angela Wilkins:
The Way I See It (Rice News)

Rice Architecture:
Rae Atkinson: Helpful house design as an eye on history (Rice News)

Dr Terence Reed (1935-2021):
On July 26, Dr Terence Reed passed away.  Born in Maine, he earned a BA in Physics (1957) and a MA in Mathematics (1959) from Rice and a PhD in Mathematics (1966) from the University of Minnesota.  He enjoyed a teaching career for several decades at University of Colorado at Boulder, Marshall, UNC-Greensboro and UNC-Charlotte, retiring from the University of Alabama Huntsville.  Also, “he had a dry sense of humor and an appreciation of the absurdities of life”.  Click here for the Greensboro News & Record obituary.

Ann Mikus:
Political Science staff member honored with RICE MILE award (Rice News)

Moody Center:
Click here an article about the exhibit “Brie Ruais: Movement at the Edge of the Land”, currently on view at the Moody Center until August 28.

Rice Department of Sociology:
Study: FEMA disaster recovery funds favor white entrepreneurs (Rice News)

Matteo Pasquali:
Using carbon is key to decarbonizing economy (Rice News)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “A Mystery”.

RISE:
Incoming freshmen RISE to the occasion (Rice News)

Rice Alliance:
Rice Alliance to host startup pitch event at OTC (Rice News)

Anna Rhodes:
Why middle-class residents want to stay put after floodwaters recede (Rice News)

Buddy Herz '61:
Yesterday, Brookfield Reinsurance agreed to acquire Galveston-based American National Group for approximately $5.1 billion in cash.  Buddy Herz ’61, who was the Rice Thresher Editor from 1959-60, is a member of the board of directors of American National and Greer, Herz & Adams, LLP serves as American National’s general counsel.

Khleber Van Zandt Attwell (1931-2021):
On July 29, Khleber Van Zandt Attwell passed away.  A fifth-generation Houstonian, he graduated from Rice in 1953.  After military service and earning a CPA in 1962, he spent the first thirty years of his career with Ernst and Ernst.  Afterwards, he consulted independently as Attwell and Associates.  Also, he was an Adjunct Professor at the Jones School for eleven years.  The other major focus of his life was his family.  He is survived by, among others, his wife of almost sixty-four years, Tonia.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.