Karen Rogers '68:
Click here for a story in yesterday’s Houston Chronicle about Meyerland which was developed by Karen Roger’s grandfather, George Meyer.

The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday.  You can check it out here.

James Tour:
Brushing thin films onto electrodes preserves batteries (Rice News)

Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s blog entry dated August 15 and entitled “Where Was Commencement?”

Harvey:
Essay: So little changed after Harvey by Lacy Johnson (Houston Chronicle)

Alberto Gomez-Rivas (1933-2022):

Michael Friezo:

Space Act Agreement:
Rice, NASA extend Space Act Agreement (Rice News)

Royce Brooks '01:
The ACLU of Texas has recently elected Royce Brooks ’01 to its Board of Directors.  Read more.

Jonathan Silberg:
Rice team eyes cells for sophisticated data storage (Rice News)

Kinder Institute:
Harvey: Houston needs to double down on resilience and planning (Rice News)

What's In Woodson:

Vivek Rao '97:
Vivek Rao, MD has Passion for Medicine in His DNA (TMA)

Beatrice Eleazar '06/'08:
Building our National Parks (Rice News)

Paul Burka '63:
Paul Burka dies at 80 (Texas Tribune)
Remembering Paul Burka, the heart and soul of Texas Monthly (Texas Monthly)

GEM Fellows:

William Joplin (1936-2022):
On August 1, Bill Joplin passed away.  A native Houstonian, he attended his first Rice football game in 1946 when the Owls upset Bobby Layne and the Longhorns, 18-13.  After graduating from St Thomas High School in 1954, he started at Rice and then earned an engineering degree from UT.  After military service, he and his older brother Jack formed a business fabricating and leasing portable natural gas compressors which they sold in 1996.  Also, he was an avid low handicap golfer.

The Ion:
Houston Methodist to build a tech hub within the Ion (Houston Chronicle)

William Brown (1941-2022):

Rice Researchers:
Rice models moving 'washers' that help DNA replicate (Rice News)