OTHER RICE NEWS August 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Nanotubes:
Seeing bending is believing (Rice News)
Nicholas Putnam:
Stimulus funds help Rice evolve (Rice News)
George Foreman:
Foreman to speak at Rice Alliance celebration Sept. 3 (Rice News)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Casey Roon '97:
Former Owl volleyball player Casey Roon became the new curator of exhibits for the Sam Houston Memorial Museum in June. On Saturday, she was profiled by The Huntsville Item.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women:
As reported yesteday, Lynn Elsenhans '78 ranks no. 10 on Forbes' list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women released on Wednesday. Click here for the Rice News release.
Also on the list, at #65, is Marathon Oil CFO Janet Clark who serves as a member of the Jones School Council of Overseers.
O-Week:
President welcomes Class of 2013 (Rice News)
College Rankings:
US News Continues to Rank Rice as One of the Top 20 Best Colleges (Rice News)
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Lynn Elsenhans '78 (Thanks, Rice Alumni!):
Sunoco chief executive Lynn Elsenhans ranks no. 10 on Forbes' list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women released on Wednesday. A former Owl basketball player, she presently serves as a Rice trustee.
John McDevitt:
Rice bioengineer finds domestic payoff in designing devices for Africa (Rice News)
O-Week Photos:
Passport to Houston l Breaking bread with college associates (Rice News)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Denise Chen:
Rice study finds 'rivalry' between nostrils (Rice News)
Michael Dietz:
The coder is a champ (Rice News)
Sophie Kim '08:
The Way I See It (Rice News)
John W. Diamond:
Clunkers program ignores basic economic principles (Houston Chronicle)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
O-Week Photos:
Sports Rally l Colleges practice cheers l Off to the races (Rice News)
College Rankings:
Does a college's rank even matter? (Houston Chronicle)
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
O-Week:
President's Barbecue (Rice News)
Center for Domain-Specific Computing:
Rice tapped for role in computing research center (Rice News)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
O-Week:
Move-in day a rite of passage for Rice players (ESPN.com, Graham Watson)
Photo Gallery 1 l 2 (Rice News)
Mandy Nathan '89:
Parks leader, 'Buzz Lady' latest to file for Bellaire council (Bellaire Examiner)
Monday, August 17, 2009
O-Week:
O-Week brings life to new North colleges (RIce News)
Photo Gallery (Rice News)
Photo Gallery: Football team lends hand (Rice Owls)
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Connexions:
As textbook costs stack up, interest grows in e-books (Houston Chronicle)
Jade Simmons:
Pianist works to expand her music, audience (Houston Chronicle)
Robert Yekovich:
Making music (Houston Chronicle, Shelby Hodge)
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Suzanne Deal Booth '77:
Multi-million dollar gift will bring Turrell masterpiece to Rice (Rice News)
Douglas Brinkley:
Brinkley's new book examines Teddy Roosevelt's role in perserving US wilderness (Rice News)
Robert Yekovich:
Making music (Houston Chronicle, Shelby Hodge)
Friday, August 14, 2009
O-Week:
Rice welcomes newest Owls, largest freshman class during O-week (Rice News)
Robert Curl, Frank Tittel and Gerard Wysocki:
Technology catches up - 30 years later - with Rice scientists' idea for trace gas sensor (Rice News)
Ed Segner '76:
Yesterday, Bill Barrett Corporation announced the appointment of Ed Segner, a professor in the Practice of Civil Engineering Management at Rice, to its board of directors. Headquartered in Denver, the company explores for and develops natural gas and oil in the Rocky Mountains.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Connexions:
High school teacher's algebra book aces California test (Rice News)
Douglas Brinkley (Thanks, Rice Alumni!)
Click here to watch Rice professor Douglas Brinkley on The Daily Show Monday night discussing his new book on Teddy Roosevelt (6:46).
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
"Best Quality of Life' (Thanks, Glen Krajca-Radcliffe!)
Rice's Newest No. 1 (Houston Chronicle editorial, August 10)
Monday, August 10, 2009
Alberto Gonzales '79:
Q&A with the Counselor (New York Times Magazine)
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Jeff Ross '77:
A Rice alum throws his support into Centennial Campaign (Rice News)
Glasscock School:
Continuing Studies fall courses open for registration (Rice News)
Douglas Brinkley:
Click here for a New York Times Sunday Book Review of Douglas Brinkley's new book "The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America".
Friday, August 7, 2009
Walter McReynolds '65:
Rice Alum Wins UTMB honor (Rice News)
Ben Rhoades '00:
Rice alum helps craft Obama's international message (Rice News)
Ching-Hwa Kiang:
Protein Folding: Diverse Methods yield clues (Rice News)
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Houston 101:
Rice University's Twisted, Tangled Birth (Houston Press)
James Heg '73:
New Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Oslo (Norway.com)
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Cho-Liang "Jimmy" Lin:
August's Artist of the Month: Cho-Liang Lin (San Diego News Network).
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Stone and Holt Weeks:
As previously reported, Stone and Holt Weeks died in a car accident last week as they were driving from Texas to Washington to visit their parents. Click here for the obituary in yesterday's Washington Post entitled "Leaders, Humanitarians and Inseparable Brothers".