Gateway Project:
Rice Selects Nations Group to Remake Rice Stadium (Houston Chronicle)

A New Era in Brain Research:
Rice and Paris Brain Institute form transatlantic partnership (Rice News)

Gateway Project:
Four Voters Approved $430MM bonds for Rice Village Management District (Chronicle)

Liu Idea Lab:
Liu Idea Lab marks 10 years at Rice (Rice News)

Second Servings:

Wiess School of Natural Sciences:
Rice celebrates 50 years of discovery (Rice Owls)

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

Vivian Ayers Allen - Correction:

Vivian Ayers Allen:
On Sunday night, Debbie Allen received an honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards.  Her late mother, Vivian Ayers Allen, worked as an apprentice librarian at Fondren Library and became Rice’s first Black full-time faculty member in 1965, according to the Chronicle.

Campanile Orchestra Concert, November 23:

Captain Robert Bruce (1925-2025):
On October 27, Captain Robert Bruce passed away.  A native Texan, he earned a BS from Rice in 1957 and a MS from UH in 1970 in Chemical Engineering.  “He was a highly accomplished chemical engineer, a longtime active and reserve duty officer in the United States Navy, and a devoted family man”.  He is predeceased by, among others, his wife Christine.  Click here for the obituary.

Brian Armstrong '05/'06:
On Wednesday, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said that it is departing Delaware and reincorporating itself in Texas. Brian Armstrong ‘05’06 is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Coinbase.

Michael Baze '90:

ARMS:
Tiny swarms, big impact (Rice News)

Annual Elections Conference in Houston, December 8:
Baker Institute and The Carter Center to co-host conference (Rice News)

Moody Center:
‘Endangered Feces’ turns humor into habitat in Harris Gully (Rice News)

Global Affairs Major:
New major prepares Rice students to lead across borders (Rice News)

Pedro JJ Alvarez:
Alvarez honored with Benjamin Franklin Medal in Civil Engineering (Rice News)

Best in Class:
Princeton Review ranked Rice Business No. 2 for graduate entrepreneurship (Rice News)

Rice Alumni Weekend:
President DesRoches celebrates connections (Rice News)

Shepherd School Gala:
Gala raises $1.5 million (Houston Chronicle)

The Rice Threshser: