Can Rice's Close-Knit Culture Survive?
Rice is transforming its campus as enrollment surges towards 9,500 (Houston Chronicle)

Shima Oliaee:
Rice MFA student reflects on Dolly Parton (Rice News)

Rice Composting Program:
Program surpasses 2 million pounds of food waste (Rice News)

Pride Parade:

Marc Coutanche:
How we remember may change our memories, study finds (Rice News)

Annette Bassett (1936-2026):

Michol Ecklund '97:
On Monday, Murphy Oil announced the appointment of Michol Ecklund as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company.  Read more.

Kinder Institute:

Rebecca Richards-Kortum:
Rice360 project aims to bring faster breast cancer diagnosis to rural Texas (Rice News)

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

CHIP:
Rice students find design needs bedside (Rice News)

Marvin Kunkel (1930-2026):

Nicholas Brown (1934-2026):
On August 16, Nick Brown passed away.  A native Houstonian, he earned a BA (’56), a MA (’60) and a PhD (’63) in Physics from Rice.  He enjoyed a thirty+ year career with Texaco.  Also, he “loved physics, sports, music, sailing and his family”.  He is survived by, among others, his wife of sixty-nine years, Anne ’57.  Click here for the Chronicle obituary.

Rice Researchers:
Rice researchers unlock new way to manufacture diamond composites (Rice News)

Operations, Finance and Support:
OF&S closes out summer with fellowship and fun (Rice News)

Behavioral Medicine and Health Resilience Program:
Rice offers new undergraduate major (Rice News)

Andrea Bajani:

Smalley-Curl Institute:
Smalley-Curl hosts 40th annual colloquium (Rice News)

Civic Scientist Lecture Series:
UK’s top science adviser discusses the role of science advice in government (Rice News)