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A series of lunch talks that aims to expose Rice University students to various networking opportunities in the field of investment banking and finance began Jan. 24, according to hosts Victoria Alvarez-Arango and Adrian Celaya, both Will Rice College sophomores.
On Jan. 25, 2014, the Facilities Engineering and Planning celebrated Arbor Day by planting 26 trees around Rice's campus, FE&P's Manager of Communications Susann Glenn said.
The Digital Media Commons will be relocating from Herring Hall Room 129 to Fondren Library basement this summer, and the Center for Teaching Excellence and Program for Writing and Communications will be occupying the Herring space, according to Jane Zhao, Director of the DMC.
In only 30 minutes, the attendees of the Oct. 29 Scientia colloquium gained insight into the ideas that have most powerfully influenced Rice professors. Students, faculty and staff were introduced to Rice University faculty members Erin Cech, Simon Fischer-Baum, Guseka Heffes and Andrew Putman and provided with an opportunity to appreciate the world in a different manner.
Two Rice University students were selected to participate in the Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum, a program that allows students at American and Russian universities to meet, discuss, and work on policy proposals and initiatives together, according to senior lecturer of Russian Jonathan Ludwig.
This past summer, the OwlSpark Accelerator Program raised $313,000 and provided mentors, office space, guidance and a structured program for nine companies with an average age of 14 months, co-founder Vivas Kumar, a Will Rice College senior, said.
The Community Bridges Service Learning Program, under the Kinder Institute, is entering its third year since its conception and is expanding to include 40 students with nine nonprofit partner organizations from 20 students and six partners, according to program coordinator Mari Figueroa (Will Rice '12).
Rice University's student health insurance waiver process changed for this academic year, according to Director of Benefits and Compensation Elaine Britt.
Hostages
Vivian Ziwei Guan, Sid Richardson College junior, 20, was fatally struck by a train around 8 a.m. on July 22 when she crossed the tracks while riding her bike at the intersection of Main and Walker St., and was pronounced dead upon EMS arrival, according to Vice President and Senior Press Officer of METRO Jerome Gray. She had just gotten off the northbound train and was struck by the southbound train at the intersection. The METRO Police Department is continuing to investigate the accident, Gray said.
Rice University has received a $28.5 million gift from Milton and Laurie Boniuk in order to establish the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, according to President David Leebron.
OwlSpark, Rice University's newest organization to further entrepreneurship by Rice students, recently received a $200,000 grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. The funding will go toward social entrepreneurship ventures that will be added to the program this summer, according to OwlSpark co-founder Veronica Saron.
New RFID Timing
Bored of Facebook and Twitter? Sitting in class and already paged through all of Reddit? Now you can use another social media outlet to vent your feelings to the general public. OWL-Space offers its own options to connect with your friends and professors at Rice. Last August, OWL-Space rolled out a new social networking tool that allows Rice students to connect with each other, Director of Academic and Research Computing Gary Kidney said. This addition can be used by students, faculty and staff alike.
