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(04/15/16 6:12pm)
Welcome to the Thresher centennial magazine. Rice recently celebrated its centennial in 2012, so it should come as no surprise that the Thresher is soon after celebrating its own 100-year anniversary. In 1916, a group of nine students — six men and three women — belonging to various literary societies began the Thresher as a fortnightly-published paper “for the students and by the students,” and the legacy thankfully lives on today. This magazine is a celebration of those who have come before us.
(03/09/16 10:26pm)
Who here remembers the RU Observer? If you’re a freshman you most likely have no clue what I’m talking about. But for the older members of the Rice community, the RU Observer occupies a specific niche in our institutional memory. They were the digital-first outlet, the disruptor, the Buzzfeed of Rice, and they acted as a supplementary news source to the Thresher, for better or for worse.
(01/20/16 5:37pm)
Rice has recently reached a new level of positive PR in national media outlets. The coverage has centered around the Entrepreneurship Initiative launched in 2015, a well-funded push to expand the academic, extracurricular and co-curricular resources for entrepreneurs at Rice.
(01/20/16 5:42pm)
Despite his ouster as CEO of United Airlines over a breach of ethics, Jeff Smisek is staying on with the Rice University Board of Trustees.
(01/14/16 11:11pm)
General Tom Kolditz stood in front of a crowd of Rice University parents during Families Weekend in October and began describing the World War II surrender of a German command to General Charles Canham. In the story, the German general walks up to Canham and a group of ragtag infantrymen and asks to see his credentials. Canham then gestures to his soldiers and says, “These are my credentials.”
(09/01/15 7:28pm)
Rice University Police Department officers are “officers of the state” according to a May 11 ruling by the Texas State Supreme Court. As officers of the state, they have the power to enforce the laws of Texas within their jurisdictions, which includes the Rice campus and Harris County.
(11/12/14 2:05pm)
In light of a greater conversation in academia about the rights and roles of non-tenure track faculty, Rice University is reconsidering their titles, obligations and job security.
(10/01/14 8:50am)
The Student Association is considering a bill that will create a task force to examine the future of education at Rice University.
(09/17/14 10:36pm)
In an email sent to the Rice Environmental Club on Sept. 3, Club President Hutson Chilton said the club would, among other initiatives and if members were interested, enact a campaign to encourage the university to withdraw from, or divest of, fossil fuel investments, following a trend at other American private universities.
(09/11/14 3:14pm)
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Richard Baraniuk founded Connexions in 1999 as a platform for a customizable textbook for his Signals and Systems class at Rice.
(09/10/14 10:58pm)
Dear Readers,
(08/29/14 12:39am)
Rice Student Volunteer Program lost its office space in the Rice Memorial Center in a decision finalized in June by Dean of Undergraduates John Hutchinson and Assistant Dean Catherine Clack. The Office of Study Abroad currently resides in RSVP’s old office. The decision to remove RSVP from its office makes it one of two blanket tax organizations, including Rice Program Council, which voluntarily moved out of its space, to not reside in a physical office in the RMC.
(04/09/14 5:41pm)
This year’s Senior Gala will be held Monday, May 12, from 7 p.m. - 1 a.m. at Proof Rooftop Lounge and Reef. Additionally, a constitutional amendment delegating the planning of Senior Gala to the Student Association Future Alumni Committee and Senior Committee will be proposed at the SA Senate Meeting today, Wednesday, April 9.
(02/26/14 3:53pm)
Hanszen College freshman Emma Bravo suffered an accidental death off-campus on Saturday, Feb. 22 according to an email sent to the Rice community by Dean of Undergraduates John Hutchinson.
(02/05/14 12:00am)
With 3:23 left in the second half against Tulane University on Wednesday, Jan. 29, Rice women's basketball forward and Lovett College senior Jessica Kuster sunk a 3-pointer and etched her name in Rice history. Kuster currently holds the Rice women's basketball record for career scoring and rebounding after scoring 14 points against Tulane.
(11/06/13 12:00am)
The Houston Grand Opera opens its season with an old standby and a true operatic heavyweight: Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. The HGO throws everything it has at this production: acclaimed American mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick; a vibrantly colored and elaborate set; and the surprise appearance of a large, blue elephant prop on stage. As a celebration of Verdi's 200th birthday, the production, held at the Wortham Center, is a spectacle that dazzles despite its missteps.
(09/20/12 12:00am)
(09/14/12 12:00am)
As a part of a worldwide tour, Cleanweb, an environmentally oriented information technology nonprofit organization, will be hosting the Texas Cleanweb Hackathon Sept. 21-23 in Duncan Hall.
(09/07/12 12:00am)
