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The Thresher sat down with incoming president of the University of Tulsa and Rice alumnus Geoffrey Orsak (Will Rice '85, '86, '90) to learn about his past experiences and future plans.
Biophysicist Herbert Levine, Academy Award-winner Clint Eastwood and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton share at least one thing in common: All three were elected as fellows to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this year, according to the Academy's website.
It wasn't an athletic event that turned heads at Tudor Fieldhouse last Friday, April 13.
Local government officials in India announced plans to adopt 50,000 I-slates - low-cost educational tablets created and developed by Rice University faculty and students - for use in middle-school classrooms over the next three years.
Rice University's student-run station KTRU was one of the first 14 college radio stations selected for broadcasting on iHeartRadio, a free digital radio service owned by Clear Channel Media, according to a press release by the company.
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The Rice Thresher has won the College Media Association Apple award for best student newspaper among schools with fewer than 5,000 students.
Officers from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst police department named Rice Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety Johnny Whitehead as a defendant in a class-action lawsuit they filed on Feb. 3.
Sasha Cooke (Baker '04) received a 2011 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for her performance as a cast member in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Dr. Atomic. The 54th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on Feb. 12.
Prospective students from around the country entered the hedges and sampled Rice University life from Sunday to Tuesday, when Rice hosted 221 minority applicants on campus for its annual VISION program.
A campus-wide policy effective starting with this year's room draw will allow gender-neutral, or co-ed, housing at every residential college. The policy allows two or more students to share a multiple-occupancy bedroom regardless of their sexes or gender identities.
Students can add one more item to the list of all things unconventional at Rice: Quidditch.
Professor of History Douglas Brinkley clashed with Alaskan Representative Don Young at a congressional hearing two weeks ago in a heated argument after Young dubbed Brinkley's testimony "garbage" and mistakenly called him "Dr. Rice."
Writing at Rice may receive a remodel in the near future. A faculty working group presented a proposal for a new communications program at the Faculty Senate meeting on Nov. 2.
The Rice University community prides itself on the culture of honor and open-minded acceptance that permeates the university, as shown through Rice's Honor Code and the level of diversity in the Rice student body.
The Hoot opened at its new location in South Servery Sunday and has so far garnered steady business.
