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NEWS 10/3/20 5:17pm

Schreiber wins EVP special election

By Rynd Morgan

Current Student Association Interim External Vice President Tessa Schreiber will continue to serve as the SA EVP after receiving 57.26 percent of the vote, winning over Will Rice College senior Kevin Guo in the EVP special election.

NEWS 9/29/20 11:14pm

CCD holds virtual fair, student-run night of networking to be held Oct. 8

By Hajera Naveed

The Center for Career Development held its first virtual career fair two weeks ago and the student-run “Night of Networking”, for STEM students, will be held on Oct. 8. With recruiting season coming soon, both the CCD and Rice students have committed to bringing opportunities for networking and recruiting to students virtually.  

NEWS 9/29/20 10:55pm

College magister and professor Dale Sawyer honored at rainbow building

By Rynd Morgan

Former Sid Richardson magister and planetary sciences professor Dale Sawyer, who passed away on Sept. 15, was honored this past week with a tribute at the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza. The building, also known to Rice students as the rainbow building, displayed Sid’s colors of red, black and gold starting on Sept. 22 until the end of last week. 

NEWS 9/26/20 6:32pm

Admin discusses plans to cancel spring break, extend winter break, other spring semester logistics

By Talha Arif

The 2021 spring semester will potentially start one to two weeks late due to an extended winter break, according to Speaker of the Faculty Senate Christopher Johns-Krull. Johns-Krull said at the Student Association Senate meeting on Sep. 21 that there will also likely not be a weeklong spring break during the semester, but a potential for intermittent holidays spread out either during the weekdays or through three-day weekends.

NEWS 9/22/20 10:25pm

Rice ranked No. 16 in 2021 U.S. News rankings

By Bonnie Zhao

Breaking its four-year tie with Cornell University, Rice University’s ranking tied with Washington University of St. Louis at No. 16 in the newly released U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best National Universities list, one place up from No. 17 last year.

NEWS 9/22/20 10:22pm

New Sid Rich on track to finish by Jan. 2021

By Talha Arif

Construction of the new Sid Richardson College building is on schedule to be completed by the start of the spring semester and will be ready for occupancy when students return in the spring, according to Anzilla Gilmore, senior project manager for new Sid.

NEWS 9/22/20 9:52pm

Innovation District developers enter partnership with food insecurity non-profit

By Rynd Morgan

Rice Management Company has entered a multiyear partnership with Brighter Bites, a nonprofit focused on addressing food insecurity and health education, according to a Sept. 16 press release. Rice Management Company is currently developing The Ion, an under-construction tech hub in Midtown, as well as the South Main Innovation District in the surrounding neighborhoods of Midtown and Third Ward.

NEWS 9/15/20 10:55pm

Rice among minority of peer institutions to hold in-person classes

By Prayag Gordy and Rhea Cho

U.S. News & World Report’s Top 20 colleges have adopted varying reopening plans and testing strategies for the fall semester. Rice, which has maintained a low positivity rate on COVID tests, joins only five other Top 20 institutions — the University of Chicago, the University of Notre Dame, Duke University, Vanderbilt University and Cornell University — in offering a hybrid or in-person classroom experience for the fall.

NEWS 9/15/20 10:20pm

Ronald Stebbings, professor emeritus and former dean, passes

By Talha Arif

Ronald Stebbings, professor emeritus of space physics and astronomy and former dean of undergraduates, passed away on Aug. 27 at age 91. Stebbings is survived by his two sons, Vernon Stebbings (Will Rice College ‘78) and Martin Stebbings (Sid Richardson College ‘83).  

NEWS 9/15/20 10:16pm

New Tech TA program popular with students and professors

By Nicole Lhuillier

To assist instructors with the classroom technology for online or hybrid courses, the Office of Information Technology has hired 160 students as technology teaching assistants. According to the OIT Associate Vice President Diane Butler, faculty have requested Tech TAs for approximately 270 courses. 

NEWS 9/15/20 7:26pm

Visual and Dramatic Arts at Rice goes hybrid this semester

By Skye Fredericks

From filmmaking to sculpture, faculty and students in the visual and dramatic arts department are discovering what it means to create art when COVID-19 restrictions include room capacity limits and social distancing measures throughout campus. For those who are engaging remotely this semester, finding space to work on art at home can be a challenge.  

NEWS 9/15/20 7:22pm

Rice music thrives in the face of adversity

By Keegan Leibrock

The Shepherd School of Music has conducted classes this semester both in-person and remote despite challenges regarding proximity, airflow, and, in the case of wind instruments, the spread of saliva particles. Consistent and exhaustive COVID-19 precautionary measures, specifically designed to restrict the spread of particles while playing instruments, have been enacted to make in-person music classes possible, according to Rice’s Director of Bands Chuck Throckmorton. 

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