The Student Association Senate voted nearly unanimously Monday night to appoint Ameesh Shah, the current Rice Program Council Treasurer, as the first SA Deputy Treasurer. Shah, a Jones College sophomore, will assume the new role immediately.
An online professional network, the Sallyportal, geared toward connecting the Rice community, launched Oct. 12 in honor of Rice Day.
In 1956, the Rice University Office of the Registrar consisted of two people: the registrar and his assistant.
Rice University’s endowment is valued at $5.3 billion, the 20th largest in the nation. While it supports 40 percent of Rice’s budget, some students have voiced concerns that academic funding does not reflect endowment size.
Student, faculty and administrators discussed the experience of the black community at Rice in a panel on Saturday.
When Student Association Internal Vice President Komal Luthra introduced Senate Bill #2 “To Charter a Health Professions Task Force” at the SA meeting on Sept.
The Rice University Police Department recently initiated a test run of security cameras at Lovett College and is set to fully implement a campus-wide security camera initiative as early as this winter. Lovett College President Rahul Kothari attributed Lovett’s decision to quicken the process of implementing the cameras to rising concerns related to exposure to Main Street and construction.
Student Association President Griffin Thomas called a closed session, in apparent violation of the SA Constitution, at the end of the Senate meeting on Monday.
For the first time, Baker College’s annual tradition of throwing a Christmas-themed private party in September took place as a public party instead.
The School of Social Sciences and the School of Humanities are partnering to launch the Law, Justice and Society Scholars Program this spring, according to Alex Wyatt, the assistant director of the School of Social Sciences.
Students of all political ideologies watched the first presidential debate of the general election cycle at campus watch parties held by the Young Democrats, College Republicans, and nonpartisan Baker Institute Student Forum and political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha.
An eager crowd decked out in Hillary Clinton spiritwear lined up in downtown Houston early Friday morning to see Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine.
A range of classes will pilot a new course and instructor evaluation system this year focusing more on skills and student progress. The Committee on Teaching recommended the system, named IDEA, after investigating platforms for evaluation from 2014-15, according to Associate Vice Provost Arnaud Chevallier.
A new lunch shuttle from campus to Rice Village for members of the Rice Community opened on Monday and will be piloted throughout the fall.
With the release of the Princeton Review’s rankings earlier this month, Rice regained its position as having the happiest students in the nation.
Band members, students and administration reacted to the Rice Marching Owl Band after its halftime performance at last Friday’s football game drew attention to the opposing Baylor University’s recent cover-up of sexual assault and attracted national coverage.
Recycling efforts at Rice are in the spotlight once again as part of a growing conversation sparked by dedicated student and faculty involvement.
The Religion and Public Life Program held a panel in an effort to address common misconceptions about the Islamic faith on Thursday.
William Veech, Edgar O. Lovett professor of mathematics, died unexpectedly on Aug. 30. He was 77 years old. Veech joined the faculty of Rice University in 1969 and served as mathematics department chair from 1982 to 1986.
