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Thursday, March 28, 2024 — Houston, TX

Amanda MacDonald






NEWS 1/9/13 6:00pm

Glasscock School gets new home

The Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies will be getting a new home in the Anderson-Clarke Center, to be built in West Lot between Rice Stadium and campus Entrance 8. Construction began Dec. 13 and will be completed approximately a year from now, according to project manager Tina Hicks.




NEWS 10/24/12 7:00pm

Architecture students win national prize

A population of 50,000 living on a network of manmade islands, complete with schools and crops, could be more than just a science fiction fantasy, thanks to Rice University architecture students. Their proposal for a safe, sustainable way to access offshore oil reserves scored the team and the university $40,000 total, the top prize of the Odebrecht Award for Sustainable Development. 


NEWS 10/18/12 7:00pm

Starbucks employees lend a hand to Fifth Ward

While one normally expects Starbucks to provide coffee, many of the coffee chain's workers were recently on the streets of Houston for a different reason. On Oct. 6, nearly 5,500 Starbucks employees, with the help of about 30 Rice students, volunteered at a variety of service projects in Houston's Fifth Ward in an effort to revitalize one of Houston's poorest communities.