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.
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.
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.