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NEWS 9/10/24 11:01pm

Rice makes major changes to degree programs

By Hongtao Hu

An environmental engineering major and Asian language concentration within the Asian studies major are now offered at Rice. Additionally, the operations research B.A. will convert to a B.S. and the social policy analysis major is now housed within the political science department. These majors are available for declaration this academic year.

NEWS 9/3/24 10:40pm

Bob’s Banana Bread: Get bread-y for some late-night pastries

By Hongtao Hu

​​While most college students might throw away their overripe bananas, the co-founders of Bob’s Banana Bread turned them into a business. Lovett College juniors Jahnavi Mahajan and Felix Hasson turned a weekly baking session into a new late-night food option for Rice students during the summer of 2024.

NEWS 4/9/24 10:57pm

Philosophers debate the problem of evil

By Hongtao Hu

The Houston Institute hosted a debate on “The Problem of Evil” at the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies April 2. Rice students and Houstonians filed in to listen to Rob Koons from the University of Texas at Austin and Luis Oliveira from the University of Houston debate how evil could be present assuming God exists.  

FEATURES 4/2/24 11:18pm

LPAP instructors discuss their lifetime of learning

By Hongtao Hu

While Lifetime Physical Activity Program courses at Rice are required for graduation, they’re a far cry from your dreaded high-school gym class. Not only do the classes range from tai chi to fencing, but their requisite nature and one-semester duration create a special kind of environment for instructors and students alike.

FEATURES 2/27/24 10:36pm

Vivian Phillips ​​takes center stage

By Hongtao Hu

Vivian Phillips is polyphonic — whether writing a story, performing at the Riot Comedy Club or competing at the Miss Bayou City pageant, she knows just what to say. She first found her passion for English at Vassar College, a liberal arts college in upstate New York, before transferring to Rice her sophomore year.

FEATURES 2/27/24 10:30pm

VADA explores Bay Area art

By Hongtao Hu

While many Rice students spent their midterm recesses studying, visiting family or lazing about, juniors majoring in Visual and Dramatic Arts  — now simply Art —  had an excursion to California’s Bay Area, exploring their prospective futures in the visual world.

FEATURES 1/23/24 9:47pm

Deep dive into Rice Escape’s ‘Sub-merged Sea-crets’

By Hongtao Hu

Deep in the bowels of Sid Richardson College lies a chamber brimming with the stench of brine and brackish water. Of the 83 students who have ventured in, only half have managed to return within the hour. Rice Escape’s newest escape room, “Sub-merged Sea-crets,” which is running in the Sid Richardson Makerspace from Jan. 12 to Jan. 28, doesn’t take itself too seriously — the room does have a “handsome Squidward” drawing on the wall — but the story of the room is still airtight.

FEATURES 1/16/24 9:56pm

Students, staff, Elvis impersonators take on the marathon

By Hongtao Hu

Last Sunday morning, Rice students, staff and graduates brushed by the hedges at the Chevron Houston Marathon. The chilly weather and light breeze were perfect weather for running such a race, and if Lovetters and Sidizens happened to look outside their window that Sunday, they might have seen some of the 34,000 participants, the neon jersey of a pacer or even a priest throwing holy water onto the participants.

NEWS 9/26/23 11:39pm

Rice’s Academic Resources Center creates a new ARC for tutoring

By Hongtao Hu

Rice announced a plan to establish an Academic Resources Center staffed by trained professionals in an email to academic fellows on Sept. 20. Led by Senior Associate Provost Matt Taylor and Dean of Undergraduates Bridget Gorman, this multi-year plan will begin with the development of a paid peer tutoring and teaching assistant program.

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