Talha Arif

NEWS 11/9/21 11:21pm

Astroworld leaves eight dead, hundreds injured

By Talha Arif

Eight people were confirmed dead, and hundreds injured, following a crowd surge at the Astroworld festival on Friday night at NRG Park. Astroworld is an annual music festival hosted by rapper Travis Scott. The eight victims were John Hilgert, 14 years old, Brianna Rodriguez, 16 years old, Jacob Jurinek, 20 years old, Franco Patiño and Axel Acosta, both 21 years old, Rodolfo Peña and Madison Dubiski, both 23 years old and Danish Baig, 27 years old.

NEWS 10/11/21 11:54am

Masks no longer required for indoor gatherings less than 10

By Talha Arif

Masks will now be required indoors only for gatherings of 10 or more people, according to an email sent by Crisis Management Advisory Committee Chair Kevin Kirby on Oct. 11.

NEWS 10/5/21 11:29pm

Rice community joins Houston Women’s March to protest SB8

By Talha Arif

Several students, faculty and staff traveled from Rice to join the Oct. 2 Houston Women’s March. The Houston march was organized by Houston Women March On, in response to Senate Bill 8, or “the Heartbeat Act,” becoming law on Sept. 1.

NEWS 10/5/21 10:52pm

Rice receives part of NSF grant to support low-income master’s candidates

By Ivanka Perez and Talha Arif

Rice has partnered with Jackson State University, Prairie View A&M University and Texas Southern University to receive a National Science Foundation grant of almost $5 million to support scholarships for students pursuing master’s degrees in engineering or related fields.

NEWS 9/14/21 10:38pm

STRIVE, SAFE working to address possible double red zone

By Talha Arif

The SAFE Office and Students Turning Rice Into a Violence-Free Environment are currently creating a training schedule in order to provide a refresher bystander intervention workshop for College Teams and Student Leaders, according to Cathryn Councill, director of the SAFE Office.

NEWS 8/30/21 10:02pm

Administration imposes indoor alcohol ban effective immediately

By Talha Arif

The Crisis Management Advisory Committee and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduates have enacted an indoor alcohol ban effective immediately and until further notice, according to multiple emails from college magisters obtained by the Thresher.

NEWS 8/24/21 11:16pm

Rice reports around 50 students as positive due to test site error, disrupting O-Week activities

By Talha Arif

Rice reported around 50 cases that were mistakenly detected by a specific testing site as positive for COVID-19, according to an announcement sent by Kevin Kirby, chair of the Crisis Management Committee. This situation led to several students unnecessarily isolating or quarantining during Orientation Week.

NEWS 8/24/21 10:29pm

Honor Council receives 64 cases in the spring 2021

By Talha Arif

The Rice Honor Council has received an elevated number of accusations for the past three semesters, ever since the majority of classes shifted to a virtual format. They pursued 64 cases of academic misconduct last semester, according to Honor Council Chair Kaitlyn Crowley. Seventy-one cases were received for the fall 2020 semester and 78 for the spring 2020 semester.

NEWS 8/19/21 11:31am

Classes delayed by two days, all online for two weeks

By Savannah Kuchar and Talha Arif

Classes will begin two days later than planned on August 25, and instruction will be all online for at least the first two weeks of the semester, according to an email from Provost Reginald DesRoches. This change follows a recent rise in COVID-19 cases on campus, as well as across the Houston area as the delta variant becomes more predominant, according to DesRoches.

NEWS 5/27/21 8:27am

Leebron to step down in 2022, reflects on past years

By Talha Arif

President David Leebron announced that he will be stepping down from his role after this coming academic year on June 30, 2022 in an email to the Rice community Tuesday morning. Next year will mark Leebron’s 18th year as president after taking on the position in 2004.

Talha Arif

Astroworld leaves eight dead, hundreds injured

Masks no longer required for indoor gatherings less than 10

Rice community joins Houston Women’s March to protest SB8

Rice receives part of NSF grant to support low-income master’s candidates

STRIVE, SAFE working to address possible double red zone

Administration imposes indoor alcohol ban effective immediately

Rice reports around 50 students as positive due to test site error, disrupting O-Week activities

Honor Council receives 64 cases in the spring 2021

Classes delayed by two days, all online for two weeks

Leebron to step down in 2022, reflects on past years

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