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David Leebron
President's Note: The Forever Business

The Forever Business...

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Butterflies
Butterflying is Free

Jeffrey Glassberg's book, “A Swift Guide to Butterflies of North America,” helps amateurs identify nearly every butterfly on the continent....

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Sea Ice
Abstract: Spring 2016: Findings, Research and More

Recent research from Rice experts in earth science, psychology, visual art, engineering, ...

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Will Rice College
Traditions: Will Rice College

Will Rice College's competitiveness runs deep....

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Valhalla
Common Ground

Rice’s graduate students have a new place to relax and socialize, thanks to a renovation adjacent to Keck Hall....

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Photo by Ehrin Macksey
Writing Home: Greetings from Hanoi!

Xin chào tù’ Hà Nôi!...

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Monster Mashup: Hanibal Lecter
Syllabus: Monster Mashup

It’s the Jekyll and Hyde of the Rice course catalog: one class that embodies two seemingly opposite characters. Monster, co-taught by professors Deborah Harter and Michael Gustin, ...

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John Duplantier ’17
Caught Looking

It became something of a distraction at Reckling Park this season. Every time John Duplantier ’17 was scheduled to pitch, a parade of scouts lined up for the best seats....

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Illustration by Adam Cruft
Unconventional Wisdom: Alex Byrd

Alex Byrd...

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typewriter
Author Q&A: Jim Bernhard '59

Alumnus Jim Bernhard '59 has published a new book: “Final Chapters: How Famous Authors Died” (Skyhorse Publishing, 2015)....

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Music
Doctors of Music

Rice students take the healing sounds of music into hospital rooms....

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Photo by Jeff Fitlow
Night Owl: The Daily Dance

On Jan. 1, 2014, José Figueroa ’90 resolved to dance to live music every single day for a year. He accomplished that feat — and kept dancing. In fact, he’s showing no sign of slowi...

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The first Thresher
100 Years of the Thresher

A Voice for Students ...

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Thresher Staff 1986
No Grown-ups Allowed

Former editor Lisa Gray ’88 remembers what it was like to ask questions, break stories and chase deadlines for the Rice Thresher in the late 1980s and reveals why “clickbait” is th...

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Dave Seeley
The Art of Science Fiction

Dave Seeley '82 walked away from an award-winning career in architecture to explore the unknown — by imagining and drawing worlds of science fiction and fantasy....

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Dennis Houston, photo by Tommy LaVergne
Exit, Stage Left

After years of teaching students — and colleagues — Dennis Huston is bowing out. Terrence Doody celebrates the way Huston’s singular (loud) voice exemplified the best of Rice....

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