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Illustration by Paddy Mills
President’s Note: Our Enduring Immigrant Advantage

We are involved in many passionate debates at this time in American history, and one is about immigration. ...

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Ancient Reef in Central Texas
Abstract: Winter 2016

A roundup of research findings from faculty in earth science, urban studies, history, electrical engineering, ...

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Lost At Sea: How “boat people” fleeing the aftermath  of the Vietnam War discovered safe haven  in Houston — and how their stories  found a home at Rice.
Lost at Sea

How “boat people” fleeing the aftermath of the Vietnam War discovered safe haven in Houston and how their stories found a home at Rice....

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War Stories
War Stories

Renowned veterans and authors mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.<br /> ...

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Next Mission
The Next Mission

Since 2011, a unique student club has worked to increase the number of veterans enrolled in Rice’s MBA programs — not only by fundraising for scholarships, but also by bringing in ...

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Yehuda Sharim is the Aubrey ’42 and Sylvia Farb Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish Studies and a scholar at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice.
A Voice for Houston’s Refugees

A new project that documents the lives and experiences of Houston&#039;s immigrant communities joins an established, student-founded nonprofit to ramp up Rice&#039;s outreach to th...

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A Decade of Refugee Partnership
A Decade of Refugee Partnership

Since 2006, an organization founded by Rice students has been working with Houston’s refugee youth to help them improve their language skills, assimilate into the American educatio...

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To complete her coursework for a senior-year history class, Cindy Dinh ’11 had to record the oral history of an Asian immigrant living in Houston.
The Asian-American Experience at Rice

To complete her coursework for a senior-year history class, Cindy Dinh ’11 had to record the oral history of an Asian immigrant living in Houston. She chose one close to her heart:...

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Refugee narratives from the the Chao Center for Asian Studies
Courage and Luck

Spotlighting three refugee narratives housed at the Chao Center for Asian Studies<br /> ...

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Maybe Zach Wright ’16 should find a banquet to attend every night before a Rice football game. Less than 24 hours after attending the Oct. 23 ceremony in which his mother — Holly Jones-Wright ’87 — was inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame, the junior wide receiver from The Woodlands scripted a cinematic ending to her special weeke
Family Court

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Photo by Nammon Chanwong
Writing Home: Hej from Sweden

Renee Gonzalez &#039;14 wrote us a letter describing her life in southern Sweden. ...

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Wisdom in Walking
Syllabus: Wisdom in Walking

Few Rice campus pedestrians give much thought to walking, apart from the constant vigilance required to dodge errant skateboards. But for Andrew Klein’s first-year writing students...

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Illustration by Adam Cruft
Unconventional Wisdom: August Acosta

August “Gus” Costa spends a lot of time thinking about the past in innovative ways. ...

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Jones College
Traditions: Mary Gibbs Jones College

When it opened in 1957 as Rice&#039;s first women&#039;s dormitory, Jones College had an open field to create its traditions. <br /> ...

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