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Illustration of Reginald DesRoches by Paddy Mills
A Focus on Our Future

A Note From President DesRoches

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Apollo Chamber
Music for Space City

Apollo Chamber Players release storytelling album, “MoonStrike”

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Illustration by Paddy Mills
Midyear Milestones

From the Editor

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Feedback
Feedback

Wisdom, wisecracks, superb Owl puns

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President Reginald DesRoches
The Journey Has Begun

Rice President Reginald DesRoches inaugurated in historic investiture.

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Photo of snowy Rice campus by Tommy LaVergne
The Chronicler

Photographer Tommy LaVergne puts down his camera and reflects on more than 30 years of documenting life at Rice.

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Illustration of Rice Students on Campus
The Kids Are All Right

Residential college life is rebuilding after the pandemic, but not without a bit of reinvention.

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BeReal App on a phone
Candid Camera

A trending social media app encourages less scrolling and more real time.

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Owl sculpture on campus
Welcome, Grad Students

The fall 2022 entering class of Rice graduate students was larger than the number of new undergraduates.

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Syllabus
Syllabus: Faith and Fright

Faith and Fright

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Rice Bikes
Spaces: Rice Bikes

A well-equipped garage next to the MultiCultural Center is the place to pedal (or to push) for bike maintenance and repair.

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ArchiMarket
Art and Commerce

Architecture students created a market to sell their creations and raise funds for stocking the students’ kitchen.

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A mechanical Keyboard
I’m a Nerd About ... Mechanical Keyboards

Phillip Tran builds his own keyboards for a more personalized computer experience.

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Kiese Laymon on Rice campus
Genius

Writer and professor Kiese Laymon is awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.

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Naomi Halas and Peter Nordlander
Transforming the Energy Economy

Two Rice professors recognized for developing light-powered catalysts that reduce energy waste.

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Houston skyline and Rice campus
Inclusive Prosperity

A generous grant will expand the work of the Kinder Institute.

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Robert Curl
Remembering Robert Curl

Bob Curl, a chemist, nanotech pioneer and alumnus, was a beloved faculty member for 64 years.

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Volcano
Hot Science

On Cordón Caulle, a volcano high up in the Chilean wilderness, researchers document an evolving landscape.

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Illustration of planets
Unconventional Wisdom: The Builder

Paul Cherukuri in his own words

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A view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
C’est Magnifique!

A semester in Paris inspires an experience of a lifetime.

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Larry Rachleff
Remembering Larry Rachleff

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Grungy Gladu plays trumpet at Homecoming at his 50th anniversary at Rice
Campus Scene

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Book on red background
Now Reading: Alumni Books

Alumni Books

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Jame's Lawler's Book "Living Lies"
Q&A: James Lawler ’73

An intelligence career inspires a novel.

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CounterCommon Brewing Owners
Engineering a Dream

Continuing a legacy, Rice alums open Bellaire brewpub.

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Vintge TV
Classnotes: Photography, Indonesian Coffee and Music

Excerpts from Owlmanac

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Abbey Donnell
A Room of Mom’s Own

MBA grad Abbey Donnell founded a business to support nursing mothers in the workplace.

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