08/22/2008 - Rice retains its rank among the top 20 nationally

21 August 2008, 5:00 pm

08/22/2008 Rice retains its rank among the top 20 nationallyBY B.J. ALMONDRice News staff Rice University ranks among the top 20 best national universities on U.S. News & World Report's list for 2009, and it made the top 10 on the magazine's "Great Schools, Great Prices" list. ... read more

08/22/2008 - Leebron, Sun represent Rice at the Olympics

21 August 2008, 5:00 pm

08/22/2008 Leebron, Sun represent Rice at the Olympics Rice University President David Leebron and University Representative Y. Ping Sun wear their Rice caps outside the Bird's Nest in Beijing, which housed the opening ceremony for the 2008 ... read more

08/22/2008 - Improve with HR and ACT Program training

21 August 2008, 5:00 pm

08/22/2008 Improve with HR and ACT Program training FROM RICE NEWS STAFF REPORTS Rice's Human Resources and the Administrative Career Training Program are offering a variety of professional development courses to faculty and staff. "The Faculty Promotion & Tenure Process," intended for those resp... read more

08/22/2008 - New students welcomed into residential colleges

21 August 2008, 5:00 pm

08/22/2008 A bright, albeit wet, startNew students welcomed into residential collegesBY JESSICA STARKRice News staffThe hot Houston rain didn't dampen new students' excitement to be at Rice or fog photographers' ability to capture those moments. In fact, those who believe a picture is worth a thousa... read more

08/22/2008 - Rabin speaks on cryptography at Rice

21 August 2008, 5:00 pm

08/22/2008 Rabin speaks on cryptography at Rice BY PATRICK MCLAUGHLINRice News staff Michael Rabin, the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, will present a lecture on "Practical, Provably Unbreakable Encryption" as part of the VISEN Center's Distinguished Lecture Ser... read more

08/22/2008 - Free outdoor movie with the Class of 2012

21 August 2008, 5:00 pm

08/22/2008 Free outdoor movie with the Class of 2012 The entire Rice community is invited to join the Class of 2012 on the Central Quad lawn (east of Brochstein Pavilion) to watch the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" on a 20-foot-by-40-foot screen at 8:15 p.m. Aug. 23. Free popcorn and Amy's Ice Cre... read more