Rice University
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Rice University, formally William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States. It sits on a 300-acre campus adjacent to the Houston Museum District and the Texas Medical Center.
Opened in 1912 as the Rice Institute after the murder of its namesake William Marsh Rice, Rice is a research university with an undergraduate focus. It has a 6:1 student-faculty ratio.[3] Rice has been a member of the Association of American Universities since 1985 and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[9][10][11] The university is organized into eight schools of academic study.[12][13][14] Rice competes in 14 NCAA Division I varsity sports and is a part of the American Athletic Conference.[15] Its teams are the Rice Owls.
The university's alumni include 26 Marshall Scholars, 12 Rhodes Scholars, 7 Churchill Scholars, and 3 Nobel laureates.[16][17][18][19] The Rice Space Institute has collaborated with the Johnson Space Center for more than 50 years.[20] In business, Rice graduates include CEOs, founders of Fortune 500 companies and four billionaires;[21] in politics, alumni include politicians and cabinet members.
History
Background
Rice University's history began with the demise of Massachusetts businessman William Marsh Rice, who had made his fortune in real estate, railroad development and cotton trading in the state of Texas. In 1891, Rice decided to charter a free-tuition educational institute in Houston, bearing his name, to be created upon his death, earmarking most of his estate towards funding the project. Rice's will specified the institution was to be "a competitive institution of the highest grade" and that only white students would be permitted to attend.[22] On the morning of September 23, 1900, Rice, age 84, was found dead by his valet, Charles F. Jones, and was presumed to have died in his sleep. Shortly thereafter, a large check made out to Rice's New York City lawyer, signed by the late Rice, aroused the suspicion of a bank teller, due to the misspelling of the recipient's name. The lawyer, Albert T. Patrick, then announced that Rice had changed his will to leave the bulk of his fortune to Patrick, rather than to the creation of Rice's educational institute. A subsequent investigation led by the District Attorney of New York resulted in the arrests of Patrick and of Rice's butler and valet Charles F. Jones, who had been persuaded to administer chloroform to Rice while he slept. Rice's friend and personal lawyer in Houston, Captain James A. Baker, aided in the discovery of what turned out to be a fake will with a forged signature. Jones was not prosecuted since he cooperated with the district attorney, and testified against Patrick. Patrick was found guilty of conspiring to steal Rice's fortune and he was convicted of murder in 1901 (he was pardoned in 1912 due to conflicting medical testimony).[23] Baker helped Rice's estate direct the fortune, worth $4.6 million in 1904[24] (equivalent to $122 million in 2023), towards the founding of what was to be called the Rice Institute, later to become Rice University. The board took control of the assets on April 29 of that year.
In 1907, the Board of Trustees selected the head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at
Establishment and growth
In 1911, the cornerstone was laid for the institute's first building, the Administration Building, now known as Lovett Hall in honor of the founding president. On September 23, 1912, the 12th anniversary of William Marsh Rice's murder, the William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science, and Art began course work with 59 enrolled students, who were known as the "59 immortals," and about a dozen faculty. After 18 additional students joined later, Rice's initial class numbered 77,[25] 48 male and 29 female. Unusual for the time, Rice accepted coeducational admissions from its beginning, but on-campus housing would not become co-ed until 1957.[26]
Three weeks after opening, a spectacular international academic festival was held, bringing Rice to the attention of the entire academic world.
Per William Marsh Rice's will and Rice Institute's initial charter, the students paid no tuition. Classes were difficult, however, and about half of Rice's students had failed after the first 1912 term.[27] At its first commencement ceremony, held on June 12, 1916, Rice awarded 35 bachelor's degrees and one master's degree.[28] That year, the student body also voted to adopt the Honor System, which still exists today.
The Founder's Memorial Statue, a bronze statue of a seated William Marsh Rice, holding the original plans for the campus, was dedicated in 1930, and installed in the central academic quad, facing Lovett Hall. The statue was crafted by John Angel.[29] In 2020, Rice students petitioned the university to take down the statue due to the founder's history as slave owner.[30] In January 2022, the Board of Trustees announced plans to relocate the statue within the academic quadrangle.[31] In November 2023, the statue along with its plinth were taken down in conjunction with a renovation of the Academic Quad.[32]
During World War II, Rice Institute was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a path to a Navy commission.[33]
The
In 1959, the Rice Institute Computer went online. 1960 saw Rice Institute formally renamed William Marsh Rice University.[34] Rice acted as a temporary intermediary in the transfer of land between Humble Oil and Refining Company and NASA,[35] for the creation of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center (now called Johnson Space Center) in 1962. President John F. Kennedy then gave a speech[36] at Rice Stadium reiterating that the United States intended to reach the Moon before the end of the decade of the 1960s, and "to become the world's leading space-faring nation". The relationship of NASA with Rice University and the city of Houston has remained strong to the present day[update].
The original charter of Rice Institute dictated that the university admit and educate, tuition-free, "the white inhabitants of Houston, and the state of Texas". In 1963, the governing board of Rice University filed a lawsuit to allow the university to modify its charter to admit students of all races and to charge tuition. Ph.D. student Raymond Johnson became the first black Rice student when he was admitted that year.
On-campus housing was exclusively for men for the first forty years, until 1957.
Late twentieth and early twenty-first century
The
In 2003, the Owls won their first national championship in baseball, which was the first for the university in any team sport, beating Southwest Missouri State in the opening game and then the University of Texas and Stanford University twice each en route to the title. In 2008, President
Beginning in late 2008, the university considered a merger with Baylor College of Medicine, though the merger was ultimately rejected in 2010.[42] Select Rice undergraduates are currently guaranteed admission to Baylor College of Medicine upon graduation as part of the Rice/Baylor Medical Scholars program. According to History Professor John Boles' recent book University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute, the first president's original vision for the university included hopes for future medical and law schools.
In 2018, the university added an online MBA program, MBA@Rice.[43][44]
In June 2019, the university's president announced plans for a task force on Rice's "past in relation to slave history and racial injustice", stating that "Rice has some historical connections to that terrible part of American history and the segregation and racial disparities that resulted directly from it".[45]
In 2021, President Leebron decided to pursue a development agreement with the City of Houston in response to requests from community members and Rice students regarding the
Campus
Located near the city of West University Place, Rice University's campus covers a 285-acre (115-hectare) area within Houston's museum district and is heavily wooded.
The campus is defined by five streets: Greenbriar Street, Rice Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Main Street, and University Boulevard. Throughout its history, Rice University's buildings have been situated within this "outer loop." However, in recent times,[when?] new facilities have been constructed in proximity to the campus. Despite this, most of the academic, administrative, and residential structures are still situated within the original pentagonal area. Some off-campus buildings include the Collaborative Research Center, graduate student housing, the Greenbriar building, and the Wiess President's House.
Rice University's campus houses around 50 buildings that are dispersed between the main entrance located at its easternmost corner and the parking lots and Rice Stadium situated at the western end. The Lynn R. Lowrey Arboretum, consisting of more than 4000 trees and shrubs is spread throughout the campus.
The university's first president,
Lovett Hall, named for Rice's first president, is the university's landmark building. Through its Sallyport arch, new students symbolically enter the university during matriculation and depart as graduates at commencement. Duncan Hall, Rice's computational engineering building, was designed to encourage collaboration between the four different departments situated there. The building's foyer, drawn from many world cultures, was designed by the architect to symbolically express this collaborative purpose.
The campus is organized in a number of
Roughly three-quarters of Rice's undergraduate population lives on campus. Housing is divided among eleven
The on-campus football facility,
Innovation District
In early 2019, Rice announced the site where the abandoned
Students of Rice and other Houston-area colleges and universities making up the Student Coalition for a Just and Equitable Innovation Corridor are advocating for a
Organization
Rice University is chartered as a non-profit organization and is governed by a privately appointed board of trustees. The board consists of a maximum of 25 voting members who serve four-year terms.[55] The trustees serve without compensation and a simple majority of trustees must reside in Texas, including at least four within the greater Houston area.[55] The board of trustees delegates its power by appointing a president to serve as the chief executive of the university. Reginald DesRoches was appointed president in 2022 and succeeded David W. Leebron, who served since 2004. The provost, three executive vice presidents, and seven vice presidents report to the president.[55]
The university's academics are organized into several schools. The Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies has only graduate programs. Schools that have undergraduate and graduate programs include:
- Rice University School of Architecture
- George R. Brown School of Engineering
- School of Humanities
- Shepherd School of Music
- Wiess School of Natural Sciences
- Rice University School of Social Sciences
- Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management
Rice's undergraduate students are admitted from a centralized admissions process, which admits new students to the university as a whole, rather than a specific school (the schools of Music and Architecture are decentralized). Students are encouraged to select the major path that best suits their desires; a student can later decide that they would rather pursue study in another field, or continue their current coursework and add a second or third major. These transitions are designed to be simple, with students not required to decide on a specific major until their sophomore year of study. Rice offers 360 degrees in over 60 departments. There are 40 undergraduate degree programs, 51 masters programs, and 29 doctoral programs.[12][13]
Faculty members of each of the departments elect chairs to represent the department to each School's dean and the deans report to the Provost who serves as the chief officer for academic affairs.[55]
Rice Management Company
The Rice Management Company manages the $8.1 billion Rice University endowment (June 2021) and $1.1 billion debt.[56][54] The endowment provides 40% of Rice's operating revenues.
In August 2021, an economic development agreement that would provide Rice Management Company with up to $65 million in cost reimbursement from local taxes was given initial approval by the Midtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone.[57] The agreement does not require a community benefits agreement in exchange for funding. Final approval requires a vote by the Houston City Council.[57]
Academics
Rice is a medium-sized, highly residential research university.[58] The majority of enrollments are in the full-time, four-year undergraduate program emphasizing arts & sciences and professions. There is a very high level of research activity.[58] It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as well as the professional accreditation agencies for engineering, management, and architecture.[59]
Each of Rice's departments is organized into one of three distribution groups, and students whose major lies within the scope of one group must take at least 3 courses of at least 3 credit hours each of approved distribution classes in each of the other two groups, as well as completing one physical education course as part of the LPAP (Lifetime Physical Activity Program) requirement. All new students must take a Freshman Writing Intensive Seminar (FWIS) class, and for students who do not pass the university's writing composition examination (administered during the summer before matriculation), FWIS 100, a writing class, becomes an additional requirement.[60]
The majority of Rice's undergraduate degree programs grant B.S. or B.A. degrees. Rice has recently begun to offer minors in areas such as
Student body
Race and ethnicity[64] | Total | ||
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White | 31% | ||
Asian | 28% | ||
Hispanic | 16% | ||
Foreign national | 12% | ||
Black | 8% | ||
Other[a] | 6% | ||
Economic diversity | |||
Low-income[b] | 17% | ||
Affluent[c] | 83% |
As of fall 2022, men make up 51.1% of the undergraduate body and 63.1% of the professional and post-graduate student body.[65] 36.9% of degree-seeking students are from out of state, 35.9% are from Texas and 27.2% are from outside of the United States.[65]
Honor Code
The Rice Honor Code plays an integral role in academic affairs. Almost all Rice exams are unproctored and professors give timed, closed-book exams that students take home and complete at their own convenience. Potential infractions are reported to the student Honor Council, elected by popular vote. The penalty structure is established every year by Council consensus; typically, penalties have ranged from a letter of reprimand to an 'F' in the course and a two semester suspension.[66] During Orientation Week, students must take and pass a test demonstrating that they understand the Honor System's requirements and sign a Matriculation Pledge. On assignments, Rice students affirm their commitment to the Honor Code by writing "On my honor, I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this [examination, quiz or paper]".[67]
Research centers and resources
- Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship – supports entrepreneurs and early-stage technology ventures in Houston and Texas through education, collaboration, and research, ranked No. 1 among university business incubators.[68]
- Baker Institute for Public Policy– a leading nonpartisan public policy think-tank
- BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) – interdisciplinary, cross-campus, and inter-institutional resource between Rice University and Texas Medical Center[69]
- Boniuk Institute – dedicated to religious tolerance and advancing religious literacy, respect and mutual understanding[70]
- Center for African and African American Studies – fosters conversations on topics such as critical approaches to race and racism, the nature of diasporic histories and identities, and the complexity of Africa's past, present and future[71]
- Chao Center for Asian Studies – research hub for faculty, students and post-doctoral scholars working in Asian studies[72]
- Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (CSWGS) – interdisciplinary academic programs and research opportunities, including the journal Feminist Economics[73]
- Data to Knowledge Lab (D2K) – campus hub for experiential learning in data science[74]
- Digital Signal Processing (DSP) – center for education and research in the field of digital signal processing[75]
- Humanities Research Center (HRC) – identifies, encourages, and funds innovative research projects by faculty, visiting scholars, graduate, and undergraduate students in the School of Humanities and beyond[76]
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB) – facilitates the translation of interdisciplinary research and education in biosciences and bioengineering[77]
- Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology – advances applied interdisciplinary research in the areas of computation and information technology[78]
- Kinder Institute for Urban Research – conducts the Houston Area Survey, "the nation's longest running study of any metropolitan region's economy, population, life experiences, beliefs and attitudes"[79]
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) – a resource for education and research breakthroughs and advances in the broad, multidisciplinary field of nanophotonics[80]
- Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) - experiential learning and co-curricular activities in entrepreneurship[81]
- Moody Center for the Arts – experimental arts space featuring studio classrooms, maker space, audiovisual editing booths, and a gallery and office space for visiting national and international artists[82]
- open source platform and open access publisher, respectively, of open educational resources
- Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) – space for undergraduate students to design, prototype and deploy solutions to real-world engineering challenges[83]
- Rice Cinema – an independent theater run by the Visual and Dramatic Arts department at Rice which screens documentaries, foreign films, and experimental cinema and hosts film festivals and lectures since 1970[84]
- Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL)[85]
- Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP) – a research, training and outreach program working to advance understandings of the role of religion in public life[86]
- Rice Design Alliance (RDA) – outreach and public programs of the Rice School of Architecture[87]
- Rice Center for Quantum Materials (RCQM) – organization dedicated to research and higher education in areas relating to quantum phenomena[88]
- Rice Engineering Initiative for Energy Transition and Sustainability (REINVENTS) – research initiative on energy generation, long-term energy storage and the development of processes and materials for sustainable energy systems[89]
- Rice Neuroengineering Initiative (NEI) – fosters research collaborations in neural engineering topics[90]
- Rice Space Institute (RSI) – fosters programs in all areas of space research[91]
- Smalley-Curl Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (SCI) – the nation's first nanotechnology center[92]
- Welch Institute for Advanced Materials – collaborative research institute to support the foundational research for discoveries in materials science, similar to the model of Salk Institute and Broad Institute[93]
- Woodson Research Center Special Collections & Archives – publisher of print and web-based materials highlighting the department's primary source collections such as the Houston African American, Asian American, and Jewish History Archives, University Archives, rare books, and hip hop/rap music-related materials from the Swishahouse record label and Houston Folk Music Archive, etc.
Admissions
2019[94] | 2018 | 2017 | 2016[95] | 2015[96] | 2014[97] | 2013[98] | |
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Applicants | 27,087 | 20,923 | 18,063 | 18,236 | 17,951 | 17,728 | 15,415 |
Admits | 2,361 | 2,328 | 2,864 | 2,785 | 2,865 | 2,677 | 2,581 |
Admit rate | 8.7% | 11.1% | 15.8% | 15.3% | 16.0% | 15.1% | 16.7% |
Enrolled | 964 | 960 | 1,048 | 981 | 969 | 949 | 978 |
SAT range | 1470–1560 | 1460–1550 | 1490–1580 | 2090–2340 | 2070–2330 | 2060–2320 | 2040–2320 |
ACT range | 33–35 | 33–35 | 33–35 | 32–35 | 32–35 | 31–34 | 31–34 |
Admission to Rice is rated as "most selective" by U.S. News & World Report.[99]
For fall 2024, Rice received 32,459 freshmen applications of which 2,439 were admitted (7.5%) down from a record-low 7.7% acceptance rate in 2023.[100] The 25th and 75th SAT scores for the class of 2024 were 1500 and 1560 respectively; the same numbers for the ACT Composite score was 33–35.[101]
Admission to the university is
Rankings and reputation
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Rice was ranked tied at 17th among national universities and 108th among global universities, 6th for "best undergraduate teaching", 5th for "Best Value", and tied for 16th "Most Innovative" among national universities in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 edition.[114] Forbes magazine ranked Rice University 21st nationally among 650 liberal arts colleges, universities and service academies in 2019, 19th among research universities and 2nd in the South.[115]
In 2020, Rice was ranked 105th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. In 2020, Rice was ranked tied for 95th internationally (41st nationally) by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Rice University was also ranked 85th globally in 2020 by QS World University Rankings. Rice is noted for its entrepreneurial activity, and has been recognized as the top ranked business incubator in the world by the Stockholm-based UBI Index for both 2013 and 2014.[116]
The
In 2011 the Leiden Ranking, which measures the performance of 500 major research universities worldwide, using metrics designed to measure research impact ranked Rice 4th Globally, for effectiveness and contribution of research.[121][122][123] In 2013 the university was again ranked first globally for quality of research in natural sciences and engineering, and 6th globally for all sciences.[124]
Rice was ranked 1st in the world in materials science research by the Times Higher Education (THE) in 2010.[125]
Student life
Rice University's 300-acre campus is located in Houston's Museum District and surrounded by greenery, adjacent to Hermann Park, Rice Village, and the Texas Medical Center. Hermann Park features many attractions, including the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Miller Outdoor Theatre, and a municipal golf course. The Houston METRORail system provides access to downtown's theatre and nightlife district and Reliant Park, with a station located adjacent to the university's main gate. In 2008, Rice University joined the Zipcar program, providing two vehicles to offer more transportation options for students who do not have access to a vehicle.[126]
Residential colleges
In 1957, Rice University implemented a residential college system, which was proposed by the university's first president, Edgar Odell Lovett. The system was inspired by existing systems in place in England and at several other universities in the United States. The existing residences known as East, South, West, and Wiess Halls became Baker, Will Rice, Hanszen, and Wiess Colleges, respectively.
List of residential colleges
Below is a list of residential colleges in order of founding:[127]
- Baker College, named in honor of Captain James A. Baker, friend and attorney of William Marsh Rice, and first chair of the Rice Board of Governors
- Will Rice College, named for William M. Rice, Jr., the nephew of the university's founder, William Marsh Rice
- Hanszen College, named for Harry Clay Hanszen, benefactor to the university and chairman of the Rice Board of Governors from 1946 to 1950
- Wiess College, named for Harry Carothers Wiess (1887–1948), one of the founders and one-time president of Humble Oil, now ExxonMobil
- Jones College, named for Mary Gibbs Jones, wife of prominent Houston philanthropist Jesse Holman Jones
- Brown College, named for Margarett Root Brown by her in-laws, George R. Brown
- Lovett College, named after the university's first president, Edgar Odell Lovett.
- Sid Richardson College, named for the Sid Richardson Foundation, which was established by Texas oilman, cattleman, and philanthropist Sid W. Richardson
- Martel College, named for Marian and Speros P. Martel, was built in 2002
- McMurtry College, named for Rice alumni Burt and Deedee McMurtry, Silicon Valley venture capitalists
- Duncan College, named for Charles Duncan, Jr., Secretary of Energy
Each residential college has its own cafeteria (serveries) and each residential college has study groups and its own social practices.
Although each college is composed of a full cross-section of students at Rice, they have over time developed their own traditions and "personalities". When students
Baker 13
Baker 13 is a tradition in which students run around campus wearing nothing but shoes and
Beer Bike Race
According to the official website, "Beer Bike is a combination intramural bicycle race and drinking competition dating back to 1957. Ten riders and ten chuggers make up a team. Elaborate rules include details such as a prohibition of "bulky or wet clothing articles designed to absorb beer/water or prevent spilled beer/water from being seen" and regulations for chug can design. Each residential college as well as the Graduate Student Association participates with a men's team, a women's team, and alumni (co-ed) team. Each leg of the race is a relay in which a team's "chugger" must chug 24 US fluid ounces (710 ml) of beer or water for the men's division and 12 US fluid ounces (350 ml) for women before the team's "rider" may begin to ride.[130] Participants who both ride and chug are referred to as "Ironmen". Willy Week is a term coined in the 1990s to refer to the week preceding Beer Bike, a time of general energy and excitement on campus. Jacks (pranks) are especially common during Willy Week; some examples in the past include removing showerheads and encasing the Hanszen guardian." The morning of the Beer Bike race itself begins with what is by some estimations the largest annual water balloon fight in the world. Beer Bike is Rice's most prominent student event, and for younger alumni it serves as an unofficial reunion weekend on par with Homecoming. The 2009 Beer Bike race was dedicated to the memory of
In the event of inclement weather, Beer Bike becomes a Beer Run. The rules are nearly identical, except that the Bikers must instead run the length of the track.
Campus institutions
Rice Coffeehouse
Rice Coffeehouse began in Hanszen College, where students would serve coffee in the Weenie Loft, a study room in the old section's fourth floor. Later, the coffee house moved to the Hanszen basement to accommodate more student patrons. That coffeehouse became known as Breadsticks and Pomegranates, and closed due to flooding. Demand for an on-campus Coffeehouse grew and in 1990, the Rice Coffeehouse was founded.
The Rice Coffeehouse is a not-for-profit student-run organization serving Rice University and the greater Houston community.[131] Over the past few years,[when?] it has introduced fair-trade and organic coffee and loose-leaf teas.[132]
Coffeehouse baristas are referred to as K.O.C.'s, or Keepers of the Coffee. Rice Coffeehouse has also adopted an unofficial mascot, the squirrel, which can be found on T-shirts, mugs, and bumper stickers stuck on laptops across campus. The logo pays tribute to Rice's squirrel population, claimed by students to be unusually plump and frighteningly tame.
The Pub at Rice
Formerly known as Willy's Pub, The Pub at Rice is Rice's student-run pub located in the basement of the Rice Memorial Center. It opened on April 11, 1975, with Rice President Norman Hackerman pouring the first beer. The original name was chosen by students in tribute to the university's founder, William Marsh Rice. After the drinking age in Texas was raised in 1986, the pub entered a period of financial difficulties and in April 1995, was destroyed in a fire. The space was gutted but renovated and remains open.[133][134] On February 15, 2022, the Rice Thresher announced the rebranding of Willy's Pub as The Pub at Rice.[135]
Rice Bikes
Rice Bikes is a full-service on-campus bicycle sale, rental, and repair shop.[136] It originated in the basement of Sid Richardson College in February 2011. In 2012, Rice Bikes officially became the university's third student-run business. Rice Bikes merged with a student-run bicycle rental business in 2013, and operations moved to the Rice Memorial Center in 2014.[137] In 2017, the business moved to the garage of the Rice Housing and Dining department's headquarters.[137]
Rice Bikes sells refurbished bicycles bought from students and functions as a full bicycle repair shop.[citation needed]
Student-run media
Rice has a weekly
The Rice Campanile was first published in 1916 celebrating Rice's first graduating class. It has published continuously since then, publishing two volumes in 1944 since the university had two graduating classes due to World War II. The website was created sometime in the early to mid 2000s. The 2015 won the first place Pinnacle for best yearbook from College Media Association.[citation needed]
RTV5 is a student-run television network available as channel 5 on campus. RTV5 was created initially as Rice Broadcast Television in 1997; RBT began to broadcast the following year in 1998, and aired its first live show across campus in 1999. It experienced much growth and exposure over the years with successful programs like "Drinking with Phil”, “The Meg & Maggie Show”, which was a variety and call-in show, a weekly news show, and extensive live coverage in December 2000 of the shut down of KTRU by the administration. In spring 2001, the Rice undergraduate community voted in the general elections to support RBT as a blanket tax organization, effectively providing a yearly income of $10,000 to purchase new equipment and provide the campus with a variety of new programming. In the spring of 2005, RBT members decided the station needed a new image and a new name: Rice Television 5. One of RTV5's most popular shows was the 24-hour show, where a camera and couch placed in the RMC stayed on air for 24 hours. One such show is held in fall and another in spring, usually during a weekend allocated for visits by prospective students. RTV5 has a video on demand site at rtv5.rice.edu.[144] The station went off the air in 2014 and changed its name to Rice Video Productions. In 2015 the group's funding was threatened, but ultimately maintained. In 2016 the small student staff requested to no longer be a blanket-tax organization. In the fall of 2017, the club did not register as a club.[citation needed]
The Rice Review, also known as R2, is a yearly student-run literary journal at Rice University that publishes prose, poetry, and creative nonfiction written by undergraduate students, as well as interviews. The journal was founded in 2004 by creative writing professor and author Justin Cronin.[145]
The Rice Standard was an independent, student-run variety magazine modeled after such publications as The New Yorker and Harper's. Prior to fall 2009, it was regularly published three times a semester with a wide array of content, running from analyses of current events and philosophical pieces to personal essays, short fiction and poetry. In August 2009, the Standard transitioned to a completely online format with the launch of their redesigned website, ricestandard.org. The first website of its kind on Rice's campus, the Standard featured blog-style content written by and for Rice students. The Rice Standard had around 20 regular contributors, and the site features new content every day (including holidays). In 2017 no one registered The Rice Standard as a club within the university.[citation needed]
Open, a magazine dedicated to "literary sex content," predictably caused a stir on campus with its initial publication in spring 2008. A mixture of essays, editorials, stories and artistic photography brought Open attention both on campus and in the Houston Chronicle.[146] The third and last annual edition of Open was released in spring of 2010.[citation needed]
Athletics
Rice plays in
The
In 2004–05, Rice sent its women's volleyball, soccer, and basketball teams to their respective NCAA tournaments. The women's swim team has consistently brought at least one member of their team to the NCAA championships since 2013. In 2005–06, the women's soccer, basketball, and tennis teams advanced, with five individuals competing in track and field. In 2006–07, the Rice women's basketball team made the NCAA tournament, while again five Rice track and field athletes received individual NCAA berths. In 2008, the women's volleyball team again made the NCAA tournament. In 2011 the Women's Swim team won their first conference championship in the history of the university. This was an impressive feat considering they won without having a diving team. The team repeated their C-USA success in 2013 and 2014. In 2017, the women's basketball team, led by second-year head coach Tina Langley, won the Women's Basketball Invitational, defeating UNC-Greensboro 74–62 in the championship game at Tudor Fieldhouse. Though not a varsity sport, Rice's ultimate frisbee women's team, named Torque, won consecutive Division III national championships in 2014 and 2015.[148]
In 2006, the
In 2008, the football team posted a 9–3 regular season, capping off the year with a 38–14 victory over Western Michigan University in the Texas Bowl. The win over Western Michigan marked the Owls' first bowl win in 45 years.
Rice Stadium also serves as the performance venue for the university's
Rice's mascot is
Rice also has a 12-member coed cheerleading squad and a coed dance team, both of which perform at football and basketball games throughout the year.
Notable people
As of 2011[update], Rice has graduated 98 classes of students consisting of 51,961 living alumni. Over 100 students at Rice have been
Rice's distinguished faculty and alumni consists of five
In science and technology, Rice alumni include 14
In business and entrepreneurship, Rice alumni include:
- Thomas H. Cruikshank, the former CEO of Halliburton[155]
- John Doerr, billionaire and venture capitalist[156]
- Howard Hughes, film producer and aviator[157]
- Fred C. Koch, chemical engineer and entrepreneur[158]
- Elizabeth Avellán,[159] co-founder of Troublemaker Studios
- Tim and Karrie League,[160][161] founders of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and Drafthouse Films
- Burt McMurtry, Silicon Valley venture capitalist[163][164]
- Fenerbahçe SK football club, Turkish Union of Clubs, and vice chairman of Koç Holding.
In government and politics, Rice alumni include:
- Alberto Gonzales, former Attorney General[165]
- Charles Duncan, former Secretary of Energy[166]
- William P. Hobby, Jr., former lieutenant governor of Texas[167]
- John Kline, former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives[168]
- George P. Bush, politician[169][170]
- Josh Earnest, White House Press Secretary for President Obama[171]
- Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for President Obama[172][173]
- Glenn Youngkin, Governor of Virginia[174]
- Annise Parker, the 61st Mayor of Houston[175]
In the arts, Rice alumni include:
- Oscar-winning writer of the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain[176]
- Joyce Carol Oates, (who left her Ph.D. to become a full-time writer)) novelist and Pulitzer Prize finalist[177]
- Sex and the City, who attended for three semesters[178]
- Caroline Shaw, Pulitzer Prize-winning musician[179]
In athletics, Rice alumni include:
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Howard Hughes, aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer and director
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Joyce Carol Oates, noted author and Professor Emerita at Princeton University
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Mayor of Houston
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U.S. Attorney General
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Peggy Whitson (1986), NASA astronaut
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Josh Earnest (1997), 29th White House Press Secretary
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He Jiankui (Ph.D. 2010), Chinese biophysicist
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John Doerr (BS 1973, MEng 1974), billionaire venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins
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George P. Bush (1998), Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office
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NASA Administrator
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Glenn Youngkin (B.S., B.A.), Governor of Virginia
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Brian Armstrong (2005), cofounder and CEO of Coinbase
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Tommy Kramer (1977), Former quarterback for Minnesota Vikings
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Stephen Hahn (1980), 24th Commissioner of Food and Drugs (2019–2021)
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social entrepreneur, lawyer and CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation(2022-)
Notes
- ^ Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
- Pell grantintended for low-income students.
- ^ The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.
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