Rice ranks high as a 'wired' university
Rice is emerging as one of the nation's top high-tech campuses. Boosted by an ambitious $22 million upgrade to the university's information technology, Rice is now ranked among the U.S.'s top 20 wired colleges in a survey by PC Magazine and The Princeton Review.
Project offers grads a gateway into the working world
How do students make the transition from the academic world to the real world? Rice students in the School of Social Sciences are getting an idea — before graduation. The school has designed Project Gateway to help ease the shift into a career.
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Taking the prize
Pedro Alvarez, an environmental engineering professor, earns a prestigious award
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Mayoral visit 9/9
Houston Mayor Bill White will discuss running government as a business
Gender inequity 9/10
Virginia Valian, author and professor, will lecture on women's slow advancement and why women are disadvantaged
Rice Chorale concert 9/11
The Rice Chorale offers a free performance of Faure's "Requiem"
Genetics of human behavior 9/16
John Alford, associate professor of political science, lectures on how biological sciences intersect with politics, policy, law, morality and ethics