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Editor’s Note: And … We’re Back
Illustration by Paddy Mills In late September, most Rice classes returned to an in-person format after beginning the semester online due to surging rates of the COVID-19 delta variant within the...
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Meet the Deans
This fall, five of our eight academic schools have new leadership — some who have moved across the country and others who have moved into more spacious offices in their respective buildings. While we...
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From Mech Lab to Maxfield Hall
Photo by Jeff Fitlow The transformation of the Mechanical Laboratory, one of the first buildings constructed on the Rice campus, into Maxfield Hall is complete. The interior has been reconfigured to...
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Classnotes: Tunnels, a Python and a Pergola
1950s “We pre-med students needed good grades to get into med school, and we had to compete with older WWII veterans and each other. Rice buildings were connected by utility tunnels, which we used to...
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An Ergonomist and an Athlete
Photo by Getty Images It’s no surprise to anyone who knows Ariana “Ari” Ince ’11 that she is now an Olympian. “I always knew that I was capable of making it to the Olympics. I’ve been consistently...
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The Hidden Impact of COVID-19
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, deaths attributed to many other health conditions — Alzheimer’s, heart disease, cancer and diabetes, for example — have killed far more Americans than would...
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Building a Better Bee
Dan Weaver’ 81. Photo by Tommy LaVergne. If natural selection had run its course, Dan Weaver ’81 would not have joined his family’s beekeeping business, let alone become the first apiarist to rear a...
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The Truth Is Right Here
Illustration by Glenn Harvey Does your family have a UFO story? Mine does. My grandfather was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 to 1958. One day while flying, he saw a light that seemed to be...
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I Heart This Shirt
Graduate students Steve Williams (wearing a prototype) and Lauren Taylor test the “smart” shirt on campus. Williams is a co-author of the paper. Photo by Brandon Martin There’s no need to don...
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Hello, Class of 2025!
They weren’t the first class to matriculate during a pandemic, but they are the largest. With over 1,200 students, the Class of 2025 is already breaking records. Selected from nearly 30,000 applicants,...
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