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Richards-Kortum named MacArthur Fellow
6 years ago

Richards-Kortum named MacArthur Fellow

THIS IS GENIUS: SEPT. 22 WAS A RED-LETTER DAY ON CAMPUS. That’s when the news broke that Rice bioengineer and global health pioneer Rebecca Richards-Kortum had received a MacArthur …
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Golf is Life
6 years ago

Golf is Life

JUNIOR MITCHELL MEISSNER attacks his bunker play during practice at Wildcat Golf Club, the Rice golf team’s home course. The links-style course offers something rare for Houston-area players: elevation …
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TOP FIVE: Things They Carried
6 years ago

TOP FIVE: Things They Carried

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1. Rain boots and an umbrella To stay dry in the Houston weather and campus “lakes.”

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2. Snacks Because late-night snack attacks …
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Reader Response: Summer 2016
6 years ago

Reader Response: Summer 2016

RE: NIGHT OWL: POURING IT ON The article in the Summer 2016 issue on master sommelier David Keck of course reminded me of the article in the Summer 2007 …
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Unconventional Wisdom: Lisa Balabanlilar
6 years ago

Unconventional Wisdom: Lisa Balabanlilar

LISA BALABANLILAR

Taking the long way to academia When I was a head resident fellow at McMurtry College, the adult team would host events and tell hilarious stories …
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Wine Recs for Early Fall
7 years ago

Wine Recs for Early Fall

Domaine Hauvette’s Petra Rosé 2015: Made from biodynamically grown grapes in Provence, this beautiful dry rosé is fermented in concrete eggs and has amazing complexity, texture and length for …
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Day in the Life: Katherine Ip
7 years ago

Day in the Life: Katherine Ip

All-American senior Katherine Ip helped the Rice tennis team clinch its fourth consecutive C-USA championship last spring. Following some stellar postseason play in the NCAA Women’s Championship tournament, she vaulted …
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Writing Home ¡Hola desde Quito!
7 years ago

Writing Home ¡Hola desde Quito!

 

I AM WRITING YOU FROM QUITO — la mitad del mundo (the middle of the world) and the first city to be declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. After …
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Olympic Owls

TWO FORMER RICE ATHLETES ARE headed to Rio for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Lennie Waite ’09 will compete in the grueling 3,000-meter steeplechase, representing Great Britain. Waite, a native of …
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Unconventional Wisdom: Marie Lynn Miranda
7 years ago

Unconventional Wisdom: Marie Lynn Miranda

Marie Lynn Miranda arrived in Houston one year ago to serve as Rice’s provost. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Duke with an A.B. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in …
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