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University Relations

 

Great universities need — and help to create — great communities, and the reverse is also true. For nearly a century, Rice University has enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship with the Greater Houston community, one that Rice’s University Relations team works to preserve and enhance. Collaborating closely with local organizations and individuals, we communicate Rice’s plans and priorities to our Houston neighbors while also striving to understand what’s most important to them and share that perspective with university leaders. Such efforts play a pivotal role in helping Rice fulfill its own mission, but to us, it’s more than that: it’s being a good neighbor. 

 

 
CommunityCommunity

From construction updates to neighborhood news, get the inside scoop on what’s happening at Rice.

 

Event planningEvent planning

Planning an event? Our staff has the tools and know-how to assist Rice’s broad community. From providing access to campus facilities to offering displays that work in any setting, University Relations can make your next big event a success.

Student ambassadorsStudent Ambassadors

Rice Student Ambassadors serve as hosts to dignitaries and provide campus tours to school children and community organizations visiting Rice University. Find out how these students can help with your next event.

Welcome centerWelcome Center

Centrally located in the nation’s fourth-largest city, Rice University is recognized as one of the nation’s leading universities. To find out why, to plan a campus visit, or to request permission to film or photograph at Rice, please visit our Welcome Center, either online or in person.

 

 

Public Events Calendar

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Time  Event 
November 07 through April 17  Boniuk Center's Feast of Faiths Gala 2011-2012
Open to the Public/Registration Required/Admission Charge
Sponsor: Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance 
November 28 through February 17  Comic Book Contest 2011-2012
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance 
January 12 through February 10  9
Open to the Public
Artist: Mick Johnson
Sponsor: Visual and Dramatic Arts 
February 02
12:00 PM 		 Introduction to E-Science
Open to the Public
Speaker: Elmer Bernstam
Sponsor: Fondren Library 
February 02
5:00 PM 		 Opening Reception for
Joel Shapiro: New Installation
Open to the Public
Artist: Joel Shapiro
Sponsor: Rice University Art Gallery 
February 02
5:30 PM 		 Master’s Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 02
8:00 PM 		 Sharing the Spotlight
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 02 through March 15  Man Corn
Open to the Public
Artist: Josh Bernstein
Sponsor: Visual and Dramatic Arts 
February 03 through March 18  Joel Shapiro: New Installation
Open to the Public
Artist: Joel Shapiro
Sponsor: Rice University Art Gallery 
February 03
10:00 AM 		 Nested QoS: Providing Flexible SLAs in Shared Storage Systems
Open to the Public
Speaker: Hui Wang
Sponsor: Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies 
February 03
3:45 PM 		 CEVE Seminar Series: Biodegradation and Treatment Potential of Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds in Wastewater
Open to the Public
Speaker: Kung-Hui (Bella) Chu
Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Engineering 
February 03
4:00 PM 		 Knowing the Invisible: Climate Change, Nuclear Things, and their Entangled Histories
Open to the Public
Speakers: Paul Edwards, Gabrielle Hecht
Sponsor: Humanities Research Center 
February 03
5:30 PM 		 Class Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 03
5:30 PM 		 When Nina Rodrigues Met Fausta, or Trance and Political Subjectivity in Late Nineteenth-Century Salvador da Bahia
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Hispanic Studies 
February 03 through February 04  Rice Cinema presents CIRCUMSTANCE
Open to the Public/Admission Charge
Sponsor: Rice Cinema 
February 03 through February 04  19Th Annual Iranian Film Festival: CIRCUMSTANCE
Open to the Public/Admission Charge
Sponsor: Visual and Dramatic Arts 
February 03
8:00 PM 		 Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 03 through February 04  The Drunken City
Open to the Public/Admission Charge
Sponsor: Visual and Dramatic Arts 
February 04
2:30 PM 		 Master’s Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 04
5:30 PM 		 Master's Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 04
8:00 PM 		 Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 05
12:30 PM 		 Senior Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 05
3:00 PM 		 The Drunken City
Open to the Public/Admission Charge
Sponsor: Visual and Dramatic Arts 
February 05
5:00 PM 		 Senior Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 05
8:00 PM 		 Master’s Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 06
12:15 PM 		 Class Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 06
4:00 PM 		 Emer O'Sullivan: “‘G is for German’: Constructions of Nationality and Ethnicity in Picturebooks”
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 
February 06
8:00 PM 		 Doctoral Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 07
4:00 PM 		 SCIENTIA COLLOQUIUM: “From so simple a beginning: Huxley, Mueller and Biology at Rice”
Open to the Public
Speaker: David Queller
Sponsor: Scientia 
February 07
4:00 PM 		 Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Alternate compactifications of Hurwitz spaces
Open to the Public
Speaker: Anand Deopurkar
Sponsor: Mathematics 
February 07
4:00 PM 		 Gradient Strategies and Umbilical Cord Wharton's Jelly Cells for Osteochondral Tissue Engineering
Open to the Public
Speaker: Michael Detamore
Sponsor: Bioengineering 
February 07
5:30 PM 		 Master’s Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 07
5:30 PM 		 Performing Hybrid Festive Culture in New Orleans: Brazilian Immigrants and Mardi Gras
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Hispanic Studies 
February 07
7:00 PM 		 Michael P. Hammond Preparatory Program
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 07
8:00 PM 		 Class Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 08
4:00 PM 		 Geometry-Analysis Seminar: To Be Announced
Open to the Public
Speaker: Luis Caffarelli
Sponsor: Mathematics 
February 08
5:30 PM 		 Doctoral Lecture Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 08
6:00 PM 		 Community Dialogue on Urban Education
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Public Affairs 
February 08
8:00 PM 		 Class Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 09
2:30 PM 		 Anisotropic colloids and new methods for their self-assembly
Open to the Public
Speaker: Michael J. Solomon - University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Sponsor: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 
February 09
4:00 PM 		 K2I Distinguished Lecture: Eric Horvitz, "Data, Decisions, and Intelligence in the Open World"
Open to the Public
Speaker: Eric Horvitz
Sponsor: Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology 
February 09
4:00 PM 		 Special Colloquium: To Be Announced
Open to the Public
Speaker: Luis Caffarelli
Sponsor: Mathematics 
February 09
5:30 PM 		 MARK LEE | Too Young to Reason, Too Grown Up to Dream
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Architecture 
February 09
6:00 PM 		 Laura J. Lederer: "In Modern Bondage: An Examination of Sex Trafficking as Gender-Based Slavery"
Open to the Public
Speaker: Laura J Lederer
Sponsor: Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 
February 09
7:00 PM 		 Civil War: A Genealogy
Open to the Public
Speaker: David Armitage
Sponsor: History - Ervin Frederick KALB LECTURE 
February 09
7:00 PM 		 Intellectuals, the Media and the Public Realm in Mexico
Open to the Public
Speaker: Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez
Sponsor: Public Affairs 
February 09
7:00 PM 		 Intellectuals, The Media and the Public Realm in Mexico
Open to the Public
Speaker: Jesus Silva-Herzog Marquez
Sponsor: Humanities Research Center 
February 09
8:00 PM 		 Faculty Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 09 through February 11  The Drunken City
Open to the Public/Admission Charge
Sponsor: Visual and Dramatic Arts 
February 10
11:30 AM 		 Rice Global E&C Forum - Roundtable Meeting
Open to the Public/Registration Required/Admission Charge
Speaker: Richard (Dick) Westney
Sponsor: Rice Global Forum 
February 10
12:00 PM 		 Special Lecture: To Be Announced
Open to the Public
Speaker: Luis Caffarelli
Sponsor: Mathematics 
February 10
3:30 PM 		 Sustainable Production of Biofuels: Plant Optimization and Environmental Impact
Open to the Public
Speaker: Venetia Rigou
Sponsor: Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies 
February 10
4:00 PM 		 Keck Seminar: Weiji Ma, PhD
Open to the Public
Speaker: Weiji Ma
Sponsor: Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training 
February 10
4:00 PM 		 Kalb Student Seminar with Prof. David Armitage
Open to the Public
Sponsor: History 
February 10
8:00 PM 		 Junior Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 11
8:30 AM 		 Spring AP* Exam Prep Workshops
Open to the Public/Registration Required/Admission Charge
Sponsor: Center for College Readiness 
February 11
11:00 AM 		 The Shepherd Society’s Family Concert
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 11
2:30 PM 		 Class Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 11
5:30 PM 		 Junior Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 11
8:00 PM 		 Composers’ Forum
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 11 through August 03  Global Education Certificate Program
Open to the Public/Registration Required/Admission Charge
Sponsor: Center for College Readiness 
February 12
2:30 PM 		 Class Recital
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 12
5:30 PM 		 Master’s Recital - Cancelled
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music 
February 12
8:00 PM 		 Sharing the Spotlight
Open to the Public
Sponsor: Shepherd School of Music