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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.

Open Invitation Events Calendar



  • Open Now Through 8/31 Magnificent Seven: Houston Celebrates Surls - FREEKnow More
  • 3/10 - 3/26 Light & Vision II: Forty Years of Photography at the Rice Media Center - FREEKnow More
  • 3/10 - 3/26 Recantorium: Lina Dib - FREEKnow More
  • 3/19 Guest Artist Master Class - FREEKnow More
  • 3/19 SYZYGY, New Music at Rice - FREEKnow More
  • 3/19 - 3/27 The Bug - Admission ChargeKnow More
  • 3/20 Guest Artist Recital - FREEKnow More
  • 3/20 Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra - FREEKnow More
  • 3/21 Faculty Recital - FREEKnow More
  • 3/23 World Religions Lecture: Buddhism - Admission ChargeKnow More
  • 3/24 Lecture Series: Building Tolerance in America's Youth During a Time of Crisis - FREEKnow More
  • 3/25 Shepherd School Opera - Admission ChargeKnow More
  • 3/26 Shepherd School Opera - Admission ChargeKnow More
  • 3/26 The 2010 Rice Football Letterman Golf Classic - Admission ChargeKnow More
  • 3/26 ARAYA: Houston film premiere - Admission ChargeKnow More
  • 3/28 Shepherd School Opera - Admission ChargeKnow More
  • 3/29 Shepherd School Opera - Admission ChargeKnow More
  • 3/30 25th Annual Marlar Lecture - FREEKnow More
  • 3/30 Master's Recital - FREEKnow More
  • 3/31 Dirt! The Movie - FREEKnow More
  • 4/2 WindSync Concert - FREEKnow More
  • 4/6 - 4/8 4th Joint Symposium on Radiation Research - Registration required/Admission ChargeKnow More
  • 4/8 - 4/16 Mavis C. Pitman Fellowship Exhibition - FREEKnow More
  • 4/8 - 8/8 Andrea Dezsö: Sometimes in My Dreams I Fly at the Rice Art Gallery - FREEKnow More
  • 4/11 Master's Recital - FREEKnow More
  • 4/14 President's Lecture Series: Marian Wright Edelman - FREEKnow More
  • 4/15 Feminism and Islam in an Age of Empire - FREEKnow More
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