Generations, A Theatre Company presents Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Rice University

07.05.13 - 07.28.13

Generations, A Theatre Company re-imagines one of the greatest musicals, Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This garish musical thriller h

Gotta have a schtick

Fiddling around: Apollo Chamber Players fuse folk traditions with classical music

By Joel Luks

04.27.13 | 2:38 pm

Classical musicians can learn a bounty of survival skills from the ridiculousness that is Mel Brooks' The Producers. First, you have to have a shtick. Second, when you've got it, flaunt it. ...

Falling in line

Butts out: University of Houston bans smoking, joining a research dollar driven health kick

By Tyler Rudick

04.26.13 | 3:10 pm

Less than a year after Rice University ramped up its tobacco-free policy, the University of Houston announced it will ban smoking starting June 1. Kathryn Peek, UH Assistant Vice President ...

Pix of the Day

Whooo's there? The most adorable baby owlets ever make Houston debut — and one's upside down

By Whitney Radley

04.18.13 | 4:39 pm

Roberts Elementary recently welcomed new neighbors when a parliament of baby owlets and their mom (or dad) nested up in a tree outside of the Texas Medical Center-area campus. They must ha ...

TEDxHouston 2013

10.12.13

TEDxHouston will reach out to a broad spectrum of Houstonians to uncover local ideas from people who are working on exciting projects with a major impact on our community and its future. Expect a f

The Rice Veterans In Business Association presents "An Evening with Governor Tom Ridge"

04.16.13

The Rice Veterans In Business Association hosts Governon Tom Ridge, First Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Former Governor of Pennsylvania and president and CEO, Ridge Global. The

Rice Design Alliance Tour

The true love shack: How a suave home design consultant saved one couple's marriage

By Joel Luks

04.04.13 | 5:36 am

When John Mixon's wife Judith gets an idea in her head, he knows exactly what his place in the relationship is and what the appropriate response to her whimsical impulses should be. Yes, de ...

Rice Science Café lecture: "The Birds and the Trees: Wildlife and Natural History on the Rice Campus"

The Black Labrador

04.02.13

Rice University's campus is home to a rich diversity of life. The Lynn R. Lowrey Arboretum contains more than 100 species of trees and woody plants, providing a green oasis for many species of

Art opening reception: Soo Sunny Park: Unwoven Light

Rice Gallery

04.11.13

Unwoven Light, a new installation by American artist Soo Sunny Park for Rice University Art Gallery, will be a suspended, undulating structure made from shaped sections of chain link fencing. Withi

Y. Ping Sun

This rare homecoming queen/attorney is a rock star at Rice University

By Shelby Hodge

03.19.13 | 7:06 am

It's almost impossible to walk across the Rice University campus with Y. Ping Sun, wife of Rice president David Leebron, without her being stopped by admiring students and faculty. She is ...