Editing Rice University

{{Short description|Private university in Houston, Texas, US}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = William Marsh Rice University
 | native_name            = 
 | image                  = Rice University seal.svg
 | image_upright          = .7
 | image_alt              = The academic seal of Rice University. A shield divided by a chevron, carrying three owls as charges, with scrollwork saying LETTERS, SCIENCE, ART
 | motto                  = "Letters, Science, Art"
 | established            = {{start date and age|September 23, 1912}}
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[research university]]
 | endowment              = $7.814 billion (2021)<ref name=endowment>{{As of|2020|06|30|df=US}} {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=February 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221003510/https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | president              = [[Reginald DesRoches]]
 | provost                = 
 | students               = 8,880 (fall 2024)<ref name = Students>{{Cite web|url=https://rice.app.box.com/s/8zoe43g9606zyhjslmeh4xs4awaszt9m|title=Common Data Set 2022-2023|website=The Office of Institutional Research|publisher=Rice University|access-date=April 29, 2024|archive-date=February 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223164059/https://rice.app.box.com/s/8zoe43g9606zyhjslmeh4xs4awaszt9m|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 4,776 (fall 2024)<ref name="Students"/>
 | postgrad               = 4,104 (fall 2024)<ref name="Students"/>
 | faculty                = 855 full-time (fall 2024)<ref name="At a Glance">{{cite web|url=http://oir.rice.edu/At_a_Glance/Rice_University/|title=Rice at a Glance|website=The Office of Institutional Research|publisher=Rice University|date=Fall 2018|access-date=12 February 2019|archive-date=December 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215192803/http://oir.rice.edu/At_a_Glance/Rice_University/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | administrative_staff   = 2,152<ref name="RF-Faculty"/>
 | city                   = [[Houston]]
 | state                  = [[Texas]]
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{coord|29|43|1|N|95|24|10|W|region:US-TX_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Large city<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=rice&s=all&id=227757|title=IPEDS-Rice University|access-date=November 7, 2021|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107194823/https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=rice&s=all&id=227757|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | campus_size            = {{convert|300|acre|ha}}<ref name="About"/>
 | former_names           = William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art (1912–1960)<ref name="William Marsh Rice and the Founding of Rice Institute"/>
 | colors                 = {{diagonal split color box|#00205B|#7C7E7F|font-size=0.6em|no-diagonal=yes}} Blue and gray<ref>{{cite web|title=Color palette|url=http://staff.rice.edu/Template_RiceBrand.aspx?id=4718|publisher=Rice University|access-date=April 13, 2017|archive-date=March 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302114551/http://staff.rice.edu/Template_RiceBrand.aspx?id=4718|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]|[[Consortium on Financing Higher Education|COFHE]]|[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]]|[[Universities Research Association|URA]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}
 | nickname               = [[Rice Owls|Owls]]
 | mascot                 = [[Sammy the Owl]]
 | sporting_affiliations  = [[NCAA Division I FBS]] – [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
 | website                = {{official URL}}
 | logo                   = Rice Logo 280 Blue.svg
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 | accreditation          = [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|SACS]]
 | free_label             = Newspaper
 | free                   = ''[[The Rice Thresher]]''
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'''William Marsh Rice University''', commonly referred to as '''Rice University''', is a [[Private university|private]] [[research university]] in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], United States. Established in 1912, the university spans 300 acres.

Rice University comprises eight undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, including [[Rice University School of Humanities|School of Humanities]], [[Rice University School of Social Sciences|School of Social Sciences]], [[Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business]], [[George R. Brown School of Engineering]], [[Wiess School of Natural Sciences]], [[Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies]], [[Rice University School of Architecture|Rice School of Architecture]], and [[Shepherd School of Music]].<ref name="Majors" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Rice School of Continuing Studies renamed for Susanne M. Glasscock |url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire/news/article/Rice-School-of-Continuing-Studies-renamed-for-9544972.php |access-date=2024-05-19 |work=Chron |language=en}}</ref>

Established as '''William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art''' after the murder of its namesake [[William Marsh Rice]], Rice has been a member of the [[Association of American Universities]] since 1985 and is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite news |date=October 31, 2002 |title=Rice's AAU membership important to mission |work=news.rice.edu |url=https://news.rice.edu/2002/10/31/rices-aau-membership-important-to-mission/ |url-status=live |access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719055319/https://news.rice.edu/2002/10/31/rices-aau-membership-important-to-mission/ |archive-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=227757 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719164722/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=227757 |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |access-date=19 July 2020 |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Undergraduate Teaching National Universities |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/undergraduate-teaching |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308200745/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/undergraduate-teaching |archive-date=2017-03-08 |publisher=[[U.S. News and World Report]]}}</ref> Rice competes in 14 [[NCAA Division I]] varsity sports and is a part of the [[American Athletic Conference]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pool |first=Chuck |date=14 June 2023 |title=Official: Rice Athletics to join AAC on July 1, 2023 |url=https://attheroost.com/2022/06/14/aac-announcement-rice-athletics-reaction/ |access-date=1 July 2023 |website=The Roost |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702050934/https://attheroost.com/2022/06/14/aac-announcement-rice-athletics-reaction/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Its teams are the [[Rice Owls]].

Alumni include 26 [[Marshall Scholarship|Marshall Scholars]], 13 [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]], 7 [[Churchill Scholarship|Churchill Scholars]], and 3 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureates]].{{As of when|date=March 2025|reason=Date would be helpful here for future people looking at this so it can be updated more easily with new award winners.}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marshall Scholarship Statistics |url=https://www.marshallscholarship.org/about/reports |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215174236/https://www.marshallscholarship.org/about/reports |archive-date=December 15, 2022 |access-date=January 16, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Winning Institutions Search {{!}} The Rhodes Scholarships |url=https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/office-of-the-american-secretary/us-winners/winning-institution-search/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk |language=en |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807161659/https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/office-of-the-american-secretary/us-winners/winning-institution-search/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Scholars |url=https://www.churchillscholarship.org/the-scholars |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.churchillscholarship.org |archive-date=August 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827180531/https://www.churchillscholarship.org/the-scholars |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==

===Background===
[[File:William Marsh Rice.gif|thumb|left|upright|[[William Marsh Rice]]'s estate funded the establishment of the Rice Institute.]]
Rice University's history began with the death of Massachusetts businessman William Marsh Rice, who had made his fortune in real estate, railroad development and cotton trading in [[Texas]]. In 1891, Rice decided to charter a free-tuition educational institute in Houston, bearing his name, to be created upon his death, earmarking most of his estate towards funding the project. Rice's will specified the institution was to be "a competitive institution of the highest grade" and that only white students would be permitted to attend.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Short History of Race-Based Affirmative Action at Rice University|journal=The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education|date=Autumn 1996|issue=13|pages=36–38|publisher=The JBHE Foundation|doi=10.2307/2963155|jstor=2963155}}</ref> On the morning of September 23, 1900, Rice, age 84, was found dead by his valet, Charles F. Jones, and was presumed to have died in his sleep. Shortly thereafter, a large check made out to Rice's New York City lawyer, signed by the late Rice, aroused the suspicion of a bank teller, due to the misspelling of the recipient's name. The lawyer, [[Albert T. Patrick]], then claimed that Rice had changed his will to leave the bulk of his fortune to Patrick, rather than to the creation of Rice's educational institute. A subsequent investigation led by the District Attorney of New York resulted in the arrests of Patrick and of Rice's butler and valet Charles F. Jones, who had been persuaded to administer [[chloroform]] to Rice while he slept. Rice's friend and personal lawyer in Houston, [[James A. Baker (born 1857)|Captain James A. Baker]], aided in the discovery of what turned out to be a fake will with a forged signature. Jones was not prosecuted since he cooperated with the district attorney, and testified against Patrick. Patrick was found guilty of conspiring to steal Rice's fortune and he was convicted of murder in 1901 (he was pardoned in 1912 due to conflicting medical testimony).<ref name="poisoner"/> Baker helped Rice's estate direct the fortune, worth $4.6 million in 1904<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wermund |first=Benjamin |date=2016-06-04 |title=The vision of William Marsh Rice becomes a university after... |url=https://www.chron.com/local/history/major-stories-events/article/The-vision-of-William-Marsh-Rice-becomes-a-7963782.php |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Chron |language=en |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709194542/https://www.chron.com/local/history/major-stories-events/article/The-vision-of-William-Marsh-Rice-becomes-a-7963782.php |url-status=live }}</ref> (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{inflation|US-GDP|4600000|1904|r=-6}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}), towards the founding of what was to be called the Rice Institute, later to become Rice University. The board took control of the assets on April 29 of that year.
In 1907, the Board of Trustees selected the head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at [[Princeton University]], [[Edgar Odell Lovett]], to head the institute, which was still in the planning stages. He came recommended by Princeton's president, [[Woodrow Wilson]]. In 1908, Lovett accepted the challenge, and was formally inaugurated as the institute's first president on October 12, 1912. Lovett undertook extensive research before formalizing plans for the new Institute, including visits to 78 institutions of higher learning across the world on a long tour between 1908 and 1909. Lovett was impressed by such things as the aesthetic beauty of the uniformity of the architecture at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], a theme which was adopted by the institute, as well as the [[residential college]] system at [[Cambridge University]], which was added to the Institute several decades later. Lovett called for the establishment of a university "of the highest grade," "an institution of liberal and technical learning" devoted "quite as much to investigation as to instruction." [We must] "keep the standards up and the numbers down," declared Lovett. "The most distinguished teachers must take their part in undergraduate teaching, and their spirit should dominate it all." [[File:Rice University Texas.jpg|thumb|Rice University]]

===Establishment and growth===
[[File:RiceInstitute1913.png|thumb|An illustration of the Administration Building of Rice University in 1913]]

In 1911, the cornerstone was laid for the institute's first building, the Administration Building, now known as Lovett Hall in honor of the founding president. On September 23, 1912, the 12th anniversary of William Marsh Rice's murder, the ''William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science, and Art'' began course work with 59 enrolled students, who were known as the "59 immortals," and about a dozen faculty. After 18 additional students joined later, Rice's initial class numbered 77,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/64903/thr19160612.pdf?sequence=1|title=Graduating Class Has 35 Members|work=Rice Thresher|access-date=26 September 2019|date=12 June 1916|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125061346/https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/64903/thr19160612.pdf?sequence=1|url-status=live}}</ref> 48 male and 29 female. Rice accepted coeducational admissions from its beginning, but on-campus housing would not become co-ed until 1957.<ref name="Jones College, Rice University">{{cite web |title=Jones College, Rice University. |url=http://jones.rice.edu/history/ |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721192420/http://jones.rice.edu/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Administration Building, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas.jpg|thumb|Administration Building, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas (postcard, circa 1912–1924)]]Per William Marsh Rice's will and Rice Institute's initial charter, the students paid no tuition. Classes were difficult, however, and about half of Rice's students had failed after the first 1912 term.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/99377/sallyport-vol-09-no04.pdf|title = McCants Recalls Earliest Days|last = McCants|first = J.T.|work = Sallyport|access-date = 26 September 2019|date = June 1953|archive-date = September 26, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190926185057/https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/99377/sallyport-vol-09-no04.pdf|url-status = live}}</ref> At its first commencement ceremony, held on June 12, 1916, Rice awarded 35 bachelor's degrees and one master's degree.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/64903/thr19160612.pdf?sequence=1|title=Splendid Celebration Marks First Commencement|work=Rice Thresher|access-date=26 September 2019|date=12 June 1916|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125061346/https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/64903/thr19160612.pdf?sequence=1|url-status=live}}</ref> That year, the student body also voted to adopt the Honor System, which still exists today.  The first [[Ph.D.]] was awarded in 1918 in mathematics.

In the 1920s, many of the university's early students were active supporters of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], with a 1922 yearbook showing approximately twenty students wearing Klan robes in a posed photograph.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web | title=At Rice, a tweet-storm sets off discussion of the university's racist past - HoustonChronicle.com | work=Houston Chronicle | url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/article/At-Rice-a-tweet-storm-sets-off-discussion-of-the-13608211.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212043559/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/article/At-Rice-a-tweet-storm-sets-off-discussion-of-the-13608211.php | access-date=2025-02-22 | archive-date=2019-02-12}}</ref> President David Leebron reacted to the re-circulation of these images in 2019 by stating that "It is unsurprising but nonetheless deeply disturbing that racist imagery, including students in blackface and KKK outfits, appeared at Rice with some frequency during the years prior to the admission of black students."<ref name="auto"/> In 1923, a Ku Klux Klan event was held on a Rice-owned Louisiana Street location, near to the home of a Black woman who had filed a lawsuit against the institute in 1909.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://taskforce.rice.edu/final-report|title=Final Report – September 2023 &#124; Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice &#124; Rice University|access-date=August 21, 2024|archive-date=August 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821130840/https://taskforce.rice.edu/final-report|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Founder's Memorial Statue, a bronze statue of a seated William Marsh Rice, holding the original plans for the campus, was dedicated in 1930, and installed in the central academic quad, facing Lovett Hall. The statue was crafted by [[John Angel (sculptor)|John Angel]].<ref name="Little"/> In 2020, Rice students petitioned the university to take down the statue due to the founder's history as a slave owner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Monumental changes require removing monuments to the Confederacy|url=https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/2020/07/08/racism-confederate-monuments-protests-Houston|access-date=2020-08-10|website=The Kinder Institute for Urban Research|language=en|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808165628/https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/2020/07/08/racism-confederate-monuments-protests-Houston|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2022, the Board of Trustees announced plans to relocate the statue within the academic quadrangle.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rice Founder's Memorial statue to be relocated in Academic Quad|url=https://news.rice.edu/news/2022/rice-founders-memorial-statue-be-relocated-academic-quad|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Rice News {{!}} News and Media Relations {{!}} Rice University|language=en|archive-date=January 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125194304/https://news.rice.edu/news/2022/rice-founders-memorial-statue-be-relocated-academic-quad|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2023, the statue along with its plinth were taken down in conjunction with a renovation of the Academic Quad, and eventually were relocated to a different location in the Quad.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simpson |first=Stephen |date=2023-11-30 |title=Rice University relocates its founder's remains after reckoning with his ties to slavery |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/30/rice-university-founder-statue-remains/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208160614/https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/30/rice-university-founder-statue-remains/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

During [[World War II]], Rice Institute was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the [[V-12 Navy College Training Program]], which offered students a path to a Navy commission.<ref name="list-of-v-12"/>

The [[residential college]] system proposed by President Lovett was adopted in 1958, with the East Hall residence becoming [[Baker College (Rice University)|Baker College]], South Hall residence becoming [[Will Rice College]], West Hall becoming [[Hanszen College]], and the temporary Wiess Hall becoming [[Wiess College]].

[[File:JFK at Rice University.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John F. Kennedy]] speaking at [[Rice Stadium (Rice University)|Rice Stadium]] in 1962]]

In 1959, the [[Rice Institute Computer]] went online. 1960 saw Rice Institute formally renamed William Marsh Rice University.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Announcement of Rice Institute's name change to William Marsh Rice University |journal=Fondren Library / Woodson Research Center |date=1 July 1960 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/1911/68439 |access-date=24 September 2021 |publisher=Rice University Archives |hdl=1911/68439 |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706033609/https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/68439 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rice acted as a temporary intermediary in the transfer of land between Humble Oil and Refining Company and [[NASA]],<ref name="multiple"/> for the creation of [[NASA]]'s Manned Spacecraft Center (now called [[Johnson Space Center]]) in 1962. [[John F. Kennedy|President John F. Kennedy]] then [[We choose to go to the Moon|gave a speech]]<ref name="nasa"/> at [[Rice Stadium (Rice University)|Rice Stadium]] reiterating that the United States intended to reach the Moon before the end of the decade of the 1960s, and "to become the world's leading space-faring nation". The Rice Space Institute has collaborated with the [[Johnson Space Center]] for more than 50 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to RSI |url=https://rsi.rice.edu/welcome-rsi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921195249/https://rsi.rice.edu/welcome-rsi |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |access-date=9 September 2020}}</ref>

The original charter of Rice Institute dictated that the university admit and educate, tuition-free, "the white inhabitants of Houston, and the state of Texas". In 1963, the governing board of Rice University filed a lawsuit to allow the university to modify its charter to admit students of all races and to charge tuition. Ph.D. student Raymond Johnson became the first black Rice student when he was admitted that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Black History at Rice|url=https://alumni.rice.edu/black-history-rice|publisher=Rice Alumni|access-date=February 28, 2022|archive-date=February 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228121351/https://alumni.rice.edu/black-history-rice|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1964, Rice officially amended the university charter to desegregate its graduate and undergraduate divisions.<ref name="rice1"/> The Trustees of Rice University prevailed in a lawsuit to void the racial language in the trust in 1966.<ref name="university"/> Rice began charging tuition for the first time in 1965. In the same year, Rice launched a $33-million development campaign (equivalent to ${{inflation|US-GDP|33|1965}} million in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}). $43 million (${{inflation|US-GDP|43|1970}} million) was raised by its conclusion in 1970. In 1974, two new schools were founded at Rice, the [[Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management]] and the [[Shepherd School of Music]]. The Brown Foundation Challenge, a fund-raising program designed to encourage annual gifts, was launched in 1976 and ended in 1996 having raised $185 million (${{inflation|US-GDP|185|1996}} million). The [[Rice School of Social Sciences]] was founded in 1979.

On-campus housing was exclusively for men for the first forty years, until 1957.<ref name="Jones College, Rice University"/> [[Jones College (Rice University)|Jones College]] was the first women's residence on the Rice campus, followed by [[Brown College (Rice University)#Brown College|Brown College]]. According to legend, the women's colleges were purposefully situated at the opposite end of campus from the existing men's colleges as a way of preserving campus propriety, which was greatly valued by Edgar Odell Lovett, who did not even allow benches to be installed on campus, fearing that they "might lead to co-fraternization of the sexes".<ref name="multiple"/> The path linking the north colleges to the center of campus was given the tongue-in-cheek name of "Virgin's Walk". Individual colleges became coeducational between 1973 and 1987, with the single-sex floors of colleges that had them becoming co-ed by 2006. By then, several new residential colleges had been built on campus to handle the university's growth, including [[Lovett College]], [[Sid Richardson College]], and [[Martel College]].

===Late twentieth and early twenty-first century===
[[File:Vladimir Putin in the United States 13-16 November 2001-25.jpg|thumb|right|[[George H. W. Bush]] meeting [[Vladimir Putin]] at Rice in 2001]]
The [[G8|Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations]] was held at Rice in 1990. Three years later, in 1993, the [[James Baker Institute|James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy]] was created. In 1997, the Edythe Bates Old Grand Organ and Recital Hall and the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, renamed in 2005 for the late Nobel Prize winner and Rice professor [[Richard E. Smalley]], were dedicated at Rice. In 1999, the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology was created. The [[Rice Owls baseball]] team was ranked #1 in the nation for the first time in that year (1999), holding the top spot for eight weeks.

In 2003, the Owls won their first national championship in baseball, which was the first for the university in any team sport, beating Southwest Missouri State in the opening game and then the University of Texas and Stanford University twice each en route to the title. In 2008, President [[David Leebron]] issued a ten-point plan titled "Vision for the Second Century" outlining plans to increase research funding, strengthen existing programs, and increase collaboration.<ref name="Vision for the Second Century - Ten Points"/> The plan has brought about another wave of campus constructions, including the newly renamed [[BioScience Research Collaborative]]<ref name="rice3"/> building (intended to foster collaboration with the adjacent [[Texas Medical Center]]), a new recreational center and the renovated [[Autry Court]] basketball stadium, and the addition of two new residential colleges, [[Duncan College]] and [[McMurtry College]].

Beginning in late 2008, the university considered a merger with [[Baylor College of Medicine]], though the merger was ultimately rejected in 2010.<ref name="ricethresher"/> Select Rice undergraduates are currently guaranteed admission to Baylor College of Medicine upon graduation as part of the Rice/Baylor Medical Scholars program. 

In 2018, the university added an online MBA program, MBA@Rice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/05/21/rice-to-work-with-2u-on-launch-of-online-business-short-courses.aspx|title=Rice to Work with 2U on Launch of Online Business 'Short Courses' – Campus Technology|website=Campus Technology|language=en|access-date=2018-06-20|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180719/https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/05/21/rice-to-work-with-2u-on-launch-of-online-business-short-courses.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://business.rice.edu/online-mba-rice-business|title=MBA@Rice: Hybrid Online Degree|date=2017-12-07|work=Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en|archive-date=June 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615163320/https://business.rice.edu/online-mba-rice-business|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2019, the university's president announced plans for a task force on Rice's "past in relation to slave history and racial injustice", stating that "Rice has some historical connections to that terrible part of American history and the segregation and racial disparities that resulted directly from it".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Britto|first=Brittany|date=2019-06-14|title=Rice's reckoning: University to launch task force to address its segregationist history|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/Rice-s-reckoning-University-to-launch-task-14061581.php|access-date=2020-06-22|website=HoustonChronicle.com|language=en-US|archive-date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626003557/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/Rice-s-reckoning-University-to-launch-task-14061581.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2021, President Leebron decided to pursue a development agreement with the City of Houston in response to requests from community members and Rice students regarding the [[Rice Innovation District]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Britto |first=Brittany |date=2020-01-29 |title=In victory for students, community groups, Mayor pledges city will strike deal ensuring innovation district provides far-reaching benefits |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/City-to-negotiate-community-benefits-agreement-15018292.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908235505/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/City-to-negotiate-community-benefits-agreement-15018292.php |archive-date=September 8, 2021 |access-date=2021-09-08 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> This decision was made instead of implementing a [[community benefits agreement]], which had been suggested by the community. Typically, community benefits agreements involve a community coalition as a signatory, but the proposed agreement with the City of Houston will not include such a coalition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=It's time for Rice Management Company to get serious about a Community Benefits Agreement |url=https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2020/03/time-for-rice-management-company-to-get-serious-about-a-community-benefits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909000402/https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2020/03/time-for-rice-management-company-to-get-serious-about-a-community-benefits |archive-date=September 9, 2021 |access-date=2021-09-09 |website=The Rice Thresher}}</ref>

==Campus==
{{Main|Campus of Rice University}}Located near the city of [[West University Place, Texas|West University Place]], Rice University's campus covers a {{convert|285|acre|ha|adj=on}} area within Houston's museum district and is heavily wooded.[[File:Rice University Main Entrance.jpg|thumb|The main entrance to Rice University]]
[[File:Rice University Mechanical Laboratory and Power House.jpg|210px|thumb|Rice University Mechanical Laboratory and Power House. The second building on campus.]]

The campus is defined by five streets: Greenbriar Street, Rice Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Main Street, and University Boulevard. Throughout its history, Rice University's buildings have been situated within this "outer loop." However, in recent times,{{When|date=April 2023}} new facilities have been constructed in proximity to the campus. Despite this, most of the academic, administrative, and residential structures are still situated within the original pentagonal area. Some off-campus buildings include the Collaborative Research Center, graduate student housing, the Greenbriar building, and the Wiess President's House.[[File:Founders bench.jpg|thumb|upright|A stone bench in the Academic Quad]]

Rice University's campus houses around 50 buildings that are dispersed between the main entrance located at its easternmost corner and the parking lots and Rice Stadium situated at the western end.  The [[Lynn R. Lowrey Arboretum]], consisting of more than 4000 trees and shrubs is spread throughout the campus.
[[File:View outside Brochstein Pavilion.png|thumb|177x177px|View of Rice campus outside Brochstein Pavilion]]
The university's first president, [[Edgar Odell Lovett]], intended for the campus to have a uniform architecture style to improve its aesthetic appeal. Nearly every building on campus is noticeably [[Byzantine architecture|Byzantine]] in style, with sand and pink-colored bricks, large archways and columns being a common theme among many campus buildings. 
[[File:Duncan Hall at Rice University.jpg|thumb|Duncan Hall is Rice's hub for engineering and computation.]]
Lovett Hall, named for Rice's first president, is the university's landmark building. Through its Sallyport arch, new students symbolically enter the university during matriculation and depart as graduates at commencement. Duncan Hall, Rice's computational engineering building, was designed to encourage collaboration between the four different departments situated there. The building's foyer, drawn from many world cultures, was designed by the architect to symbolically express this collaborative purpose.

The campus is organized in a number of [[quadrangle (architecture)|quadrangles]]. The Academic Quad, anchored by a statue of founder William Marsh Rice, includes [[Ralph Adams Cram]]'s masterpiece, the asymmetrical Lovett Hall, the original administrative building; [[Fondren Library]]; Herzstein Hall, the original physics building and home to the largest [[amphitheater]] on campus; Sewall Hall for the social sciences and arts; Rayzor Hall for the languages; and Anderson Hall of the Architecture department. The Humanities Building, winner of several architectural awards, is immediately adjacent to the main quad. Further west lies a quad surrounded by McNair Hall of the [[Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business|Jones Business School]], the [[James Baker Institute|Baker Institute]], and Alice Pratt Brown Hall of the [[Shepherd School of Music]]. These two quads are surrounded by the university's main access road, a one-way loop referred to as the "inner loop". In the Engineering Quad, a trinity of sculptures by [[Michael Heizer]], collectively entitled ''45 Degrees, 90 Degrees, 180 Degrees'', are flanked by Abercrombie Laboratory, the Cox Building, and the Mechanical Laboratory, housing the Electrical, Mechanical, and Earth Science/Civil Engineering departments, respectively. Duncan Hall is the latest addition to this quad, providing new offices for the Computer Science, Computational and Applied Math, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Statistics departments.

[[File:McNairHall 1.jpg|right|thumb|McNair Hall, home to the Jones School of Business]]

Roughly three-quarters of Rice's undergraduate population lives on campus. Housing is divided among [[Residential colleges of Rice University|eleven residential colleges]]. The colleges are named for university historical figures and benefactor. Five colleges, McMurtry, Duncan, Martel, Jones, and Brown are located on the north side of campus, across from the "South Colleges", Baker, Will Rice, Lovett, Hanszen, Sid Richardson, and Wiess, on the other side of the Academic Quadrangle. Of the eleven colleges, Baker is the oldest, originally built in 1912, and the twin Duncan and McMurtry colleges are the newest, and opened for the first time for the 2009–10 school year. Will Rice, Baker, and Lovett colleges are undergoing renovation to expand their dining facilities as well as the number of rooms available for students.
[[File:Empty Rice Stadium, Cloudy Day.jpg|thumb|Rice University's football stadium]]
The on-campus football facility, [[Rice Stadium (Rice University)|Rice Stadium]], opened in 1950 with a capacity of 70,000 seats.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barron |first=David |date=2020-12-10 |title=After 70 years, Rice Stadium remains a Houston landmark |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/After-70-years-Rice-Stadium-remains-Houston-15793320.php |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223194738/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/After-70-years-Rice-Stadium-remains-Houston-15793320.php |url-status=live }}</ref> After improvements in 2006, the stadium is currently configured to seat 47,000 for football but can readily be reconfigured to its original capacity of 70,000.<ref name="Rice Official Athletic Site - Facilities"/> The stadium was the site of [[Super Bowl VIII]] and a [[We choose to go to the Moon|speech]] by [[John F. Kennedy]] on September 12, 1962, in which he challenged the nation to send a man to the moon by the end of the decade.<ref name="rice4"/> The recently renovated [[Tudor Fieldhouse]], formerly known as Autry Court, is home to the basketball and volleyball teams. Other stadia include the [[Rice Track/Soccer Stadium]] and the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium. A new Rec Center now houses the intramural sports offices and provide an outdoor pool, training and exercise facilities for all Rice students, while athletics training will solely be held at Tudor Fieldhouse and the Rice Football Stadium.

===Innovation District===
{{Main|Rice Innovation District}}In early 2019, Rice announced the site where the abandoned [[Sears]] building in [[Midtown Houston]] stood, along with its surrounding area, would be transformed into "The Ion," the hub of the {{convert|16|acre|ha|adj=on}} South Main Innovation District.<ref name=":2" /> President of Rice, [[David Leebron]] stated "We chose the name Ion because it's from the Greek ienai, which means 'go'. We see it as embodying the ever-forward motion of discovery, the spark at the center of a truly original idea. It also represents the last three letters in many of the words that define the building's mission, like inspiration, creation, acceleration and innovation."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harms |first=Natalie |date=August 19, 2020 |title=Rice University transforms iconic Sears building into innovation hub |url=https://houston.culturemap.com/news/innovation/01-30-19-rice-university-innovation-the-ion-sears-building-midtown-construction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810074352/https://houston.culturemap.com/news/innovation/01-30-19-rice-university-innovation-the-ion-sears-building-midtown-construction/ |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |access-date=August 19, 2020 |work=Culture Map}}</ref>[[File:The Ion in Houston.jpg|right|thumb|The Ion building under construction in the [[Rice Innovation District]] ]]
Students of Rice and other Houston-area colleges and universities making up the Student Coalition for a Just and Equitable Innovation Corridor are advocating for a [[Community Benefits Agreement|community benefits agreement]] (CBA), a contractual agreement between a developer and a community coalition.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2019-07-19|title=Rice University-led Ion innovation district breaks ground|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Rice-University-led-Ion-innovation-district-14109401.php|access-date=2020-12-28|website=HoustonChronicle.com|language=en-US|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205032126/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Rice-University-led-Ion-innovation-district-14109401.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Residents of neighboring [[Third Ward, Houston|Third Ward]] and other members of the Houston Coalition for Equitable Development Without Displacement (HCEDD) have faced consistent opposition from the City of Houston and Rice Management Company to a CBA as traditionally defined, in favor of an agreement between the latter two entities without a community coalition signatory.<ref name=":3" />

==Organization==
Rice University is chartered as a non-profit organization and is governed by a privately appointed [[Board of directors|board of trustees]]. The board consists of a maximum of 25 voting members who serve four-year terms.<ref name="Handbook">{{cite web |title=University Leadership |url=https://president.rice.edu/governance/administration |access-date=December 9, 2023 |website=University Administration |publisher=Rice University |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210003911/https://president.rice.edu/governance/administration |url-status=live }}</ref> The trustees serve without compensation and a simple majority of trustees must reside in Texas, including at least four within the greater Houston area.<ref name="Handbook"/> The board of trustees delegates its power by appointing a president to serve as the chief executive of the university. [[Reginald DesRoches]] was appointed president in 2022 and succeeded [[David Leebron|David W. Leebron]], who served since 2004. The provost, three executive vice presidents, and seven vice presidents report to the president.<ref name="Handbook"/>

The university's academics are organized into several schools. The [[Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies]] has only graduate programs. Schools that have undergraduate and graduate programs include:
* [[Rice University School of Architecture]]
* [[George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing]]
* [[Rice University School of Humanities|School of Humanities]]
* [[Shepherd School of Music]]
* [[Wiess School of Natural Sciences]]
* [[Rice University School of Social Sciences]]
* [[Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management]]

Rice's undergraduate students are admitted from a centralized admissions process, which admits new students to the university as a whole, rather than a specific school (the schools of Music and Architecture are decentralized). Students are encouraged to select the major path that best suits their desires; a student can later decide that they would rather pursue study in another field, or continue their current coursework and add a second or third major. These transitions are designed to be simple, with students not required to decide on a specific major until their sophomore year of study. Rice offers 360 degrees in over 60 departments. There are 40 undergraduate degree programs, 51 masters programs, and 29 doctoral programs.<ref name="Majors" /><ref name="Degrees" />

Faculty members of each of the departments elect chairs to represent the department to each School's dean and the deans report to the Provost who serves as the chief officer for academic affairs.<ref name="Handbook"/>

=== Rice Management Company ===
The Rice Management Company manages the $8.1 billion Rice University endowment (June 2021) and $1.1 billion debt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://investments.rice.edu/about-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123213318/https://investments.rice.edu/about-us |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |access-date=2020-12-28 |website=Rice Management Company {{!}} Rice University |language=en }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-18|title=In Houston's Third Ward, Community Groups are Fighting for Equitable Development|url=https://www.texasobserver.org/in-houstons-third-ward-community-groups-are-fighting-for-equitable-development/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=The Texas Observer|language=en-US|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107115706/https://www.texasobserver.org/in-houstons-third-ward-community-groups-are-fighting-for-equitable-development/|url-status=live}}</ref> The endowment provides 40% of Rice's operating revenues.

In August 2021, an economic development agreement that would provide Rice Management Company with up to $65 million in cost reimbursement from local taxes was given initial approval by the Midtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Whalen |first=Emma |date=2021-08-26 |title=Midtown TIRZ OKs infrastructure deal with Rice University around Ion campus |url=https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/development/2021/08/26/midtown-tirz-oks-infrastructure-deal-with-rice-university-around-ion-campus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902043537/https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/development/2021/08/26/midtown-tirz-oks-infrastructure-deal-with-rice-university-around-ion-campus/ |archive-date=September 2, 2021 |access-date=2021-09-09 |website=impact |language=English}}</ref> The agreement does not require a community benefits agreement in exchange for funding. Final approval requires a vote by the Houston City Council.<ref name=":4" />

==Academics==
[[File:Lovett Hall.jpg|thumb|Lovett Hall, formerly known as the Administration Building, was the first building on campus.]]
Rice is a medium-sized, highly residential research university.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Rice University |url=https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/rice-university/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATION OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION |language=en-US |archive-date=January 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122235221/https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/rice-university/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The majority of enrollments are in the full-time, four-year undergraduate program emphasizing arts & sciences and professions. There is a very high level of research activity.<ref name=":6" /> It is accredited by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] as well as the professional accreditation agencies for engineering, management, and architecture.<ref name="Rice Facts - University Accreditation"/>

Each of Rice's departments is organized into one of three distribution groups, and students whose major lies within the scope of one group must take at least 3 courses of at least 3 credit hours each of approved distribution classes in each of the other two groups, as well as completing one physical education course as part of the LPAP (Lifetime Physical Activity Program) requirement. All new students must take a Freshman Writing Intensive Seminar (FWIS) class, and for students who do not pass the university's  composition examination (administered during the summer before matriculation), FWIS 100, a writing class, becomes an additional requirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://compexam.rice.edu/|title=Rice Composition Exam|year=2012|publisher=Rice University|access-date=6 March 2013|archive-date=September 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909063738/http://compexam.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Student body===
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition {{as of|2022|05|02|lc=yes|df=US}}
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web|title=College Scorecard: Rice University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?227757-Rice-University|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]|access-date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=May 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525015042/https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?227757-Rice-University|url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|31|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|28|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|16|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|12|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|17|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|83|%|2||background:black}}
|}

As of fall 2022, men make up 51.1% of the undergraduate body and 63.1% of the professional and post-graduate student body.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Student Enrollment |url=https://oie.rice.edu/IR-reporting/student-enrollment |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Office of Institutional Effectiveness {{!}} Rice University |language=en |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302012405/https://oie.rice.edu/IR-reporting/student-enrollment |url-status=live }}</ref> 36.9% of degree-seeking students are from out of state, 35.9% are from Texas and 27.2% are from outside of the United States.<ref name=":5" /> In 2022, the largest proportion of international students came from Asian countries, with 1623 out of the 2344 total students (or 69.24%) coming from China (1145), India (296), Taiwan (93), and Korea (89).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://oiss.rice.edu/stats | title=Rice International Statistics }}</ref> 

===Honor Code===
The Rice Honor Code plays an integral role in academic affairs. Almost all Rice exams are unproctored and professors give timed, closed-book exams that students take home and complete at their own convenience. Potential infractions are reported to the student Honor Council, elected by popular vote. The penalty structure is established every year by Council consensus; typically, penalties have ranged from a letter of reprimand to an 'F' in the course and a two semester suspension.<ref name="Rice Honor Council"/> During Orientation Week, students must take and pass a test demonstrating that they understand the Honor System's requirements and sign a Matriculation Pledge. On assignments, Rice students affirm their commitment to the Honor Code by writing ''"On my honor, I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this [examination, quiz or paper]".''<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

===Research centers and resources===
* Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship – supports entrepreneurs and early-stage technology ventures in Houston and Texas through education, collaboration, and research, ranked No. 1 among university business incubators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/ranch/living/rice-alliance-for-technology-and-entrepreneurship-named-no-university-business/article_642d56f0-de72-5bac-83da-f884a1483a0a.html|title=Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship named No. 1 university business incubator in the world|work=www.yourkatynews.com|access-date=25 December 2014|date=2014-06-24|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706033547/https://www.chron.com/life/health/article/Rice-Alliance-for-Technology-and-Entrepreneurship-9884518.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Baker Institute for Public Policy]] – a leading nonpartisan public policy think-tank
* BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) – interdisciplinary, cross-campus, and inter-institutional resource between Rice University and [[Texas Medical Center]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brc.rice.edu|title=BioScience Research Collaborative Leading Research. Infinite Possibilities. Rice University|website=brc.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625193407/https://brc.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Boniuk Institute – dedicated to religious tolerance and advancing religious literacy, respect and mutual understanding<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boniuk.rice.edu|title=Boniuk Institute Rice University|website=boniuk.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624093341/https://boniuk.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Center for African and African American Studies – fosters conversations on topics such as critical approaches to race and racism, the nature of diasporic histories and identities, and the complexity of Africa's past, present and future<ref>{{Cite web|last=Britto|first=Brittany|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/education/campus-chronicles/article/Rice-launches-new-center-for-African-American-14561109.php|title=Rice launches new center for African, African-American studies|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=October 25, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920213502/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/education/campus-chronicles/article/Rice-launches-new-center-for-African-American-14561109.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Chao Center for Asian Studies – research hub for faculty, students and post-doctoral scholars working in Asian studies<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chaocenter.rice.edu/|title=Chao Center for Asian Studies Rice University|website=chaocenter.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=November 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102051828/http://chaocenter.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (CSWGS) – interdisciplinary academic programs and research opportunities, including the journal ''Feminist Economics''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cswgs.rice.edu|title=Rice University Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality|website=cswgs.rice.edu|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705093910/https://cswgs.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Data to Knowledge Lab (D2K) – campus hub for experiential learning in data science<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d2k.rice.edu|title=Center for Transforming Data to Knowledge (D2K) Rice University|website=d2k.rice.edu|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608174557/https://d2k.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Digital Signal Processing (DSP) – center for education and research in the field of digital signal processing<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsp.rice.edu|title=Rice University Digital Signal Processing (DSP)|website=dsp.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=April 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423084516/https://dsp.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Humanities Research Center (HRC) – identifies, encourages, and funds innovative research projects by faculty, visiting scholars, graduate, and undergraduate students in the School of Humanities and beyond<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hrc.rice.edu|title=Welcome – Humanities Research Center|website=hrc.rice.edu|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704224111/https://hrc.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB) – facilitates the translation of interdisciplinary research and education in biosciences and bioengineering<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ibb.rice.edu|title=Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB)|website=ibb.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=April 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423051243/https://ibb.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology – advances applied interdisciplinary research in the areas of computation and information technology<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kenkennedy.rice.edu|title=Rice University Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology|website=kenkennedy.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628163420/https://kenkennedy.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Kinder Institute for Urban Research – conducts the Houston Area Survey, "the nation's longest running study of any metropolitan region's economy, population, life experiences, beliefs and attitudes"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kinder.rice.edu/about/|title=About : Kinder Institute for Urban Research|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-date=October 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008102700/http://kinder.rice.edu/about/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) – a resource for education and research breakthroughs and advances in the broad, multidisciplinary field of nanophotonics<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lanp.blogs.rice.edu|title=Rice University Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP)|website=lanp.blogs.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625201254/https://lanp.blogs.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) - experiential learning and co-curricular activities in entrepreneurship<ref>{{cite web|url=https://business.rice.edu/lilie-lab|title=Lilie Lab Rice University|website=business.rice.edu/lilie-lab|access-date=29 March 2022|archive-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623191446/https://business.rice.edu/lilie-lab|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Moody Center for the Arts – experimental arts space featuring studio classrooms, maker space, audiovisual editing booths, and a gallery and office space for visiting national and international artists<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moody.rice.edu|title=Moody Center for the Arts|website=moody.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624163933/https://moody.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[OpenStax CNX]] (formerly ''Connexions'') and [[OpenStax]] – an [[open-source model|open source]] platform and [[open access]] publisher, respectively, of [[open educational resources]]
* Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) – space for undergraduate students to design, prototype and deploy solutions to real-world engineering challenges<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oedk.rice.edu/|title=Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen|website=oedk.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329094005/http://oedk.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Rice Advanced Materials Institute]] - interdisciplinary research institute focused on materials discovery, design, and manufacturing for applications in energy, sustainability, and national security.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Sarah |title=Rice selects Lane Martin to lead new Advanced Materials Institute |url=https://news.rice.edu/news/2023/rice-selects-lane-martin-lead-new-advanced-materials-institute}}</ref>
* Rice Cinema – an independent theater run by the Visual and Dramatic Arts department at Rice which screens documentaries, foreign films, and experimental cinema and hosts film festivals and lectures since 1970<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vada.rice.edu/rice-cinema|title=Rice Cinema|website=vada.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328054855/https://vada.rice.edu/rice-cinema|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rcel.rice.edu|title=Rice Center for Engineering Leadership|website=rcel.rice.edu|access-date=23 June 2020|archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907202105/http://rcel.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP) – a research, training and outreach program working to advance understandings of the role of religion in public life<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rplp.rice.edu/|title=Religion and Public Life Program|access-date=October 1, 2020|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003083805/https://rplp.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rice Design Alliance (RDA) – outreach and public programs of the Rice School of Architecture<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ricedesignalliance.org|title=Rice Design Alliance|website=ricedesignalliance.org|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706033550/https://www.ricedesignalliance.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rice Center for Quantum Materials (RCQM) – organization dedicated to research and higher education in areas relating to quantum phenomena<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rcqm.rice.edu|title=Rice Center for Quantum Materials|website=rcqm.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=April 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418025843/https://rcqm.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rice Engineering Initiative for Energy Transition and Sustainability (REINVENTS) – research initiative on energy generation, long-term energy storage and the development of processes and materials for sustainable energy systems<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reinvents.rice.edu/|title=REINVENTS Rice University|website=reinvents.rice.edu|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-date=March 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308053447/https://reinvents.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rice Neuroengineering Initiative (NEI) – fosters research collaborations in neural engineering topics<ref>{{Cite web|title=Neuroengineering|url=https://neuroengineering.rice.edu/|website=Neuroengineering {{!}} Rice University|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30|archive-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502023419/https://neuroengineering.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Rice Space Institute (RSI) – fosters programs in all areas of space research<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rsi.rice.edu|title=Rice Space Institute|website=rsi.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912030115/https://rsi.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Smalley-Curl Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (SCI) – the nation's first nanotechnology center<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sci.rice.edu|title=Rice Smalley-Curl Institute|website=sci.rice.edu|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608174623/https://sci.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Welch Institute for Advanced Materials – collaborative research institute to support the foundational research for discoveries in [[materials science]], similar to the model of [[Salk Institute for Biological Studies|Salk Institute]] and [[Broad Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://welchinstitute.org|title=The Welch Institute for Advanced Materials|website=welchinstitute.org|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327081920/https://welchinstitute.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Woodson Research Center|Woodson Research Center Special Collections & Archives]] – publisher of print and web-based materials highlighting the department's primary source collections such as the Houston African American, Asian American, and Jewish History Archives, University Archives, rare books, and hip hop/rap music-related materials from the [[Swishahouse]] record label and Houston Folk Music Archive, etc.

===Admissions===
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|+ ''Fall Freshman Statistics''
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!&nbsp;
!2024<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://admission.rice.edu/apply/freshman/admission-statistics|title=Admission Statistics {{!}} Undergraduate Admission {{!}} Rice University|website=admission.rice.edu|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-date=January 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103230441/https://admission.rice.edu/apply/freshman/admission-statistics|url-status=live}}</ref>
!2023
!2022!! 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/3.%20CDS_2016-2017_WEBSITE(1).pdf|title=Common Data Set 2016–2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809172933/https://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/3.%20CDS_2016-2017_WEBSITE(1).pdf|archive-date=2017-08-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>!! 2020<ref name="CDS2015">{{cite web|url=https://oir.rice.edu/students-scholars/admissions/undergraduate/selectivity|title=Rice University Office of Institutional Research|publisher=Rice University|access-date=July 22, 2018|archive-date=July 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723004137/https://oir.rice.edu/students-scholars/admissions/undergraduate/selectivity|url-status=live}}</ref>!! 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/4.%20CDS_2014-2015_Website.pdf |title=Common Data Set 2014–2015 |publisher=Rice University |access-date=2016-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011092311/http://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/4.%20CDS_2014-2015_Website.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>!! 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/CDS_2013-14_draft%207_web%20version.pdf |title=Common Data Set 2013–2014 |publisher=Rice University |access-date=2016-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905213040/http://oir.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Office_of_Institutional_Research/Content/Common_Data_Set/CDS_2013-14_draft%207_web%20version.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-align="center"
! Applicants
|32,473
|31,059
|31,443
| 29,544 || 23,455 || 27,087 || 20,923
|-align="center"
! Admits
|2,597
|2,447
|2,730
| 2,802 || 2,555 || 2,361 || 2,328
|-align="center"
! Admit rate
|8.0%
|7.9%
|8.7%
| 9.5% || 10.9% || 8.7% || 11.1% 
|-align="center"
! Enrolled
|1,148
|1,125
|1,203
| 1,226 || 993 || 964 || 960
|-align="center"
! SAT range
|1510-1560
|1500-1570
|1490–1570
| 1490-1570 || 1460-1570 || 1470-1560 || 1460-1550
|-align="center"
! ACT range
|34-35
|34-36
|34-36
| 34-35 || 34-36 || 33-35 || 33-35 
|}

Admission to Rice is rated as "most selective" by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rice-3604 |title=Rice University |year=2017 |work=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=November 10, 2015 |archive-date=August 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821160944/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rice-3604 |url-status=live }}</ref>

For fall 2024, Rice received 32,473 freshmen applications of which 2,597 were admitted (8.0%) slightly higher than the record-low 7.9% acceptance rate in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2024/03/7-5-acceptance-rate-marks-lowest-in-rice-history|title=7.5% acceptance rate marks lowest in Rice history|website=The Rice Thresher|access-date=2024-03-29|archive-date=April 1, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240401020939/https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2024/03/7-5-acceptance-rate-marks-lowest-in-rice-history|url-status=live}}</ref> The 25th and 75th [[SAT]] scores for the class of 2024 were 1510 and 1560 respectively; the same numbers for the [[ACT (test)|ACT]] Composite score was 34–35.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Class Profile |url=https://admission.rice.edu/apply/class-profile |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Office of Admission {{!}} Rice University |language=en |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424023136/https://admission.rice.edu/apply/class-profile |url-status=live }}</ref>

Admission to the university is [[need-blind]] for domestic applicants.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://financialaid.rice.edu/forms-resources/frequently-asked-questions |website=Office of Financial Aid |publisher=Rice University |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=en |archive-date=May 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504231413/https://financialaid.rice.edu/forms-resources/frequently-asked-questions |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Rankings and reputation===
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{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 9
| THE_WSJ = 29
| THES_W = 119
| QS_W = 141
| USNWR_NU = 17
| USNWR_W = 223
| Wamo_NU = 95
| ARWU_W = 101–150
}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right" "text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rice Owls|color=white}}" |National Program Rankings<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Rice University&nbsp;– U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 26, 2020|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/rice-university-227757/overall-rankings|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124145620/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/rice-university-227757/overall-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Biological Sciences || 39
|-
| Business || 25
|-
| Chemistry || 32
|-
| Computer Science || 20
|-
| Earth Sciences || 24
|-
| Economics || 42
|-
| Engineering || 33
|-
| English || 35
|-
| History || 34
|-
| Mathematics || 26
|-
| Physics || 28
|-
| Political Science || 33
|-
| Psychology || 50
|-
| Statistics || 43
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right" "text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rice Owls|color=white}}" |Global Subject Rankings<ref name="USNWR Global Univ Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Rice University&nbsp;– U.S. News Best Global University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 26, 2020|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rice-university-227757|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818052956/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rice-university-227757|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Arts & Humanities || 194
|-
| Biology & Biochemistry || 222
|-
| Chemistry || 119
|-
| Clinical Medicine || 684
|-
| Engineering || 224
|-
| Environment/Ecology || 248
|-
| Geosciences || 163
|-
| Materials Science || 14
|-
| Mathematics || 87
|-
| Molecular Biology & Genetics || 333
|-
| Physics || 82
|-
| Social Sciences & Public Health || 386
|}
{{col-end}}

Rice was ranked tied at 17th among national universities and 108th among global universities, 6th for "best undergraduate teaching", 5th for "Best Value", and tied for 16th "Most Innovative" among national universities in the U.S. by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' in its 2022 edition.<ref name="USNWR">{{cite web |year=2021 |title=Rice University Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rice-3604/overall-rankings |access-date=February 26, 2022 |work=U.S. News & World Report |archive-date=April 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425183327/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rice-3604/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, '[[Forbes]]' magazine ranked Rice University 9th nationally among 500 liberal arts colleges, universities and service academies, 1st among universities in the south, and 9th among research universities.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/rice-university/?list=top-colleges | title=Rice University | website=[[Forbes]] | access-date=September 13, 2019 | archive-date=November 25, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125115033/https://www.forbes.com/colleges/rice-university/?list=top-colleges | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, Rice was ranked 105th in the world by the ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]''. In 2020, Rice was ranked tied for 95th internationally (41st nationally) by the ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]''. Rice University was also ranked 85th globally in 2020 by ''[[QS World University Rankings]]''.

The ''[[Princeton Review]]'' ranked Rice as one of the top 50 best value private colleges in its 2020 edition.<ref name="Rice University - Rankings & Lists8"/> 

==Student life==
[[File:Rice University - Arboretum.JPG|thumb|A view along the inner loop, with three of the university service personnel's traditional golf carts in view]]
Rice University's {{convert|300|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus is located in Houston's Museum District and surrounded by greenery, adjacent to Hermann Park, Rice Village, and the [[Texas Medical Center]]. Hermann Park features many attractions, including the [[Houston Museum of Natural Science]], [[Miller Outdoor Theatre]], and a municipal golf course. The [[METRORail|Houston METRORail]] system provides access to downtown's theatre and nightlife district and Reliant Park, with a station located adjacent to the university's main gate. In 2008, Rice University joined the Zipcar program, providing two vehicles to offer more transportation options for students who do not have access to a vehicle.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clanton |first=Brett |date=2008-08-27 |title=Rental venture ZipCar introduces Rice U. to car sharing |url=https://www.chron.com/business/article/Rental-venture-ZipCar-introduces-Rice-U-to-car-1538877.php |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Chron |language=en-US |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627034231/https://www.chron.com/business/article/Rental-venture-ZipCar-introduces-Rice-U-to-car-1538877.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Residential colleges===
{{Main|Residential colleges of Rice University}}
In 1957, Rice University implemented a [[residential college]] system, which was proposed by the university's first president, [[Edgar Odell Lovett]]. The system was inspired by existing systems in place in England and at several other universities in the United States. The existing residences known as East, South, West, and Wiess Halls became Baker, Will Rice, Hanszen, and Wiess Colleges, respectively.

====List of residential colleges ====
Below is a list of residential colleges in order of founding:<ref name="rice12"/>
* Baker College, named in honor of [[Captain James A. Baker]], friend and attorney of William Marsh Rice, and first chair of the Rice Board of Governors
* Will Rice College, named for William M. Rice, Jr., the nephew of the university's founder, William Marsh Rice
* Hanszen College, named for Harry Clay Hanszen, benefactor to the university and chairman of the Rice Board of Governors from 1946 to 1950
* Wiess College, named for Harry Carothers Wiess (1887–1948), one of the founders and one-time president of [[Humble Oil]], now [[ExxonMobil]]
* Jones College, named for Mary Gibbs Jones, wife of prominent Houston philanthropist [[Jesse Holman Jones]]
* Brown College, named for Margarett Root Brown by her in-laws, [[George R. Brown]]
* Lovett College, named after the university's first president, Edgar Odell Lovett.
* Sid Richardson College, named for the Sid Richardson Foundation, which was established by Texas oilman, cattleman, and philanthropist [[Sid W. Richardson]]
* Martel College, named for Marian and Speros P. Martel, was built in 2002
* McMurtry College, named for Rice alumni Burt and Deedee McMurtry, [[Silicon Valley]] venture capitalists
* Duncan College, named for [[Charles Duncan, Jr.]], U.S. Secretary of Energy, 1979-1981

Each residential college has its own cafeteria (serveries) and each residential college has study groups and its own social practices.

Although each college is composed of a full cross-section of students at Rice, they have over time developed their own traditions and "personalities." When students [[matriculation|matriculate]] they are randomly assigned to one of the eleven colleges, although "legacy" exceptions are made for students whose siblings or parents have attended Rice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://students.rice.edu/students/College_Assignments.asp |title=College Assignments |publisher=Rice.edu |date=2015-05-11 |access-date=2017-05-09 |archive-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502201638/http://students.rice.edu/students/College_Assignments.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> Students generally remain members of the college that they are assigned to for the duration of their undergraduate careers, even if they move off-campus at any point. Students are guaranteed on-campus housing for freshman year and two of the next three years; each college has its own system for determining allocation of the remaining spaces, collectively known as "Room Jacking". Students develop strong loyalties to their college and maintain friendly rivalry with other colleges, especially during events such as [[#Beer Bike Race|Beer Bike]] and [[Orientation week|O-Week]]. Colleges keep their rivalries alive by performing "jacks," or pranks, on each other, especially during O-Week and [[#Beer Bike Race|Beer Bike Week]]. During Matriculation, Commencement, and other formal academic ceremonies, the colleges process in the order in which they were established.

====Baker 13====

Baker 13 is a tradition in which students run around campus wearing nothing but shoes and [[shaving cream]] at 10 p.m. on the 13th and the 31st of every month, as well as the 26th on months with fewer than 31 days. The event, long sponsored by [[Baker College (Rice University)|Baker College]], usually attracts a small number of students, but [[Halloween]] night and the first and last relevant days of the school year both attract large numbers of revelers.<ref name="Rice undergrads share a sense of community"/>
[[File:Rice Sallyport during Beer Bike Water Balloon Fight.jpg|thumb|Rice University students participating in the Beer Bike water balloon fight in front of the [[Campus of Rice University|Sallyport]]]]

====Beer Bike Race====
According to the official website, "Beer Bike is a combination intramural bicycle race and drinking competition dating back to 1957. Ten riders and ten chuggers make up a team. Elaborate rules include details such as a prohibition of "bulky or wet clothing articles designed to absorb beer/water or prevent spilled beer/water from being seen" and regulations for chug can design. Each residential college as well as the Graduate Student Association participates with a men's team, a women's team, and alumni (co-ed) team. Each leg of the race is a relay in which a team's "chugger" must chug {{convert|24|USfloz|ml}} of beer or water for the men's division and {{convert|12|USfloz|ml}} for women before the team's "rider" may begin to ride.<ref name="Beer Bike's 50th"/> Participants who both ride and chug are referred to as "Ironmen". Willy Week is a term coined in the 1990s to refer to the week preceding Beer Bike, a time of general energy and excitement on campus. Jacks (pranks) are especially common during Willy Week; some examples in the past include removing showerheads and encasing the Hanszen guardian."
The morning of the Beer Bike race itself begins with what is by some estimations the largest annual water balloon fight in the world. Beer Bike is Rice's most prominent student event, and for younger alumni it serves as an unofficial reunion weekend on par with Homecoming. The 2009 Beer Bike race was dedicated to the memory of [[William L. Wilson (Rice University)|Dr. Bill Wilson]], a popular professor and long-time resident associate of Wiess College who died earlier that year.

In the event of inclement weather, Beer Bike becomes a Beer Run. The rules are nearly identical, except that the Bikers must instead run the length of the track.

===Campus institutions===
====Rice Coffeehouse====
Rice Coffeehouse began in Hanszen College, where students would serve coffee in the Weenie Loft, a study room in the old section's fourth floor. Later, the coffee house moved to the Hanszen basement to accommodate more student patrons. That coffeehouse became known as Breadsticks and Pomegranates, and closed due to flooding. Demand for an on-campus Coffeehouse grew and in 1990, the Rice Coffeehouse was founded.

The Rice Coffeehouse is a not-for-profit student-run organization serving Rice University and the greater Houston community.<ref name="Coffeehouse: 16 Years of Providing Rice with Society's Most Acceptable Drug"/> Over the past few years,{{when|date=October 2010}} it has introduced fair-trade and organic coffee and loose-leaf teas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://riceuniversitys.blogspot.com/2016/06/residential-colleges.html|title=Rice University: Residential colleges|date=2016-06-10|website=Rice University|access-date=2016-10-21|archive-date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021142113/http://riceuniversitys.blogspot.com/2016/06/residential-colleges.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Coffeehouse baristas are referred to as K.O.C.'s, or Keepers of the Coffee. Rice Coffeehouse has also adopted an unofficial mascot, the squirrel, which can be found on T-shirts, mugs, and bumper stickers stuck on laptops across campus. The logo pays tribute to Rice's squirrel population, claimed by students to be unusually plump and frighteningly tame.

====The Pub at Rice====
Formerly known as Willy's Pub, The Pub at Rice is Rice's student-run pub located in the basement of the Rice Memorial Center. It opened on April 11, 1975, with Rice President Norman Hackerman pouring the first beer. The original name was chosen by students in tribute to the university's founder, [[William Marsh Rice]]. After the drinking age in Texas was raised in 1986, the pub entered a period of financial difficulties and in April 1995, was destroyed in a fire. The space was gutted but renovated and remains open.<ref name="Willy's Pub"/><ref name="Willy's Pub, 1975 - 1995"/> On February 15, 2022, the Rice Thresher announced the rebranding of Willy's Pub as The Pub at Rice.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2022/02/willys-pub-rebrands-as-the-pub-at-rice | title=Willy's Pub rebrands as the Pub at Rice | access-date=February 16, 2022 | archive-date=July 6, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706033550/https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2022/02/willys-pub-rebrands-as-the-pub-at-rice | url-status=live }}</ref>

====Rice Bikes====
Rice Bikes is a full-service on-campus bicycle sale, rental, and repair shop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bikes.rice.edu/|title=Rice Bikes|work=rice.edu|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-date=November 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115185131/http://bikes.rice.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> It originated in the basement of [[Residential colleges of Rice University|Sid Richardson College]] in February 2011. In 2012, Rice Bikes officially became the university's third student-run business. Rice Bikes merged with a student-run bicycle rental business in 2013, and operations moved to the Rice Memorial Center in 2014.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://bikes.rice.edu/history/|title=History|publisher=Rice Bikes|work=rice.edu|access-date=April 22, 2015|archive-date=February 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222055455/http://bikes.rice.edu/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the business moved to the garage of the Rice Housing and Dining department's headquarters.<ref name=":0" />

Rice Bikes functions as a full bicycle repair shop.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Services |url=https://www.ricebikes.com/menus |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=Rice Bikes |language=en |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204172503/https://www.ricebikes.com/menus |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Student-run media====
Rice has a weekly [[student newspaper]] (''[[Rice Thresher|The Rice Thresher]]''), a yearbook ([https://ricecampanile.com/ The Campanile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717212542/https://ricecampanile.com/ |date=July 17, 2018 }}), [[college radio]] station ([[KTRU Rice Radio]]), and now defunct, campus-wide [[student television station]] (RTV5). They are based out of the RMC student center. In addition, Rice hosts several student magazines dedicated to a range of different topics; the spring semester of 2008 saw the founding of two magazines, a literary sex journal called ''Open'' and an undergraduate science research magazine entitled ''Catalyst''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volume 1 • 2008 « |url=https://catalyst.blogs.rice.edu/volume-1-2008 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=catalyst.blogs.rice.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Student-Run Sex Magazines Surface Across U.S. |url=https://abcnews.go.com/OnCampus/story?id=6322718&page=1 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=ABC News |language=en |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729214907/https://abcnews.go.com/OnCampus/story?id=6322718&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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''[[Rice Thresher|The Rice Thresher]]''<ref name="ricethresher13"/> is published every Wednesday and is ranked by Princeton Review as one of the top campus newspapers nationally for student readership. It is distributed around campus, and at a few other local businesses and has a website. The ''Thresher'' has a small staff and has campus news, open submission opinion page, and the satirical Backpage, which has often been the center of controversy. The newspaper has won several awards from the College Media Association,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=February 9, 2023 |title=2018 Pinnacle Award Winners |url=https://collegemedia.org/2018-pinnacle-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=College Media Association |language=en-US |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602003523/https://collegemedia.org/2018-pinnacle-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date= February 9, 2023|title=Apple Awards 2022 |url=https://collegemedia.org/apple-awards-2022/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=College Media Association |language=en-US}}</ref> Associated Collegiate Press<ref>{{Cite news |last=Byrd |first=Sam |date=April 17, 2023 |title=Rice Thresher earns accolades from peers, industry heavyweights |url=https://news.rice.edu/news/2023/rice-thresher-earns-accolades-peers-industry-heavyweights |work=[[The Rice Thresher]] |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602003523/https://news.rice.edu/news/2023/rice-thresher-earns-accolades-peers-industry-heavyweights |url-status=live }}</ref> and Texas Intercollegiate Press Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rice Thresher wins 19 awards in state competition |url=https://studentmedia.rice.edu/2020/04/23/rice-thresher-wins-19-awards-in-state-competition/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Rice Student Media |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602003524/https://studentmedia.rice.edu/2020/04/23/rice-thresher-wins-19-awards-in-state-competition/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Rice Campanile was first published in 1916 celebrating Rice's first graduating class. It has published continuously since then, publishing two volumes in 1944 since the university had two graduating classes due to World War II. The website was created sometime in the early to mid 2000s.

[[KTRU Rice Radio]] is the student-run radio station. It plays genres and artists of music and sound unavailable on other radio stations in Houston, and often, the US. The station takes requests over the phone or [https://web.archive.org/web/20140424125136/http://ktru.org/e-quest online]. In 2000 and 2006, KTRU won Houston Press' Best Radio Station in Houston.<ref name="Houston Best of Houston - Best Radio Station - page 1"/><ref name="Houston - Best of Houston - Houston"/> In 2003, Rice alum and active KTRU DJ DL's hip-hip show won Houston Press' Best Hip-hop Radio Show.<ref name="Houston Best of Houston - Best Hip-hop Radio Show - page 1"/> On August 17, 2010, it was announced that Rice University had been in negotiations to sell the station's broadcast tower, FM frequency and license to the [[University of Houston System]] to become a full-time [[classical music]] and fine arts programming station. The new station, [[KHVU|KUHA]], would be operated as a not-for-profit outlet with listener supporters.<ref name="sale1"/> The FCC approved the sale and granted the transfer of license to the University of Houston System on April 15, 2011,<ref name="Correspondence for KTRU"/> however, KUHA proved to be an even larger failure and so after four and a half years of operation, The University of Houston System announced that KUHA's broadcast tower, FM frequency and license were once again up for sale in August 2015. KTRU continued to operate much as it did previously, streaming live on the Internet, via apps, and on HD2 radio using the 90.1 signal. Under student leadership, KTRU explored the possibility of returning to FM radio for a number of years. In spring 2015, KTRU was granted permission by the FCC to begin development of a new broadcast signal via LPFM radio. On October 1, 2015, KTRU made its official return to FM radio on the 96.1 signal. While broadcasting on HD2 radio has been discontinued, KTRU continues to broadcast via internet in addition to its LPFM signal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hardy |first=Michael |date=February 9, 2015 |title=KTRU Returning to Houston Airwaves |url=https://www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-culture/2015/02/ktru-is-returning-to-houston-airwaves-february-2015 |work=[[Houstonia (magazine)|Houstonia]] |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602003522/https://www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-culture/2015/02/ktru-is-returning-to-houston-airwaves-february-2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Passwaters |first=Arie |date=September 28, 2015 |title=KTRU to return to FM radio on 96.1 with celebration concert |url=http://news.rice.edu/2015/09/28/ktru-to-return-to-fm-radio-on-96-1-with-celebration-concert/ |access-date= |website=Rice University News and Media |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213213051/http://news.rice.edu/2015/09/28/ktru-to-return-to-fm-radio-on-96-1-with-celebration-concert/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

RTV5 is a student-run television network available as channel 5 on campus. RTV5 was created initially as Rice Broadcast Television in 1997; RBT began to broadcast the following year in 1998, and aired its first live show across campus in 1999. It experienced much growth and exposure over the years with successful programs like "Drinking with Phil”, “The Meg & Maggie Show”, which was a variety and call-in show, a weekly news show, and extensive live coverage in December 2000 of the shut down of KTRU by the administration. In spring 2001, the Rice undergraduate community voted in the general elections to support RBT as a blanket tax organization, effectively providing a yearly income of $10,000 to purchase new equipment and provide the campus with a variety of new programming. In the spring of 2005, RBT members decided the station needed a new image and a new name: Rice Television 5. One of RTV5's most popular shows was the 24-hour show, where a camera and couch placed in the RMC stayed on air for 24 hours. One such show is held in fall and another in spring, usually during a weekend allocated for visits by prospective students. RTV5 has a video on demand site at rtv5.rice.edu.<ref name="rice14"/> The station went off the air in 2014 and changed its name to Rice Video Productions. In 2015 the group's funding was threatened, but ultimately maintained. In 2016 the small student staff requested to no longer be a blanket-tax organization.

''The Rice Review'', also known as R2, is a yearly student-run literary journal at Rice University that publishes prose, poetry, and creative nonfiction written by undergraduate students, as well as interviews. The journal was founded in 2004 by creative writing professor and author [[Justin Cronin]].<ref name="rice15"/>

''The Rice Standard'' was an independent, student-run variety magazine modeled after such publications as ''The New Yorker'' and ''Harper's''. Prior to fall 2009, it was regularly published three times a semester with a wide array of content, running from analyses of current events and philosophical pieces to personal essays, short fiction and poetry. In August 2009, the ''Standard'' transitioned to a completely online format with the launch of their redesigned website, ricestandard.org. The first website of its kind on Rice's campus, the ''Standard'' featured blog-style content written by and for Rice students. ''The Rice Standard'' had around 20 regular contributors, and the site features new content every day (including holidays).

==Athletics==
{{Main|Rice Owls}}
[[File:Rice University Stadium.jpg|thumb|upright|Rice Stadium]]
Rice plays in [[NCAA Division I]] athletics and has been a member of the [[American Athletic Conference]] since 2023. A founding member of the [[Southwest Conference]] until its dissolution in 1996, Rice was later a member of the [[Western Athletic Conference]] before joining Conference USA in 2005.<ref name="WSJ1">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB109535777163619827|title=Another Money-Losing Season|last=Merrick|first=Amy|date=20 September 2004|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108180244/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB109535777163619827|url-status=live}}</ref> Rice is the second-smallest school, measured by undergraduate enrollment, competing in NCAA [[Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I FBS]] [[American football|football]], only ahead of [[University of Tulsa|Tulsa]].<ref name="WSJ1"/>

The [[Rice Owls baseball|Rice baseball team]] won the [[2003 College World Series]], defeating [[Stanford University|Stanford]], giving Rice its only national championship in a team sport. The victory made Rice University the smallest school in 51 years to win a national championship at the highest collegiate level of the sport. The Rice baseball team has played on campus at [[Reckling Park]] since the 2000 season. {{As of|2010}}, the baseball team has won 14 consecutive conference championships in three different conferences: the final championship of the defunct [[Southwest Conference]], all nine championships while a member of the [[Western Athletic Conference]], and five more championships in its first five years as a member of [[Conference USA]]. Additionally, Rice's baseball team has finished third in both the [[2006 College World Series|2006]] and [[2007 College World Series]] tournaments. Rice now has made six trips to Omaha for the CWS. In 2004, Rice became the first school ever to have three players selected in the first eight picks of the [[MLB draft]] when [[Philip Humber]], [[Jeff Niemann]], and [[Wade Townsend]] were selected third, fourth, and eighth, respectively. In 2007, [[Joe Savery]] was selected as the 19th overall pick.
[[File:College football - Rice Owls vs Texas Longhorns.jpg|right|thumb|The Owls in a game against the [[Texas Longhorns]]]]

In 2004–05, Rice sent its women's volleyball, soccer, and basketball teams to their respective NCAA tournaments. The women's swim team has consistently brought at least one member of their team to the NCAA championships since 2013. In 2005–06, the women's soccer, basketball, and tennis teams advanced, with five individuals competing in track and field. In 2006–07, the Rice women's basketball team made the NCAA tournament, while again five Rice track and field athletes received individual NCAA berths. In 2008, the women's volleyball team again made the NCAA tournament. 
In 2011 the Women's Swim team won their first conference championship in the history of the university. This was an impressive feat considering they won without having a diving team. The team repeated their C-USA success in 2013 and 2014. 
In 2017, the women's basketball team, led by second-year head coach Tina Langley, won the [[Women's Basketball Invitational]], defeating [[University of North Carolina at Greensboro|UNC-Greensboro]] 74–62 in the championship game at Tudor Fieldhouse. 
Though not a varsity sport, Rice's ultimate frisbee women's team, named Torque, won consecutive Division III national championships in 2014 and 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usaultimate.org/news/2015-d-iii-college-championships--womens-day-two-recap/|title=News|website=www.usaultimate.org|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-date=September 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912161206/http://www.usaultimate.org/news/2015-d-iii-college-championships--womens-day-two-recap/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, the [[Rice Owls football|football team]] qualified for its first bowl game since 1961, ending the second-longest bowl drought in the country at the time. On December 22, 2006, Rice played in the [[New Orleans Bowl]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] against the [[Sun Belt Conference]] champion, Troy. The Owls lost 41–17. The bowl appearance came after Rice had a 14-game losing streak from 2004 to 2005 and went 1–10 in 2005. The streak followed an internally authorized 2003 McKinsey report that stated football alone was responsible for a $4 million deficit in 2002. Tensions remained high between the athletic department and faculty, as a few professors who chose to voice their opinion were in favor of abandoning the football program. The program success in 2006, the "Rice Renaissance," proved to be a revival of the Owl football program, quelling those tensions. [[David Bailiff]] took over the program in 2007 and has remained head coach. [[Jarett Dillard]] set an NCAA record in 2006 by catching a touchdown pass in 13 consecutive games and took a 15-game overall streak into the 2007 season.
 
In 2008, the football team posted a 9–3 regular season, capping off the year with a 38–14 victory over Western Michigan University in the Texas Bowl. The win over Western Michigan marked the Owls' first bowl win in 45 years.

Rice Stadium also serves as the performance venue for the university's [[Marching Owl Band]], or "MOB." Despite its name, the MOB is a [[scatter band]] that focuses on performing humorous skits and routines rather than traditional formation marching.

[[Rice Owls men's basketball]] won 10 conference titles in the former Southwest Conference (1918, 1935*, 1940, 1942*, 1943*, 1944*, 1945, 1949*, 1954*, 1970; * denotes shared title). Most recently, guard Morris Almond was drafted in the first round of the [[2007 NBA draft]] by the [[Utah Jazz]]. Rice named former [[Cal Bears]] head coach [[Ben Braun]] as head basketball coach to succeed Willis Wilson, fired after Rice finished the 2007–2008 season with a winless (0–16) conference record and overall record of 3–27.

Rice's mascot is [[Sammy the Owl]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rice Traditions |url=https://www.rice.edu/rice-traditions |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Rice University |language=en |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329164553/https://www.rice.edu/rice-traditions |url-status=live }}</ref> In previous decades, the university kept several live owls on campus in front of [[Lovett College]], but this practice has been discontinued, due to public concern regarding [[animal welfare]].

Rice also has a 12-member coed cheerleading squad and a coed dance team, both of which perform at football and basketball games throughout the year.

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of Rice University people}}

{{As of|2011}}, Rice has graduated 98 classes of students consisting of 51,961 living alumni. Over 100 students at Rice have been [[Fulbright Scholars]], 25 [[Marshall Scholars]], 25 Mellon Fellows, 13 [[Rhodes Scholars]], 6 Udall Scholars, and 65 [[Watson Fellowship|Watson Fellows]], among several other honors and awards.

Rice's distinguished faculty and alumni consists of five [[Nobel laureates]], a [[Turing Award]] winner, two [[Pulitzer Prize]] award winners, six [[Fulbright Scholars]], 29 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Recipients, 14 members of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], 1 [[Abel Prize]] winner, 3 members of the [[American Philosophical Society]], 35 [[Guggenheim Fellowships]], 12 members of the [[National Academy of Engineering]], 2 members of the [[National Academy of Medicine]], 10 members of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]], five fellows of the [[National Humanities Center]], and 86 fellows of the [[National Science Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oir.rice.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-achievements|title=Rice University Faculty Achievements|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818173136/https://oir.rice.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-achievements|url-status=live}}</ref>

In science and technology, Rice alumni include 14 [[NASA]] astronauts; [[Robert Curl]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ketterer |first=Samantha |date=2022-07-05 |title=Rice chemist, Nobel laureate Robert Curl dies at 88 |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Rice-chemist-Nobel-laureate-dies-at-88-17286118.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716011235/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Rice-chemist-Nobel-laureate-dies-at-88-17286118.php |archive-date=July 16, 2022 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureate]] discoverer of [[fullerene]]; [[Robert Woodrow Wilson]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936- |url=https://history.aip.org/phn/11504013.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007081250/https://history.aip.org/phn/11504013.html |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=history.aip.org}}</ref> winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of [[cosmic microwave background radiation]]; [[Matthew Sands]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prize Recipient |url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=www.aps.org |language=en |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209093030/http://aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> physicist and co-author of [[The Feynman Lectures on Physics]]; [[David Eagleman]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2020 |first=Andrew |last=Dansby |title=David Eagleman wants you to think much more about the brain |url=https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/books/david-eagleman-wants-you-to-think-much-more-about-15517330 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504115158/https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/books/david-eagleman-wants-you-to-think-much-more-about-15517330 |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Preview {{!}} Houston Arts & Entertainment Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> celebrity neuroscientist and ''NYT'' bestselling author; and NASA former Apollo 11 and 13 warning systems engineer and motivational speaker Jerry Woodfill.<ref name="Jerry-Woodfill" />

In business and entrepreneurship, Rice alumni include:

* [[Thomas H. Cruikshank]], the former CEO of [[Halliburton]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas H Cruikshank, Halliburton Co: Profile and Biography |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/1357541 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en }}</ref>
* [[John Doerr]], billionaire and venture capitalist<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Doerr |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/john-doerr/?list=richest-in-tech&sh=56fc94c926c5 |access-date=July 26, 2022 |website=Forbes Magazine |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727030410/https://www.forbes.com/profile/john-doerr/?list=richest-in-tech&sh=56fc94c926c5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Howard Hughes]], film producer and aviator<ref>{{Cite web |title=Howard Hughes |url=http://www.famoustexans.com/howardhughes.htm |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.famoustexans.com |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606211154/http://www.famoustexans.com/howardhughes.htm |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
* [[Fred C. Koch]], chemical engineer and entrepreneur<ref>{{Cite web |title=1992 Fred C. Koch |url=http://www.ksbhf.org/1992-fred-c.-koch.html |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Kansas Business Hall of Fame |language=en |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190747/http://www.ksbhf.org/1992-fred-c.-koch.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Avellán]],<ref>{{Cite web |first=Sumaiya |last=Malik |title=Elizabeth Avellán plants seeds of change through Connecther film fest |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/arts/2019/04/10/elizabeth-avellxe1n-plants-seeds-of-change-through-connecther-film-fest/5401807007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190746/https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/arts/2019/04/10/elizabeth-avellxe1n-plants-seeds-of-change-through-connecther-film-fest/5401807007/ |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref> co-founder of [[Troublemaker Studios]]
* [[Tim League|Tim]] and Karrie League,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Tim League, one of Fast Company's Most Creative People |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/person/tim-league |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212121808/https://www.fastcompany.com/person/tim-league |archive-date=February 12, 2022 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Fast Company |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Karrie League, one of Fast Company's Most Creative People |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/person/karrie-league |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212085830/https://www.fastcompany.com/person/karrie-league |archive-date=February 12, 2022 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Fast Company |language=en-US}}</ref> founders of the [[Alamo Drafthouse Cinema]] and [[Drafthouse Films]]
* [[Brian Armstrong (CEO)|Brian Armstrong]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coinbase's Brian Armstrong Remembered At Alma Mater Rice University – Alumni Spotlight |date=August 20, 2021 |url=https://alumnispotlight.com/2021/08/20/coinbases-brian-armstrong-remembered-at-alma-mater-rice-university/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190748/https://alumnispotlight.com/2021/08/20/coinbases-brian-armstrong-remembered-at-alma-mater-rice-university/ |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |access-date=2022-07-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> founder and CEO of [[Coinbase]]
* Burt McMurtry, Silicon Valley venture capitalist<ref>{{Cite web |title=McMurtry College |url=https://mcmurtry.rice.edu/about |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=mcmurtry.rice.edu |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102025233/https://mcmurtry.rice.edu/about |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Burton J. McMurtry |url=https://computerhistory.org/profile/burton-j-mcmurtry/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=CHM |language=en |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102025233/https://computerhistory.org/profile/burton-j-mcmurtry/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Ali Koç]], President of [[Fenerbahçe SK]] football club, [[Turkish Union of Clubs]], and vice chairman of [[Koç Holding]].
* Nick Ryder, co-creator of [[GPT-3]]. 

In government and politics, Rice alumni include:

* [[Alberto Gonzales]], former Attorney General<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alberto Gonzales, Former Attorney General |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/gonzales-bio.html |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702195912/https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/gonzales-bio.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Charles Duncan, Jr.|Charles Duncan]], former Secretary of Energy<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles W. Duncan {{!}} Houston.org |url=https://www.houston.org/people/charles-w-duncan |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.houston.org |archive-date=August 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801234232/https://www.houston.org/people/charles-w-duncan |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[William P. Hobby, Jr.]], former lieutenant governor of Texas<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-29 |title=William P. Hobby, Jr. |url=https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/educational-resources/william-hobby-jr |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=The Texas Politics Project |language=en |archive-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227184209/https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/educational-resources/william-hobby-jr |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[John Kline (politician)|John Kline]], former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Kline {{!}} The Hill {{!}} Page 1 |url=https://thehill.com/people/john-kline/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=The Hill |language=en-US |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727030409/https://thehill.com/people/john-kline/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[George P. Bush]], politician<ref>{{Cite web |last=Root |first=Jay |date=2019-10-03 |title=George P. Bush was on the road to flunking out of Rice. His grandmother helped him turn things around. |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2019/10/03/george-p-bush-poor-college-grades-barbara-bush-helped-him/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727030405/https://www.texastribune.org/2019/10/03/george-p-bush-poor-college-grades-barbara-bush-helped-him/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first=G |last=Birenbaum |date=2022-05-18 |title=George P. Bush and His Run for Texas Attorney General |url=http://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/05/18/george-p-bush-and-his-run-for-texas-attorney-general/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Washington Monthly |language=en-US |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727030405/https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/05/18/george-p-bush-and-his-run-for-texas-attorney-general/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[Josh Earnest]], White House Press Secretary for President Obama<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-04 |title=Josh Earnest |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/josh-earnest |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=whitehouse.gov |language=en |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119230623/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/josh-earnest |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Ben Rhodes (White House staffer)|Ben Rhodes]], Deputy National Security Advisor for President Obama<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-24 |title=Ben Rhodes |url=https://obamascholars.oxy.edu/person/ben-rhodes |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=The Barack Obama Scholars Program |language=en |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501163911/https://obamascholars.oxy.edu/person/ben-rhodes |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Ben Rhodes, Former Obama Deputy National Security Adviser |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2021/06/17/ben-rhodes-former-obama-deputy-national-security-adviser/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627064646/https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2021/06/17/ben-rhodes-former-obama-deputy-national-security-adviser/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Glenn Youngkin]], Governor of Virginia<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glenn Youngkin College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/glenn-youngkin-1.html |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522152421/https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/glenn-youngkin-1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Annise Parker]], the 61st Mayor of Houston<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scherer |first=Jasper |date=2019-05-11 |title=Annise Parker at Rice commencement: "Failure is an option" |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Annise-Parker-at-Rice-commencement-Failure-is-13838135.php |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727030405/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Annise-Parker-at-Rice-commencement-Failure-is-13838135.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the arts, Rice alumni include:

* [[Larry McMurtry]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning author and [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning writer of the screenplay for ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Ode to Larry McMurtry's Enduring Houston |url=https://www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-culture/2021/03/how-larry-mcmurtry-represented-houston |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Houstonia Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729215117/https://www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-culture/2021/03/how-larry-mcmurtry-represented-houston |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Joyce Carol Oates]], (who left her Ph.D. to become a full-time writer)) novelist and Pulitzer Prize finalist<ref>{{Cite web |last=W. |first=Audrey |date=June 1, 2019 |title=Author Spotlight: Joyce Carol Oates |url=https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Navigation/Community/Arcadia-and-THP-Blog/June-2019/Author-Spotlight-Joyce-Carol-Oates |website=Arcadia Publishing |access-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616150140/https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Navigation/Community/Arcadia-and-THP-Blog/June-2019/Author-Spotlight-Joyce-Carol-Oates |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[John Graves (author)|John Graves]], author of ''[[Goodbye to a River]]''; and [[Candace Bushnell]], author of ''[[Sex and the City (book)|Sex and the City]]'', who attended for three semesters<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Graves |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/author/john-graves/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Texas Monthly |language=en |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519171714/https://www.texasmonthly.com/author/john-graves/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Caroline Shaw]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning musician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rice alumna Caroline Shaw wins Pulitzer in music |url=https://news2.rice.edu/2013/04/15/rice-alumna-caroline-shaw-wins-pulitzer-in-music/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=news2.rice.edu |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102025233/https://news2.rice.edu/2013/04/15/rice-alumna-caroline-shaw-wins-pulitzer-in-music/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In athletics, Rice alumni include: [[Lance Berkman]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chen |first=Howard |date=2022-02-23 |title=Lance Berkman and Jose Cruz Jr.: A look back at 2 spectacular playing careers before their coaching days |url=https://www.click2houston.com/sports/local/2022/02/23/lance-berkman-and-jose-cruz-jr-a-look-back-at-2-spectacular-playing-careers-before-their-coaching-days/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=KPRC |language=en |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307215641/https://www.click2houston.com/sports/local/2022/02/23/lance-berkman-and-jose-cruz-jr-a-look-back-at-2-spectacular-playing-careers-before-their-coaching-days/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Brock Holt]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duncan |first=Henry |date=2019-02-25 |title=How Brock Holt Became Boston's Glue Guy |url=https://jokermag.com/brock-holt-glue-guy/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Joker Mag |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418074648/https://jokermag.com/brock-holt-glue-guy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bubba Crosby]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-26 |title=Remember Bubba Crosby? |url=https://www.pinstripealley.com/yankees-editorials-opinions-analysis/2015/6/26/8842779/forgotten-yankees-bubba-crosby-outfielders |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Pinstripe Alley |language=en |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020348/https://www.pinstripealley.com/yankees-editorials-opinions-analysis/2015/6/26/8842779/forgotten-yankees-bubba-crosby-outfielders |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harold Solomon]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=HAROLD SOLOMON RETIRING AT GRAND OLD AGE OF 33 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-08-21-8603020734-story.html |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Chicago Tribune |date=August 21, 1986 |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926131219/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-08-21-8603020734-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Frank Ryan (American football)|Frank Ryan]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swartz |first=Jimmy |date=2020-11-13 |title=The Life And Career Of QB Frank Ryan (Complete Story) |url=https://www.brownsnation.com/frank-ryan/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Browns Nation |language=en-US |archive-date=June 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615213210/https://www.brownsnation.com/frank-ryan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Tommy Kramer]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Mike |date=2020-12-21 |title=Why Does Tommy Kramer, Former Vikings QB, Have a Packers Urinal in His House? |url=https://www.sportscasting.com/why-does-tommy-kramer-former-vikings-qb-have-a-packers-urinal-in-his-house/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Sportscasting {{!}} Pure Sports |language=en-US |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724104729/https://www.sportscasting.com/why-does-tommy-kramer-former-vikings-qb-have-a-packers-urinal-in-his-house/ |url-status=live }}</ref>[[Jose Cruz, Jr.]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duarte |first=Joseph |date=2022-05-18 |title=Jose Cruz Jr. discovers Rice baseball won't be rebuilt overnight |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Jose-Cruz-Jr-discovers-Rice-baseball-won-t-be-17180281.php |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518033600/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Jose-Cruz-Jr-discovers-Rice-baseball-won-t-be-17180281.php |url-status=live }}</ref> [[O.J. Brigance]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Glynn A. |date=2019-09-04 |title=Owls great O.J. Brigance can always call Rice home |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Owls-great-O-J-Brigance-can-always-call-Rice-home-14414086.php |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190748/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Owls-great-O-J-Brigance-can-always-call-Rice-home-14414086.php |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Larry Izzo]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Sean |title=Special Teams Ghost Leaves Lasting Impression in New England |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/231055-special-teams-ghost-leaves-lasting-impression-in-new-england |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724065136/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/231055-special-teams-ghost-leaves-lasting-impression-in-new-england |url-status=live }}</ref> [[James Casey (American football)|James Casey]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farmer |first=Chris |title=Houston Texans' TE James Casey: Bookmark Him Now |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/292910-houston-texans-te-james-casey-bookmark-him-now |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en |archive-date=February 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214003030/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/292910-houston-texans-te-james-casey-bookmark-him-now |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Courtney Hall]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catching Up with Former Reps: Courtney Hall |url=https://nflpa.com/posts/catching-up-with-former-reps-courtney-hall |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=NFL Players Association |language=en-US |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190749/https://nflpa.com/posts/catching-up-with-former-reps-courtney-hall |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bert Emanuel]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-27 |title=Rice Owls' highest NFL draft picks since 1970 |url=https://cw39.com/sports/nfl-draft/rice-owls-highest-nfl-draft-picks-since-1970/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=CW39 Houston |language=en-US |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190749/https://cw39.com/sports/nfl-draft/rice-owls-highest-nfl-draft-picks-since-1970/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Luke Willson]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rice University's Luke Willson is a Stand up Guy - Pro Player Insiders |date=April 19, 2013 |url=http://archive.proplayerinsiders.com/nfl-player-team-news-features/luke-willson-is-a-stand-up-guy/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |language=en |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190750/http://archive.proplayerinsiders.com/nfl-player-team-news-features/luke-willson-is-a-stand-up-guy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Tony Cingrani]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramsey |first=Joshua |title=Down on the Farm: Is Tony Cingrani the Cincinnati Reds' Top Prospect? |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1258774-down-on-the-farm-is-tony-cingrani-the-cincinnati-reds-top-prospect |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en |archive-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822115344/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1258774-down-on-the-farm-is-tony-cingrani-the-cincinnati-reds-top-prospect |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Anthony Rendon]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doering |first=Joshua |date=2021-10-28 |title=Angels' Anthony Rendon: 'God will use me' regardless of on-field success |url=https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/baseball/2021/10/28/angels-anthony-rendon-god-success/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Sports Spectrum |language=en-US |archive-date=November 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101123553/https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/baseball/2021/10/28/angels-anthony-rendon-god-success/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Leo Rucka]],<ref>{{Cite web |website=Sterling-White Funeral Home and Cemetery|title=Tribute for Leo Victor Rucka |url=https://www.sterlingwhite.com/tributes/Leo-Rucka |access-date=2022-07-30 |language=en |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190751/https://www.sterlingwhite.com/tributes/Leo-Rucka |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as three [[Olympic Games|Olympians]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://futureowls.rice.edu/futureowls/Professional_Olympic_Athletes.asp|title=Future Owls|publisher=futureowls.rice.edu|access-date=2017-05-09|archive-date=May 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519150551/http://futureowls.rice.edu/futureowls/Professional_Olympic_Athletes.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> ([[Funmi Jimoh]] '06,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan Jr |first=Sam |date=2008-03-30 |title=Angleton boys loom large at Rice track meet |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/highschool/article/Angleton-boys-loom-large-at-Rice-track-meet-1632906.php |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Chron |language=en-US |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190750/https://www.chron.com/sports/highschool/article/Angleton-boys-loom-large-at-Rice-track-meet-1632906.php |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Allison Beckford]] '04,<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff reports |date=2022-06-10 |title=NCAA track: Rice's Grace Forbes second in 10,000 meters |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/NCAA-track-field-Rice-Grace-Forbes-10000-meters-17232906.php |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610150002/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/NCAA-track-field-Rice-Grace-Forbes-10000-meters-17232906.php |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[William Fred Hansen]] '63).<ref>{{Cite news |first=Frank |last=Litsky |date=1964-06-28 |title=Vault Is 4th Best |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/28/vault-is-4th-best.html |access-date=2022-07-30 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730190751/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/28/vault-is-4th-best.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

<gallery class="center" caption="Notable Rice University alumni">
File:James Allred in 1937.png|[[James V. Allred]], 33rd [[governor of Texas]]
File:L to R- Howard Huges, Jesse Jones, Rene St. Quentin LCCN2016873814 (cropped).jpg|[[Howard Hughes]], aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer and director
File:Tommy Kramer.jpg|[[Tommy Kramer]] (1977), Former quarterback for [[Minnesota Vikings]]
File:Secretary Duncan (cropped).jpg|[[Charles Duncan Jr.]],  Second [[United States Secretary of Energy]]
File:Gary H Stern (14103256853) (cropped).jpg|[[Gary H. Stern]], Eleventh chief executive of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis]]
File:Annise Parker.JPG|[[Annise Parker]] (1978), 61st [[Mayor of Houston]]
File:Alberto Gonzales - official DoJ photograph.jpg|[[Alberto Gonzales]] (1979), former [[U.S. Attorney General]]
File:PeggyWhitson-NASA.jpg|[[Peggy Whitson]] (1986), NASA astronaut
File:Josh Earnest 2011 (cropped).jpg|[[Josh Earnest]] (1997), 29th [[White House Press Secretary]]
File:Lance Berkman on June 29, 2011.jpg|[[Lance Berkman]], professional baseball [[outfielder]] and [[first baseman]]
File:George P. Bush crop.jpg|[[George P. Bush]] (1998), Commissioner of the [[Texas General Land Office]]
File:NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Official Portrait (NHQ201907240001).jpg|[[Jim Bridenstine]] (1998), thirteenth [[List of administrators and deputy administrators of NASA|NASA Administrator]]
File:Youngkin Governor Portrait.jpg|[[Glenn Youngkin]] (B.S., B.A.), [[Governor of Virginia]]
File:Former Commissioner Stephen Hahn (49484140217).jpg|[[Stephen Hahn]] (1980), 24th [[Commissioner of Food and Drugs]] (2019–2021)
</gallery>

==Notes==
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==References==
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<ref name="Beer Bike's 50th">{{cite news|title=Beer Bike's 50th bash lets good time roll at Rice: tradition that began in 1957 now integral part of school's social scene |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=April 14, 2007 |last=Viren |first=Sarah}}</ref>

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<ref name="nasa">{{cite web |url=http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ricetalk.htm |title=John F. Kennedy, "Moon" Speech – Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas, September 12, 1962 |publisher=Er.jsc.nasa.gov |date=1962-09-12 |access-date=2012-10-28 |archive-date=July 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706061817/http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ricetalk.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="poisoner">{{cite book |last= Blum |first= Deborah |title= The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicie in Jazz Age New York |url= https://archive.org/details/poisonershandboo00blum |url-access= registration |publisher= [[Penguin Books]] |year= 2010 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/poisonershandboo00blum/page/14 14]–6 |isbn= 978-0-14-311882-4}}</ref>

<ref name="About">{{cite web |url=https://www.rice.edu/about |title=About Rice |publisher=Rice University |access-date=2020-09-28 |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928172532/https://www.rice.edu/about |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="RF-Faculty">{{cite web |url=http://professor.rice.edu/professor/Faculty_and_Staff.asp |title=Rice Facts – Faculty and Staff |publisher=Rice University |access-date=2011-01-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225125033/http://professor.rice.edu/professor/Faculty_and_Staff.asp |archive-date=2011-02-25 }}</ref>

<ref name="Rice Facts - University Accreditation">{{cite web |url=http://www.professor.rice.edu/professor/Accreditation.asp |title=Rice Facts – University Accreditation |publisher=Rice University |access-date=2008-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111215014/http://www.professor.rice.edu/professor/Accreditation.asp |archive-date=2009-01-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="Rice Honor Council">{{cite web | url=http://honor.rice.edu | title=Rice Honor Council | publisher=Rice University | access-date=2011-02-06 | archive-date=June 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625223656/https://honor.rice.edu/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Rice Official Athletic Site - Facilities">{{cite web |url=http://riceowls.cstv.com/facilities/rice-stadium.html |title=Rice Official Athletic Site – Facilities |publisher=Riceowls.cstv.com |access-date=2010-01-22 |archive-date=April 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402020508/http://riceowls.cstv.com/facilities/rice-stadium.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Rice undergrads share a sense of community">{{cite news|title=Rice undergrads share a sense of community |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |last=Garza |first=Cynthia Leonor |date=March 15, 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="Rice University - Rankings & Lists8">{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/SchoolList.aspx?id=789&page=2|title=Rice University – Rankings & Lists|publisher=The Princeton Review|year=2011|access-date=2011-08-01|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706033553/https://www.princetonreview.com/college-education|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="rice1">{{cite web|url =http://www.rice.edu/sallyport/2007/Summer/features/Diversity.html|url-status = dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120508152316/http://www.rice.edu/sallyport/2007/Summer/features/Diversity.html |archive-date=May 8, 2012 |title = Diversity: That Was Then, This Is Now|last = Dow|first = Christopher|work = Sallyport Online|publisher = Rice University|date = Summer 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="rice12">Rice University: [http://students.rice.edu/students/Colleges.asp "About the residential college system."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803225301/http://students.rice.edu/students/Colleges.asp |date=August 3, 2012 }}. Retrieved April 23, 2011.</ref>

<ref name="rice14">[http://rtv5.rice.edu/watch RTV5 – Rice Student Television<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, rtv5.rice.edu</ref>

<ref name="rice15">[http://r2mag.rice.edu/r2.cfm R2 The Rice Review<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516072149/http://r2mag.rice.edu/r2.cfm |date=May 16, 2007 }}, r2mag.rice.edu</ref>

<ref name="rice3">{{cite web |url=http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=12460 |title=Rice University &#124; News & Media |publisher=Media.rice.edu |access-date=2010-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607150744/http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=12460 |archive-date=2011-06-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="rice4">The speech, "Why the Moon" is available on the [http://webcast.rice.edu/webcast.php?action=details&event=1166 Rice Webcast Archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111103153/http://webcast.rice.edu/webcast.php?action=details&event=1166 |date=January 11, 2009 }}</ref>

<ref name="ricethresher">[http://media.www.ricethresher.org/media/storage/paper1290/news/2008/10/31/News/Rice-To.Consider.Merger.With.Baylor.College.Of.Medicine-3516841.shtml Rice to consider merger with Baylor College of Medicine – The Rice Thresher] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303031310/http://media.www.ricethresher.org/media/storage/paper1290/news/2008/10/31/News/Rice-To.Consider.Merger.With.Baylor.College.Of.Medicine-3516841.shtml |date=March 3, 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="ricethresher13">{{cite web |url=http://www.ricethresher.org |title=The Rice Thresher |publisher=The Rice Thresher |access-date=2012-10-28 |archive-date=September 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910020039/http://www.ricethresher.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="sale1">{{cite news |first=Jeannie |last=Kever |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |title=UH System board considers plan to buy Rice radio station |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7156105.html |date=August 16, 2010 |access-date=August 18, 2010 |archive-date=August 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817233033/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7156105.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="university">{{cite web| url = https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1573794/coffee-v-william-marsh-rice-university/| title = Coffee v. William Marsh Rice University, 408 S.W.2d 269| access-date = October 31, 2018| archive-date = March 8, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210308180736/https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1573794/coffee-v-william-marsh-rice-university/| url-status = live}}</ref>

<ref name="Vision for the Second Century - Ten Points">{{cite web |url=http://www.professor.rice.edu/professor/10_Points.asp |title=A Vision For Rice University's Second Century – 10-Point Plan |publisher=Rice University |access-date=May 7, 2008 |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502164405/http://www.professor.rice.edu/professor/10_Points.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="William Marsh Rice and the Founding of Rice Institute">{{cite web | url=https://exhibits.library.rice.edu/exhibits/show/founding/houston | title= William Marsh Rice and the Founding of Rice Institute | publisher=Rice University – Fondren Library | access-date=31 October 2018 | url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819090121/http://exhibits.library.rice.edu:80/exhibits/show/founding/houston | archive-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="Willy's Pub, 1975 - 1995">{{cite news |url=http://www.rice.edu/projects/thresher/issues/82/950421/News/Story12.html |title=Willy's Pub, 1975 – 1995 |publisher=The Thresher Online |date=April 21, 1995 |access-date=December 31, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710000242/http://www.rice.edu/projects/thresher/issues/82/950421/News/Story12.html |archive-date=July 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

<ref name="Willy's Pub">{{cite web |url=http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~willypub/ |title=Willy's Pub |publisher=Rice University |access-date=2008-11-22 |archive-date=February 12, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212232107/http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~willypub/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Jerry-Woodfill">{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceacts.com/Jerry_Woodfill1.htm|title=Jerry Woodfill – Biological Background|year=2012|publisher=SpaceActs.com|access-date=2013-08-04|archive-date=May 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517083916/http://www.spaceacts.com/jerry_woodfill1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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