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Award-winning, student-run newspaper @RiceUniversity celebrating 106 years. DM for story tips or questions đź“°
2nd floor of the RMC, MS-524
Joined August 2009
“Rice has for decades relied on the payment of indirect costs,” provost Amy Dittmar wrote in the university’s testimony. “And until now, it has been able to rely on the well-established process for negotiating indirect cost rates with the government.”
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Rice accepted 6% of its inaugural class of EDII applicants. Also: another record-high year of overall applications, exceeding 35,000 — 13% higher than last year’s.
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Read the story in print today, or online at Online on our website and Issuu soon.
Just published a story that’s been months in the making. In May, Rice’s famed horn professor abruptly retired amid sexual misconduct allegations. But dozens of former students say the school has “known for 30 years” — and for decades, did nothing.
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Police are concluding the investigation, RUPD announced in a 11:53 p.m. follow-up email. The area will return to normal. The suspect “evaded police” and was seemingly “operating a stolen motor vehicle,” RUPD wrote.
Rice Uni and West Uni Place police departments are conducting an investigation near Entrance 20, right behind campus’ North Lot. “An unknown male suspect fled the area on foot,” according to an 11:14 p.m. Rice Alert. Nature of the investigation is currently unclear. Story TK.
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Rice Uni and West Uni Place police departments are conducting an investigation near Entrance 20, right behind campus’ North Lot. “An unknown male suspect fled the area on foot,” according to an 11:14 p.m. Rice Alert. Nature of the investigation is currently unclear. Story TK.
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Rice will move to remote classes and work tomorrow, Jan. 22, emergency management just announced.
Classes and campus operations will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 21, due to a winter storm warning. Emergency management will “continue to monitor the weather” when making a decision on reopening.
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Classes and campus operations will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 21, due to a winter storm warning. Emergency management will “continue to monitor the weather” when making a decision on reopening.
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This also marks Rice’s first year with an ED II admissions round. Applications are due Jan. 4, and decisions will release in mid-February.
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While every ballot measure gained a majority of votes in favor, the remaining three did not achieve the two-thirds majority required to pass. Only the first went through, with a 71.5% approval.
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BREAKING: Rice takes Davidson coach Scott Abell to replace Mike Bloomgren, who was fired last month. Abell, who joined Davidson in 2018, departs the program with a 47-28 record across seven winning seasons.
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RT @AndersenPickard: Rice football head coach Mike Bloomgren has been fired after a 2-6 start. My immediate story for @TheRiceThresher: ht…
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BREAKING: Rice has fired head football coach Mike Bloomgren, less than 24 hours after a 17-10 loss to the University of Connecticut.
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RT @riymisr: I’m at Shell Energy Stadium, reporting for @TheRiceThresher on today’s Harris-Allred rally for reproductive rights. https://t.…
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RT @riymisr: So proud of this week’s @TheRiceThresher elections issue, featuring a 4-page breakdown of the Harris County ballot. Check it…
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RT @riymisr: Rice ranks No. 18 in the the U.S. News and World Report’s national university rankings, a dip from last year’s No. 17. Rice a…
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