Association of Rice Alumni

Some things we just can't resist

Give the Class of 2030 a warm welcome and a cool start. Your gift to The Rice Fund supports their student experience from the moment they arrive on campus. Every new Owl will receive a reusable fan during O‑Week, a small reminder of the donor community behind them. Donate today: https://www.givecampus.com/s/7ds575

Alumni, show some love for Rice senior Mary Sickler who is competing in the Miss World Competition as Miss World America 2026. She not only represents the United States at this competition, but also Rice, saying she hopes "to make this community proud." Read the story at https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice-senior-incredibly-grateful-represent-us-miss-world-competition.

Rice senior ‘incredibly grateful’ to represent US at Miss World competition Senior Mary Sickler grew up in Houston seeing Rice as home, she said, and transferring here marked a new beginning.

The Laureates Awards recognize exceptional Rice alumni, friends and volunteers committed to strengthening the community through leadership and generosity. Help us recognize these Owls – submit a nomination by Sept. 30 at alumni.rice.edu/laureates-nomination-form.

How well do you really know campus?

Class of 2030 has been meeting up with other incoming students at New Student Send-Offs this summer, and we are ready to welcome them. Alumni, share your memories from when you first got to campus!

In 1985, Rice scientists inside a lab in the Space Science and Technology Building made a discovery that changed the landscape of nanotechnology — a stable hollow carbon structure named C60. Their research culminated in a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1996 and opened a research ecosystem. Read "The Birth of the Buckyball" at https://magazine.rice.edu/spring-2026/birth-buckyball.

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