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(03/09/16 10:25pm)
A quick glance at the comments students leave in course evaluations reveals that justifications for the high ratings of a professor often concern easily obtained grades, low workloads, a professor’s aptitude for making jokes and a general high entertainment value to the classes. Curiously, the mention of teaching itself is frequently missing. So what does good teaching look like? Being no expert on university teaching, in an attempt to answer this question, I can draw upon only my own experiences.
(09/23/15 10:30am)
Perhaps you’ve heard of the name, or perhaps you recognize those monolithic hazy blocks of color. Mark Rothko has long been considered one of the most infl uential artists of the 20th century. An austere earthy-colored painting of his, descriptively titled “Orange, Red, Yellow,” sold for a record price of $86 million in 2012, and remains, to this day, one of the most expensive works of modern art.
(09/23/15 10:06am)
As Rice students, we are repeatedly reminded of the degree to which the university serves the local community. And for the most part, we embrace that reputation happily enough. The barrage of notices about service opportunities and large number of students who volunteer in some form conveniently provide an illusion that perhaps we do all care for those we perceive as disadvantaged and disenfranchised.
(08/27/15 5:07pm)
It’s the beginning of a new semester. Among the multitude of excited and eager students, several phrases crop up repeatedly. “I’m taking this class — medical schools love it when applicants have taken it” and “This a super easy filler class — there’s barely any homework” are often tossed around as people settle into their new courses and brag about them over dinner to their friends.
(10/29/13 12:00am)
On Halloween night, the Rice Media Center will screen The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, with star Marilyn Burns and screenwriter Kim Henkel in attendance.
(09/24/13 12:00am)
"Interiorities," a new installation by Houston artist and writer Besty Huete (Martel College '05), wiill open Sept. 26 at the student-created and student-managed Matchbox Gallery in Sewall Hall.
(09/24/13 12:00am)
Bright, pealing notes from a 300-year-old violin pierced the spacious hall, settling into a cadenza spanning the entire range of the instrument, from dazzling streaks of light to dark chords, broken only by carefree pizzicato flourishes. Audiences were taken on a journey by the Houston Symphony. This concert series - "Joshua Bell Returns" - was remarkable not only for the Symphony's collaboration with the renowned violinist Joshua Bell, but also for the involvement of maestro Lawrence Foster, a prominent conductor who directed the Houston Symphony from 1971 to 1979, returning for the weekend to conduct the orchestra once again.
