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NEWS 4/18/23 10:20pm

Steven Murdock, former chair of sociology department, passes at 75

By Bonnie Zhao

Steven Murdock, founding Director of the Hobby Center who served as the Allyn and Gladys Cline Chair in Sociology at Rice University, passed away on April 7 at the age of 75.

NEWS 4/4/23 11:42pm

Computer Science debuts redesigned curriculum

By Bonnie Zhao

The computer science department held a town hall announcing the redesigned COMP curriculum to students on Tuesday, March 21. The new curriculum includes many changes to the major requirements for both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees, according to a document shared with COMP majors.

NEWS 3/7/23 9:39pm

When novelty fades: Rice responds to ChatGPT with mixed reviews

By Bonnie Zhao

ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, has raised concerns in academic institutions over its implications for plagiarism. Rice University’s students, faculty and administrators alike respond to whether ChatGPT has a place in higher education.

NEWS 2/28/23 11:27pm

Ruth Simmons to serve as president’s distinguished fellow

By Bonnie Zhao

Ruth J. Simmons, former president of Prairie View A&M University and president emerita of both Brown University and Smith College, will join Rice University as a president’s distinguished fellow beginning April 1, 2023.

NEWS 1/31/23 11:22pm

All is fair in love and code: COMP 310 faces potential removal

By Bonnie Zhao

COMP 310, a current major requirement course, is likely to be completely removed from the Rice computer Science curriculum, the class’s professor Stephen Wong said. This comes after numerous student complaints posted on Piazza last semester and raised to the computer science department Chair Christopher Jermaine.

NEWS 11/29/22 11:02pm

Fizz app bubbles with controversy amid popularity

By Bonnie Zhao

Fizz, an anonymous social media platform created by two Stanford University dropouts and currently catered to universities, launched at Rice on Aug. 27 and has since generated mixed reactions amongst the student population.

A&E 11/15/22 11:22pm

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo grapples with life, death and art

By Bonnie Zhao

America’s first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, stopped by Rice’s Brockman Hall for a reading of her newly published poetry collection, “Weaving Sundown in a Scarle Light: 50 Poems for 50 Years,” on the rainy evening of Monday, Nov. 14. Following the reading was an on-stage conversation with 2022 Texas Poet Laureate Lupe Mendez, during which Harjo shared harrowingly intimate details of her view on art, life, death and loss.

NEWS 11/2/22 12:23am

Rice prepares for Election Day

By Bonnie Zhao

Early voting for the midterm elections ends on Nov. 4 in Harris County. On Election Day, Nov. 8, Sewall Hall’s Welcome Center will be Rice’s on-campus polling location, open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

NEWS 9/27/22 11:14pm

Proofpoint digest implementation brings mixed reactions

By Bonnie Zhao

Rice expanded Proofpoint Digest, an email filtering system that quarantines emails suspected to be spam or bulk into one single daily digest, to the undergraduate community this fall, leading to mixed responses within the student population.

NEWS 9/6/22 11:30pm

A year later, struggles with ImagineOne persist

By Bonnie Zhao

Student-run businesses, organizations, graduate students and faculty are among those who continue to experience ongoing struggles with Rice’s transition to ImagineOne, a payment system that replaced Banner last year.

Bonnie Zhao

Steven Murdock, former chair of sociology department, passes at 75

Computer Science debuts redesigned curriculum

When novelty fades: Rice responds to ChatGPT with mixed reviews

Ruth Simmons to serve as president’s distinguished fellow

All is fair in love and code: COMP 310 faces potential removal

Fizz app bubbles with controversy amid popularity

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo grapples with life, death and art

Rice prepares for Election Day

Proofpoint digest implementation brings mixed reactions

A year later, struggles with ImagineOne persist

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