David Yang

NEWS 2/14/17 7:47pm

Opera house design unveiled, set to open July 2020

By Sarah Smati and David Yang

Rice University and the Shepherd School of Music are set to open a new music and opera building in July 2020. Together with Alice Pratt Brown Hall and a connecting plaza, the three will constitute the Music and Performing Arts Center.

NEWS 1/24/17 9:02pm

Art show, film screening, food sampling to celebrate 100 years of Asians at Rice

By Sarah Smati and David Yang

Rudolfo Hulen Fernandez, a Filipino who entered with the first Rice University matriculating class in 1912, was the school’s first Asian American. 100 years later, the Rice University Community of Asian Alumni will commemorate the history and evolution of the Asian community over the past century with a celebration at the Rice Media Center on Friday.