Rice University William Marsh Rice University
Rice University's academic seal. LETTERS, science, art, saying a split of a chevron with three owls fees shield with ornamentation,old names, Literature, Science and Art (1912-1960) William M. Rice Development Institute Motto: Letters, Science, Art1912 Organization Private, non-profit type
Donation (2014) $ 5.5 billion, President David W. Leebro the Provost Marie Lynn Miranda
Academical personal 665 full-time administrative staff 2152, Students 6623 (2015 Fall) Undergraduate students 3879 (2015 Fall) Graduate 2744 (2014 Fall) Location Houston, Texas, USA
Campus Urban, 295 acres (1.19 km2) Rice Thresher newspaper The colors blue and gray Athletics NCAA Division I - C-USA 14 college sports teams Username Owls Mascot Sammy the Owl Join AAU the ORAI NAIC is URA CONAHEC SURA
The website was www.rice.e
commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice William Marsh Rice University, Houston, Texas, in the United States, a 295-acre (1.19 km2) is a private research university located on the campus. University near Houston Museum District and is located adjacent to the Texas Medical Center.
his namesake, William Marsh Rice opened in 1912 after the killing, Rice is now an undergraduate-oriented research university. training emphasis is shown with a small student body and 6. 1 student-faculty ratio [3] University research activities for its size has a very high level sponsor in 2011 with research funding $ 115.3 million [9] rice artificial heart research, structural chemical analysis, signal processing, space science and practice in the field of nanotechnology he noted that for science programs. This 2010 [10] Rice Times Higher Education (THE) in materials science by research took first place in the world is a member of Association of American Universities.
Rice entrepreneurial activity and is noted for both 2013 and 2014 was adopted by the Stockholm-based UBI Index as the world's top ranked business incubator
Wiesse University of Science and Technology School, George R. Brown School of Engineering, a residential college and academic work on eight schools, including School of Social Sciences and Humanities Institute is organized into. Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business graduate programs, Architecture, Shepherd School of Music and is offered through Continuing Studies Susanne M. Glasscock School School. [12] [13] [14] Rice students are bound by a student-run honor executes strict honor code. [15]
Rice 14 NCAA Division I college sports competition and often compete with its cross-town rival University of Houston is part of Conference USA. jiu jitsu as intramural and club sports are offered a variety of activities such as water polo and crew.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Background
1.2 Establishment and growth
1.3 Recent history
2 Campus
3 Organization
4 Academic
4.1 Student body
4.2 Honor Code
4.3 Research centers and resources
4.4 Acceptance
4.5 Rankings
5 Student life
5.1 Residential colleges
5.1.1 List of residential colleges
5.2 Traditions
5.2.1 Baker 13
Beer Bike Race 5.2.2
5.3 institutions Campus
5.3.1 Rice Coffee
5.3.2 Valhalla
5.3.3 Willy Pub
5.3.4 Rice Bikes
5.3.5 Student-run mediahistory
Background
William Marsh Rice Institute for the establishment of financed real estate Rice
On the state of Texas at Rice University, real estate, railway development and made his fortune trading cotton Massachusetts businessman William Marsh Rice, began with the untimely death. Rice in 1891, financed the project to his most dedicated real estate will be created after his death, bearing his name, charter Houston free education, decided training institute. Rice agency will only white students and "highest grade competitive institutions" would be permissible to attend specified. [16] On the morning of September 23, 1900, Rice, was found dead by his valet and predicted he died in his sleep. A short time later, a suspiciously large checks signed by the late Rice Rice's New York lawyer, made on behalf of the buyer due to a bank teller was spotted by a typographical error. Attorney Albert T. Patrick, later substituted by Patrick Rice, Rice's education agency to leave the bulk of the wealth creation has announced that it will change. A subsequent investigation by the New York District Prosecutor Patrick managed to arrest and while he was sleeping, he was convinced to administer chloroform Rice Rice's butler and valet Charles F. Jones was a result. The discovery of what appeared to be fake and forged signatures will Houston's Rice supported his friend and personal lawyer, James A. Baker, Sr ,. Since then the district attorney to testify against co-Jones and Patrick was not the case. Although he was pardoned in 1912 due to conflicting medical testimony of Patrick, he was found guilty of conspiracy to steal Rice's fortune and was convicted of murder in 1901. [17] Baker Rice's real estate fortune worth $ 4.6 million in 1904, direct aid ($ 121 million today), what will be called right of establishment Rice Institute. The Board has seized control of the assets on April 29 the same year.
In 1907, the Board of Trustees of the Institute is still in the planning stages, head, Princeton University, Edgar Odell Lovett was elected president of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy. He came recommended by the head of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson. In 1908, Lovett challenge accepted and was officially inaugurated as the first president of the Institute on October 12, 1912 Lovett a long trip to the new Institute for formalizing plans, including 78 visits to higher education institutions worldwide, she has done extensive research before 1908, and Lovett 1909 between the University of Pennsylvania architectural uniformity aesthetic beauty, themes adopted by the Institute, as well as the University of Cambridge in the UK residential college system, such things have been added to the Institute a few years later that impressed. Lovett, the establishment of a university "highest grade", "rather than instructions investigation" devoted "has called for a liberal and technical education institutions." [We need] to "hold down the standards and numbers," declared Lovett. "The most outstanding teachers must participate in undergraduate teaching and their spirit must prevail at all."
Rice University
Establishment and growth
In 1913, Rice University Administration Building is an example
In 1911, the first stone building now known as the Institute Lovett Hall in honor of the founding president, was taken to the Administration Building. September 23, 1912 anniversary of the murder of William Marsh Rice, William Marsh Rice Literature, Science and Arts Development Institute began working classes. 48 male and 29 female students of a dozen instructors course, paying no course was taken. Unusually for a while, rice mixed admission will be accepted.
Administration Building, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas (postcard, about 1912-1924)
Three weeks after the opening, all the attention of the academic world, bringing a fantastic international academic Rice festival, the celebration was held. Four years later, at the first graduation ceremony, 35 bachelor's degree and was awarded a master's degree. That year, the student body is still there today Honor System, he accepted the direction of the vote. The first was presented in 1918, about a mathematician with a doctorate Hubert Bray.
During World War II, the Institute of Naval Brass commission has presented a way for students V-12 took place national Maritime College Training Program was one of 131 colleges and universities. [18]
He holds the original plans for the campus Founders Memorial Statue, a bronze statue of a seated William Marsh Rice, overlooking Lovett Hall, an academic center dedicated to the quartet in 1930, and was mounted. sculpture was crafted by John Angel. [19] The President proposed by Lovett residential college system, Baker College, Hansz College is Will Rice College, into being South Hall resident West Hall, East Hall residence and temporary, in 1958, it has been recognized not Wiesse Hall Wiesse College.
John F. Kennedy spoke at Rice Stadium in 1962
In 1959, Rice went to the Institute of Computer online. 1960 saw William Marsh Rice Institute was officially changed to Rice University. Rice Humble Oil and Refining Company and act as transfer of land to a temporary intermediary between NASA, [20] in 1962 President John F. Kennedy (now called the Johnson Space Center) at NASA's Manned made a speech later to the creation of the Space Center [ 21] Rice Stadium United States ", being the world's leading space-faring nation" reach the moon before the end of the decade of the 1960s, and reiterated that the intention. The relationship between the city of Houston and Rice University and NASA remained strong until today.
Rice Institute of the original charter of university tuition-free, "the white residents of Houston and Texas state", and admitted that dictate to educate. In 1963, Rice University, the university filed a lawsuit to allow the board to change to accept students of all races and taking the charter fee. In 1964, Rice formally to end the racial discrimination sections of undergraduate and graduate university was changed circumstances. [22] Rice University Board of Trustees in 1966 [23] Rice trust an illegal trial race winner language courses start charging for the first time in 1965. In the same year, Rice $ 33 million ($ 248 million) has launched a development campaign. 1974 was raised by the results in 1970, $ 43 million ($ 262 million), two new schools were established Rice, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management and the Shepherd School of Music. Brown Foundation Challenge, a funding program designed to encourage annual gifts, which was launched in 1976 and $ 185 million ($ 279 million) came to an end in 1996, has been upgraded. Rice School of Social Sciences was established in 1979.
Campus housing made specifically for men's first forty years. Jones College campus, followed by Brown College at Rice became the first female resident. According to legend, women's colleges did not allow intentional extent even benches to be installed on campus Edgar Odell Lovett, who by the esteemed campus propriety, were located on the opposite end of the current male college campus as canned a way, they are "sex that could lead co-fraternization" fear. [24] The road linking the northern college campuses center "Virgin Walking" which was given the tongue-in-cheek name. Individual colleges had college single sex story is that in 2006 co-up to them then, in 1973 and was mixed in 1987, many new residential colleges Lovett College, Sid included were built on campus to handle the university's growth Richardson College and Martel College.
Recent history
- Athletics 6
- 7 Alumni, faculty and presidents
- 8 References
- 9 External links
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