Rice University

Graduation to be broadcast online

Can’t make it to Commencement? Beginning Saturday, May 10, at 8:30 a.m., join new Rice graduates, family and friends as the ceremony is broadcast live through Rice webcast. International Rescue Committee President George Rupp, a former Rice president, will share his experiences leading the organization that has helped provide shelter, clean water, health care and education to millions of refugees for 75 years. Watch online in real time as he presents the 2008 commencement address and share the memories from home, the office, the hotel room or even your local coffee shop.

Baker Institute panel weighs current U.S.-China relations

Experts on China and U.S. politics weighed in on the status of U.S.-Chinese relations at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy April 17. China's emergence as an economic heavyweight has coincided with growing self-doubt in the United States to make for a combustible summer, with the Beijing Olympics and the U.S. presidential campaign in the spotlight.