A Second Century of No Upper Limit
By President Leebron
“We must continue to set ‘no upper limit’ — no restriction on what our students will achieve, no boundary for the growth and application of human knowledge and understanding, no limit to what we can contribute to our world today and in the future.”

A Conversation

Centennial Campaign co-chairs Susie M. Glasscock and Bobby B. Tudor discuss what’s important for Rice and how the campaign will move the university forward.

Global Health
By Deborah J. Ausman
The influence of technology on global health is undeniable, but it’s clear that technology alone won’t improve the overall health of people in some of the world’s poorest communities. This is something that Rebecca Richards-Kortum knows from personal experience.

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Rice: Living Its Vision for the Second Century
by christopher dow
Rice University’s Centennial Campaign is the most ambitious fundraising effort in the university’s history. Its goal is to raise $1 billion by June 30, 2013, the end of the academic year that marks Rice’s 100th anniversary. But the campaign isn’t really about a milestone birthday or about economic resources. It’s about value.

Turning Research into Reality
by mike williams

As director of Rice’s Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), Nila Bhakuni is at the very center of a whirlwind of information, all part of the process by which Rice-born technologies become real-world products.

 

• Patently Best
  by Mike Williams

 

Three Big Ideas

The Vision for the Second Century can be distilled into three principal areas: Transforming extraordinary students into extraordinary leaders; Facing challenges, Generating solutions; and Learning and leading locally and globally.