Features

A Conversation with David W. Leebron and Y. Ping Sun
An informal interview with Rice’s new first family. Who are they, and what attracts them to Rice and Houston?

by Terry Shepard and Debra Thomas

Fondren and the Future
Electronic enhancements and reconfiguration of space will help re-create Fondren as a library for the 21st century.

by Chuck Henry and Sara Lowman

Opening Doors
Growing up poor and black in a small South Texas town before integration might have stymied Raymond Johnson. Instead, he became the first African American to graduate from Rice, and since then, he has quietly but persistently helped open doors for other people of color.

by David D. Medina

Rice Twice
An MBA can give you the tools to take you where you want to go. Eight alums who earned bachelor’s degrees at Rice and returned for MBAs talk about the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management’s MBA program.

by Ann S. Boor