Features

It’s All About the People
Bill Barnett may have stepped down as chair of the Rice Board of Trustees, but his style of quiet diplomacy will continue to impact Rice for decades to come.

by Melissa Kean

Richard Smalley
Rick Smalley, Rice chemist and co-discoverer of the buckyball, who died in October, has been called the grandfather of nanotechnology. Certainly he was one of its greatest advocates. His energy and formidable presence will be missed, but his legacy will live on, not only in discoveries yet to be made but in ways of thinking about how science and technology can be used to improve lives worldwide.

by Jade Boyd

Alma Mater and the Auld Lang Syne
What can be done to prevent the Sallyport from becoming another Rashomon Gate? The Rice Historical Society is working on just that.

by Christopher Dow