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Back to back: Swim and dive win conference championship again

Swim head coach Seth Huston took a peek at the team scores before the diving event on the final day of the American Conference Championship. Rice was still ahead. “I’ll call it relief,” Huston said.
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‘More energy than before’: Biology professor nears 30 years at Rice

At 73, Michael Gustin has spent almost 30 years teaching at Rice. The professor of biosciences has left his mark on the university over his three decades, from his creation of the student-taught COLL ...
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Rice students place first at annual baseball analytics competition

Standing before a panel of Major League Baseball executives and seasoned data scientists, members of the Rice University sport analytics team were not just trying to win a trophy. They were trying to ...
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The reign of Mama Cat: the trials and tribulations of Rice’s favorite feline

A picnic table loafer by day and a huntress by night, Lovett College’s Mama Cat is a cat of many meows and much mystery. Over the past three years, she has become a campus celebrity and cherished ...
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Fizz users and moderators talk fame, challenges

During the volleyball team’s face-off against the University of Texas at Austin on Sept. 3, Jack Vu decided to have a little fun with the scoreboard. An anonymous poster had inaccurately mentioned ...
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Mo’ money, ‘Moh’ Bility: AT&T’s newest NIL athlete

Boasting one of the most unique names in college football, Mohammed “Moh” Bility, a redshirt junior cornerback, has been featured on sports programs such as Sports Illustrated, ESPN College Gameday, ...
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A look back at Rice’s biggest concerts

Last month, UnoTheActivist turned Pub into a mosh pit and reminded the Thresher that Rice has a louder musical history than many think. Dig through Thresher archives and one will find a surprisingly ...
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An urbanist’s guide to Houston: Removing signal priority from the Red Line is a mistake

The city of Houston just made a change that could cause delays to ripple across the city’s entire transportation network. The Red Line is Rice’s primary gateway into Houston. With two stops serving ...
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Asibbey succeeds Tobey as president after packed race

In one of the most crowded races in the Rice Student Association’s history, Chelsea Asibbey has been elected RSA president for the 2026-27 school year. After five rounds of ranked choice voting, she ...
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Crossing Main: Rice and Hermann Park’s century-old bond

The METRORail Red Line slows at the Hermann Park/Rice University station. A handful of students step off, cross Sunset Boulevard, and disappear — some toward the hedges marking where it seems Rice ...
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Researchers and Indigenous groups aim to tell history of native land

Years before Lovett Hall was built, buffalo herds roamed the coastal prairie ecosystems of the Houston area on land that Indigenous nations called their home. Now, Rice researchers and Indigenous ...
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Former Israeli hostage visits Rice, pro-Palestine demonstraters denied entry

Former Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov began his talk at the Baker Institute for Public Policy with, he said, the same words he uses at every speaking engagement. “I am Omer Shem Tov, and I am a free ...