News & Events

We invite you to read about the many generous contributions that have been made to our Centennial Campaign. Thanks to these gifts and the ones yet to come, we will pursue our second century with enthusiasm and confidence, knowing that we remain true to Edgar Odell Lovett’s founding vision of “no upper limit.”

Campaign Headlines 2009

• Houston couple helps fund Center for Philanthropy at Rice University
• SSPEED Center wins $1.25M for Ike study from Houston Endowment
• $6.6 million Holloway estate will establish scholarships at Rice and replace track at stadium
• New gift-planning Web site gives donors all the tools
• O'Connor House renamed in honor of alumnus Peter Huff and his wife
• MBA students spend spring break in Rwanda
• Jones School 2009 Scholarship Dinner
• Gift will help fund new physics building at Rice University
• Simmons Family Foundation awards collaborative research grants