Rice University
| Rice University | |
|---|---|
| motto | Letters, Science, Art |
| founding | 1891/1912 |
| place | Houston , Texas |
| President | David W. Leebron |
| Students | 7000 |
| Professors | 881 |
| Website | [1] |
The William Marsh Rice University , shortly Rice University is a private university in Houston , Texas . In university rankings, it is regularly among the top 20 universities in the country. 7,000 students were enrolled in the fall of 2018. The university is a member of the Association of American Universities , an association of leading research-intensive North American universities that has existed since 1900.
history
The cotton wholesaler William Marsh Rice founded the William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science, and Art in 1891 to show his gratitude to the city of Houston for having made his great fortune here. The charter stipulated that the Rice Institute should not be officially opened until after his death. After Rice's murder in 1900 and a long inheritance dispute, the institute began teaching in 1912 with 77 male and female, but exclusively white, students. The first president was Edgar Odell Lovett , a mathematician from Princeton University . In 1960 the Rice Institute was renamed William Marsh Rice University . Since 1966 non-white students have also been accepted.
research
In 1963, the first space physics institute in the United States was established there. The university also donated a large part of the site to NASA that is now the Johnson Space Center , from which all US space flights are coordinated.
Professors Richard E. Smalley and Robert F. Curl and the British chemist Harold W. Kroto received the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of fullerenes .
In 1990 the world economic summit took place at the university . The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy regularly hosts events with top US politicians.
Sports
The sports teams there are the owls . The university is a member of Conference USA .
Personalities
Graduates
- Morris Almond (born 1985), basketball player
- Lola Astanova (* 1982), concert pianist
- Rodney Foster (born 1985), basketball player
- Larry Izzo (born 1974), football player
- Stephen Yip (* 1971), composer and organist
- Chris Boswell (born 1991), football player
Web links
- Official website (English)
Footnotes
- ^ Formal Opening 1912. Rice University - Woodson Research Center - Fondren Library, accessed June 9, 2020 .
- ^ Message from the President. Rice University, accessed June 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Best Colleges - National Universities
- ^ Rice at a Glance - Fall 2018
Coordinates: 29 ° 43 ′ 6.6 " N , 95 ° 23 ′ 55.8" W.