2020 Academic Fair

2020 Academic Fair Participants

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African and African American Studies Minor

The Center for African and African American Studies is Rice’s primary location for curriculum and research related to Africa and to people of African descent in the Americas and beyond.

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Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations

Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations (AMC) stresses the critical evaluation of ancient evidence through close reading of ancient texts and the careful examiniation of art and material culture. Writing and research play an important role in the AMC curriculum, as students explore and share their interests.

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Anthropology

Anthropologists seek to understand social life in all its complexity through ethnographic research methods. Drawing on the experiences of people around the world, researchers demonstrate how medicine, technology, religion or economics are bound by social dynamics that may at times remain invisible, and address issues such as inequality, political violence and environmental crises.

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Architecture

In architecture, students and professionals are addressing global economic, social, political, technological, and environmental challenges by means of design-driven, architectural speculations that project forward to define better futures.

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Art History

Students and professionals dedicated to art history ask essential questions about what images, built structures, and works of art do and what we do with them in return. These questions are situated in formal, social, cultural, and theoretical discourses and address expressions, beliefs, and aspirations across vast geographies and through millennia of human existence.

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Asian Studies

Students in Asian Studies look to solve a diverse range of issues related to diplomacy, education, law, social justice, and more.

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Bioengineering

Professionals in this field apply engineering methods to address unmet needs in improving human health and health care.

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Biosciences

BioSciences offers students the opportunity to explore life through all its complexity and beauty. Interested students can seek a Major in Biosciences, a Minor in Biochemistry & Cell Biology or Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, or an accelerated BA/MA/PhD in Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

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  • See the BioSciences 2020-2021 Advising Booklet for specific advisor contact information.
Business Minor

Students are interested in all the disciplines of business: communication, accounting, marketing, Organizational behavior, finance, and corporate strategy.

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Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication

The Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication focuses on developing Rice students’ communicative, interactional, and intercultural abilities and knowledge in non-native and heritage languages. Thus, CLIC seeks to provide a broad and critical educational experience that promotes multilingualism and helps students become culturally competent and interact successfully, appropriately, and respectfully with people from different countries and sociocultural backgrounds.

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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Chemical Engineers apply molecular concepts to satisfy a wide range of society's needs including safe and sustainable energy, advanced materials, innovative pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, and a cleaner environment.

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Chemistry

Chemistry encompasses scientists and engineers who investigate the composition, properties, structure, and reactivity of matter. Among us are organic, inorganic, physical, and biological chemists, both theorists and experimentalists. Bolstered by state-of-the-art instrumentation and close personal interactions, Rice is a terrific place to do chemical research. The Department boasts of two Nobel laureates and many members of the National Academy of Sciences; moreover, it hosts one of only six National Science Foundation funded centers for nanoscale science and engineering.

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Cinema & Media Studies Minor

Students and professionals in this field study film and media around the globe in order to understand how moving images participate in broader historical events and trends.

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Civil & Environmental Engineering

Rice civil and environmental engineering students seek to solve world health issues, help predict earthquakes and floods, create viable plans for urban development and more.

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Classical Studies

Students, scholars, and other professionals in this field seek to understand the languages, literature, history, and culture of ancient Greece and Rome, to appreciate the influence they had on Western culture, and to apply such understanding constructively to life in the modern world.

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Cognitive Science

Students and professionals in this field are interested in understanding how the human mind works, how we think, use language, perceive, learn, make decisions, using a tools borrowed from a variety of traditional scientific disciplines, including psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science and philosophy.

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Computational and Applied Mathematics

CAAM majors build models of real-world systems, and apply mathematics and computation to gain insight into these models. Some of these systems arise in the physical world, for example CAAM majors might infer the geological structure of a certain region given certain signals. Other systems arise in industry or society, and CAAM majors might determine the optimal ways to treat cancer.

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Computer Science

Computing is the engine of most innovations today, and computer science is about studying computing. A computer scientist is a problem solver that can work not only in the hi-tech industry and the computing field, but can also work in fields as diverse as biomedicine, energy, and social sciences, as all of them have been revolutionized by computing.

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Data Science Minor

Data science is an interdisciplinary field spanning statistics, computer science, and applied math, that seeks to analyze complex data sets with the goal of extracting actionable knowledge.

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Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science

Earth Science majors use the fields of data science, math, physics, chemistry and biology to learn how every part of the Earth interacts in time and space to form a habitable planet. We investigate how mountains and volcanoes form, how natural disasters occur and evolution of climate through time. Earth scientists are poised to advise on the more pressing problems of environment and energy today.

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Economics & Mathematical Economic Analysis

We study economic problems of market and small-group strategic interactions, we develop and use the tools for mathematical modeling of such interactions and statistical analysis of economic data in light of those models

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Education & Teacher Certificate Program

This program addresses academic and social inequities in our urban schools. Through a year-long field residency program, our undergraduate candidates may receive teaching certification alone or with our 5-year Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT). Post-graduate candidates may receive a MAT or an intensive alternative certification program.

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Electrical & Computer Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering is about using electronics, signal processing, software, and data science to improve products and services in nearly every field of human endeavor.

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Engineering Design/OEDK

Students and professionals practicing Engineering Design work to design and create new products or processes to meet a defined need while taking into account constraints such as cost, practicality, and safety.

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English

Our Creative & Critical curriculum integrates the creative aspects of the study of literature and the critical features of creative writing. Across research, reading, and writing, students and faculty encounter literature’s power to transform what we know and who we can be. Our courses examine how cultural forms and legacies shape our imagination and craft creative visions of the possible.

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Entrepreneurship Minor

Students in this field are interested in solving big problems in creative and innovative ways in any field or industry.

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Environmental Science

Students graduating from this program will be able to: demonstrate foundational knowledge in the natural sciences that is fundamental to the environmental sciences; integrate knowledge of natural and applied sciences to understand complex natural systems and cycles; synthesize knowledge from natural sciences and engineering and apply it to the study of the environment; and understand environmental issues from a scientific perspective and be able to solve issues using a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives.

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Environmental Studies

The Environmental Studies program fosters the critical, integrative thinking required to better understand the complexities of this human-nature relationship and the resultant scales of impact, and to assess and develop solutions that meet intergenerational human needs without compromising the natural systems upon which humans depend.

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First Year Writing Intensive Seminar (FWIS)

We aim to address necessary academic communication skills that students will need to be successful as undergraduates at Rice.

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French Studies

The approach of the French Studies Program is interdisciplinary and global. We mobilize literary and cultural studies, history, political economy, philosophy, the study of women and gender, and the visual arts. Our courses cover a broad range of subjects: from the medieval period to the nineteenth century, World War II, colonialism and the postcolonial period to contemporary cinema. In all our courses, French language acquisition is an integral component.

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German Studies

Our students are critical, independent thinkers who excel intellectually and are open to the world. This gives them an extra advantage and makes them particularly attractive to global employers. German Studies majors have received Fulbright grants and they continue their careers at some of the best graduate and professional schools or enter the world of business, law or medicine. Our graduates also work for NGOs and in government positions.

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Global Health Technologies Minor & Rice 360 Institute for Global Health

Rice 360° Institute for Global Health offers innovative undergraduate programs that engage students to design and implement new technologies to solve real global health challenges. Through the Global Health Technologies minor and international internships, global health technologies are designed, evaluated, refined, deployed and scaled across the world in collaboration with global partners.

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History

Students of history acquire critical skills in communication, writing and research; they learn to use evidence to develop interpretive skills and a broad perspective.

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Jewish Studies

Jewish Studies seeks to enrich our understanding of world history, religion, and culture through the academic study of previously marginal or neglected materials related to Jewish life

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Kinesiology - Health Sciences

Students and professionals in the health promotion and public health field are interested in improving health and preventing disease in individuals, communities, and populations using interdisciplinary knowledge from behavioral sciences, health education, epidemiology, and other relevant fields.

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Kinesiology - Sports Medicine & Exercise Physiology

Students and professionals in sports medicine and exercise physiology seek to identify and improve health-related physical fitness deficits and disparities throughout the lifespan and in special populations by applying evidence-based scientific principles to exercise medicine and rehabilitation.

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Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies at Rice offers a range of interdisciplinary courses designed to understand the cultures, histories, and politics of Latin America as viewed from regional and global perspectives.

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Linguistics

Linguists study the structure of language and how people use it. We address a great many problems relevant to the social sciences and beyond: identity, diversity, and inequities; neurology and cognitive sciences; speech perception and vocal physiology; history, evolution, and development; the endangerment and revitalization of indigenous languages; artificial intelligence; and much, much more.

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Managerial Studies

This is an interdisciplinary major concerning various aspects of management using tools from the social sciences (economics, psychology, political science), business (finance, accounting) and statistics.

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Master of Accounting

The world’s financial markets are demanding greater corporate transparency and higher quality financial reporting. As a result, there is a need for highly educated accounting professionals with critical thinking skills and integrity. Come be a part of it!

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Materials Science and Nanoengineering

Researchers and Professionals in Materials Science and NanoEngineering apply comprehensive physical, chemical and engineering knowledge to create powerful, durable, safe, beautiful and inexpensive friendly materials.

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Mathematics

Mathematics lies at the foundation of many disciplines in the sciences, engineering fields, and the social sciences, and this influence is growing as these subjects become increasingly quantitative. Recognizing this important role in the wide variety of directions available to our degree recipients, the program in mathematics provides undergraduates with a spectrum of choices. These range from nontheoretical treatments of calculus and courses in combinatorics, elementary number theory, and projective geometry to a broad variety of sophisticated mathematics, including real and complex analysis, differential geometry, abstract algebra, algebraic and geometric topology, algebraic geometry, dynamics, and partial differential equations.

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Mechanical Engineering

If you like to solve problems and appreciate the challenge of taking a project from concept to completion, Rice’s mechanical engineering program will give you opportunities to build and create, while learning in the process. You’ll be surrounded by like-minded students with whom you’ll collaborate and create solutions to real-world problems. You’ll get to know your professors and forge friendships that will stay with you for years to come.

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Medical Humanities Minor

Students who minor in the medical humanities are prepared to navigate and lead in the development of a more humane, equitable and just health care system that provides benefits to all through ethical, culturally informed practices.

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Medieval and Early Modern Studies

The skills typically acquired by Medieval Studies students—knowledge of history, languages, religions, and literature, ability to analyze texts and images, and an understanding of other cultures—provide a solid preparation for advanced degrees, whether in the humanities, law, medicine, or other professional schools.

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Museums & Cultural Heritage Minor

Have you ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes at museums? Why do people destroy and loot cultural heritage sites and why does that affect the public so much? How and why do we preserve heritage sites like historical buildings and towns? Why are debates over the provenance and even existence of historical artifacts so heated and sometimes violent? The Minor in Museums and Cultural Heritage minor draws from an array of disciplines and departments to study the identification, preservation, and representation of heritage materials.

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Music

Majors will work to demonstrate technical and musical competence in solo performance, composition, or music-historical research appropriate to the standards of a four-year undergraduate program.

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Neuroscience

Addressing the mysteries of the human mind requires a collaborative approach, cutting across traditional disciplines. Neuroscience provides a framework for this new approach, and brings together the best and brightest to learn, teach, explore and expand our understanding of the human mind.

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Philosophy

Students and professionals in this field are interested in addressing social inequities through the use of quantitative and qualitative data to inform structural change. A philosopher draws on a rich historical tradition as well as contemporary culture and science to reason about a vast range of issues. These include: how it’s best for us to live and organize society, how we can justify our beliefs, and how to interpret basic concepts such as time, cause, mind, freedom, identity, and existence.

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Physics & Astronomy

Physics and Astronomy are disciplines that examine the fundamental laws and organizing principles underlying the structure of the natural world. This pursuit plays out across all length and energy scales - from elementary particles to the size of the universe, and from nanoKelvin temperatures of ultracold atomic gases to the fireball of the Big Bang. Physics teaches us about the properties of the basic building blocks of matter and how interactions within ensembles of particles lead to the emergent properties of complex systems found in condensed matter and biology. Astrophysics applies these lessons to understand planets, stars, galaxies, large scale cosmic structure, and the origin of spacetime itself.

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Political Science

Political science is the scientific study of political institutions, political behavior, and public policy. We provide students with a strong, substantive and theoretical understanding of political science, teach students how to conduct empirical research, help students develop and improve their communication skills, and encourage students to be informed and responsible citizens.

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Politics, Law & Social Thought Minor

Students in this field are interested in deeper exploration of problems of political, social, and legal thought--from classical texts from over 2000 years ago to recent works; they are also interested in gaining more knowledge of law and the legal system, both in the classroom and through hands-on experience.

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Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities Minor

The PJHC minor teaches students about human well-being using a “capabilities approach,” to consider what people are able to do and be – live to old age and engage in economic and political activities – rather than strictly what material goods they possess. Gender, racial and ethnic disparities, health status, education, human rights, political freedoms, and material necessities are also explored.

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Psychology

Psychological Sciences goes beyond disciplinary boundaries and represents the scientific study of the mind and behavior from multiple levels of analysis.

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Religion
Religion Academic Fair Table From 2019

Students and professionals analyze how religion shapes the people we are and the communities we live in. Such study of religion is crucial to see how it affects both personal and social sensibilities around ethnicity, class, and race; our attitudes about medicine, contraception, and the end of life; and our approaches to poverty, immigration, social justice, and war.

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School of Humanities

We invite you to join us in exploring some of the biggest questions of our time — on who is at the center of the study of medicine; on ethics and morality in the face of disaster; on the place of law and politics in the future of democracy; on the digital arts that connect the arts and engineering; on the substance of real justice; and on the shape and consequence of a life well lived.

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Social Policy Analysis

Social policy analysis involves the examination and confrontation of social issues, such as homelessness, education inequalities, lack of affordable housing, workplace safety and many more.

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Sociology

Using a variety of methodological tools, sociologists attempt to understand and solve issues related to health, racial, gender, and income inequalities.

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Spanish and Portuguese

Students and professionals in this field get the necessary critical thinking skills to identify and articulate areas of inquiry, debate and investigation associated with Spanish and Portuguese speaking communities; the ability to engage, communicate, and develop productive interactional abilities with multilingual communities; and the academic foundation to pursue an advanced graduate degree.

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Sport Management

Sport Management is an interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on the business attributes of sports such as: management, analytics, law, marketing, finance, and communication. A sport management degree prepares students for careers with amateur, collegiate and professional sports organizations.

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Statistics

Student and professionals in this field are concerned with interpretation of data and making informed decisions based upon these investigations.

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Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Students will learn and practice feminist principles for research, activism, and political engagement that emphasize intersectional approaches, social justice, and sustainability.

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Visual and Dramatic Arts

Students may focus their education in one of three concentrations: studio, theater, or film and photography. Courses draw on the resources of Rice’s active and accomplished faculty, extensive on-campus facilities, and Houston’s vibrant artistic community. The department boasts a state-of-the-art cinema, as well as a 500-seat proscenium-style theater. Distinguished speakers, visiting artists, film series, field trips, student exhibitions and performance opportunities all contribute to an immersive arts education that extends well beyond the classroom.

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Research Centers & Student Service Offices
Center for Academic & Professional Communication

The Center for Academic and Professional Communication serves as the communication support hub of the university. Our mission is to assist all members of the Rice community in effectively communicating their ideas to a wide range of audiences, using various written, oral, and visual modes of communication.

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Center for Career Development

The Center for Career Development (CCD) is located in Huff House and exists to help you find and make your place in the world by: educating you on knowledge of self, career options and resources; connecting you with opportunities through the global Rice network; and empowering you with skills, tools, and confidence.

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Center for Civic Leadership

The Center for Civic Leadership focuses on building students' skills as civic professionals with an understanding of their social impact regardless of their chosen field or discipline.

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Data to Knowledge (D2K) Lab

The Rice D2K Lab provides students with immersive, experiential learning opportunities in data science while enhancing data-intensive research at Rice and building partnerships with companies, institutions, and community organizations.

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Doerr Institute for New Leaders

At Rice, you will have the opportunity to fuel your passions and grow alongside some of the brightest students in the world. When you are called on to lead, whether it be at Rice or beyond the hedges, our team at The Doerr Institute for New Leaders wants to ensure you are prepared to effectively impact what you care about most in this world.

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Fondren Library

As a campus crossroads, Fondren Library brings together the Rice community with welcoming spaces, excellent collections, and strong services in support of teaching, research and creative expression. Our eBooks, online journals, databases, and other streaming/electronic materials are available via our website.

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George R. Brown Forensics Society

We are in the school of humanities and facilitate big questions discussions through competitive argumentation and speaking.

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Kinder Institute for Urban Research - Community Bridges Program

Student fellows in the Kinder Institute's Community Bridges program pair academic coursework with active fieldwork as they undertake research-based projects that aim to alleviate poverty and inequality in Greater Houston.

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Lillie Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie) is the home of experiential learning and co-curricular activities in entrepreneurship and innovation at Rice University. Our mission is to equip Rice students with both entrepreneurial skills and the entrepreneurial mindset to prepare them to be entrepreneurs and innovators in whatever industry they choose, be it a technology startup, government, civic group, non-profit, small business, or large corporation. Lilie is comprised of experiential courses, co-curricular opportunities, a state-of-the-art on-campus lab space, and an array of resources to support student learning.

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Office of Academic Advising (including Pre-Health & Pre-Law)

The Office of Academic Advising at Rice University strives for an unparalleled environment for undergraduates to explore opportunities, identify goals, and implement plans to reach those goals.

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Office of Information Technology

Rice’s Office of Information Technology provides computing services such as email, computer labs and printers, technical troubleshooting, and offering advice to students.

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Office of the Registrar

Our office assists students with a multitude of issues including registration, transcripts, Degree Works degree audits, campus room reservations, transfer credit, graduation, diplomas, etc.

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Office of Study Abroad

Rice Study Abroad offers high quality, academically rigorous programs and partnerships with prestigious universities all over the world. All majors are able to study abroad with careful planning. Study abroad scholarships are available, and financial aid will travel with you. Studying abroad is a once in a lifetime experience, and will be one most challenging and rewarding of your academic career!

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Office of Undergraduate Research & Inquiry

Our office provides resources that help students identify their research interests and seek opportunities, share their work and celebrate their accomplishments, such as through the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium. We also work with faculty to develop courses that help students develop research skills that can be applied in independent research experiences.

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Rice Center for Engineering Leadership

The Rice Center for Engineering Leadership aims to increase the skills and awareness of students to become ethical leaders in technology who excel in research, industry, non-engineering career paths, or entrepreneurship.

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School of Social Sciences Gateway Program

The School of Social Sciences is made up of seven departments with one mission, to improve society. Our faculty study of some of society’s biggest issues, and teach their findings in the classroom.

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Student Success Initiatives

SSI provides proactive advising and other high engagement strategies to facilitate studentsʼ successful transition, retention, and graduation from the university.

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Wellbeing & Counseling Center

The Wellbeing and Counseling Center supports student development and success by providing a good first point of contact for students who want to talk to someone about solutions to their wellbeing and mental health concerns.

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Office of Academic Advising

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Monday - Friday

8:30 am - 12:00 pm

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm 

 

Phone | 713.348.4060

Email | aadv@rice.edu

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Office of Academic Advising MS-529

Rice University, Ley Student Center, Suite 132

6100 Main Street

Houston, TX 77005