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| UPCOMING EVENTS: |
12/1/2009
6:30 PM 
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Fall Social
Guest Speaker:
Wade Adams
Director, Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University
"2010: The year of Nano!"
Join fellow engineering alumni and friends for free food from Treebeards and drinks at Saint Arnold’s old location. For complete information and to RSVP online for this free event, please visit the online registration page.
Please note the change of location: Our event will now be held at Saint Arnold’s old location on Fairway Park Drive.
Saint Arnold Brewery
2522 Fairway Park Drive
(near 290 and Antoine)
Houston, TX , 77092
Related URL: RSVP online
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12/2/2009
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Boston: Rice vs. Harvard Basketball Pregame Gathering
6 p.m. - Pregame Gathering at John Harvard’s Brew House, Cambridge, MA
8 p.m. - Rice vs. Harvard Men’s Basketball at Lavietes Pavilion at the Briggs Athletic Center, 79 N. Harvard Street, Allston, MA
Put on your Rice gear and cheer on the Owls as they hit the hardwood against the Harvard Crimson! Meet up with fellow Rice fans two hours before tip-off at John Harvard’s Brew House for complimentary appetizers and a cash bar. Then make the short trip across the river to the Ray Lavietes Basketball Pavilion for the game.
There is no charge for this event, but registration is required. Please register online by Friday, November 27.
Game Tickets: $10 adults, $5 youth
Contact the Harvard University Athletics Office online or at 617-495-2211, and ask for seats in the Rice section.
Subway: Red Line to Harvard Square
Special thanks to event host David Archibald ’02.
John Harvard’s Brew House, Harvard Square
33 Dunster Street
Cambridge, MA , 02138
Contact Name: Sean Harlow Related URL: Register online by Friday, November 27!
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12/3/2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Holiday Party
We’re headed back to the Chrysler Building for our annual holiday party! Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP online by November 25. Space is limited!
Chrysler Building
Penthouse offices, 67th floor
405 Lexington Ave at 42nd St
New York, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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12/8/2009
11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Speaker Series - John Anderson
"Climate Change and its Effect on Texas: Sea Level Rise and the Future of the Texas Coast"
featuring
John Anderson
W. Maurice Ewing Professor in Oceanography
Rice University
For complete information and to RSVP online, please visit the online registration page.
Hilton Dallas Park Cities
5954 Luther Lane
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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12/10/2009
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Seattle: Faculty Lecture - Rebecca Richards-Kortum
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Lecture
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Stanley C. Moore Professor and Chair of the
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
"Global Health Issues: Rice 360°--How Rice 360° Students, Faculty, and Partners Are Changing the Future of Global Health"
$15 per person
Register online by Monday, December 7.
Alexis Hotel
1007 1st Avenue
Seattle, WA , 98104
Contact Name: Sean Harlow Related URL: Register online by Monday, December 7!
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12/11/2009
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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12/17/2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Houston: Houston 2.0 and Young Alumni Holiday Happy Hour
Join Houston 2.0 and Houston Young Alumni for a special holiday happy hour benefiting the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. We’ll gather at Mugsy’s from 6-9:00 p.m. Get in the holiday spirit and come out for a fun and casual evening with fellow Owls. Please donate a toy and enjoy time with friends. (Toys should be new and unwrapped.) Let’s help some kids have a great time during the holidays!
Mugsy’s
2239 Richmond Ave
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Sparky Frost ’07
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2/6/2010
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Houston: Rice Baseball Alumni Game
Save the date!
Reckling Park
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Related URL: Rice University Baseball Players Association
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2/19/2010
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend
Save the dates!
Join alumni, parents, and friends for a fabulous weekend of learning and camaraderie! Stay tuned for details.
Rice Campus
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College
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2/20/2010
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend
Save the dates!
Join alumni, parents, and friends for a fabulous weekend of learning and camaraderie! Stay tuned for details.
Rice Campus
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College
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2/21/2010
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend
Save the dates!
Join alumni, parents, and friends for a fabulous weekend of learning and camaraderie! Stay tuned for details.
Rice Campus
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College
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3/20/2010
12:00 PM
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Houston: Beer Bike
Watch the races from the alumni tent featuring free drinks, food, and great times with old friends.
10:00 a.m. Parade Line Up
11:00 a.m. Parade
12:00 p.m. Alumni Tent Opens
1:00 p.m. Alumni Race
2:00 p.m. Women’s Race
3:00 p.m. Men’s Race
3:30 p.m. Alumni Tent Closes
Bring your valid photo ID - no exceptions!
Hackerman Beer Bike Track
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: Beer Bike
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| PAST EVENTS: |
11/19/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Fall Energy Lecture
Guest speaker:
Dr. Paul Ayoob
Shell
"An Overview of Biofuels"
For more information and to RSVP for this free event, please visit the online registration page.
McMurtry Auditorium
Duncan Hall, Rice Campus
Entrance 1 or 2 off of Main Street
Houston, TX
Related URL: RSVP online
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11/19/2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Washington, D.C.: Happy Hour
Enjoy after-work drinks, food, and fun with with fellow Capital Owls.
Special thanks to our happy hour planning team including Matt Haynie ’03, Becca Schendel Norris ’04, Tammy Taura ’84, and Karen Spitzfaden ’08.
Capitol City Brewing Company
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Washington, DC
Contact Name: Karen Spitzfaden ’08 Related URL: Capitol City Brewing Company website
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11/19/2009
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
Join Rice alumni and friends for great munchies and happy hour specials. Look for our group in a reserved section near the front of the restaurant.
Annie’s
319 Congress
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Kirkwood Johnston ’95 Related URL: Annie’s website
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11/17/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: RUBPW Meeting
Speaker: Penny Jones, author
Topic: History of Courtlandt Place
A Houstonian since 1978, Penny is a real estate agent and staff writer for Martha Turner Properties in Houston and the writer and editor of Properties magazine. She writes for a number of other publications including the Houston Chronicle, Houston House & Home magazine, and Houston History magazine. Penny’s close ties to the real estate industry give her valuable perspective into Houston’s on-going struggle to reconcile historic preservation with the city’s distinguishing zeal for redevelopment. Penny’s interest in Courtlandt Place grew from her marketing research for a vintage Courtlandt Place house listed for sale by her company. She believes that Courtlandt Place presents an admirable example of the rich appeal and viability of historic structures for 21st-century living.
Price: $35 for members; $40 for non-members/guests
RSVP by email to RUBPW@yahoo.com or by phone to Kristy Gabrielova at 713-397-6765.
MENU
First Course:
-Classic Ceasar Salad
-Leek and Gorgonzola Soup
Second Course:
-Chicken Picatta with rosemary potatoes and haricot vert
-Pan-seared Tilapia in tequila-lime sauce with Spanish rice and mixed veggies
-Stir-fried Tofu over white rice
Third Course:
-Bread Pudding
-Creme Brulee
Cafe Zol
2411 S. Shepherd Dr.
Houston, TX , 77019
Contact Name: Rice University Business and Professional Women Related URL: RUBPW website
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11/15/2009
RSVP Required
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Houston: Homecoming & Reunion Weekend
Save the date!
Rice Campus
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX
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11/14/2009
RSVP Required
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Houston: Homecoming & Reunion Weekend
Save the date!
Rice Campus
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX
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11/13/2009
RSVP Required
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Houston: Homecoming & Reunion Weekend
Save the date!
Rice Campus
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX
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11/13/2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Homecoming Gathering for Grad-Degree Alumni and Grad Students
You are invited to come back to campus! Visit with old friends and make new ones at our annual homecoming social at Valhalla. Enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks, and great company for only $5 per person!
Valhalla
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, November 9!
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11/13/2009
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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11/12/2009
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: New Alumni Welcome Party and Beer Tasting
Help us welcome our newest flock of graduates at a beer tasting with Brock Wagner ’87, owner of St. Arnold’s Brewery.
Farnsworth Pavilion
Ley Student Center
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Tuesday, November 10!
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11/7/2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Rice vs. SMU Football Pregame Fiesta
Join Rice fans for a Football Pregame Fiesta on the SMU campus. Then cheer on the Owls as they take on the Mustangs!
Visit the online registration page for complete event and registration information.
Game tickets in the Rice section are $24 and are available by calling the Rice Athletics ticket office at 713-522-OWLS by Friday, October 30.
Southern Methodist University
Look for the Rice Tent
Main campus quadrangle in front of Dallas Hall
Dallas, TX , 75205
Contact Name: LaCresha Lamb Related URL: Register online by Monday, November 2!
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11/6/2009
6:00 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
It’s November happy hour time! Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween. Come out and share your tales of costume malfunctions and crafting.We’ll be back at Gestalt enjoying their great selection of brews and getting to know and re-getting to know alums of all kinds.Hope to see you there!
Gestalt Haus
3159 16th St
San Francisco, CA
Related URL: RSVP via Facebook
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11/4/2009
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Colorado: Faculty Lecture with Dennis Huston
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Lecture
Drawing from films as different as My Fair Lady, Romeo and Juliet, The Third Man, Dirty Dancing, Hamlet, Witness, The Graduate, and Crimson Tide, Professor Huston will talk about the way directors use the many elements of film to convey meaning. He will show clips from movies and talk about the way costumes, makeup, camera angles, blocking, focus, set, cutting, lighting, and color suggest thematic meaning, often at a subconscious level, to an audience watching these films.
Visit the online registration page for more information.
Warwick Denver Hotel
1776 Grant Street
Denver, CO , 80203
Contact Name: Dawn Adkins ’99 Related URL: Register online by Monday, November 2!
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10/29/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
Join Rice alumni and friends for a fun evening at The Highball! Rice alumni Tim ’92 and Karrie ’92 League have put together a great new venue--a diner, bowling alley, karaoke lounge, bar, ballroom, and more all rolled into one.
RSVP to Cheng Leong ’95 at leongc@alumni.rice.edu.
The Highball
1142 S. Lamar Blvd.
next to Alamo Drafthouse
Austin, TX , 78704
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: The Highball website
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10/28/2009
8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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San Diego: Rice Comedy Night
Join fellow Owls to see Rice alumnus Erik Mazza ’03 perform as part of an all-star comedy lineup at the Mad House Comedy Club. Erik, who performs stand-up comedy under the stage name Christian Spicer, has previously opened shows for Dat Phan and Dustin Diamond. Now he joins some of the best and brightest comics from Hollywood and beyond including Adam Sank, Joe Charles, and Mal Hall.
Tickets to this 21-and-over show are FREE for Rice alumni and guests. If you would like to attend, please email Bill Allen ’69 at allenbe@cox.net by Monday, October 26.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
Mad House Comedy Club
10066 Pacific Heights Blvd. #106
San Diego, CA , 92121
Contact Name: Bill Allen ’69 Related URL: Mad House Comedy Club website
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10/27/2009
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Los Angeles: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA , 90036
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Friday, October 23!
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10/27/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Colorado: Pub Night
Join Rice alumni and friends for our next Pub Night in Boulder!
RSVP to Safford Black ’02 at safford@alumni.rice.edu or 720-841-1431, so that we know how many people to expect!
West End Tavern
926 Pearl Street
Boulder, CO
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: West End Tavern website
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10/21/2009
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni Career Management Series
"The DNA of an Executive"
featuring
Jenna Fisher ’95
Russell Reynolds Associates
Learn how to work your way up to the CEO suite from Jenna Fisher ’95, a member of the Financial Officers Practice of Russell Reynolds Associates, an executive search firm. Jenna has conducted numerous assignments for CFOs, treasurers, controllers, internal audit executives, division CFOs, and others for both large and middle-market companies. There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is required.
Co-hosted by the Association of Rice Alumni and the Jones Graduate School of Business
Shell Auditorium, McNair Hall
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Shaheen Ladhani ’97 Related URL: Register Online!
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10/21/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: RUBPW Meeting
Rice Sociology Professor, Stephen Klineberg
“The Changing Face of Houston: Tracking the Economic and Demographic Transformations Through 28 Years of Houston Surveys”
COST: $35.00 for members; $40.00 for non-members
MENU:
ENGLISH HERB CHICKEN: marinated in basil, rosemary and garlic.
CHICKEN LABRADOR: stuffed with cream cheese and Canadian bacon and topped with a red wine mushroom sauce.
PRIME RIB OF BEEF: with sautéed mushrooms, grilled onions and horseradish sauce.
GRILLED SALMON: brushed with olive oil, Dijon mustard and rosemary.
LEMON PEPPER COD: grilled with lemon-pepper spices.
PORK CHOPS: two pork chops marinated in olive oil and garlic, grilled and smothered in onions and tomatoes, served with a potato pancake topped with apple Sauce and sour cream.
CREPES ELSIE: stuffed with tender chunks of chicken and broccoli in a cream sauce.
Black Labrador Pub
4100 Montrose Blvd.
Houston, TX , 77006
Contact Name: Rice University Business and Professional Women Related URL: Rice University Business and Professional Women website
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10/17/2009
2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Rice at the Opera
Join Bay Area alumni, parents, and friends for an afternoon at the San Francisco Opera to see alumna Anna Christy ’98 perform the principal role of Blonde in Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio. This lighthearted adventure comedy follows a Spanish nobleman’s quest to rescue his beloved after she is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in the Ottoman Empire. We will gather nearby after the opera to mix and mingle with attendees and to visit with Anna Christy and Robert Yekovich, dean of Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.
We have a limited number of discount tickets in the dress circle for $85 each (regularly $120). These tickets can be reserved throughthe Rice alumni office until September 17 and are available first-come, first-served. Register online or call 800-742-3258.
War Memorial Opera House
301 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA , 94102
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Purchase tickets online until September 17!
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10/14/2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington, D.C.: Rice Solar Decathlon Celebration
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Program featuring the Solar Decathlon student team
HONORARY HOSTS:
The Hon. Pete Olson ’85
U.S. House Representative, 22nd District of Texas
Sallie Ann Keller
William and Stephanie Sick Dean and Professor of Statistics, George R. Brown School of Engineering
John Casbarian ’69
Dean and Professor, Rice School of Architecture
Join our honorary hosts, fellow Owls, and friends for a reception featuring Rice’s team of student architects and engineers competing in the 2009 Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
For more information, visit the online registration page for this event.
Rayburn House Office Building
Gold Room
Independence Avenue at First Street
Washington, DC , 20003
Contact Name: Dawn Adkins ’99 Related URL: Register online by Friday, October 9!
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10/13/2009
11:20 AM - 1:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Luncheon Series
The Association of Rice Alumni, Rice Alumni DFW president Don Glendenning ’76,and speaker series chair Gloria Meckel Tarpley ’81 invite you to join us for this lecture featuring one of Rice’s rising stars, Michael Lindsay. Mix and mingle with fellow Owls while learning more about the evangelical movement’s influence across America.
“Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite"
Featuring:
Michael Lindsay
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life
Rice University
11:30 a.m. Registration and networking
11:45 a.m. Luncheon and program
The cost is $25 per person ($15 for recent alumni and current grad students) and includes lunch. RSVP by Friday October 9. Register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Hilton Dallas Park Cities
5954 Luther Lane
Dallas, TX , 75225
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Friday, October 9!
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10/12/2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Hong Kong: Reception with Prof. Richard J. Smith
Mr. Henry Y.W. Tsang ’80
and the Association of Rice Alumni
invite you to meet
Richard J. Smith
George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities,
Professor of History, and
Director of Asian and Global Outreach for the Rice University Center for Education
at a reception for the Rice University community in Hong Kong
Monday, October 12, 2009
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
Attire: Smart Casual
Register online no later than Wednesday, October 7. There is no charge for the event, but a reply is requested for those attending. The China Club
Old Bank of China Building
Bank St., Central
Hong Kong
Contact Name: Ann Peterson Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, October 7.
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10/10/2009
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: Richard III Play and Lecture with Dennis Huston
1:00 p.m. – Reception and Lecture at Riva on Navy Pier
2:30 p.m. – Richard III at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier
Join fellow alumni, parents, and friends for an enlightening afternoon on Navy Pier with Rice professor Dennis Huston who will speak about Shakespeare’s Richard III. Afterwards guests have the opportunity to watch the play at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (800 E. Grand Avenue).
Riva Navy Pier
700 E. Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL , 60611
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by noon on Thursday, October 8!
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10/10/2009
12:00 PM - 2:15 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: REA Football Tailgate
Join fellow alumni for the REA’s first football tailgate! Visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
"Tailgate Owley"
Rice Stadium northeast gate
Entrance 17 off of Rice Blvd. and Shepherd Dr.
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Tuesday, October 6!
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10/9/2009
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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10/8/2009
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: GSA 40th Anniversary Celebration
Come reconnect with graduate-degree alumni, meet current graduate-degree students, celebrate GSA past achievements and rich history, and see what the GSA has in store for the future! Help us build up the Rice graduate community as an important part of Rice University. Enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages and hear remarks by President David W. Leebron, Dean of Graduate Students Paula Sanders, and Current GSA President Kristjan Stone.
Grand Hall
Rice Memorial Center
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Allison Contreras Related URL: Register online by Friday, October 2!
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10/8/2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Book Reading with David Eagleman ’93
Hosted by Houston 2.0 Alumni.
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:30 p.m. Reading and book signing
Join Houston 2.0 alumni and guests for an evening with author and Rice alumnus David Eagleman ’93 as he reads from his provocative new book, Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives, exploring the meaning of life and death. Eagleman, a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, studies time perception, synesthesia, and the impact of neuroscience on the legal system. Sum is his first published work of fiction, and it has received international acclaim.
Huff House (formerly O’Connor House)
Entrance 1 or 2 off of Main St.
Rice Campus
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Ann Peterson ’86 Related URL: Register online by Monday, October 5
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10/2/2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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San Francisco: Happy Hour
It’s the first Friday of the month and time for our monthly alumni happy hour. Since it’s October, it seems only fitting that we should celebrate the traditional Bavarian festival of Oktoberfest! Since we can’t all go to Munich, let’s drink some Spaten and eat some Tofurkey Bratts at Gestalt!
Gestalt Haus
3159 16th Street
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Nicole Velasquez ’06
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9/30/2009
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
767 Clifton Rd, NE
Atlanta, GA , 30307
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Tuesday, September 29!
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9/24/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
Join Manuel Escobar ’01, friend, alumnus, happy hour regular, and attorney for McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., on the patio of his law office on the 26th floor of One American Center. Park in the parking garage on 7th street between Colorado and Congress, and bring your parking ticket with you so that we can validate it.
RSVP to Cheng Leong ’95 at leongc@alumni.rice.edu.
Big thank to Manuel Escobar ’01 for providing the drinks, appetizers, parking, patio, and entertainment!
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore
One American Center (the three-step building on 6th and Congress)
600 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore website
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9/22/2009
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club
6:30 p.m. Socializing
7:00 p.m. Discussion
Join us as we discuss Yukio Mishima’s classic work The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea. Email Ali Ongun ’04 for more information, and sign up for the book club listserv.
The Corkscrew
1919 Washington Avenue
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Ali Ongun ’04 Related URL: Book Club Listserv
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9/22/2009
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Denver: Happy Hour
Join fellow Owls for our monthly happy hour! To receive invitations to these regular happy hours, please sign up for the Rice Alumni Colorado listserv. To RSVP or for more information, contact Safford Black ’02 at 720-841-1431 or safford@alumni.rice.edu.
Mynt Lounge
1424 Market Street
Denver, CO , 80202
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02
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9/17/2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington, D.C.: Night of Tex-Mex Cooking and Camaraderie
Join Rice alumni and friends for an evening of gourmet food and great company! CulinAerie, a new state-of-the-art cooking school, will host a cooking class especially for the Rice community taught by owner Susan Holt, wife of Jim Holt ’75, teaching us how to make special Tex-Mex cuisine (duck confit tacos, polenta gratin, black bean and queso fresco quesadillas, pico de gallo, guacamole, and caramelized pecan cheesecake bites).
Cost of $25 includes wine, beer, and soda. Register online by Monday, September 14. For questions call CulinAerie at 202-587-5674.
Metro: CulinAerie is conveniently located 2 blocks from the McPherson Square station on the Blue Line and 4 blocks from either Metro Center or Farragut North.
Special thanks to CulinAerie and Susan and Jim Holt for generously underwriting this event.
CulinAerie
1131 14th Street NW
Washington, DC
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, September 14!
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9/17/2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice Alliance Entrepreneur’s Workshop
Thursdays, September 17 - November 12, 2009
4:00-6:00 pm.
The Austin Chapter of the Rice Alliance, Austin Technology Incubator, and the Central Texas Angel Network are pleased to announce a nine-week Entrepreneur’s Workshop that will cover the basics of starting and growing a successful business.
The workshop is designed for anyone interested in starting a new venture or currently working to expand their existing start-up. Each session will be taught by experts in their respective fields, including entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, private investors, CEOs, and legal, accounting, and marketing executives.
At the end of the program participants will have the opportunity to make a quick pitch of their business plan to an audience of potential investors, partners, and mentors. The presenter whose pitch scores highest will be invited to make a five minute presentation to the Central Texas Angel Network.
Registration is $100 and is limited to 30 participants. For more information and to register online, visit the Austin Rice Alliance website.
West Pickle Research Building
(formerly the MCC Building)
3925 West Braker Lane
Austin, TX , 78759
Contact Name: Rice Alliance - Austin Chapter Related URL: Space is limited to 30 participants, so register online today!
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9/15/2009
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: RUBPW September 2009 Program
Join the Rice University Business and Professional Women for a special networking session followed by a three course dinner.
For complete details, and registration information, visit the RUBPW website.
$35 for RUBPW members
$40 for non-members
RSVP by noon on Saturday, September 12, by email to RUBPW@yahoo.com or by phone to Kristy Gabrielova at 713-397-6765.
Shade
250 W. 19th St. (near Yale)
Houston, TX , 77008
Contact Name: Rice University Business and Professional Women Related URL: RUBPW website
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9/10/2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Happy Hour
Stop by 13 Celsius and join us for our monthly networking happy hour. Meet your fellow young alumni and friends, and take this opportunity to meet members of the Rice Business Network.
13 Celsius
3000 Caroline St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Stephanie Swingle ’07 Related URL: 13 Celsius website
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9/9/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Business Network - Annual Networking Event
"30 Seconds of Fame.... Mastering Your Elevator Speech!"
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Program
Catered by Shade in the Heights
We’ve all been to myriad networking events where we stand around, maybe meet some people who are maybe useful to know, and leave feeling like maybe something has been accomplished. This event is NOT one of those!
We will put networking concepts into practice with coaches on hand to offer feedback. Each attendee will be randomly assigned to a table, where he/she will be given 30 seconds to deliver an elevator pitch. After every attendee has presented, time will be allocated for group follow-ups, then participants will change tables and start over again. Each table will feature a coach taking notes on elevator pitch delivery and follow-up networking. At the end of the night, attendees will receive feedback from both the coaches and the other attendees at their tables. Come hone your networking skills with fellow alumni!
If you are interested in being a member of the host committee or one of the coaches, please contact Philip Schwarz ’91 at 281-543-4325.
$35 per person online
$40 at the door
Gallery M Squared
339 West 19th Street
Houston, TX , 77008
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: Register online by Tuesday, September 8
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9/9/2009
6:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
6:00 p.m. Eat and Socialize
6:30 p.m. Meeting
Do you like planning events and reconnecting with other Rice young alums? The Houston Young Alumni Committee invites you to help plan another exciting year of programs and events. Email Chair Kate Hallaway ’04 and Co-Chair Melissa Kidonakis ’07 at rice.hyac@gmail.com to RSVP or for more information.
Huff House (formerly O’Connor House)
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Hallaway ’04 and Melissa Kidonakis ’07
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8/29/2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Minneapolis/St. Paul: Rice Summer Cookout
Join alumni, families, and friends for a cookout to celebrate the end of summer! Children are welcome, so bring the whole family.
We’ll provide burgers, brats, and veggie burgers. Please bring a salad, side dish, or dessert to share.
For questions, contact volunteer hosts Phil Miller ’91 at pjmiller@umn.edu or Terri Shefelbine ’95 at terrias@usgo.net.
Home of Phil ’91 & Michele Kaminski ’93 Miller
7219 Lanham Ln
Edina, MN , 55439
Contact Name: Phil Miller ’91 Related URL: Register online for this free event by Wednesday, August 26!
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8/27/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Halcyon has always been great hosts for us, with yummy s’mores, paninis, coffees, smoothies, and drinks from which to choose.
Halcyon
218 W. 4th St (at Lavaca, NE corner)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Austin Yahoo! Group
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8/26/2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Los Angeles: Happy Hour
Relax with fellow Owls and friends and enjoy the beautiful sunset over Venice Beach.
RSVPs are appreciated. Contact your hosts Yasmin Fisher ’04 at yasminfisher@gmail.com or Carol Der Garry ’83 at cdergarry@sbcglobal.net by Monday, August 24.
Whaler
10 Washington Blvd.
(at Venice Boardwalk)
Marina Del Ray, CA , 90292
Contact Name: Yasmin Fisher ’04 Related URL: Whaler website
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8/25/2009
6:30 PM
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Colorado: Colorado Pub Night
Join fellow Owls for our monthly pub night! To receive invitations to these regular happy hours, sign up for the Colorado Rice Alumni email listserv or join the local Colorado Owls Pub Night group on Facebook.
For more information and to rsvp, contact Safford Black below.
Scotch Corner Pub
1800 Broadway
Boulder, CO
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: Scotch Corner Pub
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8/15/2009
7:10 PM
RSVP Required
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Seattle: Game Tickets Sold Out! Rice Night at the Ballpark
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to watch the Seattle Mariners take on the New York Yankees! Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
PLEASE NOTE: Game tickets are no longer available through the Rice alumni office.
Safeco Field
1250 First Avenue South
Seattle, WA
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Game Tickets Sold Out!
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8/12/2009
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Come at 6 p.m. to eat and socialize.
Do you like planning events and reconnecting with other Rice young alums? The Houston Young Alumni Committee invites you to help plan another exciting year of programs and events. Email Chair Kate Hallaway ’04 and Vice-Chair Melissa Kidonakis ’07 at rice.hyac@gmail.com to RSVP or for more information.
O’Connor House
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Hallaway ’04 Related URL: Houston Young Alumni web page
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8/11/2009
7:15 PM
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Austin: Monthly Book Club Meeting
Join fellow Austin-area alumni at the monthly book club meeting on August 11! This month’s discussion features Kim by Rudyard Kipling.
For more information, visit the book club’s facebook group page or yahoo group page.
Fino
2905 San Gabriel Street
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Marty Beard-Duncan ’98 Related URL: Fino
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8/9/2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Colorado: Cookout & Student Send-off Party
Join alumni and continuing students to meet and greet new students and their parents at our annual student send-off party.
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
1133 Timber Lane
Boulder, CO
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register online by Tuesday, August 4!
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8/8/2009
6:45 PM - 11:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Shakespeare Festival
Co-sponsored by Houston Alumni 2.0 and Houston Young Alumni
6:45 p.m.: Pre-party
8:30 p.m.: "Twelfth Night"
Enjoy another classic from The Bard while mingling with Rice friends. Meet at 6:45 p.m. for drinks and food in the shady grove behind the stage, outside the theater box office. FREE reserved seating provided under the theater shell. Seats must be claimed by 8:15 p.m.
Miller Outdoor Theatre
Hermann Park
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Pat Huttenbach ’92 Related URL: Register online by Friday, August 7!
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8/7/2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join us for our monthly happy hour!
Jade Bar
650 Gough St. at McAllister
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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8/2/2009
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: Architectural Walking Tour and Student Send-off Party
2:00 p.m. Architectural Walking Tour
4:30 p.m. Dessert Party at The Gage
Come learn about downtown Chicago’s architectural landmarks, and help us welcome the Class of 2013 into the Rice community! Meet alumni, students, families, and friends at the Chicago Architecture Foundation for an architectural walking tour, then gather afterward at The Gage (24 S. Michigan Ave. near Millennium Park) for dessert and socializing.
Cost includes tour and dessert:
$25 Rice Alumni and Friends
$20 New & Continuing Students and their Families
Chicago Architecture Foundation Shop and Tour Center
224 S. Michigan Ave.
(across from the Art Institute)
Chicago, IL , 60604
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Thursday, July 30!
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8/2/2009
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: 19th Annual Alumni Barbecue & Student Send-off Picnic
Join alumni and friends for a casual summer barbecue as we help welcome the Class of 2013, hosted by Kay ’86 and Doug ’84 Williams!
$4 per person
$2 for vegetarians and children under 12
We’ll provide barbecue and drinks. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Contact Kay ’86 and Doug ’84 Williams by email or at 404-636-1176 to let them know what you plan to bring.
To RSVP, send a check by Monday, July 27, made payable to:
Kay Williams
1521 Montevallo Circle
Decatur, GA 30033
Directions to Murphey Candler Park: From I-285, take exit #29. Go south 0.8 miles on Ashford Dunwoody Rd. Turn left at the traffic light on W. Nancy Creek Dr. and travel about 0.3 miles to the park. We’ll be on the west side of the lake--park by the pool and look for the Rice banner.
Murphey Candler Park
1526 W. Nancy Creek Dr. NE
Atlanta, GA , 30319
Contact Name: Kay ’86 and Doug ’84 Williams Related URL: Murphey Candler Park
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7/30/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join fellow owls and friends for our monthly happy hour at Uncorked Tasting Room and Wine Bar. Relax with a refreshing drink while enjoying the view overlooking downtown!
Uncorked Tasting Room and Wine Bar
900 East 7th Street
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Uncorked Tasting Room and Wine Bar
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7/28/2009
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club
6:30 PM Socializing
7:00 PM Discussion
Join us as we discuss the Rice Common Reading Program selection The House on Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood by Helene Cooper. Email Kate Hallaway ’04 for more information, and sign up for the book club listserv.
The Corkscrew
1919 Washington Ave.
Houston, TX , 77007
Contact Name: Kate Hallaway ’04 Related URL: The Corkscrew Website
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7/23/2009
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Forth Worth: Joint Rice/Northwestern Reception and Lecture
For more information and to RSVP online, visit the online registration page.
Rosewood Crescent Hotel
400 Crescent Court
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Register online by Friday, July 17!
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7/21/2009
6:45 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Energy Lecture
"Business Strategies for Global Energy Companies"
William B. Lee
Retired Professor of the Practice of Management,
Director of Energy Programs, and
Associate Dean for Executive Education, Jones School of Management
6:45 pm Registration and networking
7:00 pm Lecture and Q&A
8:30 pm Reception
This event is open to the entire community. Although there is no cost to attend, we ask that you register online by Friday, July 17.
McMurtry Auditorium
Martell Hall
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Friday, July 17!
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7/21/2009
6:30 PM
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Colorado: Colorado Pub Night
Join fellow Owls for our monthly pub night! To receive invitations to these regular happy hours, sign up for the Colorado Rice Alumni email listserv or join the local Colorado Owls Pub Night group on Facebook.
For more information and to rsvp, contact Safford Black below.
Casa Bonita
6715 W Colfax Ave
Lakewood, CO
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: Casa Bonita
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7/21/2009
6:30 PM
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Houston: 2.0 Alumni Steering Meeting
Get to know other 2.0’ers, share ideas for future programming, and learn how to get involved. All are welcome, so join us!
Houston Alumni 2.0 is designed to meet the interests of alumni 10-30 years post-graduation (although all are welcome at events).
The Tasting Room Wine Café at Uptown Park
1101-18 Uptown Park Blvd.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Philip Schwarz ’91 Related URL: Map and Directions to The Tasting Room Wine Café at Uptown Park
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7/18/2009
4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Kansas City: Rice Night at the Ballpark
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to watch the Kansas City Royals take on the Tampa Bay Rays! Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
There are still tickets available! Please purchase your tickets by Friday, July 10 to allow time for mailing.
Kauffman Stadium
1 Royal Way
Kansas City, MO
Contact Name: Sam Scott ’01 Related URL: Buy tickets online by Friday, July 10!
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7/14/2009
6:45 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Event Sold Out! Terra Cotta Warriors Exhibit with Houston Young Alumni
6:45 PM - Guided tour - Houston Museum of Natural Science
8:15 PM - Group gathering - Ernie’s on Banks (1010 Banks Street)
Join Rice alumna Jenny Rozelle ’00 as she gives a guided tour of the exhibit Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor. Spend an evening learning more about one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century and mix and mingle with fellow Owls afterwards at Ernie’s on Banks.
Note new price!: A limited number of discounted tickets are available at $10 (regularly $28) per person.
Houston Museum of Natural Science
One Hermann Circle Drive
Houston, TX , 77030
Contact Name: Kate Hallaway ’04 Related URL: Houston Museum of Natural Science - Terra Cotta Exhibit Information
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7/14/2009
5:00 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Career Networking and Resumania Presentation
Hosted by the Association of Rice Alumni and Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business
5:00 p.m. Resumania - one-on-one resume review with Jones School counselors
6:30 p.m. Reception and networking
7:00 p.m. Presentation
For more information and to RSVP online, visit the online registration page.
Barclays Capital
745 7th Avenue
26th Floor, Room 26B
New York, NY
Contact Name: Shaheen Ladhani ’97 Related URL: RSVP online by Monday, July 13!
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7/3/2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Monthly Happy Hour
A reminder that this Friday is another first-Friday happy hour. We’ll be at the same location as last month! We hope you can come celebrate the holiday weekend with us.
Jade Bar
650 Gough St. at McAllister
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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7/1/2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Hotter Than Hell Happy Hour
Kick off your holiday weekend with some cool drinks and summer fun at our Hotter Than Hell Happy Hour! Catch up with old friends and make news ones, and enjoy appetizers and drink specials to help you escape the Houston heat. Contact volunteer host Stephanie Swingle ’07 to RSVP and for more information.
Vintage Lounge
2108 Kipling Street
Houston, TX , 77098
Contact Name: Stephanie Swingle ’07 Related URL: Map and Directions to Vintage Lounge
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6/25/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join fellow owls and friends for our monthly happy hour at Little Woodrow’s On the Drag. Mix and mingle while beating the heat with cool drink specials!
Little Woodrow’s On the Drag
2610 Guadalupe Street
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Little Woodrow’s On the Drag
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6/25/2009
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Summer School Reunion
You are cordially invited to celebrate the
45th anniversary of the
Rice Summer School program
Please join us to celebrate the Summer School with the people who made it successful--the student and mentor teachers who have taught in the program.
The evening will include dinner, speakers, and maybe even a game. Dress will be teacher-casual (we will have a T-shirt to give you). Come prepared to share some memories and some fun! Grand Hall
Rice Memorial Center
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Olga Trejo - Education Certification Office Related URL: Register online by Monday, June 22!
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6/24/2009
6:30 PM
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Colorado: Colorado Pub Night
Join fellow Owls for our monthly pub night! To receive invitations to these regular happy hours, sign up for the Colorado Rice Alumni email listserv or join the local Colorado Owls Pub Night group on Facebook.
For more information and to rsvp, contact Safford Black below.
Conor O’Neill’s
1922 13th Street
Boulder, CO
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: Conor O’Neill’s
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6/18/2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Washington, D.C.: Happy Hour
Join fellow D.C. owls for an upcoming happy hour on the rooftop of the Highland Park Building located 150 feet from the east exit of the Columbia Heights Metro!
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
A special thanks goes to Matt Haynie ’03, Laura Kelley ’08, and Becca Schendel Norris ’04 for coordinating!
Highland Park Building (Rooftop)
1400 Irving St., NW
Washington, DC
Contact Name: Laura Kelley ’08 Related URL: Register online by Monday, June 15!
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6/7/2009
6:00 PM
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Houston: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Game 1: Friday, June 5 @ 6:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 2: Saturday, June 6 @ 4:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, June 7 @ 6:00PM (ESPN2)
Drink/food specials:
Friday: Happy Hour 4-7 - $2.25 pints, $1.00 off mixed drinks and wine
Saturday: 11-6 - $2.25 pints and $.35 wings
Sunday: Happy Hour prices all day - $2.25 pints, $1.00 off mixed drinks and wine and $.35 wings
Two Rows in the Rice Village
2400 University Blvd #200
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Phil Schwarz ’91 Related URL: Two Rows Map and Directions
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6/7/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Game 1: Friday, June 5 @ 6:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 2: Saturday, June 6 @ 4:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, June 7 @ 6:00PM (ESPN2)
Third Base Sports Bar
1717 West 6th Street (Hartland Plaza east of MoPac)
Building 2, Suite 210R
Austin, TX , 78703
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Directions to Third Base
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6/7/2009
6:00 PM
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Rice Campus: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
The GSA and Valhalla invite all Rice baseball fans to come watch the Owls take on theLSU Tigers in Super Regional competition this weekend. The tournamentis in Baton Rouge, but ESPN is covering all our games!
Game 1: Friday, June 5 @ 6:00 PM
Game 2: Saturday, June 6 @ 4:00 PM (Valhalla opens at 3:00)
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, June 7 @ 6:00PM (Valhalla opens at 5:00)
WHAT:
3 screens of exciting baseball, plus free food and special beerson tap!
Friday’s special is cheap Abita beer from Louisiana in honor of beating LSU.
Free hot dogs and hamburgers Saturday (grills will be out all weekend ifyou want to bring your own!)
GO OWLS!
Valhalla
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Eileen Meyer
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6/7/2009
4:00 PM
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Portland: Super Regional Baseball Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 game battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Also join us for Game 2 on Saturday at 2 p.m.!
Happy hour served all day.
Cooper Mountain Grill
18855 SW Tualatin Valley Highway
Beaverton, OR , 97006
Contact Name: Karen King ’83
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6/6/2009
5:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends at Taco Mac to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 game battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Kids are welcome at this family establishment!
Please contact Jack Terry ’84 if you plan to attend.
jmterry@riceowls.com
770-452-1103.
Taco Mac
1211 Ashford Crossing
Atlanta, GA , 30346
Contact Name: Jack Terry ’84 Related URL: Directions to Taco Mac
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6/6/2009
4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Oklahoma: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Please contact Matt Kane ’96 (mhkane@alumni.rice.edu, 405-503-9071) or Laura McElfresh ’95 (lauramac@alumni.rice.edu, 404-931-6895) if you plan to attend.
Fox & Hound
7001 South Garnett Road
Broken Arrow, OK , 74012
Contact Name: Laura McElfresh ’95 Related URL: Fox and Hound website
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6/6/2009
4:00 PM
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Houston: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Game 1: Friday, June 5 @ 6:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 2: Saturday, June 6 @ 4:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, June 7 @ 6:00PM (ESPN2)
Drink/food specials:
Friday: Happy Hour 4-7 - $2.25 pints, $1.00 off mixed drinks and wine
Saturday: 11-6 - $2.25 pints and $.35 wings
Sunday: Happy Hour prices all day - $2.25 pints, $1.00 off mixed drinks and wine and $.35 wings
Two Rows in the Rice Village
2400 University Blvd #200
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Phil Schwarz ’91 Related URL: Two Rows Map and Directions
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6/6/2009
4:00 PM
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Austin: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Game 1: Friday, June 5 @ 6:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 2: Saturday, June 6 @ 4:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, June 7 @ 6:00PM (ESPN2)
Third Base Sports Bar
1717 West 6th Street (Hartland Plaza east of MoPac)
Building 2, Suite 210R
Austin, TX , 78703
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Directions to Third Base
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6/6/2009
4:00 PM
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Rice Campus: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
The GSA and Valhalla invite all Rice baseball fans to come watch the Owls take on theLSU Tigers in Super Regional competition this weekend. The tournamentis in Baton Rouge, but ESPN is covering all our games!
Game 1: Friday, June 5 @ 6:00 PM
Game 2: Saturday, June 6 @ 4:00 PM (Valhalla opens at 3:00)
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, June 7 @ 6:00PM (Valhalla opens at 5:00)
WHAT:
3 screens of exciting baseball, plus free food and special beerson tap!
Friday’s special is cheap Abita beer from Louisiana in honor of beating LSU.
Free hot dogs and hamburgers Saturday (grills will be out all weekend ifyou want to bring your own!)
GO OWLS!
Valhalla
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Eileen Meyer
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6/6/2009
2:00 PM
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Portland: Super Regional Baseball Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 game battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Also join us for Game 3 (if necessary) on Sunday at 4 p.m.!
Happy hour served all day.
Cooper Mountain Grill
18855 SW Tualatin Valley Highway
Beaverton, OR , 97006
Contact Name: Karen King ’83
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6/6/2009
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Baton Rouge: Rice Pregame Party at LSU
Rice Athletics cordially invites
Rice alumni, fans, and friends for
Crawfish and Tiger Stew*
(*a.k.a., Jambalaya)
Saturday, June 6, 2009
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge
$20 for adults; $10 for kids 10 and under
Price includes pregame party only; game tickets in the Rice section are sold out.
Join Rice fans and friends for some pregame fun as Rice prepares for game #2 in Super Regional action.
Online registration is closed, but walk-ups are welcome. We’ve got a sweet location right next to the stadium. Come early, avoid traffic hassles, and party with the Owls at the ballpark!
Alex Box Stadium
Baton Rouge, LA
Related URL: Register online
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6/5/2009
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San Francisco: Happy Hour
Time TBA.
Take a break from the work week and join alumni and friends for discount drinks and great company!
Jade Bar
650 Gough Street at Mcallister
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Nicole Velasquez ’06 Related URL: Jade Bar website
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6/5/2009
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Oklahoma: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Please contact Matt Kane ’96 (mhkane@alumni.rice.edu, 405-503-9071) or Laura McElfresh ’95 (lauramac@alumni.rice.edu, 404-931-6895) if you plan to attend.
Buffalo Wild Wings
1333 N. Santa Fe Suite 106
Edmond, OK , 73003
Contact Name: Matt Kane ’96 Related URL: Map and Directions
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6/5/2009
6:00 PM
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Houston: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Game 1: Friday, June 5 @ 6:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 2: Saturday, June 6 @ 4:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, June 7 @ 6:00PM (ESPN2)
Drink/food specials:
Friday: Happy Hour 4-7 - $2.25 pints, $1.00 off mixed drinks and wine
Saturday: 11-6 - $2.25 pints and $.35 wings
Sunday: Happy Hour prices all day - $2.25 pints, $1.00 off mixed drinks and wine and $.35 wings
Two Rows in the Rice Village
2400 University Blvd #200
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Phil Schwarz ’91 Related URL: Two Rows Map and Directions
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6/5/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Game 1: Friday, June 5 @ 6:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 2: Saturday, June 6 @ 4:00 PM (ESPN)
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, June 7 @ 6:00PM (ESPN2)
Third Base Sports Bar
1717 West 6th Street (Hartland Plaza east of MoPac)
Building 2, Suite 210R
Austin, TX , 78703
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Directions to Third Base
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6/5/2009
6:00 PM
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Rice Campus: Super Regional Baseball Party
The GSA and Valhalla invite all Rice baseball fans to come watch the Owls take on the LSU Tigers in Super Regional competition this weekend. The tournament is in Baton Rouge, but ESPN is covering all our games!
Game 1: Friday, June 5 @ 6:00 PM
Game 2: Saturday, June 6 @ 4:00 PM (Valhalla opens at 3:00)
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, June 7 @ 6:00PM (Valhalla opens at 5:00)
WHAT:
3 screens of exciting baseball, plus free food and special beers on tap!
Friday’s special is Abita beer from Louisiana in honor of beating LSU.
Free hot dogs and hamburgers Saturday (grills will be out all weekend ifyou want to bring your own!)
GO OWLS!
Valhalla
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Eileen Meyer
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6/5/2009
6:00 PM
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Dallas: Super Regional Game-Watching Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to support the Rice baseball team as they take on LSU in a 3 game battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha. Remember to wear your Rice gear!
Frankie’s Sports Bar and Grill
3227 McKinney Ave # 102
Dallas, TX , 75204
Contact Name: Kurt Nehrenz ’07 Related URL: Map and Directions to Frankie’s Sports Bar and Grill
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6/3/2009
RSVP Required
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London: Reception with Dean Lyn Ragsdale
Lyn Ragsdale
Dean of Social Sciences
Rice University
"Presidents’ Tough Choices"
6:30 p.m. Reception and networking
7:15 p.m. Remarks
Join alumni and friends in welcoming Rice’s dean of social sciences, Lyn Ragsdale, along with Kevin Foyle, associate vice president for resource development, and Chad Benedict ’01, director of alumni programs and services.
Although there is no cost to attend, we kindly request that you RSVP via email below.
Le Meridien Piccadilly
21 Piccadilly
London, W1J 0BH
Contact Name: LaCresha Lamb Related URL: RSVP via email
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5/30/2009
RSVP Required
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Houston: NCAA Regionals Baseball Tailgate
The Rice University R Association invites R Association members, former letter-winners, friends of the baseball program, and their families to a baseball tailgate party before the Rice baseball team plays in the NCAA Regional tournament on Saturday, May 30. Game details have not yet been announced, so visit http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/rice-m-basebl-sched.html for schedule updates, and meet us 2 hours before the first pitch.
Enjoy grass-fed organic burgers generously provided by David Chisholm (former Owl footballer, Sid Rich ’95), other assorted tailgate food, and drinks.
Although there is no cost to attend this event, we ask that you kindly RSVP so we can provide enough food and beverages.
Rice Campus Police Station
Under the Shade Trees
Entrance 8, University Blvd. at Stockton
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Steven Herce ’03 Related URL: Register online by Friday, May 29!
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5/28/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join fellow owls and friends for our monthly happy hour at Phil’s Icehouse. Bring the kids and meet at 6 pm to kick off summer while enjoying refreshments and icecream from Amy’s next door.
Phil’s Icehouse
5620 Burnet Rd.
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Phil’s Icehouse
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5/26/2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club
6:30 p.m. Socializing
7:00 p.m. Discussion
Join alumni and friends for a discussion of Sum: 40 Tales from the Afterlives led by author David Eagleman ’93. The $10 cost for this event includes wine and hors d’oeuvres.
The Corkscrew
1919 Washington Avenue
Houston, TX , 77007
Contact Name: Kate Hallaway ’04 Related URL: Register online by Monday, May 25!
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5/23/2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington, D.C.: Shepherd School at The Kennedy Center
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Terrace Theater
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC , 20566
Contact Name: Stephanie Jones Related URL: RSVP online by Friday, May 15!
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5/20/2009
6:30 PM
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Colorado: Colorado Pub Night
Join fellow Owls for our monthly pub night! To receive invitations to these regular happy hours, sign up for the Colorado Rice Alumni email listserv or join the local Colorado Owls Pub Night group on Facebook.
For more information and to rsvp, contact Safford Black below.
Lodo’s Bar and Grill
1946 Market Street
Denver, CO
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: Lodo’s Bar and Grill
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5/19/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: RUBPW Meeting
Join us for a our final meeting of the year!
Our speaker this month is Antonio Armstrong, a personal trainer, who will talk to us about getting in shape for the summer!
Antonio was born and raised in Houston. After graduating from Kashmere High School, he received an athletic scholarship to Texas A&M University. Antonio majored in economics and was an All-American athlete in football. Because of his stellar career in college, he was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1995 NFL draft. Antonio later played with the Miami Dolphins and ended his career in the Canadian Football League. Following football, Antonio opened up 1st Class Training, where he now trains and oversees the day-to-day operations of its three locations.
Cost: $30
Post Oak Grill Express- Midtown
3017 Milam
Houston, TX , 77006
Contact Name: Kristy Gabrielova - 713-397-6765
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5/18/2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Faculty Lecture - Gale Wiley
Join fellow New York-area alumni and parents for our spring networking mixer and lecture
"Commercializing Health Technologies
in the Developing World:
Global Health Issues and the Rice 360° Initiative"
featuring
Gale Wiley
Professor of Communications
Jones Graduate School of Management
Rice University
6:30 p.m. Reception and networking
7:15 p.m. Lecture
For more information and to RSVP, visit the event registration page.
The Princeton Club of New York
15 West 43rd Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
New York, NY , 10036
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, May 13!
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5/16/2009
RSVP Required
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New York: Day at the Bronx Zoo
This event has been cancelled.
Bronx Zoo
2300 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY , 10460
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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5/14/2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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San Antonio: San Antonio: Faculty Lecture - John Boles ’65
Postponed by Hurricane Ike, Professor Boles will deliver his talk this May! Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Hotel Valencia Riverwalk
150 East Houston Street
San Antonio, TX
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register online by Monday, May 11!
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5/14/2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Monthly Happy Hour
Summer is officially here! Join the Houston Young Alumni Committee and re-connect with old friends and make new ones. Be sure to stop by and cool off with an after-work beverage and delicious bites from Tila’s. RSVP to Sparky Frost ’07 by Wednesday, May 13 if you plan to attend.
Tila’s Restaurante & Bar
1111 S Shepherd Dr
Houston, TX , 77019
Contact Name: Sparky Frost ’07 Related URL: Tila’s Restaurante & Bar
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5/12/2009
7:15 PM
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Austin: Monthly Book Club Meeting
Join fellow Austin-area alumni at the monthly book club meeting on May 12! This month’s discussion features Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges.
For more information, visit the book club’s facebook group page or yahoo group page.
Austin Java Company
1206 Parkway
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Marty Beard-Duncan ’98 Related URL: Austin Java Company
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5/9/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: ARA Laureates Dinner
Save the date!
Omni Hotel
Four Riverway
Houston, TX , 77056
Related URL: ARA Laureates Program
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5/8/2009
7:45 PM - 10:15 PM
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Houston: Convocation for the Class of 2009
The Association of Rice Alumni would like to welcome you and your family to the Rice alumni community. Come celebrate the accomplishments of our graduates at our awards presentation featuring the Outstanding Senior Awards, the service awards, and other accolades. Following the program, enjoy the Presidential Concert, a toast to the Class of 2009 with President David Leebron, and a fireworks display. RSVPs are not necessary. Call the alumni office at 713-348-4270 for additional information.
7:45 p.m. Awards Presentation
8:30 p.m. Presidential Concert
9:45 p.m. Reception for Class of 2009 and Toast with President David Leebron
10:15 p.m. Fireworks
Shepherd School of Music -- Stude Concert Hall in Alice Pratt Brown Hall
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta
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5/8/2009
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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5/1/2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: New Alumni Picnic
Your last final is over! Time to kick back and relax with free food, snow cones, and Class of 2009 T-shirts. Please register online by Thursday, April 30, or call the alumni office at 713-348-4270.
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP by Thursday, April 30!
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4/30/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join fellow owls and friends for our monthly happy hour at The Ginger Man. Meet at 6 pm to enjoy The Ginger Man’s new beer garden located on Lavaca near 4th.
The Ginger Man
301 Lavaca
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: The Ginger Man
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4/30/2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Austin: Rice Alliance Event
Entrepreneur’s Workshop 2009
The Austin Chapter of the Rice Alliance, the Austin Technology Incubator, and the Central Texas Angel Network are pleased to announce an eight-week Entrepreneur’s Workshop that will cover the basics of starting and growing a successful business.
The fee to participate is $100 and includes all sessions and materials. Registration is limited to the first 30 participants!
Session Dates:
April 30 - Entrepreneurhsip basics with CEO panel on lessons learned
May 7 - Finance and accounting issues and business plan construction
May 14 - Market identification and competitive position
May 21 - Building a successful team
May 28 - Legal issues including organization, IP and corporate position
June 4 - Funding sources: VC’s, Angels and Grants
June 11 - Communicating to investors and strategic partners
June 18 - Elevator pitch
MCC Building
3925 West Braker Lane
Austin, TX
Related URL: Visit the Austin Rice Alliance webpage for more details!
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4/29/2009
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Senior Gala with the Senior Committee
Revel in your accomplishments with your friends and classmates! Dress is semi-formal (coat and tie or cocktail dress). Transportation will be provided to and from the Sallyport from 6:45-11:30 p.m., or valet parking is available at the Hotel Derek for the discounted price of $6.
For more information, contact Dylan Guyer ’09, chair of the Senior Committee, at Dylan.R.Guyer@rice.edu or check out our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=87994587118.
Tickets to this event are sold out and will not be available for purchase at the door.
Hotel Derek
2525 West Loop South
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Dylan Guyer ’09 Related URL: For more information, visit the event registration page.
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4/29/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas
2121 McKinney Avenue
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: RSVP online
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4/28/2009
6:30 PM
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Houston: RUBPW Meeting
Join the Rice University Business and Professional Women for our monthly meeting.
UPDATE: Please note that due to a family emergency, our speaker Beth Kobliner will be unable to join us next week.
Chris Del Conte, Athletics Director at Rice will be our April guest speaker. In just two years at the helm, Chris has raised over $72 million dollars for Rice facilities and he has promised to share all about our powerhouse OWLS and his vision for the Rice’s athletic future. You may also know that last spring President David Leebron announced the merging of the intercollegiate programs with the campus recreation and intramural areas to create an all-encompassing department under Del Conte’s leadership, along with plans for a new $41 million Recreation and Wellness Center, which broke ground in late spring and is set for a 2010 opening.
Cost: $28
Menu:
Appetizer: Chicken Mango Roll or Shrimp Avocado Roll
Soup: Glass Noodle Chicken Soup or Egg Drop Soup
Entree: Lemon Grass Chicken, Garlic Beef or Curried Tofu with Vegetables
Desert: Fried banana with butter pecan ice cream
Vietopia
5176 Buffalo Speedway
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Kristy Gabrielova, 713-397-6765
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4/25/2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Awards Picnic
Each year, the REA awards more than $50,000 in scholarship money to Rice engineering students. Come help us congratulate this year’s recipients and share barbecue with other engineering alumni, students, faculty, staff, and families!
The following scholarships and awards are chosen by the REA and will be presented at the picnic:
REA Junior and Senior Merit Awards
$1000 each to one junior and one senior in each of the seven departments of the Brown School offering undergraduate degrees
REA Herbert Allen Outstanding Junior Award
Given to the overall outstanding junior
The following scholarships and awards are from other funding sources and are chosen by the respective engineering departments. These awards will be presented by the REA to the recipients at the picnic:
The Harianna Butler Award
For a deserving married undergraduate
The Alan Chapman Achievement Award
For an outstanding junior mechanical engineering student
The Buckley-Sartwelle Award
For two outstanding junior mechanical engineering students
The Hershel M. Rich Outstanding Invention Award
To honor an outstanding invention by faculty or students
Bob Dickson Prize
For a student whose work benefits society
Franz R. and Frances Brotzen Achievement Award
For a mechanical engineering and materials science student involved with the university
James S. Waters Creativity Award
For an engineering undergraduate with creative independent work
Engineering Quadrangle
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX
Related URL: Rice Engineering Alumni
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4/21/2009
7:30 PM
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New York: Movie Club
If you’re interested in taking part in our newly-formed movie club, sign up for the Rice Alumni New York listserv to receive more details the week before the event.
TBA
New York, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Join the Rice Alumni New York listserv today!
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4/21/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington, D.C.: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP by Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
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4/21/2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice vs. Texas Baseball Pregame Mixer and Tickets
Join alumni, family, and friends two hours before the game for complimentary appetizers and a cash bar at Scholz Garten. Then head over to Disch-Falk Field (Martin Luther King Blvd. and Comal St.) to cheer on the Owls against the Longhorns!
For full event details, directions, and to register online, please visit the online registration page.
Please note: Baseball game tickets in the Rice section are sold out.
Scholz Garten
1607 San Jacinto
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register online by Monday, April 20!
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4/20/2009
6:45 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club at Inprint
Join fellow alumni as we attend Bill Bryson’s reading and interview at the Inprint Reading Series at the Cullen Theater in the Wortham Center. The reading will be followed by a book sale and signing. Email Jenny Rozelle ’00 if you plan on attending and purchase your $5 tickets online through Inprint.
Wortham Center (Cullen Theater)
501 Texas Avenue
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jenny Rozelle ’00 Related URL: Purchase your tickets online through Inprint!
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4/19/2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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South Florida: Rice Spring Brunch
We invite you to join the Association of Rice Alumni at our Rice Spring Brunch on Sunday, April 19, 2009, hosted by Rice trustee Vicki Bretthauer ’79. Don’t miss your chance to mix and mingle with alumni, parents, and friends from South Florida. In addition to meeting fellow Owls, you will also have the opportunity to learn more about the exciting things happening at the university. We hope you will take advantage of your chance to stay connected with the Rice community in South Florida!
Marco Island Yacht Club, Bridge Room
1400 N Collier Blvd.
Marco Island, FL
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP online by Wednesday, April 15!
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4/16/2009
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Washington, D.C.: Happy Hour
Spend a relaxing time with fellow D.C. Owls and enjoy a wide variety of drinks, casual food, and great company. Co-workers and friends are always welcome!
If you plan to attend, email Laura Kelley ’08.
Metro Stop: Ballston - Orange (Turn left at exit, and walk 1 block past IHOP
A special thanks goes to Matt Haynie ’03, Laura Kelley ’08, and Becca Schendel Norris ’04 for coordinating!
Carpool
4000 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA , 22203
Contact Name: Laura Kelley ’08 Related URL: Carpool
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4/15/2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Happy Hour with the Class of 2009
Young alums, come meet the newest class of Rice grads at our happy hour. Seniors, come learn about the many ways recent graduates can stay connected to Rice while enjoying drink specials and complimentary appetizers!
Brian O’Neills
5555 Morningside Drive
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Sparky Frost ’07 Related URL: RSVP by Tuesday, April 14, 2009!
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4/14/2009
7:15 PM
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Austin: Monthly Book Club Meeting
Join fellow Austin-area alumni at the monthly book club meeting on April 14! This month’s discussion features The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin.
For more information, visit the book club’s facebook group page or yahoo group page.
Salvation Pizza
624 W 34th Street
Austin, TX , 78705
Contact Name: Marty Beard-Duncan ’98 Related URL: Salvation Pizza
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4/11/2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Decades Party: 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s
Mix and mingle with friends while reminiscing about your time at Rice. We have celebrations planned for all decades, so we hope you will join us!
Classes from the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s
Hosted by Neal ’52, ’53 and Sarah ’55 Lacey
Alumni are welcome to attend whichever decade party best fits their time at Rice. For a complete list of gatherings, visit http://alumni.rice.edu/dfw.
Home of Neal and Sarah Lacey
5816 Orchid Lane
Dallas, TX , 75230
Contact Name: LaCresha Lamb Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, April 8!
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4/10/2009
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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4/7/2009
7:00 PM
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New York: Happy Hour
Please note that the date of this event has changed due to the Passover holiday!
Join Rice alumni and friends after work for our first happy hour of 2009! Enjoy great company and drink specials reserved just for our group.
Valhalla
815 9th Avenue
(between 53rd & 54th Streets)
New York, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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4/7/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Avenue
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register online by Sunday, April 5
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4/7/2009
6:00 PM
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Houston: Graduate Alumni Committee Meeting
Interested in volunteering? Have ideas you would like to share? Join us at our meeting to help the committee plan programs and events for the spring.
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Julia Smith Wellner PhD ’01
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4/5/2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Decades Party: 1975-’90
Mix and mingle with friends while reminiscing about your time at Rice. We have celebrations planned for all decades, so we hope you will join us!
Classes from 1975-’90
Hosted by Diana Howard ’82 and Steve Pully
Alumni are welcome to attend whichever decade party best fits their time at Rice. For a complete list of gatherings, visit http://alumni.rice.edu/dfw.
Home of Diana Howard and Steve Pully
4564 Meadowood Road
Dallas, TX , 75220
Contact Name: LaCresha Lamb Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, April 1!
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4/4/2009
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Decades Party: 1990-’08
Mix and mingle with friends while reminiscing about your time at Rice. We have celebrations planned for all decades, so we hope you will join us!
Classes from 1990-2008
Hosted by Steven Caufield ’03 et al.
Thomas Avenue Beverage Company (TABC)
Alumni are welcome to attend whichever decade party best fits their time at Rice. For a complete list of gatherings, visit http://alumni.rice.edu/dfw.
Thomas Avenue Beverage Company (TABC)
2901 Thomas Avenue
Dallas, TX , 75204
Contact Name: LaCresha Lamb Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, April 1!
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4/4/2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Baseball Tailgate
Join fellow alumni for our annual baseball tailgate! Visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Reckling Park
Rice University
Entrance 8 off of University Blvd. and Stockton
Houston, TX
Contact Name: LaCresha Lamb Related URL: Sign up online
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4/4/2009
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Houston: Alumni 2.0 Baseball Tailgate with Tulane Alumni
Grab your glove, your Rice gear and your friends and join Alumni 2.0 as we celebrate the mud bug and baseball when the Tulane Green Wave faces the Rice Owls on Saturday, April 4 at Reckling Park.
In an effort to promote international relations, we are joining the Tulane Houston Club for this event to really get the competitive fun going early and lasting all game long. Besides, it never hurts to know the enemy first hand. This has been a Tulane event, so don’t be concerned if you feel we are crashing their party. (We are even using their website to register.) Just make sure you are properly attired in blue and NO GREEN.
Tailgate Party Tickets: The tailgate will take place from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. (First pitch is at 2:05 p.m.) Your tailgate party ticket includes crawfish, corn and potatoes, fried catfish and french fries cooked on the spot, beverages (beer and sodas), plus staples such as peanuts, sunflower seeds, and Double Bubble.
Ticket Prices
Adult Tailgate: $26
Kids Tailgate (14 and under): $15
All orders must be placed online and submitted by 5:00 p.m. on March 30.
For additional information contact Tony Ackerman ’82, 713-825-0710.
Reckling Park
Rice University
Houston, TX
Related URL: Purchase tailgate tickets
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3/31/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Rice Alliance Event
"How to Bootstrap Your Business"
Join Austin-area alumni and friends when the Rice Alliance Austin Chapter presents a panel discussion on how to self-fund a business without raising money. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from Bijoy Goswami of Bootsrap Austin and several CEOs who have successfully bootstrapped a company and generated revenue without becoming beholden to outside investors.
Early registration: $20 per person
Walk-up registration: $25 per person
Register online by Friday, March 27.
Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel
701 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX , 78710
Related URL: Register online by Friday, March 27, 2009, for early registration
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3/30/2009
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club
Join fellow young alums for an entertaining discussion of Bill Bryson’s I’m a Stranger Here Myself. For more information and to RSVP, contact Jenny Rozelle ’00 or Kate Hallaway ’04. Join our book club listserv to get the latest updates on our activities.
Sonoma Wine Bar
2720 Richmond Ave.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jenny Rozelle ’00
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3/28/2009
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Decades Party: 1960-’75
Mix and mingle with friends while reminiscing about your time at Rice. We have celebrations planned for all decades, so we hope you will join us!
Classes from 1960-’75
Hosted by Jim ’63 and Jennifer Peden
Alumni are welcome to attend whichever decade party best fits their time at Rice. For a complete list of gatherings, visit http://alumni.rice.edu/dfw.
Home of Jim and Jennifer Peden
6636 Avalon Avenue
Dallas, TX , 75214
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, March 25!
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3/26/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Kick off spring by joining Austin-area Owls and friends for our monthly happy hour. The fun begins at 6 pm at Sazon Mexican Restaurant.
Sazon
1816 South Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Sazon
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3/25/2009
6:30 PM
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Colorado: Colorado Pub Night
Join fellow Owls for our monthly pub night! To receive invitations to these regular happy hours, sign up for the Colorado Rice Alumni email listserv or join the local Colorado Owls Pub Night group on Facebook.
For more information, contact Safford Black below.
Mynt Lounge
1424 Market Street
Denver, CO
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: Mynt Lounge
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3/22/2009
11:00 AM
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Houston: Wiess Alumni Powderpuff Game and Barbecue
Battle sows past and present will clash in an epic battle! Contact Wiess resident associate Christa Leimbach if you’re interested in playing.
Intramural field 7, next to Wiess College
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Christa Leimbach
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3/21/2009
4:00 PM
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Houston: Wiess College Barbecue & Cornhole Tournament
Join us after Beer Bike for food, drinks, and our 1st Annual Wiess Cornhole Tournament! Email sophomore representative Molly Bryan to enter your team of two. What’s cornhole, you ask? Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole_(game) for more details.
Wiess College Acabowl
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Molly Bryan
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3/21/2009
12:00 PM
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Houston: Beer Bike
Watch the races from the alumni tent featuring free drinks, food, and great times with old friends.
10:00 a.m. Parade Line Up
11:00 a.m. Parade
12:00 p.m. Alumni Tent Opens
1:00 p.m. Alumni Race
2:00 p.m. Women’s Race
3:00 p.m. Men’s Race
3:30 p.m. Alumni Tent Closes
Bring your valid photo ID - no exceptions!
RSVP and invite your friends online via Facebook.
Hackerman Beer Bike Track
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: Beer Bike 2009
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3/20/2009
10:00 PM
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Houston: Pre-Beer Bike Gathering
Don’t miss the opportunity to catch with fellow Owls and friends at our Pre-Beer Bike gathering! Stop by Volcano, and grab a free koozie (yay!)compliments of the Houston Young Alumni Committee.
Volcano
2349 Bissonnet St
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Sparky Frost ’07
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3/20/2009
5:30 PM
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Houston: Martel College Tailgate
Bring your family for food, drinks, and, of course, water balloon filling!
Martel College Sundeck
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Katie Ortbahn ’10
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3/20/2009
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Houston: Sid Richardson College Tailgate
Bring your family and join Sid Rich alumni and students for food, drinks, and carnival fun galore! Then, in keeping with our "Boondock Saints" Beer Bike theme, stick around the commons for a viewing of the original "Boondock Saints" movie.
Sid Richardson College Country Club
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Mia Velasquez ’12
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3/20/2009
5:00 PM
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Houston: Hanszen College Tailgate
Come on by the Hanszen Quad for great food, music, drinks, fun with family and friends old and new, and of course, water balloon filling!
Hanszen College Quad
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Brian Mothersole ’09
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3/20/2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Houston: Baker College Tailgate
Join alumni, students, and guests in the Baker Quad for free food and drinks!
Baker College Quad
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Diana Cahill ’11
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3/20/2009
4:00 PM
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Houston: Lovett College Alumni Picnic
Join alumni, students, and guests for free food, music, and fun!
Lovett College Quad
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Tsz Wong ’11
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3/20/2009
4:00 PM
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Houston: Will Rice College Tailgate
Current Will Rice students invite former students and their families to join us for food, drinks, and reminiscing about past Beer Bikes. T-shirts will be on sale at the tailgate. We are really excited about this year’s shirt which is a take on this summer’s blockbuster "The Dark Knight."
Will Rice Quad
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Michelle Kerkstra ’10
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3/19/2009
6:00 PM
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Houston: Wiess College Weenie Roast
Join us for hot dogs, drinks, and water balloon filling in the Acabowl!
Wiess College Acabowl
Rice Camput
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Alex Bonnel ’10
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3/15/2009
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend 2009
An annual events inviting alumni, Rice parents and friends to campus for a weekend of classes from Rice’s outstanding faculty.
Visit the Alumni College Weekend 2009 website for a complete list of classes and to sign up online.
Rice University
Houston, TX
Related URL: Alumni College Weekend
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3/15/2009
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Houston: Jones College Willy Week Kick-off Tailgate
Join us for a moonwalk, hamburgers, bratwursts, and drinks. In addition we will hold a Beer Bike Bake Auction fundraiser. Feel free to bring desserts to sell, or just come to shop!
Jones College
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Anthony Moore ’09
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3/14/2009
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend 2009
An annual events inviting alumni, Rice parents and friends to campus for a weekend of classes from Rice’s outstanding faculty.
Visit the Alumni College Weekend 2009 website for a complete list of classes and to sign up online.
Rice University
Houston, TX
Related URL: Alumni College Weekend
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3/13/2009
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend 2009
An annual events inviting alumni, Rice parents and friends to campus for a weekend of classes from Rice’s outstanding faculty.
Visit the Alumni College Weekend 2009 website for a complete list of classes and to sign up online.
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College Weekend
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3/13/2009
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. This month we’ll venture out from our usuaul routine as we join alumni from across the country who are attending Alumni College Weekend 2009. Since 1995, the Association of Rice Alumni has held an annual event inviting alumni and friends to the campus for a weekend of classes from Rice’s outstanding faculty. For the first time, the ARA is pleased to offer a special deal for RBN members in conjunction with Alumni College Weekend 2009. The RBN is invited to join other Alumni College participants as they convene for lunch in the RMC Grand Hall at 11:30 AM on Friday, March 13 and if possible stay for the first class of this special annual event.
Cost for the luncheon is $20 per person, and you are invited to stay for one of the first classes of the afternoon for an additional $15 for a total cost of $35. To sign up for the luncheon and a class, or for more information, please contact Lauren Linn in the Office of Alumni Affairs at 713-348-6093 or lblinn@rice.edu. For information about Alumni College Weekend 2009 visit the Alumni College Weekend website.The following lunch will return to Ziggy’s on April 10th at 11:30 AM. But come take advantage of this special March luncheon and expand your network of contacts.
Rice University
Grand Hall
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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3/11/2009
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Comittee Meeting
Interested in volunteering? Have ideas you would like to share? Join us for our monthly meeting to help the committee plan programs and events for the spring. Email Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05 if you plan to attend or would like more information.
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05
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3/10/2009
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Presidential Reception at Tudor Fieldhouse
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Tudor Fieldhouse
Entrance 8 off of University Blvd at Stockton
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: RSVP online
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3/7/2009
12:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni Rodeo Day
Spend a special afternoon with Rice alumni and friends at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo on Saturday, March 7th!
Enjoy an afternoon of activities including:
- an informal gathering with Butch Robinson ’71, chairman of the board of the Houston Rodeo
- a special tour of the livestock and exhibits
- free time to explore the exhibits and carnival on your own
- show and rodeo concert with Trace Adkins
Cost is $20 per person, and seating is limited for this event!
Reliant Stadium
2 Reliant Park
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 Related URL: Seating is limited! RSVP by Monday, March 2!
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3/5/2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Monthly Happy Hour
Join us for an early St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Mix and mingle with old friends and make new owns. We’ll also be giving away two free tickets to our rodeo event on March 7.
Kenneally’s Irish Pub
2111 South Shepherd Dr.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Sparky Frost ’07 Related URL: Kenneally’s Irish Pub
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3/4/2009
8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Mexico City: Alumni/Jones School Reception
Join Rice alumni, parents, current Jones School graduate students, and friends for a reception in Mexico City.
Although there is no cost to attend, we kindly request that you RSVP online by March 2.
Hotel Nikko
Campos Eliseos #204 Col. Polanco Chapultepec
Mexico City
Contact Name: Shaheen Ladhani Related URL: Register online
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3/4/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni 2.0 Lecture with Bob Stein
Robert M. Stein
Professor of Political Science
Rice University
"Election Issues:
How and When We Vote"
6:30 p.m. - Registration, reception, and networking
7:30 p.m. - Lecture
Dore Commons
James A. Baker III Hall
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Related URL: Register online
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3/3/2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Los Angeles: Faculty Lecture and Reception with Dennis Huston
Dennis Huston
Professor of English
Rice University
"The Language of Film"
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:30 p.m. Lecture
Register online by Sunday, March 1.
Sofitel Los Angeles
8555 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA , 90048
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register Online
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3/1/2009
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Texas Independence Day Social
Visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
La Paz Restaurante & Cantina
2950 New Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP online by Wednesday, February 25, 2009!
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2/26/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join Austin-area Owls and friends for our monthly happy hour. Celebrate a warm February in central Texas outside at the family-friendly Dog & Duck Pub!
The Dog & Duck Pub
406 W 17th Street
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: The Dog & Duck Pub
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2/25/2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Alumni College Kick-Off Happy Hour
Are you wondering what Alumni College is? Have you ever wanted to go to Alumni College, but just didn’t have the time or funds to attend?
Don’t miss the opportunity to learn more about what Alumni College is all about! Make plans to join us in the Vault Room at Kelvin Arms with volunteers Rachel Davis ’05 and Rica Gardner ’04 for our Alumni College Kick-off Happy Hour. Join recent gradauates and friends for an after-work beverage while learning more about our Young Alumni Saturday Program at Alumni College!
Happy Hour drink specials will be extended for our group -- $2 Budweiser and High Life; $1 off drafts; and $5 frozen drinks
Kelvin Arms -- Vault Room
2424 Dunstan Rd # 150
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Rica Gardner ’04 Related URL: Sign up online!
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2/24/2009
6:30 PM
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Colorado: Colorado Pub Night
Join fellow Owls for our monthly pub night! To receive invitations to these regular happy hours, sign up for the Colorado Rice Alumni email listserv or join the local Colorado Owls Pub Night group on Facebook.
For more information, contact Safford Black below.
West End Tavern
926 Pearl Street
Boulder, CO
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: West End Tavern
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2/23/2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Houston: ARUBA Book Reading and Signing
The Office of Multicultural Community Relations,
Rice University
and the Association of Rice University Black Alumni
cordially invite you to
a reading and book signing
featuring
Dr. Alexander X. Byrd ’90
Associate Professor of History
Rice University
Captives & Voyagers:
Black Migrants Across the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic World
6:30 p.m. Reading
7:15 p.m. Discussion and Questions
7:45 p.m. Reception and Book Signing
Free Admission
For directions and maps visit
www.rice.edu/maps
Alexander X. Byrd is an associate professor of history at Rice University, where he received a bachelor of arts in 1990. Dr. Byrd earned a doctorate degree from Duke University in 2001. He graduated from Yates High School in 1986. Dr. Byrd is an expert in Afro America, especially black life in the Atlantic world and the Jim Crow South. He is a member of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and a life member of the Southern Historical Association.
About the Book: "Captives and Voyagers breaks away from the conventional image of transatlantic migration and illustrates how black men and women, enslaved and free, came to populate the edges of an Anglo-Atlantic world. By following the movement of this representative population, Captives and Voyagers provides a vitally important view of the British colonial world and its intersection with the African diaspora."
--Courtesy of LSU Press
For more information about the book visit
www.lsu.edu/lsupress. Herring Hall 100
Rice University Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Monique Forward ’95
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2/21/2009
8:00 PM
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Houston: 2.0 Goes Country!
8:00 p.m. - Meet for a quick dance lesson
University of Houston Rec Room in the University Center (Bottom basement level across from the upstairs bookstore)
9:00 p.m. - Leave for Eddie’s
Eddie’s Country Ballroom
6835 Chocolate Bayou Rd. at FM 1128 in Manvel
Yes, this is one week after Valentine’s Day. Men, if the gift you gave doesn’t make her eyes water, give her a card and tell her that your "real" gift is taking her dancing. Ladies, just make your man take you dancing for a night (or just show up and meet a cowboy). All kidding aside, most of the people who attend do NOT come with a dance partner. We’ve been hosting this event for 10 years! Some years we have twice as many men, some years we have twice as many women. Regardless, it’s a low-key event that will get you ready to rodeo! Meet us for a quick dance lesson at the UH rec room, then carpool to Eddie’s Ballroom to practice your moves. If you’d prefer to meet us at Eddie’s around 9:45, look for the table reserved for our group. Come alone or with a partner. The attendee with the best western attire wins a free beverage!
Cost: Buy your own $5 admission to Eddie’s and your own refreshments
RSVP: Pat Huttenbach ’92, at 713-799-1431 or phuttenbach@hirschwest.com
University of Houston Rec Room, University Center
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Pat Huttenbach Related URL: Eddie’s Country Ballroom
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2/17/2009
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Builder’s Award 2009
Honoring:
Corey Devine ’03, Theresa Sandoval Hanson ’96, and Steven Herce ’03
For more information and to RSVP, please visit the online registration page.
Wiess President’s House, Rice Campus
2 Sunset Blvd at Main St
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP by Monday, February 16 at noon!
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2/13/2009
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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2/5/2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Monthly Happy Hour
Spend a relaxing time with fellow Owls and enjoy a wide variety of drinks, casual food, and great company. Co-workers and friends are always welcome!
Flying Saucer
705 Main Street
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Melissa Kidonakis ’07 Related URL: Flying Saucer
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2/4/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club
Enjoy a special evening as we have a speakerphone conversation with Donna Woolfolk Cross, author of Pope Joan. The cost is $5 per person and includes wine and a light dinner (salad, sandwich, and dessert). RSVP online by Monday, February 2.
For more information, contact Jenny Rozelle ’00 at and join our book club listserv.
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jenny Rozelle ’00 Related URL: RSVP by Monday, February 2!
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1/29/2009
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Salt Lake City: Faculty Lecture - Lyn Ragsdale
Join alumni and friends for an evening with Lyn Ragsdale, dean of social sciences and Darrow Zeidenstein, vice president of resource development.
Presidents’ Tough Choices:
Decision-making in the White House
talk by Lyn Ragsdale
Hosted by Doyle Arnold ’70
6:30 p.m. Dinner
7:30 p.m. Lecture
Register online by Monday, January 26.
Zions Bank Building, 18th Floor
One South Main Street
Salt Lake City, UT , 84133
Related URL: Register Online
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1/29/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Rice Alliance Speaker Event with Rice Professor Andrew Barron
"An Academic Perspective of Collaboration"
Join Austin-area alumni and friends at the Austin Alliance’s first event of 2009. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear Rice professor Dr. Andrew Barron.
Dr. Barron will describe how the collaboration between academic institutions, university and industry, or a consortium can lead to a greater likelihood of successful technology development and deployment. Irrespective of the players, Barron will point out the many issues that need to be addressed in order to realize expectations. In addition, a new model of sponsoring research through funded collaboration with VC’s will also be reviewed. Professor Barron’s talk will focus on issues concerning nanotechnology and IP interactions between parties.
Early registration: $15 per person
Walk-up registration: $25 per person
Register online by Monday, January 26.
Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel
701 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX
Related URL: Register online by Monday, January 26, 2009, for early registration
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1/29/2009
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join Austin-area Owls and friends for the inaugural 2009 monthly happy hour. A whole team of organizers are bringing together the necessary components for the annual attendance award happy hour. The fun happens at a new downtown lounge that features a great kitchen with gourmet dishes to choose from!
Join us and become a part of history when we distribute prizes for 2008 and let you inscribe your name in the attendance book for 2009!
Shiner’s Saloon
422 Congress Ave.
Suite D
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Shiner’s Saloon
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1/28/2009
5:30 PM
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Colorado: Colorado Pub Night
Join fellow Owls for our monthly pub night! To receive invitations to these regular happy hours, sign up for the Colorado Rice Alumni email listserv or join the local Colorado Owls Pub Night group on Facebook.
For more information, contact Safford Black below.
Café Vino
1200 South College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: Café Vino
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1/14/2009
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice vs. SMU Pregame Gathering
Put on your Rice gear and cheer on the Owls in the newly renovated Tudor Fieldhouse! Come early for food, beer, and socializing with fellow young alums and fans in Fox Gym. While there is no cost to attend the gathering, we request an RSVP by Monday, January 12!
The first 10 people to sign up will be eligible for a $2 discount on $12 end court tickets through the alumni office.
6:00 p.m. -- Pregame Gathering in Fox Gym
7:00 p.m. -- Rice vs. SMU Men’s Basketball Game
Game tickets can be purchased online, or by calling the Rice Owls Ticket Office at 713-522-OWLS.
Tudor Fieldhouse, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP by Monday, January 12!
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1/9/2009
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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12/30/2008
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Various: Texas Bowl Game-Watching Parties
Regional volunteers are organizing game-watching parties for Rice fans across the U.S. Please visit http://alumni.rice.edu/bowlgame2008.html for information on events as they are finalized.
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12/30/2008
7:00 PM
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Houston: Texas Bowl
Plan to join Rice alumni, fans, and friends for a pregame party before the Texas Bowl. Details TBA.
For complete information, please visit http://alumni.rice.edu/bowlgame2008.html.
Reliant Stadium
Houston, TX
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12/29/2008
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Texas Bowl Pub Crawl
Join Rice alumni, fans, and friends for a Texas Bowl Pub Crawl hosted by the Houston Young Alumni Committee. Make plans to put on your blue and gray, and celebrate the Owls with us in the Village!
Although there is no cost to attend, we kindly request an RSVP below.
Special thanks goes to Doug Mraw ’04 for helping coordinate!
6 to 8 p.m.
The Gingerman (5607 Morningside Dr.)
Little Woodrow’s (5611 Morningside Dr.)
Brian O’Neill’s (5555 Morningside Dr.)
8 p.m.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
2400 University Blvd., Ste. 200
Rice merchandise will be available for purchase, including T-shirts and Rice Rally Towels.
Rice Village
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP online by Sunday, December 28!!!
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12/18/2008
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join Austin-area Owls and friends for our monthly happy hour and annual christmas party on Thursday, December 18, Nuevo Leon Mexican Restaurant!
Nuevo Leon Mexican Restaurant
1501 E 6th St. (at Onion)
Austin, TX , 78702
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Nuevo Leon Mexican Restaurant
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12/13/2008
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni @ Lights in the Heights
Enjoy the lights, cold (hopefully), music and more at this annual Houston holiday celebration with your fellow alums! And just so you don’t have to sit in traffic and worry about parking, we’ve rented Rice shuttles again this year. Seating is limited!
Bus leaves from campus @ 7:00 p.m. and returns around 10:00 p.m. RSVP early!
The Heights; Shuttle leaves from Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Timmie Wang ’05 Related URL: Seating is limited -- RSVP early for your spot!
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12/12/2008
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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12/9/2008
6:30 PM
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Houston: Houston: Young Alumni Book Club
Join us at Max’s Wine Dive, and enjoy a fascinating discussion with fellow alums about "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson. Email Jenny Rozelle ’00 to sign-up and get more information.
Come by at 6:30 p.m. for mixing and mingling! Discussion starts at 7:00 p.m.
Max’s Wine Dive
4720 Washingston Ave
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jenny Rozelle ’00 Related URL: Max’s Wine Dive
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12/9/2008
6:30 PM
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Denver: Colorado Pub Night
Join fellow Owls for our monthly pub night! To receive invitations to these regular happy hours, sign up for the Colorado Rice Alumni email listserv or join the local Colorado Owls Pub Night group on Facebook.
For more information, contact Safford Black below.
Walnut Brewery
1123 Walnut Street
Boulder, CO , 80302
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: Walnut Brewery
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12/9/2008
11:30 AM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Speaker Series - Dennis Huston
Dennis Huston
Professor of English
Rice University
"The Language of Film"
11:30 a.m. Registration and networking
11:45 p.m. Lunch and program
Register online by Sunday, December 7.
Hilton Dallas Park Cities
5954 Luther Lane
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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12/5/2008
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our monthly happy hour! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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12/4/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Houston: HYAC & Alumni 2.0 Happy Hour - Toys for Tots
Come out to Mugsy’s and join the Houston Young Alumni and Alumni 2.0 for a happy hour that celebrates the spirit of the season and bring a toy for Toys for Tots!
Mugsy’s
3200 Kirby Dr
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Sparky Frost ’07
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12/3/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Campaign Launch and Holiday Party
Please visit the registration page for more information and to RSVP online.
Mandarin Oriental
Time Warner Building, 36th Floor
80 Columbus Circle at 60th Street
New York, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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11/23/2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Food & Wine - Sunday Jazz Brunch
Join the Food and Wine club for a tasty, relaxing jazz brunch at the Tasting Room in Uptown Park. Enjoy the brunch buffet and the sounds of live musicians with fellow alums and friends. Cost is $25 per person; RSVP by Wednesday, November 19th - seating is limited!
The Tasting Room @ Uptown Park
1101 Uptown Park Blvd.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: George Smayling ’99 Related URL: RSVP by Wednesday, November 19th!
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11/20/2008
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Campaign Launch Gala - Sold Out
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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11/20/2008
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Denver: Colorado Pub Night
Join fellow Owls for our monthly pub night! To receive invitations to these regular happy hours, sign up for the Colorado Rice Alumni email listserv or join the local Colorado Owls Pub Night group on Facebook.
For more information, contact Safford Black below.
Double Daughter’s
1632 Market Street
Denver, CO
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: Rice Alumni Colorado
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11/20/2008
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join Austin-area Owls and friends for our monthly happy hour on Thursday, November 20, at 219 West (4th Street)! Holidays on the last Thursday of the month slide our happy hour ahead to the penultimate Thursday of the month, which will happen in November and December this year.
The bar features $5 grey goose specials on Thursday and the kitchen has a variety of mini burgers along with more sophisticated fare. Drinks and appetizers will be partially subsidized by Manuel Escobar,friend, alumnus, happy hour regular, and attorney for McGinnis,Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., so be sure to thank him when you see him.
219 West
219 West 4th St.
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: 219 West
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11/17/2008
7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Fall Energy Lecture
Speaker:
Dick Williams
President, Shell Wind Energy
7:30 p.m. Lecture
8:30 p.m. Reception
Visit our online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Hosted by the Rice Engineering Alumni
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall
Rice Campus
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX , 77005
Related URL: Register online
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11/17/2008
6:30 PM
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Houston: Builder’s Award Kick- Off Party -- Cancelled
The Kick-Off Party for the 2009 Builder’s Award has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for more details as we prepare for the 5th Anniversay Builder’s Award on Tuesday, February 17, 2009.
Click here for more information on the 2009 Builder’s Award.
Rice Art Gallery
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: 2009 Builder’s Award
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11/14/2008
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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11/13/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Faculty Lecture - Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Stanley C. Moore Professor and Chair of the
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
"Introductions to Global Health Issues: The World’s Urgent Health Problems and What We Can Do About Them"
Register online by Friday, November 7.
Hilton Austin
500 East 4th Street
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register online by Tuesday, November 11!
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11/12/2008
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Interested in volunteering? Have ideas you would like to share? Join us for our monthly meeting to help the committee plan programs and events for the upcoming year.
If you plan to attend, please email co-chairs Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05.
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05
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11/12/2008
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Los Angeles: Happy Hour
Don’t miss our first LA-area happy hour in more than six years! RSVP to Yasmin Fisher ’04 or Carol Der Garry ‘83 by Friday, November 7!
South
3001 Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA , 90403
Contact Name: Yasmin Fisher ’04 Related URL: Directions to South
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11/9/2008
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Houston: Homecoming & Reunion 2008
Save the date!
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Related URL: Homecoming website
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11/8/2008
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Houston: Homecoming & Reunion 2008
Save the date!
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Related URL: Homecoming website
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11/7/2008
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Houston: Homecoming & Reunion 2008
Save the date!
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Related URL: Homecoming website
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11/7/2008
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our monthly happy hour! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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11/6/2008
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: Annual First Thursday Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends at our (now annual) First Thursday Happy Hour! All ages are welcome.
Kindly RSVP by Tuesday, November 4, to John Ashton (Brown ’98) at jcashton.il@netzero.net.
Quartino
626 N. State St. at Ontario
(close to the Red Line station at Grand)
Chicago, IL , 60654
Contact Name: John Ashton ’98 Related URL: Map and directions to Quartino
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11/1/2008
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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El Paso: Rice vs. UTEP Football Pregame Party
The Association of Rice Alumni invites Rice fans, family, and friends to our Pregame Party at Glory Road Field, just north of the Sun Bowl. The pregame party begins at 5:00pm (or 2 hours before kickoff if game time changes).
Meal tickets:
$15 per person
$5 children 10 and under
Purchase game tickets for $25 separately by calling 713-522-OWLS before October 17.
For more information, visit the event online registration page.
Glory Road Field
Just north of the Sun Bowl
(On Glory Rd. between Sun Bowl Dr. & Randolph Dr.)
El Paso, TX
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, October 29!
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10/30/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Seattle: Faculty Lecture and Reception with John Alford
John Alford
Associate Professor of Political Science
Rice University
"The Biology of Politics:
Political Genes and Political Brains"
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Lecture
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Hotel Andra
2000 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, WA , 98121
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register online by Monday, October 27!
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10/30/2008
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join fellow Owls and friends for our monthly happy hour at Taste Select Wines. Enjoy a tasty tour of wines and local foods while learning from the wine experts. They have an automated self-service wine tasting dispenser and $5 wines and $3-5 appetizers during happy hour!
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Taste Select Wines
202 W. Cesar Chavez
(Facing Lady Bird Lake)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Taste Select Wines
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10/27/2008
6:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Fall Social
Featured Speaker:
Peggy Whitson ’86, NASA Astronaut
Join fellow engineering alumni and friends for free food and drinks!
Saint Arnold Brewery
2522 Fairway Park Drive
(near Hwy. 290 and Antoine)
Houston, TX
Related URL: Rice Engineering Alumni
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10/25/2008
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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New Orleans: Rice vs. Tulane Football Pregame Party
The Association of Rice Alumni invites Rice fans, family, and friends to our Pregame Party at Le Pavillon Hotel, five blocks from the Superdome! The pregame party begins at 11:30 a.m. (or 2-1/2 hours before kickoff if game time changes). The game starts at 2:00 p.m. CT.
Meal tickets:
$20 per person
$10 children 10 and under
Game tickets:
Purchase game tickets separately by calling the Rice Owls Ticket Office at 713-522-OWLS.
For more information, visit the event online registration page.
Le Pavillion (Rooftop Terrace)
833 Poydras St. (at Baronne St.)
New Orleans, LA , 70112
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, October 22!
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10/21/2008
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice Alliance Event
Rice Alliance Austin Chapter Fall Event
"Starting a Business During Difficult Times"
$15 Early Registration Deadline Friday, October 17
$20 Walk-up Registration
Vinson & Elkins offices
2801 Via Fortuna
Suite 2100
Austin, TX , 78746
Contact Name: Austin Rice Alliance Related URL: For more information and to register, visit the Rice Alliance website!
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10/17/2008
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Tour of Impressionist Exhibit at Kimbell
Join fellow alumni and parents in a group tour of The Impressionists exhibit at the Kimbell Art Museum! Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Kimbell Art Museum
3333 Camp Bowie Blvd
Fort Worth, TX
Contact Name: Stephanie Taylor ’05 Related URL: Register online
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10/16/2008
6:30 PM
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Palo Alto: Happy Hour/ Networking Mixer
Join us for a special happy hour and professional networking mixer! Catch up with your Rice friends and make some new ones while mingling with fellow Owls.
Blue Chalk Cafe
630 Ramona St.
(just off University Ave., across from City Hall)
Palo Alto, CA
Contact Name: Matt Gillingham ’96
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10/14/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Faculty Lecture - Earl Black
Earl Black
Herbert S. Autry Professor of Political Science, Rice University
"Divided America and the
2008 Presidential Election"
Register online by Friday, October 10.
The Peachtree Club
999 Peachtree St. at 10th St.
28th Floor
Atlanta, GA , 30309
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Friday, October 10!
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10/12/2008
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Worldwide: Rice Day
When the Rice Institute opened its doors in 1912, our founders declared to the world that Rice would stand among its premiere institutions of learning, inviting educators and leaders from across the globe to opening ceremonies on October 10-12.
Now, nearly 100 years later, Rice has more than 43,000 alumni who are living testaments to the quality of the institution and its educational accomplishments. As we near our centennial in 2012, we want to invite you to help share the university’s history and our aspirations with people you live, work, and socialize with every day. more
Related URL: Rice Day home page
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10/11/2008
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: New Alumni Welcome Party
Enjoy Texas with a twist! Dress in your cooboy chic and snappy casual duds and celebrate all things Houston with other local alums. While you mix and mingle, find out how you can stay involved with Rice and your fellow Owls. Drinks and hors d’ouevres will be provided. Please contact Kate Barrett ’05 or Sara Churchill ’07 with questions.
There is no charge for the event, but an RSVP is requested.
Rice Art Gallery, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Katie Barrett ’05 Related URL: RSVP by Friday, October 10!
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10/10/2008
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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10/8/2008
6:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Interested in volunteering? Have any ideas you would like to share?
Join us for our monthly meeting to help the committee plan programs and events for the upcoming year.
Parking is available in the Founder’s Court Visitor Lot near Entrance 2. Parking vouchers will be provided to first-time guests. If you plan to attend, please contact co-chairs Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05 at rice.hyac@gmail.com.
Brochstein Pavilion, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
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10/7/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Denver: Faculty Lecture - Earl Black
Earl Black
Herbert S. Autry Professor of Political Science, Rice University
"Divided America and the
2008 Presidential Election"
Register online by Thursday, October 2.
The Hotel Monaco
1717 Champa Street
Denver, CO , 80202
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register Online by Thursday, October 2!
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10/7/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club Gathering
Join us at The Tasting Room as we discuss “The Enchantress of Florence” by Salman Rushdie. Socializing will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the discussion will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Join the Kate Hallaway ’04 or Jenny Rozelle ’00 if you plan on attending.
The Tasting Room
2409 West Alabama, 77098
Houston, TX , 77098
Contact Name: Kate Hallaway ’04
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10/4/2008
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Rice vs. Tulsa Game-watching Party
Join fellow DFW-area young alumni (1998-08) for a casual game-watching party as the Rice Owls take on the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in C-USA football action! RSVP to Adam Herrin below if you plan to attend.
Home of Adam Herrin ’05
9315 Locarno Drive
Dallas, TX , 75243
Contact Name: Adam Herrin ’05 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas/Fort Worth
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10/4/2008
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Tulsa: Rice vs. Tulsa Football Pregame Barbecue - New Location
The Association of Rice Alumni invites all Rice fans to join alumni, family, and friends at a Pregame Barbecue Tailgate at the University of Tulsa campus, co-hosted by Rice football parents Steve and Kym Mason. The pregame party begins at 5:00 p.m. (or two hours before kickoff).
Meal tickets:
$10 per person
FREE for children 10 and under
Game tickets:
Purchase $20 game tickets separately by calling the Rice Owls Ticket Office at 713-522-OWLS.
Rice Alumni Tent
Please note new location: Harwell Field
North of the stadium on S. Gary Place between 5th and 8th Streets
Tulsa, OK
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register online
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10/4/2008
12:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Kansas City: National WWI Museum Tour
12:00 p.m. Tour Begins
2:00 p.m. Food & Drinks at the "Over There" Café
Join alumni, parents, and friends for a group tour of the National World War I Museum and Liberty Memorial Tower, followed by complimentary munchies and a cash bar in the museum’s "Over There" Café.
Discounted tickets for the Rice community are only $6 per person.
Visit the online registration page for more information.
Map and Directions
National WWI Museum
100 W. 26th Street
Kansas City, MO , 64108
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register online by Friday, September 26!
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10/3/2008
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our monthly happy hour! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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10/3/2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: New Graduate Student Welcome Party
Join fellow new graduate students and graduate-degree alumni for a party in your honor! Meet other incoming students and hear how the Association of Rice Alumni can serve you during your time at Rice. Go to our online reservation page for full details and to RSVP by noon on Friday, October 3!
Caroline Collective
4820 Caroline Street
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP by noon on Friday, October 3!
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10/2/2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Monthly Young Alumni Happy Hour
Start October off right at the Ginger Man! Have a relaxing evening with fellow Owls and friends while you enjoy a wide variety of beers and other drinks, casual food, and fantastic company. Co-workers and friends are always welcome!
The Ginger Man
5607 Morningside
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Melissa Kidonakis ’07
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9/20/2008
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice vs. UT Football Pregame Party
The Association of Rice Alumni invites all Rice fans to join alumni, friends, and family at a Pregame Barbecue at the UT Recreational Sports Center.
Please click here for more details.
PLEASE NOTE: Game tickets are no longer available through the Rice alumni office. Please contact Rice Athletics at 713-522-6957 for ticket availability.
Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium
UT Recreational Sports Center (RSC)
San Jacinto & 20th Streets, 2nd Floor
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register online by Friday, September 12!
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9/17/2008
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House
Join fellow young alums for an evening of community service at the Ronald McDonald House, a non-profit organization providing a "home away from home" for families with patients being treated at the Texas Medical Center. Volunteers will be organizing a "Diez y Seis de Septembre"-themed potluck dinner with Mexican food along with a brief history lesson about Mexico’s quest for independence from Spain and a salsa dance lesson.
Ronald McDonald House
1907 Holcombe
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Sparky Frost ’07
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9/16/2008
6:00 PM
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Denver: Colorado Pub Night
Join fellow Owls for our monthly pub night! To receive invitations to these regular happy hours, sign up for the Colorado Rice Alumni email listserv or join the local Colorado Owls Pub Night group on Facebook.
For more information, contact Safford Black below.
Rio Grande Restaurant
1525 Blake Street at 16th
LoDo
Denver, CO
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: Rice Alumni Colorado
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9/13/2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Nashville: Rice vs. Vanderbilt Pregame Tailgate Party
The Association of Rice Alumni invites Rice fans, family, and friends to our Pregame Tailgate at Vanderbilt Stadium. The pregame party begins at 4:00 p.m. (or 2 hours before kickoff if game time changes). The game starts at 6:00 p.m. CT.
Meal tickets:
$20 per person
$10 children 10 and under
Game tickets:
Purchase game tickets separately by calling the Rice Owls Ticket Office at 713-522-OWLS.
For more information, visit the event online registration page.
Tailgating green space outside Vanderbilt Stadium
26th Avenue South and Kensington Place
between the Marriott Hotel and the stadium
Nashville, TN
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, September 8!
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9/11/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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San Antonio: Faculty Lecture - John Boles ’65
Please note: this event has been cancelled due to Hurricane Ike. If you pre-registered, the alumni office will contact you the week of September 15 to issue a refund. We apologize for the inconvenience.
John Boles ’65
William P. Hobby Professor of History
Managing Editor, Journal of Southern History
Rice University
"University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett
and the Founding of the Rice Institute"
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Lecture
For more information and to RSVP, please visit the online registration page.
Hotel Valencia River Walk
150 East Houston Street
San Antonio, TX , 78205
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff
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9/11/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Speaker Series - Earl and Merle Black
Earl Black
Herbert S. Autry Professor of Political Science, Rice University
Merle Black
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Politics and Government, Emory University
"Divided America and the
2008 Presidential Election"
Register online by Monday, September 8.
Jointly hosted by the Association of Rice Alumni, the Emory Alumni Association, Rice Alumni Dallas, and the Emory Alumni Club of Dallas
Hilton Dallas Park Cities
5954 Luther Lane
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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9/10/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: RBN Annual Networking Event
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Program
The Rice Business Network invites Rice alumni, students, and friends to our Annual Networking Event. The centerpiece of this year’s event, “Connecting the Dots,” will be a fun, interactive exercise that will practice the networking skills of all attending.
Register online by Monday, September 8, at a reduced price of $25 per person. Walk-ups are welcome and will be charged $30 at the door. For more information, visit the Rice Business Network web page at http://alumni.rice.edu/rbn, or contact Special Events Chairman Joshua Haynes at 281-831-5940.
Business or business-casual attire please.
Rouge Restaurant
812 Westheimer Rd.
Just east of Montrose Blvd.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Ann Peterson ’86 Related URL: Register online by Monday, September 8, to receive the reduced $25 rate!
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9/10/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Houston Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Interested in volunteering? Have any ideas you would like to share? Join us for our monthly meeting to help the committee plan programs and events for the upcoming year.
Parking is available in the Founder’s Court Visitor Lot near Entrance 2. Parking vouchers will be provided to first-time guests. If you plan to attend, please contact co-chairs Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05 at rice.hyac@gmail.com.
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05
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9/6/2008
8:00 PM
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D.C.: Rice vs. Memphis Game-watching Party
Join fellow alumni and friends to support the Rice football team as they take on the Memphis Tigers! Remember to wear your blue and gray and come out for an evening of fun with fellow Owls.
Penn Quarter Sports Tavern
639 Indiana Ave. NW
Washington, DC
Contact Name: Becca Schendel Norris ’04 Related URL: Penn Quarter Sports Tavern
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9/5/2008
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our monthly happy hour! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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9/4/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Houston: Monthly Young Alumni Happy Hour
So Vino is so good! Join fellow young alumni and friends on the patio for great appetizers, wine specials, and conversation. So Vino is extending its happy hour specials to us throughout our event. The evening will feature wines of the southern hemisphere, and a sommelier will be available to discuss them with any or all of us. Please spread the word, invite your friends, and remember to check Facebook for updates! For more information, contact Sparky Frost ’07 at frost@alumni.rice.edu or 713-826-5530.
So Vino
507 Westheimer
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Melissa Kidonakis ’07
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8/28/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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D.C.: Quarterly Happy Hour
Bring your friends for our third quarterly happy hour of the year! Enjoy after-work drinks, food and fun with fellow Capital Owls. Special thanks goes to Craig Fratrik ’06 and Becca Shendel Norris ’04 for hosting.
Tattoo Bar
1413 K St. NW
Washington, DC
Contact Name: Becca Schendel Norris ’04 Related URL: Tattoo Bar
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8/28/2008
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join fellow Owls and friends for our annual monthly happy hour at Halcyon. Now our signature August location, meet at 6 pm to enjoy yummy s’mores, paninis, coffees, smoothies, and alcohols from which to choose.
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Halcyon
218 W. 4th St (at Lavaca, NE corner)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Halcyon
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8/21/2008
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Jones School MBA Wine Tasting
Enjoy an evening of wine tasting with fellow Rice MBA alumni and help welcome the new students of all three MBA programs.
Register online on the JGSM website.
Baker Institute
Rice University
Houston, TX
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8/14/2008
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Interested in volunteering? Have any ideas you would like to share? Join us for our monthly meeting to help the committee plan programs and events for the upcoming year. If you plan to attend, please email Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05.
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05
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8/12/2008
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club Gathering
Enjoy an evening with other alums at Te House of Tea, an appropriate venue as we discuss “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. This book was chosen by Rice for this year’s Common Reading program, which provides all incoming students with a book to read during the summer and then, during the academic year, offers a series of events associated with the book for the Rice community. A perfect way for alums to get involved with new students!
Te House of Tea
1927 Fairview
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jenny Rozelle ’00 Related URL: Te House of Tea
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8/11/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Colorado: Rice Pub Night
Join fellow Owls and friends for a Pub Night at the re-opened West End Tavern-- Boulder’s classic American tavern!
West End Tavern
926 Pearl Street
Boulder, CO , 80302
Contact Name: Safford Black ’02 Related URL: West End Tavern
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8/9/2008
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Raleigh/Durham: Potluck Dinner & Student Send-off Party
Enjoy traditional beef brisket for a taste of Texas in North Carolina! Please bring drinks or a favorite side dish, snack, or dessert to share. Games, a pool, and hot tub are available for the young and young at heart.
There are 18 new and continuing students headed to Rice at the end of the summer. We invite alumni to share some favorite memories (or memorabilia) of campus days. Compare Rice then with Rice now, and share words of wisdom with new students and their families. Students and families, meet some Rice friends in your home town!
RSVPs are welcome but not required. Contact Donna Bennett ’78 via email below or at 919-779-5296, or you can register online.
Hosted by Donna Bennett ’78
7141 Eastridge Dr.
Apex, NC , 27539
Contact Name: Donna Bennett ’78 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, August 6!
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8/8/2008
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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8/7/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Hot Time, Summer In The City! Please cool off with your fellow Rice Young Alumni at Komodos in Midtown for Happy Hour from 6:30-8:30 PM on Thursday, August 7. The bar will extend happy hour prices of $2.75 wells and premium beer to Rice Young Alumni for the duration of our event. Please bring your friends, loosen your ties and let your hair down.We look forward to seeing you all there! Please continue to check Rice Houston Young Alumni on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19564492683&ref=ts) and the Rice Young Alumni website (http://alumni.rice.edu/) for upcoming events.
Komodos in Midtown
2004 Baldwin St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Sparky Frost ’07 Related URL: Komodo’s in Midtown
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8/3/2008
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: 18th Annual Alumni BBQ & Student Send-Off Picnic
Join alumni and friends for a casual summer barbecue as we help welcome the Class of 2012, hosted by Kay (’86) and Doug (’84) Williams!
$4 per person
$2 for vegetarians and children under 12
FREE for new students and their families
We’ll provide BBQ and drinks. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Contact Doug (’84) and Kay (’86) Williams by email or at 404-636-1176 to let them know what you’re bringing.
To RSVP, send a check by Monday, July 28, made payable to:
Kay Williams
1521 Montevallo Circle
Decatur, GA 30033
New students kindly RSVP directly to Doug Williams ’84.
Directions to Murphey Candler Park: From I-285, take exit #29. Go south 0.8 miles on Ashford Dunwoody Rd. Turn left at the traffic light on W. Nancy Creek Dr. and travel about 0.3 miles to the park. We’ll be on the west side of the lake--park by the pool and look for the Rice banner.
Murphy Candler Park
1526 W. Nancy Creek Dr. NE
Atlanta, GA , 30319
Contact Name: Doug Williams ’84 Related URL: Murphey Candler Park
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8/2/2008
6:45 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Shakespeare Festival
Co-sponsored by Houston Alumni 2.0 and Houston Young Alumni
6:45 p.m.: Pre-party
8:15 p.m.: "Cymbeline"
Enjoy another classic from The Bard while mingling with Rice friends. Meet at 6:45 p.m. for drinks and food in the shady grove behind the stage, outside the theater box office. FREE reserved seating provided under the theater shell. Seats must be claimed by 8:00 p.m.
Miller Outdoor Theatre
Hermann Park
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Pat Huttenbach ’92 Related URL: Register online for this FREE event by Friday, August 1!
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8/2/2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Denver: Cookout & Student Send-off Party
Join alumni and continuing students to meet and greet new students and their parents at our annual student send-off party.
Click here for more information and to register online by Monday, July 28.
Home of Cindy Lindsay ’73 & Steve Sheafor ’72
1133 Timber Lane
Boulder, CO , 80304
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register online by Monday, July 28!
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8/2/2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Los Angeles: Student Send-off Party
Join alumni and continuing students to meet and greet new students and their parents at our Los Angeles-area Student Send-off Party.
Click here for more information and to register online by Monday, July 28.
Home of Stephen Hamilton ’86 & Anne Marie Madla ’88
3234 Ettrick Street
Los Angeles, CA , 90027
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: RSVP by Monday, July 28!
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8/1/2008
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our monthly happy hour! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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7/31/2008
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join fellow Owls and friends for our monthly happy hour at Scholz Garten. Meet at 6 pm to enjoy music, food, beer, and conversation! On Thursdays the Wurst Band plays at 8pm, so stick around for live music.
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Scholz Garten
1607 San Jacinto
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Scholz Garten
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7/23/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: Rice Summer Mixer and Student Send-off Party
Join Rice Athletics and the Association of Rice Alumni for a Summer Mixer as we welcome incoming Rice students and their families. You will also have the chance to meet Rice Athletics Director Chris DelConte, head football Coach David Bailiff, and Paul Sutera, Associate Athletic Director of Development. Don’t miss this opportunity to share your unique Rice experiences with our newest Owls and to learn more about the exciting things happening with Rice Athletics.
Thanks to Rice Trustee Vicki Bretthauer ’79 for hosting!
Complimentary appetizers and cash bar will be available.
Goose Island Brew Pub
1800 N. Clybourn
Chicago, IL , 60614
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by July 21!
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7/23/2008
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Jones School Alumni Resources Launch
Register online on the JGSM website.
Anderson Family Commons, McNair Hall
Rice University
Houston, TX
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7/19/2008
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Denver: Colorado Shakespeare Festival-The Three Musketeers
Enjoy an evening of culture at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival featuring The Three Musketeers.
Cocktails and dinner will be served at the home of Rice alumna Cindy Lindsay ’73 followed by a lecture from Katherine Eggert ’84, Rice alumna and Associate Professor in the University of Colorado Department of English.
Ticket price ranges $30-$50. RSVP to Cindy Lindsay at (303)954-8525 or via email below by Saturday, July 5.
6:00 pm Cocktails
6:30 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Lecture
8:00 pm Leave for Mary Rippon Theater
Home of Cindy Lindsay ’73
1133 Timber Lane
Boulder, CO , 80304
Contact Name: Cindy Lindsay ’73 Related URL: The Three Musketeers
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7/17/2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Hotter Than Hell Happy Hour
Join us for our third year at the Aquarium for some delicious (and free!) appetizers, a cash bar, complimentary amusement park rides and good conversation. Special thanks to our happy hour coordinators Melissa Kidonakis ’07, Sparky Frost ’07, and Stephanie Swingle ’07 for organizing.
Downtown Aquarium
410 Bagby St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05 Related URL: Register online by Tuesday, July 15, so that we can reserve a spot for you!
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7/15/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Denver: Rice Pub Night
Now that it’s July, join fellow Owls and friends for a Pub Night at the brand new Vine Street Pub-- Denver’s very own branch of Boulder’s beloved Mountain Sun! Vine Street Pub is conveniently located just a quick bus ride, or good walk, from downtown Denver. For bus schedules and fares, visit www.rtd-denver.com.
RSVP to Kirsten Schatz ’03 at kiwi57@aol.com or 609-462-8456.
Vine Street Pub
1700 Vine Street
(in Uptown/City Park)
Denver, CO , 80206
Contact Name: Kirsten Schatz ’03 Related URL: Vine Street Pub
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7/12/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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China: Beijing Club Dinner with David Leebron and Ping Sun
Join the Rice community in Beijing for an evening with Rice University president David W. Leebron and his wife Y. Ping Sun.
Dali
Dongcheng District, 67 Xiaojingchang Hutong, Gulou Dong Dajie
Beijing, China
Contact Name: Jason Lee ’06 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, July 9
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7/11/2008
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Business Network Lunch
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a networking lunch. The meeting will focus on networking in small groups to identify opportunities for one another. If you want to sell your services, broaden the market for your company’s products, or make a deal, you need to connect – and the Rice Business Network has connected people on real estate deals, computer services, consulting services, bank loans, new business ventures, career changes, legal services, accounting, and much more.
Keep the second Friday of each month open for upcoming RBN lunches at Ziggy’s. E-mail the RBN via the link below if you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list or if you would like to lead a discussion.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Email the Rice Business Network Related URL: More information on the Rice Business Network
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7/6/2008
8:30 AM
RSVP Required
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China: Breakfast with David Leebron and Ping Sun in Shanghai
Join Rice president David Leebron, his wife, Ping Sun, and former director of alumni affairs Mark Davis at a breakfast for the Rice community in Shanghai. RSVP by July 1 to Mark Davis at davism@rice.edu or via the email link below.
Please note new location listed below (across the street from original location)...
Shanghai Pearl Hotel
212-228 Zhao Jiabang Road (Shan Xi South Road)
Fourth Floor
Shanghai
Contact Name: Mark Davis
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6/26/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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D.C.: Quarterly Happy Hour
Bring your friends and head over to Georgetown for our second quarterly happy hour of the year! Enjoy after-work drinks, food, and fun with with fellow Capital Owls.
Special thanks to Craig Fratrik ’06 and Becca Schendel Norris ’04 for hosting.
Mie N Yu
3125 M Street
Washington, DC
Contact Name: Becca Schendel Norris ’04 Related URL: Mie N Yu
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6/21/2008
4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Tampa: Rice Night at the Ballpark
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends to watch the Tampa Bay Rays take on the Houston Astros! This is a great chance to see three former Rice baseball players--Lance Berkman, Jose Cruz Jr. and Tim Byrdak--as they play for the Astros. Wear your Rice gear to show your school spirit!
Purchase tickets online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 to charge your tickets by phone. Order by noon Friday, June 13 to allow time for mailing.
Meet volunteer coordinator Kelly Blume ’96 at 4:00 p.m. at Ferg’s Sports Bar (cash bar) for a bite to eat. Mix and mingle with the Rice group before heading off to the game.
Ferg’s Sports Bar
1320 Central Ave.
St. Petersburg 33705
A block north of Tropicana Field. Park once!
Tropicana Field
1 Tropicana Drive
St. Petersburg, FL
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by noon on Friday, June 13!
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6/17/2008
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Various: Rice at the College World Series
Visit http://alumni.rice.edu/postseason.html for information on events for Rice fans in Omaha and across the world.
Go Owls!
Omaha, NE
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6/15/2008
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Various: Rice at the College World Series
Visit http://alumni.rice.edu/postseason.html for information on events for Rice fans in Omaha and across the world.
Go Owls!
Omaha, NE
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6/13/2008
8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Summer Wine Tasting
Get ready for a special evening with friends while enjoying a variety of delicious American wines! The $20 cost includes wine and hors d’oeuvres. Please reserve your spot online by Thursday, June 12, if you plan to attend.
2117 Hopkins St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Katie Barrett ’04 Related URL: RSVP online by Thursday, June 12!
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6/12/2008
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Houston Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Interested in volunteering? Have any ideas you would like to share? Join us for our monthly meeting to help the committee plan programs and events for the upcoming year. If you plan to attend, please email Katie Barrett ’04.
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Katie Barrett ’04 Related URL: Houston Young Alumni Committee
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6/11/2008
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Rice MBA Alumni Resources Launch
Come and learn about alumni resources that are available to graduates of the Jones Graduate School of Management, and mingle with fellow Owls over drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Meet the CMC, Programs Office, and External Relations staff.
::Alumni Career Services
::Lifelong Learning Programs
::Networking/Directory Services
::New York Alumni Chapter Roll-Out
For more information and to RSVP, visit the JGSM website.
The Penn Club of New York
30 West 44th Street
New York, NY , 10036
Contact Name: Shaheen Ladhani Related URL: The Penn Club of New York
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6/9/2008
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Super Regional Baseball Party
**This event will only take place if needed to complete the Super Regionals series!**
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends at Taco Mac to support the Rice baseball team as they take on Texas A&M in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Please contact Jack Terry ’84 if you plan to attend either or both games.
jmterry@riceowls.com
Jack Terry 713-303-1221
Michelle Terry 770-605-8818
Game 1: Saturday, June 7 @ 3:00 p.m. (ET)--ESPNU
Game 2: Sunday, June 8 @ 7:00 p.m. (ET)--ESPN2
Game 3(*If Necessary*): Monday, June 9 @ TBA
Taco Mac
1211 Ashford Crossing
Atlanta, GA , 30346
Contact Name: Jack Terry ’84 Related URL: Directions to Taco Mac
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6/8/2008
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Super Regional Baseball Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends at Taco Mac to support the Rice baseball team as they take on Texas A&M in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Please contact Jack Terry ’84 if you plan to attend either or both games.
jmterry@riceowls.com
Jack Terry 713-303-1221
Michelle Terry 770-605-8818
Game 1: Saturday, June 7 @ 3:00 p.m. (ET)--ESPNU
Game 2: Sunday, June 8 @ 7:00 p.m. (ET)--ESPN2
Game 3(*If Necessary*): Monday, June 9 @ TBA
Taco Mac
1211 Ashford Crossing
Atlanta, GA , 30346
Contact Name: Jack Terry ’84 Related URL: Directions to Taco Mac
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6/8/2008
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Super Regional Baseball Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends at Shoal Creek Saloon to support the Rice baseball team as they take on Texas A&M in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
This past weekend, Rice defeated Sam Houston State, St. John’s University, and the University of Texas in an NCAA regional championship held at Rice’s Reckling Park. Rice is 45-13 overall, holds the #6 national seed and sits at #5 in the NCAA’s computer rankings.
RSVP to Erin Benson at ebenson@alumni.rice.edu if you plan to attend either or both games. Wear your Rice gear to show your school spirit!
NCAA Super Regional Tournament
Shoal Creek Saloon
Game 1: Saturday, June 7 @ 2:00 PM (ESPNU-Ch 436)
Game 2: Sunday, June 8 @ 6:00 PM (ESPN2-Ch 53)
Game 3(*If Necessary*): Monday, June 9 @ TBA
Shoal Creek Salon
909 N. Lamar
Austin, TX , 78703
Contact Name: Erin Benson Related URL: Shoal Creek Saloon
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6/7/2008
3:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Super Regional Baseball Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends at Taco Mac to support the Rice baseball team as they take on Texas A&M in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
Please contact Jack Terry ’84 if you plan to attend either or both games.
jmterry@riceowls.com
Jack Terry 713-303-1221
Michelle Terry 770-605-8818
Game 1: Saturday, June 7 @ 3:00 p.m. (ET)--ESPNU
Game 2: Sunday, June 8 @ 7:00 p.m. (ET)--ESPN2
Game 3(*If Necessary*): Monday, June 9 @ TBA
Taco Mac
1211 Ashford Crossing
Atlanta, GA , 30346
Contact Name: Jack Terry ’84 Related URL: Directions to Taco Mac
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6/7/2008
2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Super Regional Baseball Party
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends at Shoal Creek Saloon to support the Rice baseball team as they take on Texas A&M in a 3 series battle for a spot in the top 8 to move on to the 2008 College World Series in Omaha.
This past weekend, Rice defeated Sam Houston State, St. John’s University, and the University of Texas in an NCAA regional championship held at Rice’s Reckling Park. Rice is 45-13 overall, holds the #6 national seed and sits at #5 in the NCAA’s computer rankings.
RSVP to Erin Benson at ebenson@alumni.rice.edu if you plan to attend either or both games. Wear your Rice gear to show your school spirit!
NCAA Super Regional Tournament
Shoal Creek Saloon
Game 1: Saturday, June 7 @ 2:00 PM (ESPNU-Ch 436)
Game 2: Sunday, June 8 @ 6:00 PM (ESPN2-Ch 53)
Game 3(*If Necessary*): Monday, June 9 @ TBA
Shoal Creek Salon
909 N. Lamar
Austin, TX , 78703
Contact Name: Erin Benson Related URL: Shoal Creek Saloon
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6/6/2008
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our monthly happy hour! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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6/3/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club Gathering
Get ready for a special evening with friends and goog conversation about Sharon Kedar ’95 and Manisha Thaker’s On My Own Two Feet. You don’t want to miss the opportunity to meet co-author Manisha Thaker as she leads this special book club discussion. The $10 cost includes wine and hors d’oeuvres. Please reserve your spot online by Saturday, May 31, if you plan to attend. Join our book club listserv to get more information about our upcoming books and events.
So Vino
507 Westheimer Rd
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Hallaway ’04 Related URL: RSVP online by Saturday, May 31!
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5/29/2008
RSVP Required
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San Antonio: Rice Athletics Fly By Happy Hour
Join local Rice Athletics supporters as they meet and greet Athletic Director Chris Del Conte, Coach David Bailiff, and other Rice coaches and administrators at our happy hour. Enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Please let us know if you plan to attend.
San Antonio Country Club
4100 North New Braunfels Ave
San Antonio, TX , 78209
Contact Name: Julie Waibel Related URL: Register online by Tuesday, May 27!
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5/29/2008
6:30 PM
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Boston: Happy Hour
It’s time to celebrate the spring and spend a relaxing evening with fellow Owls! Bring a friend and join us Thursday, May 29, for a Rice Happy Hour at 6:30 p.m. at Game On! (82 Lansdowne St. and Brookline Ave.). Enjoy a wide variety of tasty beverages, casual food, and good company at one of Boston’s favorite sports bars.
If you can join the fun, please email our volunteer coordinator, Dave Archibald ’02, so he can reserve a space for you. Don’t miss your chance to reconnect with the Rice community in Boston!
Game On!
82 Lansdowne St. and Brookline Ave.
Boston, MA
Contact Name: Dave Archibald ’02 Related URL: Game On! Fenway
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5/29/2008
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join fellow Owls and friends for our monthly happy hour at Phil’s Icehouse. Meet at 6 pm to enjoy a warm afternoon filled with tasty beverages, delicious burgers, and good conversation! This month’s venue features a playground and an Amy’s Ice Cream next door. So, make plans to bring the kids along, too.
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Phil’s Icehouse
5620 Burnet Rd. (at Northland, with Amy’s)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Phil’s Ice House
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5/28/2008
RSVP Required
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Dallas: Rice Athletics Fly By Happy Hour
Join local Rice Athletics supporters as they meet and greet Athletic Director Chris Del Conte, Coach David Bailiff, and other Rice coaches and administrators at our happy hour. Enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Please let us know if you plan to attend.
Blue Mesa Grill
Dallas Lincoln Park
Dallas, TX , 75225
Contact Name: Julie Waibel Related URL: Register online by Monday, May 26!
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5/18/2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington, D.C.: Shepherd School at The Kennedy Center
Robert A. Yekovich
Dean of the Shepherd School of Music
and
The Association of Rice Alumni
cordially invite you to a concert featuring students from the
Shepherd School of Music
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Terrace Theater
Sunday, May 18, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Free concert
Seating is limited and open to the public,
so please arrive early.
7:00 p.m.
Complimentary champagne reception
honoring Rice performers
Trio Destino
Hilary Abigana, flute ~ Amy Chung, clarinet
Rachel Young, bassoon
Jasper String Quartet
J Freivogel, violin ~ Sae Niva, violin
Sam Quintal, viola ~ Rachel Henderson, cello
and
Sadie Turner, harp
Please note: Seats are first come, first served. Please arrive early to ensure your seat Reserved seats are not available for this performance.
RSVP for the reception by Friday, May 9.
Register online or contact Leigh Williams
at 713-348-4157 or lwilliams@rice.edu.
For directions and additional information,
visit The Conservatory Project website.
The Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project creates an ongoing showcase for exceptional young artists from the nation’s leading music conservatories in classical music, jazz, and opera. This fifth edition of The Conservatory Project’s semi-annual performances are a part of the Kennedy Center’s "Performing Arts for Everyone" initiative, which provides free, daily performances. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Terrace Theater
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC , 20566
Contact Name: Leigh Williams Related URL: RSVP by Friday, May 9, 2008!!!
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5/17/2008
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice Alliance Event
Start-up Mentoring Workshop
5th Annual Rice Alliance Forum for Entrepreneurs
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. "Start-up 101 Tutorial,” open enrollment, lunch provided
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Mentoring sessions (by application & appointment)
The Rice Alliance-Austin Chapter presents the fifth annual Start-Up Mentoring Workshop on Saturday May 17. Prior events have been well attended and packed with useful information for start-up teams. Don’t miss it!
The morning tutorial is available to any interested entrepreneur. Pre-registration for "Start-ups 101 Tutorial" costs only $20 through May 14. Onsite registration costs $40, if space is available. There is no charge associated with the mentoring sessions, but applications comprised of an executive summary, business plan, and contact information, should be submitted to austinmentors@austinricealliance.org.
The offices of Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.
600 Congress Avenue
Suite 2300
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Austin Rice Alliance Related URL: For more information and to register, visit the Rice Alliance website!
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5/15/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Join us for this special edition of our monthly Houston Young Alumni Committee meetings! We’ve invited the Class of 2008 to come meet members of the committee.
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome! If you plan to attend, RSVP to Katie Barrett ’05 in the alumni office by Tuesday, May 13.
6:00 to 6:30 p.m. - Pizza dinner and socializing
6:30 to 8:00 p.m. - Planning Meeting with the Houston Young Alumni Committee
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Katie Barrett ’05 Related URL: Houston Young Alumni Committee
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5/14/2008
6:00 PM
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Colorado: Rice Pub Night
Pint’s Pub is a traditional British brew pub that strives to be your "local" regardless of your locale. Beyond that, Pint’s is nationally famed for two world class features: they are brewers of authentic traditional British "cask conditioned" or "live ales", which are served from hand pumps, and proudly serve the largest selection of single malt whisky this side of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Pints is conveniently located two blocks from the Denver Art Museum. Just a quick walk from the Civic Center Station if you’re taking the bus or light rail and free mall shuttle from Boulder or anywhere else in the area. For bus schedules and fares, visit www.rtd-denver.com.
RSVP to Kirsten Schatz ’03 at 609-462-8456 or by email below.
Pints Pub
221 West 13th Avenue
Denver, CO , 80204-2711
Contact Name: Kirsten Schatz ’03 Related URL: Pints Pub
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5/10/2008
RSVP Required
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Houston: ARA Honors Dinner
Association of Rice Alumni Honors Dinner for recipients of Distinguished Alumni, Meritorious Service, and Gold Medal Awards.
Recipients of the
Association of Rice Alumni
2008 Honor Awards:
Gold Medal
The Honorable James A. Baker III
Distinguished Alumni Award
Barbara Boyan ’70, ’74, ’75
Tom J. Fatjo, Jr. ’63
Nick Nichols ’58
Sam Reed ’70
Meritorious Service Award
Peggy Mauk Barnett ’55
Hally Beth Walker Poindexter ’47
Dan C. Steiner ’77
Richard A. Tapia
Hotel Zaza
5701 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: ARA Honors and Awards
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5/7/2008
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Food and Wine Club @ T’afia
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
T’afia
3701 Travis St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta
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5/7/2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Monthly Networking Social
Join fellow young alums and members of the Class of 2008 after work for some food, fun, and conversation at Berryhill. Don’t miss the opportunity to re-connect with old friends and make new ones!
Berryhill
3407 Montrose Blvd.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jacob Lopez ’07 Related URL: Berryhill Tamales
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5/5/2008
7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: REA Spring Energy Lecture
Rice Engineering Alumni
invites you to join us for our spring energy lecture
Geothermal & Geopressure Power:
The Baseload Renewable Energy Resource
featuring
James Beverly
Manager, Steam Turbine Applications
TurboCare, Inc.
7:30 p.m. Lecture
8:30 p.m. Reception
There is no cost to attend this event. For more information, and to register, click here. McMurtry Auditorium
Duncan Hall, Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online for this FREE event by Thursday, May 1!
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5/3/2008
8:00 AM
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Baltimore: Packard Center’s Fiesta 5K & Fun Run
Calling all Rice Owls!!
On May 3, 2008, our very own O. J. Brigance ’92 will be serving as honorary chair for the Packard Center for ALS Research Fiesta 5K and Fun Run! The Packard Center for ALS Research is a non-profit organization devoted solely to finding treatments and a cure for ALS.
Join the Brigance Brigade - Rice Team, and the important work of the Packard Center, by making a participating in the Fiesta 5K & Fun Run. Our efforts will help make a big difference in the fight against ALS and show the Juice that his fellow Owls are with with him in the fight!
For more race day details and to meet with the Rice Team, contact volunteer Donald Bowers ’91.
Power Plant Live! Pavilion
34 Market Place (at Water St)
Baltimore, MD
Contact Name: Donald Bowers ’91 Related URL: Sign up online by Wednesday, April 30!
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5/2/2008
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our monthly happy hour! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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5/1/2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: New Alumni Picnic
Too busy with finals to do laundry? Well, we’ve got you covered (literally) with what may be your last FREE T-SHIRT from Rice! Please register online with your post-Rice contact information. Then join us at the picnic for free food, entertainment, and a Class of 2008 shirt.
O’Connor House
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Register online by 10:00 am, Thursday, May 1
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4/26/2008
4:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Central Florida: Rice vs. UCF Pregame Mixer & Baseball Game
4:30 p.m. Pregame Mixer at Logan’s Roadhouse
6:30 p.m. Rice vs. UCF Baseball at Jay Bergman Field
Join us two hours before the game for complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Then head over to Jay Bergman Field (4000 Central Florida Blvd.) for the game. A limited number of discounted game tickets are available for $3.
Logan’s Roadhouse
11674 University Drive
Orlando, FL , 32817
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Purchase discounted game tickets and RSVP for the Pregame Mixer by Sunday, April 20!
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4/26/2008
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Conference for Rice Alumni Leaders
For more information, please visit http://alumni.rice.edu/alc2008.
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Related URL: Conference for Rice Alumni Leaders
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4/25/2008
11:30 AM - 7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Conference for Rice Alumni Leaders
For more information, please visit http://alumni.rice.edu/alc2008.
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Related URL: Conference for Rice Alumni Leaders
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4/24/2008
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join fellow owls and friends for our monthly happy hour at McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant. Meet at 6 pm to enjoy yummy and free appetizers!
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant
401 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant
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4/22/2008
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Speaker Series - John Boles ’65
John Boles ’65
William P. Hobby Professor of History
Managing Editor, Journal of Southern History
Rice University
"University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett
and the Founding of the Rice Institute"
11:30 a.m. Registration and networking
11:45 a.m. Lunch and program
For more information and to RSVP, please visit the online registration page.
The Fairmont Dallas
1711 North Akard Street
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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4/17/2008
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Miami/Fort Lauderdale: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
For more information and to RSVP, please visit the online registration page.
The Tower Club
One Financial Plaza, 28th Floor
100 SE 3rd Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, April 14!
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4/17/2008
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Rice MBAs Happy Hour
Join fellow JGSM alumni and guests for a happy hour in the heart of Rockefeller Center. This is a great chance to network and reconnect with Rice friends.
RSVPs are required. Please contact Shaheen Ladhani ’97 in the Jones School at Shaheen@rice.edu.
Sports Club/LA -- Pulse Bar
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY
Contact Name: Shaheen Ladhani ’97 Related URL: Sports Club/LA - Rockefeller Center
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4/16/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston 2.0 & ARUBA: Reception and Lecture - Suzan-Lori Parks
6:30 p.m. - Reception
8:00 p.m. - Lecture
$15 per person includes wine, hors d’oeuvres, and reserved seating
Come visit with ARUBA and Houston 2.0 alumni and friends at our pre-lecture reception. Then get ready for an entertaining and energizing evening as Rice welcomes renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks as part of the President’s Lecture Series. But if you expect her to give a typical writer-behind-the-podium lecture, think again. Her talks, often referred to by audiences as "The Suzan-Lori Parks Show," are part performance, part storytelling, and always high-energy with an inspired sense of humor. Parks, author of the much acclaimed novel Getting Mother’s Body and numerous stage plays for Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, Spike Lee, and Denzel Washington, will read from her work and discuss how art can be a force for positive world change.
For additional information, contact Kevin Mistry ’95 at kevinmistry73@hotmail.com or Mitra Miller Roehr ’92 at mitra@alumni.rice.edu.
Kelley Lounge, Rice Memorial Center
Rice University Campus, RU
Contact Name: Kevin Mistry ’95 Related URL: Register online by Monday, April 14.
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4/16/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Faculty Lecture - John Boles ’65
John Boles ’65
William P. Hobby Professor of History
Managing Editor, Journal of Southern History
Rice University
"University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett
and the Founding of the Rice Institute"
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Lecture
For more information and to RSVP, please visit the online registration page.
Café at Country
The Carlton on Madison
88 Madison Ave. at 29th St.
New York, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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4/12/2008
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Awards Picnic
Each year, the REA awards more than $50,000 in scholarship money to Rice engineering students. Come help us congratulate this year’s recipients and share barbecue with other engineering alumni, students, faculty, staff, and families!
The following scholarships and awards are chosen by the REA and will be presented at the picnic:
REA Junior and Senior Merit Awards
$1000 each to one junior and one senior in each of the seven departments of the Brown School offering undergraduate degrees
REA Herbert Allen Outstanding Junior Award
Given to the overall outstanding junior
The following scholarships and awards are from other funding sources and are chosen by the respective engineering departments. These awards will be presented by the REA to the recipients at the picnic:
The Harianna Butler Award
For a deserving married undergraduate
The Alan Chapman Achievement Award
For an outstanding junior mechanical engineering student
The Buckley-Sartwelle Award
For two outstanding junior mechanical engineering students
The Hershel M. Rich Outstanding Invention Award
To honor an outstanding invention by faculty or students
Bob Dickson Prize
For a student whose work benefits society
Franz R. and Frances Brotzen Achievement Award
For a mechanical engineering and materials science student involved with the university
James S. Waters Creativity Award
For an engineering undergraduate with creative independent work
20th Anniversary of Willy’s Turnaround: Also, don’t miss the reception on Friday evening, April 11, hosted by the REA and the Rice Historical Society honoring Rice’s most famous engineering prank. For more information, visit the online registration page.
Engineering Quadrangle
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Alumni Office Related URL: Rice Engineering Alumni
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4/11/2008
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Camping Trip
Don’t miss the opportunity to join fellow young alums for a camping trip in the Texas Hill County on Friday, April 11 to Sunday, April 13!
We’ll be enjoying the outdoors at Blanco State Park where you can swim in the Blanco River, go for a hike, or rent a canoe. On Saturday, you can take an optional day trip to Austin for the Hill Country Wine & Food Festival or to Fredricksburg for their museums, shopping, and local charm. Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP by Thursday, April 10.
$25 per person includes meals and camping site fees
Optional $50 per person for the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food event
Blanco State Park
101 Park Road 23
Blanco, TX , 78606
Contact Name: Dylan Hedrick ’04 Related URL: RSVP online by Thursday, April 10! Space is limited.
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4/11/2008
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: 20th Anniversary of Willy’s Turnaround
Hosted by the Rice Historical Society
and the Rice Engineering Alumni
Join us as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the most famous prank in Rice’s history! For more information and to RSVP, please visit the online registration page.
Rice Media Center
Entrance 8 off of University Blvd. at Stockton
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Rice alumni office Related URL: RSVP online
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4/10/2008
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Mexico City: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
An evening with David W. Leebron and Lyn Ragsdale, Dean of Social Sciences
La Hacienda de los Morales
Salón La Huerta
Vázquez de Mella 525, Col. Del Bosque
Polanco, Mexico
Related URL: RSVP online by Wednesday, April 9
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4/10/2008
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: GLBT Alumni and Friends Reception
Please join us for a casual reception with Rice’s Gay and Lesbian Alumni (GALA), featuring special guest Judy Shepard.
For more information and to RSVP, please visit the online registration page.
Home of the Honorable Annise Parker ’78
428 Westmoreland
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: RSVP online
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4/10/2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Dinner Meeting
Join us for this special edition of our monthly Houston Young Alumni Committee meetings! We’ve invited the Class of 2008 to come meet members of the committee.
Enjoy complimentary dinner from Star Pizza! Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome! If you plan to attend, RSVP to Nicole Peralta in the alumni office by Tuesday, April 8.
6:00 to 6:30 p.m. - Dinner from Star Pizza will be served.
6:30 to 8:00 p.m. - Planning Meeting with the Houston Young Alumni Committee
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta
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4/9/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington DC: Faculty Lecture and Reception with John Boles ’65
"University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute"
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:30 p.m. Lecture
For more information and to sign up, please visit the online registration page.
Hotel Palomar
Phillips Room
2121 P Street NW
Washington, DC , 20037
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, April 7!
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4/7/2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Santiago: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
The Ritz-Carlton Santiago
El Alcalde 15 - Las Condes
Santiago, Chile
Related URL: RSVP online by Friday, April 4
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4/4/2008
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our monthly happy hour! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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4/3/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Buenos Aires: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
An evening with President Leebron and Mark P. Jones, professor of political science
La Mansion, Four Seasons Hotel
Cerrito 1455
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Related URL: RSVP online by Monday, March 31
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4/3/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Los Angeles: Faculty Lecture and Reception with John Alford
John Alford
Associate Professor of Political Science
Rice University
"The Biology of Politics:
Political Genes and Political Brains"
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Lecture
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
The Beverly Hilton
Stardust Ballroom
9876 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA , 90210
Contact Name: Annette Wemhoff Related URL: Register Online
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4/2/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco: Faculty Lecture and Reception with John Alford
John Alford
Associate Professor of Political Science
Rice University
"The Biology of Politics:
Political Genes and Political Brains"
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Lecture
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Serrano Hotel
405 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA , 94102
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register Online
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4/2/2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Happy Hour with the Class of 2008
Come join us for our fabulous monthly happy hour! Make plans to enjoy a casual evening with fellow Owls, members of the Class of 2008 and friends.
Brian O’Neill’s
5555 Morningside Drive
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jacob Lopez ’07 Related URL: Brian O’Neill’s
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4/1/2008
4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice vs. Texas Baseball Pregame Mixer and Tickets
Join alumni, family, and friends two hours before the game for complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar at Scholz Garten. Then head over to Disch-Falk Field (Martin Luther King Blvd. and Comal St.) to cheer on the Owls against the Longhorns!
For full event details, directions, and to register online, please visit the online registration page.
Please note: Baseball game tickets in the Rice section are sold out.
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online for the pregame mixer by Friday, March 21!
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3/31/2008
6:30 PM
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Houston 2.0: Steering Committee Meeting
Get to know other 2.0’ers, share ideas for future programming, and learn how to get involved. All are welcome, so join us!
Houston Alumni 2.0 is designed to meet the interests of alumni 10-30 years post-graduation (although all are welcome at events!).
The Tasting Room Wine Cafe
2409 W. Alabama at Kirby
(next door to Fleming’s Steakhouse)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Pat Huttenbach ’92 Related URL: Map and Directions to The Tasting Room Wine Cafe
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3/29/2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Baseball Tailgate
Join fellow alumni for our annual baseball tailgate! Visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Reckling Park
Rice University
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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3/27/2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Reception and Lecture with Earl Black and Merle Black
The Association of Rice Alumni
and
Emory Alumni Association
cordially invite alumni and friends
to an evening with
Earl Black, Rice University and
Merle Black, Emory University
7:00 p.m.
"Divided America and the 2008 Presidential Election"
8:00 p.m.
Dessert Reception and Book Signing |  |
Earl Black is the Herbert S. Autry Professor of Political Science at Rice University. His twin brother Merle Black is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Politics and Government at Emory University. The Blacks are among the nation’s foremost authorities on politics in the South, and have written three books for Harvard University Press on Southern politics. The Blacks’ new book, Divided America: The Ferocious Power Struggle in American Politics, focuses on voters, parties, and elections according to regional and national trends.
Duncan Hall is building #20 on the online Rice campus map. Paid visitor parking is available in the Lovett Saddle Lot (immediately southeast of Duncan Hall) and in the Founder’s Court Lot (across the grassy lawn to the south).
McMurty Auditorium - Duncan Hall, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Rice Alumni Office Related URL: Register online by Monday, March 24, 2008.
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3/27/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Washington DC: Quarterly Happy Hour
Bring your friends! Network, meet some new friends, or just unwind after work as you mix and mingle with fellow Capital Owls. Special thanks to Craig Fratrik ‘06 and Becca Schendel Norris ’04 for hosting.
1/2 off drinks and specific sushi rolls!
Metro: McPherson Square Station (blue/orange)
Lotus Lounge
1420 K Street NW
Washington, DC , 20005
Contact Name: Craig Fratrik ’06 Related URL: Lotus Lounge website
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3/27/2008
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join fellow owls and friends for our monthly happy hour at Opal Devine’s Penn Field. Meet at 6 pm to enjoy Texas’ best Scotch menu and choose from 36 Craft-brewed and imported draught beers.
Opal Divine’s Penn Field
3601 South Congress
Austin, TX , 78704
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Opal Divine’s Penn Field
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3/25/2008
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club
Unwind with a glass of wine (or other beverage of choice) as we discuss Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner with host Kate McEntire ’04. RSVP to book club chair Kate Hallaway ’04 by Saturday, March 22, if you plan to attend. Join our book club listserv to get more information about our upcoming books and events.
Sonoma Wine Bar
2720 Richmond Ave (one block west of Kirby)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Hallaway ’04 Related URL: Join our Houston Young Alumni Book Club listserv!
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3/18/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Faculty Lecture and Reception with John Boles ’65
"University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute"
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Lecture and remarks
For more information and to sign up, please visit the online registration page.
Chez Zee
5406 Balcones Dr
Austin, TX , 78731
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Sunday, March 16!
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3/15/2008
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Houston: Beer Bike
Watch the races from the alumni tent featuring free drinks, food, and great times with old friends.
10:00 a.m. Parade Line Up
11:00 a.m. Parade
12:00 p.m. Alumni Tent Opens
1:00 p.m. Alumni Race
2:00 p.m. Women’s Race
3:00 p.m. Men’s Race
3:30 p.m. Alumni Tent Closes
Bring your valid photo ID - no exceptions!
Hackerman Beer Bike Track
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: Beer Bike 2008
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3/13/2008
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Want to stay connected with other young alums? Would you like to help us plan upcoming events? Then stop by Ziggy’s and join in as the committee discusses programs and events for this spring.
6:30 pm (Dinner and socializing starts at 6:00pm)
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Katie Barrett ’04 Related URL: Houston Young Alumni
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3/13/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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London: Reception and Lecture with Gary Wihl
Gary Wihl
Dean of Humanities
Rice University
6:30 p.m. Reception and networking
7:15 p.m. Remarks
Join alumni and friends in welcoming Rice’s dean of humanities, Gary Wihl, along with the Humanities Advisory Board, to London.
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Cafe Royal
(Laurel Suite)
68 Regent Street
London, UK , W1B 5EL
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: RSVP online
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3/12/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Kansas City: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
For more information and to RSVP, please visit the online registration page.
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
4420 Warwick Blvd
Kansas City, MO
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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3/8/2008
12:45 PM
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Houston 2.0: Martina McBride at the Houston Rodeo
The best entertainment dollar in town! (Note that carnival rides, food, and drinks are extra.) Meet up with the group at 12:45 p.m. to visit the livestock show, or just meet at our seats at 3:30 p.m. Contact Pat Huttenbach at 713-799-1341 or phuttenbach@hirschwest.com to coordinate. Only 20 tickets are available, first come, first served. If you purchase tickets on your own, we are sitting in Section 528, Rows H and J.
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Pat Huttenbach ’92 Related URL: Purchase concert tickets online
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3/7/2008
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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3/5/2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Monthly Networking Social
As we celebrate the arrival of Rodeo Houston, join fellow young alums after work for some food, fun, and conversation at the Armadillo Palace. Don’t miss the opportunity to re-connect with old friends and make new ones!
Armadillo Palace
5015 Kirby Drive (at Bartlett)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jacob Lopez ’07 Related URL: Armadillo Palace
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3/4/2008
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice Alliance Event
“Fundraising Without VC’s – Austin as the Alternative Capital Capitol”
Some of our best friends are VC’s and bankers-they’re even on our alliance advisory board. But they are not always the best option for every entrepreneur or idea. This session is for entrepreneurs interested in alternative ways to raise capital. Our expert panel will share experiences and tips for raising money through bootstrapping, angel investors, grants, and non-traditional debt.
For more information and to register online, visit the Rice Alliance website.
$15 Early registration (before February 28)
$20 Walk-up registration
Stephen F. Austin Hotel
701 Congress Ave
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Austin Rice Alliance Related URL: Register online by February 28 to receive the early registration discount!
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3/3/2008
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Alumni Reception with Chris Del Conte and Darrow Zeidenstein
Join fellow Owls in welcoming Rice Athletic Director Chris Del Conte and Vice President for Resource Development Darrow Zeidenstein to the Bay Area! Learn all about the many exciting things happening with Rice athletics and with the new student recreation center.
For more information and to RSVP, please visit the online registration page.
Pete’s Tavern
125 King St.
(between 2nd and 3rd)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Julie Waibel Related URL: Register online
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3/2/2008
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Texas Independence Day Social
Join alumni from other Texas universities for this popular annual event. Celebrate your common heritage and catch up with fellow Atlanta-area Owls over drinks, authentic Tex-Mex appetizers, and family fun.
The cost is $10 per person when registering online by Wednesday, February 27, or $20 at the door. Includes a taco bar, chips and salsa, and non-alcoholic beverages (cash bar available). No charge for children under 10.
Directions:
From I-75 South:
- Take the Howell Mill Road exit, #252B
- Turn right on Howell Mill Road, NW and go 0.4 miles
- Turn right on Chattahoochee Avenue, NW and go 1.5 miles
- Nuevo Laredo Cantina is on your right
From I-75 North:
- Take the Howell Mill Road/Northside Drive/US-41 exit, #252
- Turn left on Howell Mill Road, NW and go 0.4 miles
- Turn right on Chattahoochee Avenue, NW and go 1.5 miles
- Nuevo Laredo Cantina is on your right
Nuevo Laredo Cantina
1495 Cattahoochee Avenue
Atlanta, GA
Contact Name: Doug (’84) and Kay (’86) Willaims Related URL: RSVP online by Wednesday, February 27!
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3/1/2008
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Baseball Alumni at Minute Maid Classic
Fore more information and to RSVP, please visit the online registration page.
Minute Maid Park
Houston, TX
Related URL: Register online
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2/28/2008
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Speaker Series - Leo Costello at the Dallas Museum of Art
Leo Costello
Assistant Professor of Art History
Rice University
"The Great Magician of his Art:
The Painting of J.M.W. Turner"
5:30 p.m. Registration and reception
6:15 p.m. Lecture
7:00 p.m. Tour of the Turner Exhibit at the DMA
Join us for this very special evening as we hear from Rice professor and Turner expert Leo Costello. Register online by Friday, February 22.
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Register online
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2/27/2008
6:30 PM
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Colorado: Rice Pub Night
At the Southern Sun, their mission is to offer five-star service, fresh, high quality pub fare and finely crafted brews for affordable prices in an environment that’s comfortable like your living room.
For those coming from Denver, the Southern Sun is easily accessible from the BX (Boulder Express) RTD bus-- get off at the first stop once the bus turns onto Broadway from Table Mesa. For bus schedules and fares, visit www.rtd-denver.com.
RSVP to Kirsten Schatz ’03 at 609-462-8456 or by email below.
The Southern Sun
627 South Broadway
Boulder, CO
Contact Name: Kirsten Schatz ’03 Related URL: Southern Sun
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2/24/2008
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend 2008
An annual events inviting alumni, Rice parents and friends to campus for a weekend of classes from Rice’s outstanding faculty.
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College Weekend 2008
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2/23/2008
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend 2008
An annual events inviting alumni, Rice parents and friends to campus for a weekend of classes from Rice’s outstanding faculty.
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College Weekend 2008
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2/23/2008
8:30 PM
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Houston 2.0: Country & Western Dancing
So you messed up on Valentine’s Day and took her to a sports bar. Make it up by taking her dancing! Whether you are single or come with a date, all are welcome. Meet up at the University of Houston in the basement of the recreational center, the side across from the bookstore. There will be a quick "basic" lesson, and then the group will go to Eddie’s Country Ballroom (a real Texas honky-tonk). Call Pat Huttenbach at 713-799-1341 or e-mail him at phuttenbach@hirschwest.com to let him know you’re coming. $5 cover charge at Eddie’s.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Pat Huttenbach ’92 Related URL: Eddie’s Country Ballroom
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2/23/2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Los Angeles/Long Beach: Rice Athletics Mixer and Owls Baseball Game
Join fellow Owls for a festive tailgate lunch to hear from head coach Wayne Graham and Rice athletic director Chris Del Conte. Then cheer on the Owls as they take on Long Beach State in Rice’s season opener!
Visit the online registration page for more information and to sign up.
Blair Field
(Corner of 10th and Park)
Long Beach, CA
Contact Name: Julie Waibel Related URL: Register online
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2/23/2008
12:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Portland/Dayton: Winery Tour
John McClintock ’55 is providing the location for our first event the afternoon of Saturday, February 23, at Vista Hills Vineyards in Dayton. Dayton is about an hour’s drive from both Portland and Corvallis.
Please contact Karen King ’83 for more details via email below.
Vista Hills Vineyard
6475 Hilltop Lane
Dayton, OR
Contact Name: Karen King ’83 Related URL: Vista Hills Vineyard
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2/22/2008
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend 2008
An annual events inviting alumni, Rice parents and friends to campus for a weekend of classes from Rice’s outstanding faculty.
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College Weekend 2008
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2/19/2008
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club Reception and Lecture
Join us as we launch another year of the Book Club. Don’t miss the opportunity to mix and mingle with other literary-minded alums while we learn about the origins of book clubs at our lecture and reception with Rice professor Elizabeth Long.
7:00 pm Wine and Hors D’Ouevres Reception
7:30 pm Lecture
RSVP online by Saturday, February 16!
$10 per person includes wine and hors d’ouevres (pizza, cheese and proscuitto trays)
The Corkscrew
1919 Washington Ave
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Hallaway ’04 Related URL: Register online by Saturday, February 16!
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2/17/2008
10:30 AM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Dim Sum Brunch with the Young Alumni Food and Wine Club
This month, the Young Alumni Food and Wine Club will be heading over to Chinatown to enjoy a dim sum-style brunch on Sunday, February 17 at 10:30 a.m. Join us at Ocean Palace and learn why it’s so popular. Limited seating is available!!! RSVP online by Friday, February 15.
Ocean Palace
11215 Bellaire Blvd.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: George Smayling ’99 Related URL: Register by Friday, February 15! Seating is limited.
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2/6/2008
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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2/6/2008
6:00 PM
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San Diego: Happy Hour
Join fellow San Diego-area Owls for a casual happy hour to kick off 2008! RSVP to Bill Allen via email below.
Karl Strauss Brewery Gardens
9675 Scranton Road
Sorrento Mesa
San Diego, CA
Contact Name: Bill Allen ’69 Related URL: Karl Strauss Brewing Company
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2/2/2008
7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Alumni Night at the Opera
Enjoy an evening of culture at the Houston Grand Opera featuring Rick Spuler, Rice faculty member and former Lovett College RA. Discounted tickets are $30 for balcony seats. Seating is limited. RSVP online by Monday, January 28.
Brown Theater at the Wortham Center
550 Prairie
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Timmie Wang ’05 Related URL: RSVP by Monday, January 28!
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2/2/2008
12:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Baseball Alumni Game
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Hosted by the Rice University Baseball Players Alumni (RUBPA) Association.
Reckling Park
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kim Koehn Related URL: Register online
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2/1/2008
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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1/29/2008
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Builder’s Award 2008
Join fellow young alumni for a special reception recognizing Houston-area alums who have made outstanding contributions in service to the university. This year’s featured speaker will be Rice Trustee Bobby Tudor ’82, CEO of Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. LLC.
We will be honoring Builder’s Award 2008 recipients: Mitra Miller Roehr ’92/’93 and Michol Ecklund ’97. Thanks to our co-chairs Holly Williams ’03 and Kate Gunn ’05 for organizing this event!
Don’t miss your chance to enjoy one of our best-attended young alumni events of the year! RSVP online by Sunday, January 27, 2008.
Bering and James Art Gallery
805 Rhode Place #500
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Holly Williams ’03 and Kate Gunn ’05 Related URL: RSVP online by Sunday, January 27, 2008.
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1/27/2008
6:00 PM
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Houston: Rice Night with the Houston Rockets
Join us in the Rice section as we watch the Houston Rockets play Morris Almond ’07 and the Utah Jazz! Enjoy an action-filled evening with alumni and friends. Discounted tickets are $19 per person. RSVP online by Tuesday, January 22, 2008.
Toyota Center
1510 Polk Street
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Dylan Hedrick ’04 Related URL: Seating is limited! Register online by Tuesday, January 22, 2008.
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1/24/2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
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Houston: Study Break for the Class of 2008
Do you remember your days as an undergrad? Wouldn’t it have been nice to have had some generous alums give you some support and some free food?
Join other Houston-area young alums as we host a study break for current students on campus! Mix and mingle with current students, and take the opportunity to reflect on the good ’ol days. Email alumni volunteer Kate Gunn ’05 if interested in helping out!
Lobby of the Rice Memorial Center, Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05
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1/23/2008
7:00 PM
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Houston: Lovett to Leebron: A Legacy of Looking Forward
The Association of Rice Alumni is pleased to present David W. Leebron, Rice University’s seventh president, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the presidency of Edgar Odell Lovett. The evening program will include remarks by John B. Boles ’65, author of the new Lovett biography University Builder. The annual meeting of the Association of Rice Alumni will be conducted by Charles Szalkowski ’70, ’71, current association president. The evening event will conclude with a champage, chocolate and coffee reception, and a book signing by Dr. Boles.
Alice Pratt Brown Hall
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: Register online
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1/19/2008
3:00 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Taiwan: Alumni Reception and Dinner
Join Rice alumni and friends for a reception with Carol Quillen, vice provost for academic affairs, and Darrow Zeidenstein, vice presdient for resource development.
Agora Garden
No. 68, Sung-Kao Rd.
Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, --
Contact Name: Ann Peterson Related URL: Register online
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1/17/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Hong Kong: Alumni Reception
Join Rice alumni and friends for a reception with Carol Quillen, vice provost for academic affairs, and Darrow Zeidenstein, vice presdient for resource development.
The Hong Kong Club
1st Floor, Harcourt Room
1 Jackson Road, Central
Hong Kong, --
Contact Name: Ann Peterson Related URL: Register online
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1/16/2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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India (Mumbai): An Evening with David Leebron
Join Rice alumni and friends at a cocktail reception hosted by Consul General Michael S. Owen ’73 and Mrs. Annerieke Owen-Huisman.
American Consulate General
Lincoln House
78 Bhulabhai Desai Road
Mumbai, India, -- , 400 026
Contact Name: June Pinto Related URL: RSVP required
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1/16/2008
6:30 PM
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Colorado: Rice Pub Night
This great new Belgian-style locale is walking distance from downtown Denver -- either take the free mall ride to Civic Center station and walk about 6 blocks down Colfax or take the #15 bus and get off at Logan and walk a half a block. If you’re driving, there should be plenty of street parking, but then you’ll have to limit how much delicious Belgian beer you can drink, so I recommend the bus!
The Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Cafe
534 E. Colfax (near Pearl)
Denver, CO , 80203
Contact Name: Kirsten Schatz ’03 Related URL: The Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Cafe
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1/15/2008
6:00 PM
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Austin: Rice Alliance Speaker Event with Dr. Wade Adams
Join Austin-area alumni and friends at the Austin Alliance’s first event of 2008. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from director of the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University, Dr. Wade Adams.
Dr. Wade Adams retired from the US Air Force senior executive ranks in January 2002, as the Chief Scientist of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He was responsible for providing advice to the laboratory director and staff on the technical and scientific merit of the laboratory’s research and development programs, and he also directed the in-house research program.
Wade was appointed a senior scientist (ST) in the Materials Directorate of the Wright Laboratory in 1995. Prior to that he was a research leader and in-house research scientist in the directorate. For the past 31 years he has conducted research in polymer physics, concentrating on structure-property relations in high-performance organic materials. He is internationally known for his research in high-performance rigid-rod polymer fibers, X-ray scattering studies of fibers and liquid crystalline films, polymer dispersed liquid crystals, and theoretical studies of ultimate polymer properties. He has written more than 190 publications on these topics, including several review articles and two edited books. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Dr. Adams retired from the Air Force Reserve in the rank of Colonel in 1998.
Early registration: $15 per person
Walk-up registration: $20 per person
Register online by Monday, January 14.
Stephen F. Austin Hotel
701 Congress Ave.
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Robert McKee ’74 Related URL: Register online by Monday, January 14, 2008, for early bird registration
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12/27/2007
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join us for our annual family-friendly holiday end-of-year happy hour at Nuevo Leon restaurant. Celebrate the end of the year with fellow Owls and friends.
Nuevo Leon Mexican Restaurant
1501 E 6th St. (at Onion)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Nuevo Leon Mexican Restaurant
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12/19/2007
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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South Florida: Rice Alumni Holiday Mixer
Get into the holiday spirit while spending a relaxing evening with fellow Owls! Network, meet some new friends, or just unwind after work. Complimentary hors d’ouevres will be provided. RSVP to Tom Levitz ’04 below if you plan to attend.
Dave and Buster’s
3300 Oakwood Blvd.
Hollywood, FL
Contact Name: Tom Levitz ’04 Related URL: Dave and Buster’s
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12/18/2007
6:30 PM
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Colorado: Pub Night
The bar is underneath the Bolderado Hotel. Tuesday is quiz night there! Show up at 6:30, the quiz begins at 9:00. RSVP to John Novotny via email below or at 720-271-9290.
Catacombs Bar
2115 13th St.
Boulder, CO
Contact Name: John Novotny ’03
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12/13/2007
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Holiday Party
Register online by Monday, December 10. Alumni are encouraged to register early.
Ernst & Young Headquarters, 22nd Floor
5 Times Square
7th Avenue at 42nd Street
New York, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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12/8/2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni @ Lights in the Heignts
Enjoy the sights and the sounds of the annual Lights in the Heights Festival, featuring decorated homes and live performers along the neighborhood streets. For your convenience, a shuttle bus will be departing the Greenbriar Lot (at Entrance 13 A near University and Greenbriar) at 7:00 p.m., and returning back to campus at 9:00 p.m. For attendees who don’t plan to take the bus, please not that parking is difficult in this residential area, so leave plenty of time to arrive. This event is BYOB (or nog, for that matter), and we’ll carry our yummy treats with us! If you are interested in taking the shuttle, reserve your seat online by Thursday, December 6. Reserve your spot soon, seating on the bus is limited!
Woodland Heights (with Shuttle Bus departing Rice campus)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP for your seat on the bus by Thursday, December 6th!
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12/7/2007
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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12/7/2007
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: RUCAA Reception and Lecture
Please join the Chinese Professional Club of Houston, University of Houston Asian Alumni Association, Organization of Chinese Americans, Asian Chamber of Commerce, Houston-Taipei Society, and Rice University Chinese Alumni Association in welcoming to Houston Jean Pfaelzer, noted author of "Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans."
6:30 p.m. - Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres
7:00 p.m. - Remarks by the author
Book signing to follow.
Please visit the online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Sewall Hall
Rice Campus
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Related URL: Register online
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12/6/2007
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: First Thursday Happy Hour
It’s time to bid farewell to another year of First Thursday Happy Hours on December 6, 2007. Join Happy Hour coordinators, John Ashton ’98 and Lauren Shapiro ’00, at McCormick & Schmick’s as we enjoy good company and conversation.
Please email John if you plan to attend so we can hold enough space for our group.
McCormick & Schmick’s
1 E. Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: John Ashton ’98 Related URL: McCormick & Schmick’s
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12/5/2007
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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12/5/2007
6:00 PM
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Houston: Houston 2.0 & Young Alumni Holiday Happy Hour
Join Houston 2.0 and Houston Young Alumni for a special holiday networking happy hour benefiting the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. We’ll gather at The Social Lounge & Patio Bar from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Get in the holiday spirit and come out for a fun and casual evening with fellow Owls. Please donate a toy and enjoy time with friends. (Toys should be new and unwrapped.) Drinks are 25% off for our group. Let’s help some kids have a great time during the holidays!
The Social Lounge & Patio Bar
3730 Washington (at Yale)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Philip Schwarz ’91 and Jacob Lopez ’07
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12/4/2007
11:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Speaker Series - Paul Dholakia
Paul Dholakia
Associate Professor of Management
Rice University
"Of eBay, MySpace, and YouTube:
The Internet’s Influence on Consumer Behavior"
11:30 a.m. Registration and networking
11:45 a.m. Lunch and program
For more information and to sign up online, please visit the online registration page.
Belo Mansion
2101 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict Related URL: Register online
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11/29/2007
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join us at Halcyon, our comfy old haunt downtown in the warehouse district. Enjoy a variety of tasty beverages, flaming s’mores, and paninis in a warm and comfy space.
Halcyon
218 W. 4th St. (at Lavaca)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Halcyon
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11/17/2007
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Grad-Degree Alumni & Graduate Students Tailgate Party
Make plans to join us for our first-ever Tailgate Party, and cheer on the Rice Owls against Tulane! Graduate-degree alumni, family, and friends are invited to enjoy food and beverages in our alumni tent in the student section at Gate 3. (Look for the blue and white balloons!) There is no charge for the party, and discounted group tickets in our section will be $18.
Register online for the party by Friday, November 16. Game tickets can be purchased online by Monday, November 12. (Login: alumniPassword: Rice07)
Rice Student Tailgating Section and Rice Stadium
Rice Campus
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register for the party online by Friday, November 16!
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11/15/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Washington DC: Quarterly Happy Hour
Network, meet some new friends, or just unwind after work. Come mix and mingle with fellow Capital Owls! Special thanks to Allison Gilmore ’99 and Matt Haynie ’03 for coordinating!
Metro: Pentagon City (Yellow/blue)
Sine Irish Pub (Pentagon Row shopping center)
1301 Joyce Street
Arlington, VA , 22202
Contact Name: Allison Gilmore ’99 Related URL: Sine Irish Pub
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11/13/2007
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Houston 2.0 Lecture - Richard Stoll
Richard J. Stoll
Professor of Political Science
Rice University
"Nation Building and Iraq"
6:00 p.m. Registration, reception, and networking
7:00 p.m. Lecture
For more information and to sign up, please visit the online registration page.
McMurtry Auditorium
Duncan Hall, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Ann Peterson ’86 Related URL: Register online
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11/13/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Colorado: Rice Pub Night
Join the Colorado Rice Alumni Group for our November pub night! Please call Kirsten at 609-462-8456 or email her if you plan to attend.
North Star Restaurant & Brewery
3200 Tejon St.
Denver, CO , 80211
Contact Name: Kirsten Schatz ’03 Related URL: Subscribe to the Colorado Email Listserv
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11/10/2007
12:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Rice vs. SMU Football Pregame
For more information and to sign up, please visit the online registraiton page.
SMU Campus
Look for the Rice tent near Dallas Hall in the main campus quad
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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11/8/2007
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: An Evening with John Boles and Burt McMurtry
"Building Rice’s Legacy"
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Lecture and remarks
For more information and to sign up, please visit the online registration page.
Sheraton Palo Alto
625 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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11/7/2007
7:15 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Food and Wine Club @ Indika
The Young Alumni Food and Wine Club will be launching their first event at Indika! Don’t miss out on an evening of Indian cuisine and a special presentation from Anita Jaisinghani, owner/chef of Indika.
RSVP online by Monday, November 5.
$55 per person fee includes a pre-fixe sampling menu with wine parings. Seating is limited!
Indika
516 Westheimer Rd
Houston, TX
Contact Name: George Smayling ’99 Related URL: RSVP online by Monday, November 5!
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11/7/2007
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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11/7/2007
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: Faculty Lecture and Reception with Michael Gustin
Join Chicago-area alumni and friends for an evening reception and lecture featuring Rice professor Michael Gustin. Mix and mingle with fellow Owls while learning more about Gustin’s research.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Ave, Chicago
6:30 PM Reception
7:15 PM Lecture
"The Biology of Aging"As we grow older, the signs of aging in ourselves and others become increasingly obvious. Until recently, very little was known about the underlying biological mechanisms responsible for this inexorable process. However, at the start of this “century of biology,” our understanding of the aging process has changed dramatically, with discoveries being reported at an increasingly rapid pace. This lecture will examine several of the new research findings that have allowed a deeper understanding of why humans live so long in comparison to other animals, what biological factors control aging, and how an anti-aging drug could be close at hand.
Register online by Monday, November 5, or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Chicago Hilton
720 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, November 5, 2007!
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11/7/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Monthly Networking Happy Hour
Join the Houston Young Alumni Committee for our monthly networking happy hour! Relax and mingle with fellow Rice grads from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Indika.
This edition of our monthly happy hour is in conjunction with our first Food and Wine Club event which will feature dinner and a presentation from Anita Jaisinghani, owner/chef of Indika. Click here for more details!
Indika
516 Westheimer Rd
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jacob Lopez ’07
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11/5/2007
7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Energy Lecture: Amy Jaffe
Speaker:
Amy Myers Jaffe
Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies
Associate Director, Rice Energy Program
"The Changing Geopolitics of Energy"
7:30 p.m. Lecture
8:30 p.m. Reception
Visit our online registration page for more information and to RSVP.
Hosted by the Rice Engineering Alumni
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall
Rice University
6100 S. Main St.
Houston, TX
Related URL: Register online
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11/4/2007
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Houston: Homecoming & Reunion 2007
Visit http://www.rice.edu/homecoming for more information.
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Related URL: Homecoming & Reunion 2007
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11/3/2007
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Houston: Homecoming & Reunion 2007
Visit http://www.rice.edu/homecoming for more information.
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Related URL: Homecoming & Reunion 2007
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11/2/2007
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Houston: Homecoming & Reunion 2007
Visit http://www.rice.edu/homecoming for more information.
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Related URL: Homecoming & Reunion 2007
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11/2/2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice GLBT Alumni Reception
For more information and to sign up, please visit the online registration page.
La Colombe d’Or
3410 Montrose Blvd.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict Related URL: Register online
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11/2/2007
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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11/1/2007
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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London: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
Please visit the registration page for more information and to RSVP online.
The Brasserie
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
21 New Globe Walk, Bankside
London, UK , SE1 9DT
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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10/30/2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Palo Alto Happy Hour
Can’t make it to the monthly happy hours in San Francisco? We’re hosting a casual happy hour in Palo Alto this month. Blue Chalk Cafe is an easy walk from the Caltrain/PA transit center. Enjoy great food, billiards, shuffleboard, and live music, while connecting with your fellow Owls and friends.
Blue Chalk Cafe
630 Ramona St.
(just off University Ave., across from City Hall)
Palo Alto, CA
Contact Name: Matt Gillingham ’96 Related URL: Blue Chalk Cafe
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10/30/2007
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Old World Wine Tasting
Join fellow alumni and friends for a night of the freshest wine in New York. Jameson James ’99, a consultant for Moore Brothers Wine Company, has arranged an opportunity to taste through some great bottles. The cost for the tasting is $15 per person, which covers wine, cheese and nibbles.
Please visit the registration page for more information and to sign up online.
Moore Brothers Wine Company
33 E. 20th St.
New York, NY
Contact Name: Jameson James ’99 Related URL: Register online
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10/27/2007
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: New Alumni Welcome Party
Join us as we welcome the newsest additions to the Houston Young Alumni -- the Class of 2007. Enjoy an afternoon of mingling with fellow Owls, and tasty refreshments at the historic O’Connor House, the home of the Association of Rice Alumni. Eat, drink, and meet the newbies.
RSVP online !
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: It’s not too late to RSVP!
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10/24/2007
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club Discussion
Join Rice young alumni as we discuss Jack Kerouac’s "On the Road" at the home of Ali Ongun’04. Refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP by Tuesday, October 23 to Ali Ongun ’04. For more information, join our book club listserv for information on upcoming books and meetings.
Home of Ali Ongun ’04
2210 West Dallas #1341 (Fourth Floor)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Ali Ongun ’04
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10/24/2007
6:15 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Faculty Lecture with Michael Lindsay
Join Atlanta-area alumni and friends for an evening reception and lecture featuring Rice professor Michael Lindsay. Mix and mingle with fellow Owls while learning more about Lindsay’s research. Visit the online registration page for full details!
Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead
3300 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP online by Monday, October 22!!
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10/22/2007
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Fall Social
Join fellow engineering alumni and friends for free food and drinks as we hear from Sallie Keller-McNulty, dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice.
Saint Arnold Brewery
2522 Fairway Park Drive
(near Hwy. 290 and Antoine)
Houston, TX
Related URL: Rice Engineering Alumni
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10/17/2007
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington, D.C.: Faculty Lecture with Michael Lindsay
Join D.C.-area alumni and friends for an evening reception and lecture featuring Rice professor Michael Lindsay. Mix and mingle with fellow Owls while learning more about Lindsay’s research. Visit the online registration page for full details!
City Club of Washington – Franklin Square
1300 “I” Street NW
Washington, DC , 20005
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, October 15!
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10/11/2007
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas: 1960s Decade Party
Join Rice alumni who graduated in the 1960s for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the home of Gerald Urbach ’65!
Home of Gerald Urbach ’65
7049 Gateridge Dr.
Dallas, TX , 75254
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Friday, October 5!
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10/6/2007
3:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas: Updated: 1990s Decade Party
Join Rice alumni who graduated in the 1990s for a poolside gathering and refreshments at the home of Sharon Cutcher ’96!
Please note the new location.
Home of Sharon Cutcher Sykes ’96
3788 Waterside Court
Addison, TX , 75001
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Thursday, October 4!
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10/5/2007
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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10/4/2007
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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New York: Happy Hour/Networking Mixer
Join fellow alumni and friends for a casual happy hour! Come relive your memories of the Ginger Man in Houston (or the one in Austin or Dallas), and choose from more than 60 beers (though, sadly, no Shiner!).
Ginger Man in Murray Hill
11 E. 36th St.
(between 5th and Madison Aves.)
New York, NY
Contact Name: Kelli DesRochers ’04
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10/3/2007
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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10/3/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Monthly Happy Hour
Join the Houston Young Alumni Committee for our monthly networking happy hour! Relax and enjoy a margarita on the patio while visiting with fellow Rice grads from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Taco Milagro.
Taco Milagro -- Kirby
2555 Kirby Dr. (at Westheimer Rd)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jacob Lopez ’07 Related URL: Taco Milagro
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9/30/2007
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas: 1970s and ’80s Decade Party
Join Rice alumni who graduated in the 1970s and ’80s for margaritas and Mexican munchies at the home of Gloria Meckel Tarpley ’81!
Home of Gloria Meckel Tarpley ’81
8378 Forest Hills Blvd.
Dallas, TX , 75218
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Monday, September 24!
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9/29/2007
8:45 AM - 1:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington DC: Kenilworth Volunteer Day
Volunteers are needed to assist with a variety of park improvement projects including litter removal, removal of invasive species, and planting/weeding projects.
Equipment, water, and light snacks will be provided.
All volunteers are strongly urged to wear clothing appropriate to the work at hand - meaning, long sleeve pants, long shirts, and no open toe shoes.The event will run rain or shine - severe weather cancels.
For more information about National Public Lands Day, please contact Allyson Woods ’97 at allyson.woods@verizon.net.
Directions to the Park
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
1550 Anacostia Ave NE
Washington, DC , 20019
Contact Name: Allyson Woods ’97 Related URL: Register online by Thursday, September 27!
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9/28/2007
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas: 2000s Decade Party
Join Rice alumni who graduated in the 2000s for fajitas on the patio, hosted by Lindsay Germano ’01, at Matt’s Rancho Martinez restaurant!
Matt’s Rancho Martinez
6332 La Vista Drive
Dallas, TX , 75214
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Friday, September 21!
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9/28/2007
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Houston: New Graduate Student Welcome Party
Welcome to Rice! The Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) and the Graduate-Degree Alumni Committee (GAC) invite new graduate students to join graduate-degree alumni, GSA offices and alumni office staff for a FREE ice cream social at Valhalla. Meet other incoming students network with alumni, and learn how the ARA can serve you during your time at RICE.
FREE ICE CREAM!!!
Valhalla, Rice University Houston, TX
Valhalla, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP by Thursday, September 27!!!
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9/28/2007
12:00 PM
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Jim Bridenstine ’98 at Frontiers of Flight Museum
Jim Bridenstine ’98, founder of the Rocket Racing League, will speak to the Warriors, a group of former DFW-area WWII aviators. Rice alumni are welcome to join the group for lunch and to hear from Jim (please bring a sack lunch).
Read the cover article on Jim and his crew from this summer’s edition of the Sallyport, Rice’s alumni magazine.
Frontiers of Flight Museum
2911 Lemmon Ave. (near University)
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Frontiers of Flight Museum
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9/27/2007
RSVP Required
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Dallas: 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s Decade Party
Join Rice alumni who graduated in the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the home of Neil O’Brien ’54!
Home of Neil O’Brien ’54
5343 Wateka Dr.
Dallas, TX , 75209
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Friday, September 21!
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9/27/2007
6:30 PM
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San Antonio: Faculty Lecture with Michael Lindsay
Join San Antonio-area alumni and friends for an evening reception and lecture featuring Rice professor Michael Lindsay. Mix and mingle with fellow Owls while learning more about Lindsay’s research. Visit the online registration page for full details!
Hotel Contessa
306 W. Market St.
San Antonio, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, September 24!
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9/26/2007
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Class of 1997 Reunion Kickoff Fiesta
The Class of 1997
is cordially invited to join us for a
Reunion Kickoff Fiesta
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
O’Connor House
Rice University
Featuring FREE Tex-Mex, wine, beer, and margaritas
This event is casual and children are welcome to attend with their parents. O’Connor House
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: Register online for this FREE event by Tuesday, September 25!
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9/23/2007
1:05 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Yankees vs. Blue Jays
Back by popular demand! Join alumni and friends at the Yankee’s final regular season game as they take on the Toronto Blue Jays. Details on a postgame gathering are forthcoming.
Tickets are $19.00 each. This event will only be pubicized via email, and we expect tickets to sell out quickly. Get yours while they last!
Yankee Stadium
East 161st Street at River Avenue
Bronx, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Purchase tickets online by September 14!
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9/22/2007
9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Young Alumni Postgame Gathering
Reconnect with fellow young alums from Houston and Austin after the Rice/Texas game! Don’t miss your chance to enjoy some tasty food and beverages and good company. More details to follow!
Logan’s
200 E 6th St
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Dylan Hedrick ’04 and Shawn Leventhal ’05 Related URL: Logan’s on 6th
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9/22/2007
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice vs. UT Football Pregame Party -- Event is SOLD OUT!
The Association of Rice Alumni invites all Rice fans to join alumni, friends, and family at a Pregame Barbecue at the UT Recreational Sports Center.
Please click here for more details.
Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium
UT Recreational Sports Center (RSC)
San Jacinto & 20th Streets, 2nd Floor
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta
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9/19/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Washington DC: Quarterly Happy Hour
Network, meet some new friends, or just unwind after work. Come mix and mingle with fellow Capital Owls! Special thanks to Allison Gilmore ’99 and Matt Haynie ’03 for coordinating!
Metro: Eastern Market (Orange/Blue)
The Ugly Mug
723 8th Street SE
Washington, DC , 20003
Contact Name: Matt Haynie ’03 Related URL: The Ugly Mug
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9/19/2007
6:00 PM
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Colorado: Denver: Rice Pub Night
Join the Colorado Rice Alumni Group for our September pub night! Please call Kirsten at 609-462-8456 or email her if you plan to attend.
Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub
1922 13th Street
Boulder, CO
Contact Name: Kirsten Schatz ’03
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9/14/2007
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: New Grad Student Welcome Party - Postponed to 9/28
Due to the possibility of inclement weather, we have decided to postpone this event to Friday, September 28, 2007.
Welcome to Rice! The Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) and the Graduate-Degree Alumni Committee (GAC) invite new graduate students to join graduate-degree alumni, GSA offices and alumni office staff for a FREE ice cream social at Valhalla. Meet other incoming students network with alumni, and learn how the ARA can serve you during your time at RICE.
FREE ICE CREAM!!!
Valhalla, Rice University Houston, TX
Valhalla, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta
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9/12/2007
8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Beijing: Rice Alumni Club of Beijing Fall Dinner
"An Evening on Energy and Expansion"
Featuring Rice professor Steven Lewis, Baker Institute Research Fellow and Director of Asian Studies
and Matthew Chen, Baker Institute Energy Research Associate
Hosted by Jo Kent ’06 and Jason Lee ’06
The Rice Alumni Club of Beijing invites alumni and friends to join us for our fall dinner as we welcome Rice professor Steven Lewis and Baker Institute Research Associate Matthew Chen, who will talk about Rice’s growing ties with China, the expansion of Rice’s Asian Studies Program, and the latest energy research happening at the Baker Institute!
Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be provided. Y80 per person, payable at the door.
RSVP by Saturday, September 8, to Jason Lee at the email address below.
Passby Restaurant
114 Nanluogu Xiang, Dongcheng District
6400-6868
Beijing, China
Contact Name: Jason Lee ’06 Related URL: Email Listserv for Beijing Owls
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9/8/2007
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club
Due to popular demand, the next book club selection will be Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. For those of you who like to reminisce, this is the book club discussion for you! For those of you who have always avoided reading the Harry Potter books, now is your time to start. The meeting will be Saturday, September 8 at 6:30 p.m. RSVP with Kate Hallaway ’04 by email.
Are you interested in learning more about the book club? Subscribe to the book club listserv at https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/hya-book-l.
Home of Kate Hallaway ’04
21402 Park Run Dr.
Katy, TX , 77450
Contact Name: Kate Hallaway ’04
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9/8/2007
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Waco: Rice vs. Baylor Football Pregame Party
The Association of Rice Alumni invites all Rice fans to join alumni, friends, and family at a Pregame Celebration at the Creekside Tailgating Area (just west of the Floyd Casey Stadium, next to the main entrance off of Valley Mills Drive). The pregame party begins at 4:00 p.m., or two hours before kickoff if game time changes.
Map and Directions
Creekside Tailgating Area
(just west of the stadium)
Floyd Casey Stadium
Waco, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, September 3!
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9/7/2007
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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9/7/2007
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Graduate-Degree Alumni Soiree
The Graduate-Degree Alumni Committee invite you to our social mixer launching a new year of exciting events and programs. Don’t miss your chance to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. Enjoy good food and beverages, and learn more about future events with graduate-degree alumni in Houston!
Hors d’oeuvres and the first round of drinks are complimentary.
The Cork Screw
1919 Washington Ave
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02 Related URL: RSVP online by Thursday, September 6!
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9/6/2007
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: First Thursday Happy Hour and Wine Tasting
This event was so much fun last year, we decided to do it again. Join Happy Hour coordinator and co-owner, Suzanne Boue ‘91, at Vintage Wine Bar on September 6, 2007 for this special edition of our First Thurday Happy Hours.
$30 per peson includes three wine selections with a variety of meats, cheeses, fresh fruits, breads, and gourmet pizzas.
Registration for this event is now closed. If you would like to join in the fun, feel free to come and you can pay $35 at the door.
Vintage Wine Bar
1942 West Division (at Damen)
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: Suzanne Boue ‘91
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9/6/2007
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
For more information and to RSVP, please visit the online registration page.
Nasher Sculpture Center
2001 Flora Street
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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9/5/2007
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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9/5/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Happy Hour
It’s back to our old hangout, Hans’ Bier Haus, for our monthly happy hour. Reconnect with old friends and make new ones with Rice young alumni. Make sure to stop by for after work refreshments and bocce ball!
Hans’ Bier Haus
2523 Quenby (behind Firestone)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Timmie Wang ’05 Related URL: Hans’ Bier Bier Haus
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8/30/2007
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join our Austin-area Happy Hour Owls on the last Thursday of the month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums!
Get updates on our monthly happy hours by joining the Austin Happy Hour listserv at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Draught House Pub
4112 Medical Parkway
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong Related URL: Draught House Pub
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8/18/2007
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Join fellow alumni and friends for a casual outing to see the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s new Bloch Building, which opened in June. Enjoy a group tour led by museum docents, and then mix and mingle with fellow Owls at a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception in Rozelle Court.
RSVP by Monday, August 13, to Sam Scott ’01 at 913-481-4807 or via email below.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO , 64111
Contact Name: Sam Scott ’01 Related URL: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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8/18/2007
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: RUCAA :: Student Welcome Reception
The Rice University Chinese Alumni Association,
together with the Chinese Student Association, Korean Student Association, Rice Taiwanese Association, and Vietnamese Student Association
invite new and continuing students and their families to a
New Student Welcome Reception
Saturday, August 18, 2007
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
O’Connor House
This reception is a great opportunity for new students to meet fellow students, parents to meet other parents, and alumni to share their Rice experiences!
RSVP online by Thursday, August 16
Ralph S. O’Connor House
Rice University
on President’s Drive across from Jones College
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Ann Peterson
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8/17/2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Movie Night: The Trust
Join us for a Young Alumni movie night in Chem Lec, with concessions available (at very modest prices) from nearby Valhalla. Admission is $5 at the door. We’ll also have trivia, games, and prizes, so bring friends!
The Trust is the story of William Marsh Rice’s murder and the trial of his killers — written and directed by alumnus Doug Killgore ’69 and filmed in large part on the Rice campus. There are cameos by your favorite professors and lots of chances to spot campus locales.
Keck Hall 100 (Chem Lec)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jen Frazer ’01 Related URL: Trailer for The Trust
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8/16/2007
6:30 PM
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Denver: Rice Pub Night
Join the Colorado Rice Alumni Group for our August pub night! Please call Kirsten at 609-462-8456 or email her if you plan to attend.
Mynt Mojito Lounge
1424 Market Street
Denver, CO
Contact Name: Kirsten Schatz ’03 Related URL: Mynt Mojito Lounge
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8/12/2007
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: 17th Annual Alumni BBQ & Student Send-Off Picnic
Join alumni and friends for a casual summer barbecue as we help welcome the Class of 2011 hosted by Kay (’86) and Doug (’84) Williams!
$4 per person
$2 for vegetarians and children under 12
FREE for new students and their families
We’ll provide BBQ and drinks. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Contact Kay (’86) or Doug (’84) Williams by email or at 404-636-1176 to let them know what you’re bringing.
To RSVP, send a check by Monday, August 6, made payable to:
Kay Williams
1521 Montevallo Circle
Decatur, GA 30033
New students kindly RSVP directly to Kay Williams ’86.
Directions to Murphey Candler Park: From I-285, take exit #29. Go south 0.8 miles on Ashford Dunwoody Rd. Turn left at the traffic light on W. Nancy Creek Dr. and travel about 0.3 miles to the park. We’ll be on the west side of the lake--park by the pool and look for the Rice banner.
Murphey Candler Park
1526 W. Nancy Creek Dr. NE
Atlanta, GA , 30319
Contact Name: Kay Williams ’86 Related URL: Murphey Candler Park
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8/6/2007
5:30 PM
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Houston: Graduate-Degree Alumni Committee
Want to stay connected with other graduate-degree alums? Would you like to help us plan alumni events for the coming year? Then, stop by and join in as the committee plans upcoming programs and events.
Rice Campus, TBD
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01, ’02 Related URL: Rice Graduate-Degree Alumni
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8/5/2007
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Raleigh/Durham: Potluck Dinner & Student Send-off Party
Enjoy traditional beef brisket for a taste of Texas in North Carolina! Please bring drinks or a favorite side dish, snack, or dessert to share. Games, a pool, and hot tub are available for the young and young at heart.
There are 18 new and continuing students headed to Rice at the end of the summer. We invite alumni to share some favorite memories (or memorabilia) of campus days. Compare Rice then with Rice now, and share words of wisdom with new students and their families. Students and families, meet some Rice friends in your home town!
RSVPs are welcome but not required. Contact Donna Bennett ’78 via email below or at 919-779-5296, or you can register online.
Hosted by Donna Bennett ’78
7141 Eastridge Dr.
Apex, NC , 27539
Contact Name: Donna Bennett ’78 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, August 1!
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8/4/2007
5:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: Chicago Fire vs. Columbus Crew Soccer
Get your kicks with Rice Alumni!
Join alumni, students, families, and friends for socializing and fun at a tailgate and soccer game.
Tickets are $20 per person, including tailgate food and drinks. Get yours while they last!
Click here for more information and to register online by Thursday, August 2.
Toyota Park
7000 S. Harlem Avenue
(at the corner of 71st & Harlem)
Bridgeview, IL , 60455
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: We have a limited number of tickests left! Purchase tickets online by Thursday, August 2!
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8/4/2007
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Los Angeles: Student Send-off Party
Join alumni and continuing students to meet and greet new students and their parents at our Los Angeles-area Student Send-off Party.
Click here for more information and to register online by Monday, July 30.
Home of Mehran (’89) and Roya Mashayekh
650 North Tigertail Road
Los Angeles, CA , 90049
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: RSVP by Monday, July 30!
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8/3/2007
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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8/1/2007
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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8/1/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Monthly Happy Hour
Join us for food, drinks, and good conversation this month at RA Sushi! Don’t miss out on your chance to mix and mingle with fellow young alums. We’ll have part of the lounge reserved and food and drink specials.
RA Sushi
3908 Westheimer Rd (Above West Elm)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Timmie Wang ’05 Related URL: RA Sushi
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7/29/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Denver: Cookout & Student Send-off Party
Join alumni and continuing students to meet and greet new students and their parents at our annual Denver Send-off Party.
Click here for more information and to register online by Monday, July 23.
Home of Mary Lou (’58) and Bruce (’55) Laubach
2507 Tournament Drive
Castle Rock, CO
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Monday, July 23!
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7/28/2007
6:45 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Shakespeare Festival -- Romeo & Juliet
Co-sponsored by Houston Young Alumni and Houston Alumni 2.0
6:45 p.m.: Pre-party
8:15 p.m.: "Romeo and Juliet"
Enjoy another classic from The Bard while mingling with Rice friends. Meet at 6:45 p.m. for drinks and food in the shady grove outside the theater box office. FREE reserved seating provided under the theater shell. Seats must be claimed by 8:00 p.m.
Miller Outdoor Theatre
Hermann Park
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP online for this FREE event by Saturday, July 28!
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7/26/2007
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Come out and enjoy food from the tasty grill, cheap Lone Star, expansive outdoor seating, and live music with guest hostess Kristi.
Brentwood Tavern
6701 Burnet Rd
Austin, TX , 78757
Contact Name: Kristi Isacksen ’86 Related URL: Brentwood Tavern
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7/16/2007
5:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington, D.C.: Rice Night at the Ballpark
Tailgating Mixer: 5:30 PM
Washington Nationals vs. Houston Astros: 7:05 PM
Join Rice alumni and friends for an evening enjoying America’s favorite pastime. Come early for food, beverages, and socializing at our tailgating mixer in Parking Lot 8. Then, sit with fellow Owls in our reserved block of seats at the stadium.
Game tickets are $20 (available while supplies last). We’ll provide food, beer and sodas for everyone. Feel free to bring extra munchies to the tailgate!
Click here for parking and directions. Remember to use the Stadium/ Armory Metro Stop, or park in Parking Lot 8!
RFK Stadium
2400 East Capitol Street, S.E.
**Tailgate in Parking Lot 8
Washington, DC , 20003
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, July 9!
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7/12/2007
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Want to stay connected with other young alums? Would you like to help us plan upcoming events? Then stop by Ziggy’s and join in as the committee discusses programs and events for this fall at 6pm. (Dinner and socializing starts at 6:00 p.m.)
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama (at Greenbriar)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Katie Barrett ’04 Related URL: Houston Young Alumni
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7/11/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni: "Hotter than Hell" Happy Hour
It’s time to make plans to join us for our annual summer happy hour. Cool off from the Houston heat and enjoy free food, parking, rides, and exhibits with fellow Rice young alumni!
Downtown Aquarium
410 Bagby at Memorial Drive
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05
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7/5/2007
6:30 PM
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Denver: Rice Pub Night
Join the Colorado Rice Alumni Group for our second pub night of 2007! Please call Kirsten at 609-462-8456 or email her if you plan to attend.
The Mountain Sun Pub
1535 Pearl Street
Boulder, CO
Contact Name: Kirsten Schatz ’03 Related URL: Map and Directions
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7/4/2007
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Houston, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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6/29/2007
RSVP Required
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Japan: Dinner with Professor Kono
Save the date!
Come and meet Rice professor Junichiro Kono, who is in Japan this summer as part of Rice’s Summer Nanotechnology Study Program in Japan . In addition, we’re inviting four new students from Japan who will enter Rice in the fall as freshmen. Join us in welcoming Rice’s newest Owls!
Stay tuned for more details.
TBA
Tokyo, JP
Contact Name: Ann Peterson ’86
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6/28/2007
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Our baseball post-season has ended, but that doesn’t mean au revoir for a whole year. Come and see Rice alumni and friends at our monthly happy hour this Thursday in the bar of the Roaring Fork restaurant in downtown Austin.
The bar has a tempting array of food stuffs, but not too much space, so come early and help stake our claims to comfy chairs for the evening!
Roaring Fork (in the Stephen F. Austin InterContinental)
701 Congress (and 7th)
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Roaring Fork
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6/20/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Washington DC: Quarterly Happy Hour
Network, meet some new friends, or just unwind after work. Come mix and mingle with fellow Capital Owls! Special thanks to Allison Gilmore ’99 and Matt Haynie ’03 for coordinating!
Metro: Ballston (orange)
Bailey’s Pub and Grille (Ballston Commons mall)
4233 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA , 22203
Contact Name: Allison Gilmore ‘99 Related URL: Bailey’s Pub and Grille
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6/20/2007
11:30 AM
RSVP Required
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Dallas: Speaker Series - Michael Gustin
Michael Gustin
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
and Cell Biology
Rice University
"The Biology of Aging"
11:30 a.m. Registration and networking
11:45 a.m. Lunch and program
Click here for more information and to register online.
Belo Mansion
2101 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Friday, June 15!
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6/17/2007
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Various: Rice at the College World Series
Visit our College World Series webpage for all the latest on Rice events in Omaha and across the country.
Go Owls!
Omaha, NE
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6/15/2007
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Various: Rice at the College World Series
Visit our College World Series webpage for all the latest on Rice events in Omaha and across the country.
Go Owls!
Omaha, NE
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6/15/2007
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Texas Hill Country: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
The Association of Rice Alumni
invites you to join
David W. Leebron
President, Rice University
at a program and reception for the Rice community in the Texas Hill Country
The Museum of Western Art
1550 Bandera Highway
Kerrville, Texas
6:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres reception
7:30 p.m. A Vision for the Second Century - David W. Leebron
8:15 p.m. Dessert and coffee
Cost:
$20 per person
$10 recent alumni (’02-’07)
$10 current graduate students.
Map and directions
Hill Country Host Committee
Mary Pattie Butters ’55
Mary Anne Collins ’54
William N. Collins ’52, ’53
Garry Anthony Merritt ’89
Patricia Ann Muller ’58
Stephen C. Muller ’55
Sally Stafford Ragan ’54
Karen Hess Rogers ’68
Gus A. Schill, Jr. ’55
The Museum of Western Art
1550 Bandera Highway
Kerrville, TX , 78029
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, June 11!
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6/14/2007
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
The Association of Rice Alumni
invites you to join
David W. Leebron
President, Rice University
at a program and reception for the Rice community in Austin
The Driskill Hotel
604 Brazos Street
6:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres reception
7:30 p.m. A Vision for the Second Century - David W. Leebron
8:15 p.m. Dessert and coffee
Cost:
$20 per person
$10 recent alumni (’02-’07)
$10 current graduate students.
Directions and parking
Austin Host Committee
Abraham Delgado ’71
Thomas S. Fornoff ’78
Kay Snell Gerken ’83
Jon Gillum ’98
Leah Gillum ’99
Teresa Canfield Johnson ’89
Valerie J. Luessenhop ’77
Robert McKee ’74
Kathleen Davis Niendorff ’69, ’71
The Driskill Hotel
604 Brazos Street
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, June 11!
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6/14/2007
6:00 PM
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Denver: Rice Pub Night
Join the Colorado Rice Alumni Group for the first Pub Night of 2007! Please call Kirsten at 609-462-8456 or email her if you plan to attend.
Pour House Pub
1435 Market St.
Denver, CO , 80202
Contact Name: Kirsten Schatz ’03
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6/7/2007
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: First Thursday Happy Hour
Summer is finally here in Chicagoland! Now that the winter blues are in the past, it’s time to make plans to come to our second happy hour of the year. Join Happy Hour coordinators, John Ashton ’98 and Lauren Shapiro ’00, at Lizzie McNeill’s Irish Pub on June 7, 2007.
So, come mix and mingle with fellow alumni and friends! The gathering starts at 6:00pm. So, don’t miss out on the opportunity to catch up with old friends and make new ones.
Please email John if you plan to attend so we can hold enough space for our group.
Our Chicago "First Thursday" happy hours are held quarterly. Join us in June, and check the rest of the calendar for future dates.
Lizzie McNeill’s Irish Pub
400 N. McClurg Ct.
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: John Ashton ’98 Related URL: Lizzie McNeill’s Irish Pun
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6/6/2007
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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6/6/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Social
Don’t miss out on the chance to enjoy an evening of reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones.
Zimm’s Martini & Wine Bar
4321 Montrose at Richmond
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 & Timmie Wang ’05
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6/2/2007
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Champagne Tasting
Come welcome our newest alumni, the Class of 2007, with a champagne toast as we experience the delectable flavors of several sparkling wines. We will discuss wine-tasting techniques and sample sparkling white wines from various regions. Sign up online now! The cost to attend is $5 for the Class of 2007 and $15 for other alumni and friends. RSVP online by Wednesday, May 30.
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Katie Barrett ’04 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, May 30!
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6/1/2007
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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5/31/2007
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: SOLAR Tequila Tasting
José-Pablo Fernández, an avid tequila aficionado and former executive director of the Mexican Institute of Greater Houston, will give a presentation on the history of tequila. Learn about everything from agaves to the distillation process to the myths that surround this exotic liquor. Proceeds from the tasting will benefit the SOLAR scholarhip program. Door prizes will be awarded.
$30 per person. To register, RSVP by Friday, May 25.
O’Connor House
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Thomas Gonzales ’87 Related URL: Society of Latino Alumni of Rice
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5/31/2007
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Join us for our monthly happy hour!
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Joe’s Bar and Grill
506 West Ave (next to Frank and Angie’s)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Joe’s Bar and Grill
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5/30/2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Alumni Wine Tasting
Join alumni and friends for wine, food, and great company. Only $10 per person!
Court Square Wine & Spirits is located near the Citibank building. Four trains run within half a block of the store, the 7, G, E, and V.
Court Square Wine & Spirits
24-20 Jackson Ave.
Long Island City, NY , 11101
Contact Name: Jameson James ’99 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, May 23!
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5/19/2007
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Denver: Rice at the Denver Art Museum
Join fellow alumni and friends for acasual outing to see the Denver Art Museum’s new Frederic C. Hamilton Building, designed by Daniel Libeskind, winning designerof the proposed Freedom Tower in New York City.
Admission is $10 for adults, payable at the door (with discounts for seniors and kids). Afterwards we’ll gather fordinner and discussion at Pint’s Pub, 221 West 13th Avenue.
RSVP to Cindy Lindsay at 303-954-8525 or by email below.
Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO
Contact Name: Cindy Lindsay ’73 Related URL: Denver Art Museum
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5/19/2007
12:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Tailgate at the Roost
Join us for the last baseball game of the regular season. Come early for food, beverages, and socializing at the Roost, a tented area outside of Reckling Park near the tennis courts along the first base side. Then sit with fellow alumni (in the shaded section) as we cheer on the team. We’ll provide a hot dog, chips, and a beer/soda for everyone. Bring extra cash for extra munchies if you’re hungrier than that! Game tickets costs $7.
Reckling Park, Rice Campus
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Friday, May 18!!!
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5/19/2007
9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Alumni College "On the Road"
For more information and to register online, visit http://alumni.rice.edu/ac-newyork.html.
Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
811 7th Avenue at 53rd Street
New York, NY
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College New York
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5/11/2007
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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Houston: GSA Awards Luncheon
Please join us for an awards luncheon with the Graduate Student Association as we honor faculty, students and community members for their support.
Farnsworth Pavillion, Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta
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5/10/2007
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
RSVP Required
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China: Rice Alumni Club of Beijing Inaugural Dinner
Join Rice alumni, current students, and friends for dinner, and catch up on what’s happening at Rice! Make new friends and expand your network in Beijing.
There is no charge for this event. RSVP by Monday, May 7, to Jason Lee ’06 through the contact information below.
Directions: Vineyard Cafe is located just south of Yonghegong Qiao and Yonghegong (Lama) Temple. Turn right after 20m. Walk 150m down the hutong. Vineyard Cafe is on the right.
For information on our new Beijing-area alumni discussion list, visit Beijing-Owls-L.
Vineyard Cafe
31 Wudaoying Hutong, Dongcheng District
Beijing, China
Contact Name: Jason Lee ’06 (86-13426220641) Related URL: Vineyard Cafe
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5/4/2007
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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5/3/2007
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
Join fellow alumni and friends in welcoming Rice president David Leebron for a reception and program at the Arts Club of Chicago.
Program:
6:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
7:30 p.m. Remarks
8:15 p.m. Dessert and coffee
$25 per person
$15 recent alumni (’02-’06)
$15 current graduate students
RSVP by Friday, April 27. Register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Directions, parking, and public transportation
Arts Club of Chicago
201 E. Ontario Street
Chicago, IL , 60611
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Friday, April 27!
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5/3/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Rice Business Network: Cocktails at O’Connor House
Please join the Rice Business Network for wine and hors d’oeuvres with Charles Szalkowski ’70 /’71, president-elect of the Association of Rice Alumni. O’Connor House is the former home of Rice presidents, and was renovated for use by the Office of Alumni Affairs, Rice Career Services Center, and for select events.Charles Szalkowski is a partner in the corporate department of Baker Botts L.L.P., where he leads the technology and emerging growth companies practice. Mr. Szalkowski is also general counsel of Baker Botts, and in that position advises his partners and colleagues on professional, ethical, and other matters.
Ralph S. O’Connor House
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Karl Maier ’84 Related URL: Register online by Monday, April 30.
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5/3/2007
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: New Alumni Picnic
Your last final is over … time to kick back and relax with some good grub and a cold drink! The Association of Rice Alumni cordially invites all graduating students to a New Alumni Picnic with free food, sno-cones, and T-shirts.* * Of course there’s a catch to get a shirt! Register for the event (below) with your new post-Rice mailing address, then pick up your Class of 2007 T-shirt at the picnic. Your updated information will not only help you stay in touch with your friends, but you’ll also get the Owlmanac (which keeps you up-to-date with classnotes submitted by fellow alums), reunion notices, Homecoming and Beer Bike invitations, mailings from regional Rice groups, and invitations to various other events.
O’Connor House
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Register online to reserve your class shirt! Please use your post-Rice address and email.
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5/2/2007
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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5/2/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Happy Hour
Come join us for our fabulous monthly happy hour! Make plans to enjoy a casual evening with fellow Owls, members of the Class of 2007 and friends. We’ll be in the second-floor private room of T’afia. Complimentary food and cash bar.
T’afia
3701 Travis
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05 Related URL: Chef Monica Pope’s T’afia
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5/1/2007
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Houston: Rice University hosts the Dalai Lama
For information on Rice alumni tickets, call 713-348-3697.
For information on tickets for the general public, visit http://www.rice.edu/dalailama.
Houston, TX
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4/26/2007
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
Join us for our monthly happy hour!
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Union Park
612 W. 6th St.
(at Rio Grande, near Katz’s)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Union Park
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4/24/2007
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington DC: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
Join fellow alumni and friends in welcoming Rice president David Leebron for a reception and program at the Hotel Monaco. We are also pleased to announce that Chris Munoz, Vice President for Enrollment at Rice, and Linda Thrane, Vice President for Public Affairs, will join us for this event.
Program:
6:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
7:30 p.m. Remarks
8:15 p.m. Dessert and coffee
$25 per person
$15 recent alumni (’02-’06)
$15 current graduate students
Registration for this event has closed!
Directions, parking, and public transportation
Hotel Monaco
700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC , 20004
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta
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4/21/2007
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Spring Awards Picnic
Each year, the REA awards more than $50,000 in scholarship money to Rice engineering students. Come help us congratulate this year’s recipients and share barbecue with other engineering alumni, students, faculty, staff, and families!
The following scholarships and awards are chosen by the REA and will be presented at the picnic:
REA Junior and Senior Merit Awards
$1000 each to one junior and one senior in each of the seven departments of the Brown School offering undergraduate degrees
REA Herbert Allen Outstanding Junior Award
Given to the overall outstanding junior
The following scholarships and awards are from other funding sources and are chosen by the respective engineering departments. These awards will be presented by the REA to the recipients at the picnic:
The Harianna Butler Award
For a deserving married undergraduate
The Alan Chapman Achievement Award
For an outstanding junior mechanical engineering student
The Buckley-Sartwelle Award
For two outstanding junior mechanical engineering students
The Hershel M. Rich Outstanding Invention Award
To honor an outstanding invention by faculty or students
Bob Dickson Prize
For a student whose work benefits society
Franz R. and Frances Brotzen Achievement Award
For a mechanical engineering and materials science student involved with the university
James S. Waters Creativity Award
For an engineering undergraduate with creative independent work
Engineering Quadrangle
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Chad Benedict Related URL: Rice Engineering Alumni
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4/20/2007
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Rice Night at the A.C.T. Theatre
Hosted by Teveia Barnes ’75,
Rice University trustee and
A.C.T. Theatre board member
5:30 p.m. Wine reception & backstage tours
6:00 p.m. Private dinner at the A.C.T. Theatre
8:00 p.m. After the War
Join alumni and friends for a special behind-the-scenes look at the American Conservatory Theatre and its production of After the War, a world premiere by acclaimed Bay Area playwright Philip Kan Gotanda. The evening includes a backstage tour of the theater, a private dinner, and a center orchestra seat a the performance.
RSVP by Friday, April 13. You can register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
A.C.T. Theatre
415 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA , 94102
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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4/19/2007
6:30 PM
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South Florida: Spring Mixer
Calling all South Florida Owls! Did you know there are more than 250 Rice alumni in this area? The Association of Rice Alumni invites you to a mid-week mixer with fellow alumni and friends. Catch up with old friends or make some new contacts; the Rice connection is what you make of it! We love to hear ideas for future events as well, so come on out!
Dave & Buster’s
I-95 at Stirling Rd.
Hollywood, FL
Contact Name: Tom Levitz (JGSM ’04)
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4/19/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Washington DC: Quarterly Happy Hour
Network, meet some new friends, or just unwind after work. Come mix and mingle with fellow Capital Owls! Special thanks to Allison Gilmore ’99 and Matt Haynie ’03 for coordinating!
Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown (Red/Green/Yellow)
Fado’s Irish Pub & Restaurant
808 7th Street NW
Washington, DC , 20001
Contact Name: Matt Haynie ’03 Related URL: Fado’s Irish Pub & Restaurant
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4/19/2007
11:30 AM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Speakers Series - Lyn Ragsdale
Speaker: Lyn Ragsdale
Dean of Social Sciences, Radoslav A. Tsanoff Chair of Public Affairs, and Professor of Political Science, Rice University
"Presidents’ Tough Choices: Decision-making in the White House"
11:30 a.m. Registration and networking
11:45 a.m. Lunch and program
Presidents’ major decisions define their terms in office. Newspaper headlines flash the dramatic choices: Truman drops the bomb; Johnson passes civil rights; Ford pardons Nixon. These actions secure the presidents’ places in history, whether their standings are heroic, ignoble, or inconsequential. This talk examines how presidents make these major decisions and focuses on the competition that unfolds among advisors to give the president the choice he ultimately selects.
Belo Mansion
2101 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict Related URL: Register online
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4/14/2007
9:00 AM
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Houston: Beer Bike (RESCHEDULED)
It’s all business as the men’s and women’s teams race for the record books. Although the separate alumni race and tent will not be offered, alums who wish to root for their favorite teams are welcome to break out their "vintage" Beer Bike T-shirts and come on out!
Rice Campus
Hackerman Track
Houston, TX
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4/12/2007
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 W. Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01, Chair Related URL: Houston Young Alumni Committee
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4/12/2007
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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Houston: 2.0 Faculty Lecture: Manet and Monet
Join 2.0 alumni and friends for an evening of learning and socializing. Our speaker will be art history professor Leo Costello, who will focus on two of the key figures in the development of modern art: Edouard Manet and Claude Monet. Dr. Costello will share his insights on several of the artists’ most important works from the 1860s and ’70s included in the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from the Metropolitan Museum, New York, discussing the artists’ contributions to this crucial period of artistic innovation in France.
Space is limited! Register early to avoid disappointment.
O’Connor House, Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Phil Schwarz Related URL: Registration and details
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4/6/2007
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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4/4/2007
7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Energy Lecture: Ramon Gonalez
Speaker:
Dr. Ramon Gonzalez
William W. Akers Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rice University
"Emerging Technologies for the Production of BioFuels & BioChemicals from Renewables"
7:30 p.m. Lecture
8:30 p.m. Reception
Although biofuels such as biodiesel and bioethanol represent a sustainable, secure, renewable, and environmentally safe alternative to fossil fuels, major scientific and technological breakthroughs are needed for them to become economically viable. Our talk will focus on emerging platforms for the production of biofuels and biochemicals from renewable resources. Special attention will be given to topics relevant to the biological conversion of feedstocks such as cellulosic sugars and crude glycerin along with the integration of fuels and chemicals production (i.e., biorefinery).
Building on the success of our inaugural lecture last Fall, the REA is pleased to present Dr. Gonzalez’s lecture on the increasingly hot topic of biofuels and biochemicals. This event is open to the entire community. Please join us for hors d’oevures and cocktails at the reception and for education and discussion about such a key energy issue.
There is no charge to attend, but we kindly request an RSVP. Register online by Monday, April 2.
McMurtry Auditorium in Duncan Hall
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX
Related URL: Register online
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4/4/2007
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Happy Hour
Come join us for our fabulous monthly happy hour! Make plans to enjoy a casual evening with fellow Owls, members of the Class of 2007 and friends.
Volcano
2349 Bissonnet St
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05
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4/1/2007
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
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Baker College: 50th Anniversary BBQ
Enjoy casual, family-friendly grilling in the Baker Quad. Reservations are appreciated but not required.
Baker College Quad
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kelsey Israel-Trummel ’07 Related URL: If possible, please let us know you’re coming by Friday, March 23!
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3/31/2007
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Baker College: Semi-Centennial Dinner
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:30 p.m. Dinner
Join alums, current students, and former and present masters and RA’s as we celebrate fifty years of Baker College. The evening will feature a reception, seated dinner, and remarks by Dr. Carl Wischmeyer, Baker College’s first master. There will be Baker memorabilia and photos from the past 50 years displayed in the commons as well. More information can be found online at http://colleges50th.rice.edu.
Dress is semi-formal.
$25 per person
Baker College Commons
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kelsey Israel-Trummel ’07 Related URL: Register online by Friday, March 23!
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3/30/2007
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Jones College: Jubilee Celebration and Isle Dedication
Join us for food, drinks, and festivities in honor of Jones’ 50th birthday. In honor of the occasion, a brand new patio named “The Isle” for former Jones Master Walter Isle will be dedicated during a ceremony at 6:00pm. Additionally, a photo display chronicling Jones’s history will be on display in the Commons. Please drop by to help us celebrate all of Jones’s 50 years of glory!
We have also created t-shirts commemorating the 50th Anniversary which will be sold at this event. T-Shirts are $8 each. If you cannot attend, but would still like a shirt, or to see a picture of the design, please email linarte@rice.edu.
Jones College Commons and Quad
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Madeline Currie Related URL: Register online by Thursday, March 29
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3/30/2007
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Wiess College: Goldenrod Anniversary Celebration
"Celebrating 50 years of Excellency”
You and your Family are cordially invited to spend the evening of March 30 at Wiess celebrating the past 50 years.
Evening activities include…
5:00 p.m. Family BBQ
* Mock Beer Bike
* Bounce House
* Water Balloon Filling
7:00 p.m. Cocktail Party
* Slide show
* Memory lane gallery
* Open mic story time
Attire is "Wiess (Resort) Casual"
To help us prepare for our trip down memory lane, please take a moment to complete our survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=567423455248 .
Wiess College
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Beth Porterfield ’07 Related URL: Register online by March 28!
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3/30/2007
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Sid Richardson College: 50th Anniversary Reception
Bring your family and join Sid Richardson students, alumni, and special guests for an evening of Sid memories, hors d’oeuvres, and drinks. The event will start immediately following a panel discussion, "The College System at Rice: The Next 50 Years," held in Duncan Hall at 4:00 p.m. Visit with former Sid masters and RAs and enjoy a trip down memory lane.
There is no charge for this event, but RSVPs are greatly appreciated!
The reception will feature a slideshow that includes pictures marking momentous events at Sid (starting from its opening) and depicting life at Sid throughout the decades. If you have pictures you’d like to include, please send them in an electronic form, along with identification of the people in the picture, to our college coordinator, Kelly Penrod. Alternatively, you can mail a disk of pictures to:
Kelly Penrod
6360 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005.
Also, if you have any special Sid stories to share, we encourage you to share those as well!
Please submit photos and stories by Monday, March 26.
Sid Richardson College Commons
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kelly Penrod Related URL: Please register online by Thursday, March 29!
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3/29/2007
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Austin: Rice Alumni Happy Hour
It’s time for our monthly happy hour once again! Join us this Thursday in one of the Dog & Duck’s three covered outdoor areas (look for the Rice pennant). We will be able to enjoy all the benefits of the outdoors including fresh air and scenic views of downtown, yet we will be protected from direct assault by the sun, clouds, birds, and trees, and remain in close proximity to many civilized conveniences like beer on tap, a kitchen that serves fine pub food, indoor plumbing, a jukebox, and electric lights after dark.
Dog & Duck Pub
406 West 17th Street (and Guadalupe)
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Dog and Duck Pub
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3/27/2007
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Philadelphia: Presidential Reception with David Leebron
Join fellow alumni and friends in welcoming Rice president David Leebron and Lyn Ragsdale, Dean of Social Sciences, for a reception and program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Program:
6:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
7:30 p.m. Remarks
8:15 p.m. Dessert and coffee
$25 per person
$15 recent alumni (’02-’06)
$15 current graduate students
RSVP by Wednesday, March 21. Register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Parking is available in the Parkway Garage located at 150 North Broad Street, approximately 1/2 block from the Academy. Parking vouchers for the Parkway Garage will be available at the event.
Directions, parking, and public transportation
The Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins
"The Gross Clinic," Thomas Eakins’ 1875 masterpiece, is widely considered one of the most important American paintings. After mounting an unprecedented collaborative fund raising campaign, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art now jointly own the painting. Our Rice group is priviledged to be one of the first organizations to host an event in the presence of this great work of art.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Historic Landmark Building
118 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA , 19102
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online
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3/24/2007
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Night at the Track
“And they’re off!” Come and join us at the Sam Houston Race Park for live thoroughbred horse racing! First-timers and veterans are all welcome for a lively evening of friends, horse racing, and tasty munchies and beverages.
Cost: $17 for box seats, bar food, and a drink and $4 for parking
RSVP online or by phone at 713-348-4057 by Friday, March 16.
Sam Houston Race Park
7575 N Sam Houston Pkwy W
Houston, TX
Contact Name: David King ’03 Related URL: Online Registration
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3/23/2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Jones College: Tea Party
Back in its early days, Jones held weekly teas for the ladies of Jones College. Therefore, we decided it would be fun to bring back the tradition for our anniversary celebration! Please join us (men and women) for tea, coffee, and snacks, as well as a brief discussion of Jones history by Jones Faculty Associate Dr. Ric Stoll.
We have also created t-shirts commemorating the 50th Anniversary which will be sold at this event. T-Shirts are $8 each. If you cannot attend, but would still like a shirt, or to see a picture of the design, please email linarte@rice.edu.
Jones College Master’s House
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Madeline Currie ’07 Related URL: Register online by Thursday, March 22
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3/22/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin Alliance: Research to Revenue: Transferring Technology in Today’s Market
Participate in a panel discussion exploring the ins and outs of transferring technology in today’s market.
Panelists include:
* Nila Bhakuni, director of Rice University’s Office of Technology Transfer, will lead this panel discussion. Prior to her position at Rice, Ms. Bhakuni worked at Harvard’s Office for Technology and Trademark Licensing, where she led commercialization activities in the physical sciences and software. She worked in Carnegie Mellon’s Technology Transfer Office. She has broad experience in many areas, but her technology specialty is in the physical sciences, specifically nanotechnology, MEMS, materials, software, wireless technology, and robotics.
* Richard Baraniuk is the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University. Before teaching at Rice, he was a research engineer with Omron Tateisi Electronics, and served a joint appointment with the CERL Sound Group and Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois. His research interests are in the areas of signal and image processing and communications networks. He is also the founder of the Connexions Project, a global repository of educational materials used by over 200 countries. He received a BS (1987) from the University of Manitoba, a MS (1988) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a PhD (1992) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
* Michael Wong is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry. Prior to his arrival at Rice in 2001, he was a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California, Santa Barbara. He received a BS (1994) in Chemical Engineering from Caltech, an MS (1997) in Chemical Engineering Practice from MIT and a PhD (2000) in Chemical Engineering from MIT.
For more information and to register online, visit the Austin Alliance website.
$15 pre-registration (before March 21)
$20 at the door
Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel
701 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Ron Cowan ’06 Related URL: Register online by March 21!
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3/19/2007
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Club Reception and Lecture with Mahmoud El-Gamal
Speaker:
Mahmoud El-Gamal
Professor of Economics and Statistics, Rice University
"Islamic Finance 101"
Join Rice alumni and friends for our first club reception of the year! Click here for more information and to register online.
The Princeton Club of New York
15 West 43rd Street
(between 5th and 6th Aves, near Grand Central)
New York, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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3/17/2007
3:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: 2.0 at the Rodeo - Brooks & Dunn
Break out your rodeo gear and catch headliner Brooks & Dunn with fellow 2.0 alumni at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo! It’s the RodeoHouston finals as well, so come on out!
We have a limited number of tickets, available for $16 each. Get ’em while they last!
Houston Alumni 2.0 is designed to meet the interests of alumni 10-30 years post-graduation (although all are welcome at events!). The goal is to provide 6–8 events per year that target the interests of our demographic: lectures, cultural events, social events, Rice sports gatherings, family-friendly activities and any other requested events. All are intended to provide a venue for alumni to reconnect with Rice friends.
Reliant Park
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Pat Huttenbach ’92 Related URL: Reserve tickets online
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3/17/2007
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: REA Baseball Tailgate
Join fellow engineering alumni for our annual baseball tailgate!
Register online by Friday, March 9.
Reckling Park
Rice University
Houston, TX
Related URL: Register online
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3/15/2007
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
O’Connor House
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01 Related URL: Houston Young Alumni Committee
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3/14/2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Bay Area: Palo Alto Happy Hour
Can’t make it to the monthly happy hours in San Francisco? We’re hosting a casual happy hour in Palo Alto this month. Blue Chalk Cafe is an easy walk from the Caltrain/PA transit center. Enjoy great food, billiards, shuffleboard, and live music, while connecting with your fellow Owls and friends.
Blue Chalk Cafe
630 Ramon St.
(just off University Ave., across from City Hall)
Palo Alto, CA
Contact Name: Matt Gillingham ’96 Related URL: Blue Chalk Cafe
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3/14/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Happy Hour
Don’t miss out on a special edition of our monthly happy hours! Bring your business cards, and get ready to network.
We’re joining up with the Class of 2007, so come prepared to share a little bit about your career field and interests while making new friends.
Two Rows in the Village
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05
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3/13/2007
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Phoenix/Tucson: Faculty Lecture with Lyn Ragsdale
Join alumni and friends at a faculty lecture featuring
Lyn Ragsdale
Dean of Social Sciences, Radoslav A. Tsanoff Chair of Public Affairs, and Professor of Political Science, Rice University
"Presidents’ Tough Choices: Decision-making in the White House"
6:15 p.m. Wine & hors d’oeuvres
7:00 p.m. Lecture
Presidents’ major decisions define their terms in office. Newspaper headlines flash the dramatic choices: Truman drops the bomb; Johnson passes civil rights; Ford pardons Nixon. These actions secure the presidents’ places in history, whether their standings are heroic, ignoble, or inconsequential. This talk examines how presidents make these major decisions and focuses on the competition that unfolds among advisors to give the president the choice he ultimately selects.
Map and Directions
Lyn Ragsdale joined Rice as the new dean of social sciences in August 2006 after a several years at the University of Arizona and, most recently, as chair of the political science department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her publications include The Elusive Executive: Discovering Statistical Patterns in the Presidency; Presidential Politics; and Vital Statistics on the Presidency, Washington to Clinton. The latter won the American Library Association’s Choice Award for best reference in 1996.
The home of
Joseph (’77) and Dorothy Hessel
7124 North 46th Street
Paradise Valley, AZ , 85253
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, March 7!
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3/7/2007
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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3/3/2007
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Texas Independence Day Celebration
Join alumni from other Texas universities at Pappasito’s for this popular annual event. Celebrate your common heritage and catch up with fellow Atlanta-area Owls over drinks, authentic Tex-Mex appetizers, and family fun!
$12 per person for unlimited tapas and iced tea. A cash bar will be available.
Pappasito’s
2788 Windy Hill Rd
Marietta, GA , 30067
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, Feb. 28!
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3/2/2007
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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3/1/2007
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: First Thursday Happy Hour
It’s time to kick off 2007 with another round of our First Thursday Happy Hour series. Join Happy Hour coordinators, John Ashton ’98 and Lauren Shapiro ’00, at Elephant and Castle on March 1, 2007.
So, come join fellow Owls for fun, food, and beverages! The mixer starts at 6:00 p.m. So, stop by right after work for an hour or two.
Please email John if you plan to attend so we can hold enough space for our group.
Our Chicago "First Thursday" happy hours are held quarterly. Join us in March, and check the rest of the calendar for future dates.
Elephant & Castle
111 W. Adams St.
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: John Ashton ’98 Related URL: Elephant & Castle
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2/27/2007
6:45 PM - 10:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni at the Menil with Da Camera
Come experience the works of modern art and music in an intimate night at The Menil Collection. The night starts with a private tour of the Robert Rauschenberg: Cardboard and Related Pieces exhibition given by assistant curator Clare Elliott.
Following the tour is Da Camera of Houston’s concert Made in America: Different Trains, featuring the work of contemporary composers Steve Reich and Frederic Rzewski. Rice’s former string-quartet-in-residence, the Enso String Quartet, will tackle these cutting-edge works along with pianist Marilyn Nonken. A wine reception with the artists immediately follows the concert.
Tickets are $10.
The Menil Collection
1515 Sul Ross
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Charlene Sadberry ’05 Related URL: Register today; seating is limited!
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2/25/2007
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend 2007
Since 1995, the Association of Rice Alumni has held an annual event inviting alumni, parents and friends to campus for a weekend of classes from Rice’s outstanding faculty.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College Weekend 2007
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2/24/2007
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend 2007
Since 1995, the Association of Rice Alumni has held an annual event inviting alumni, parents and friends to campus for a weekend of classes from Rice’s outstanding faculty.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College Weekend 2007
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2/23/2007
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College Weekend 2007
Since 1995, the Association of Rice Alumni has held an annual event inviting alumni, parents and friends to campus for a weekend of classes from Rice’s outstanding faculty.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College Weekend 2007
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2/22/2007
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Goodbye winter; hello spring! Let’s enjoy the nice weather at the Ginger Man pub downtown. Join us this Thursday for mixing and mingling with fellow Owls. Meet happy hour host, Cheng Leong ’95, there for all the fun.
The Ginger Man features a good jukebox, a cozy interior, a spacious outdoor garden, a variety of beers on tap, and $3 draughts from 6-6:30 p.m. this Thursday!
The Ginger Man
304 W 4th St (between Guadalupe and Lavaca)
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: The Ginger Man Pub
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2/20/2007
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Our History, Our Present, Our Future
A series of panel discussions commemorating the 40th anniversaryof the first African American students to enter Rice as undergraduatesand earn degrees from the university
1:00–2:00 p.m.
Panel 1
Rice at the Time of Desegregation | | Moderator: | Melanie Lawson | | Panelists: | John Boles ’65
Chandler Davidson
Howard Jefferson
Raymond Johnson ’69
Karen Kossie-Chernyshev ’85 |
2:15–3:15 p.m.
Panel 2
Blacks at Rice: The Students’ Experience
| | Moderator: | Cathi Clack | | Panelists: | Kenitra Brown ’07
Alex Byrd ’90
Andrea Simien Ehlers ’88
Jeffery O. Rose ’77
Jan West ’73 |
3:30–4:30 p.m.
Panel 3
The Future of Racial Diversity at Rice
| | Moderator: | Teveia Rose Barnes ’75 | | Panelists: | Tamara Siler ’87
Larry Payne
Anthony Pinn
Richard Tapia | The sessions are free and open to the public. Shell Auditorium
Janice and Robert McNair Hall
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: Register online by Monday, February 19
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2/15/2007
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!Come early for socializing and munchies.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 W. Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01 Related URL: Houston Young Alumni Committee
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2/10/2007
5:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: College Classic Pregame Party
5:30 p.m. Pregame Party, The Baseball Bar (Near Section 107 on the Club Level)
7:00 p.m. Rice Baseball vs. Baylor
It’s time to get ready for another Rice baseball season! Visit with other young alumni and friends before the Rice vs. Baylor game for tasty refreshments and good company.
Game tickets are required for entrance. Game tickets can be purchased online, or call 713-259-8500.
RSVP for the pregame party online by Thursday, February 8.
Minute Maid Park
501 Crawford
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Sid Crenwelge ’95 Related URL: Register online for the party by Thursday, February 8!
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2/8/2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Houston: Study Break for Class of 2007
Do you remember your days as an undergrad? Wouldn’t it have been nice to have had some generous alums give you some support and some free food?
Join other Houston-area young alums as we host a study break for current students on campus! Mix and mingle with current students, and take the opportunity to reflect on the good ’ol days.
Kelley Lounge in the Rice Memorial Center, Rice Campus
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Katie Barrett ’04
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2/7/2007
8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Festival Chamber Music Concert and Party
Come for the MUSIC!
Stay for the PARTY!
Whether you’re a classical music fan or just want to try something new, you’ll enjoy this gathering with fellow alums at Festival Chamber Music. Some of New York’s best performers give interesting and amusing anecdotes about the music in an informal atmosphere. After the concert, join us for a champagne party and meet the performers while you reconnect with fellow Owls.
Special Rice discount price of $20!
For tickets, call 212-678-6970 or click here to order tickets online. Don’t forget to mention that you’re a Rice alum in the "Where did you hear about us?" field online.
PROGRAM
Prokoffiev - Overture on Hebrew Themes
Wilder - Suite for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano
Elgar - Romance, Op. 62 for Bassoon and Piano
Brahms - Quintet in B Minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115
Merkin Hall
129 West 67th Street
New York, NY
Contact Name: Amy Leland Hemphill ’93
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2/7/2007
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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2/7/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Social
Enjoy an evening with Rice Owls and friends at this specialty martini lounge. Don’t miss out on the chance to see old friends, make new ones, or meet your future Valentine (or not!).
Davenport
2115 Richmond Avenue (at South Shepherd Drive)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05 Related URL: Davenport
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2/2/2007
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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1/31/2007
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Ann Arbor: Happy Hour
Join host Stewart Chang (Hanszen ’98) and other Ann Arbor-area alumni and friends at Leopold Brothers for great drinks, tasty food, and witty conversation. Please email Stewart if you plan to come for dinner and/or happy hour so he can hold a spot for you.
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Happy Hour
Leopold Brothers
523 South Main Street
Ann Arbor, MI , 48104
Contact Name: Stewart Chang (Hanszen ’98) Related URL: Leopold Brothers
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1/25/2007
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Builder’s Award 2007
Join fellow young alumni for a reception recognizing Houston-area alums who have made outstanding contributions in service to the university. This year’s featured speaker will be Rice’s new athletic director, Chris Del Conte. A special thanks goes to Shade’s owner/chef, Claire Smith ’87, for venue arrangements. And, an additional thanks goes to Theresa Sandoval Hanson ’96 and Holly Williams ’03 for organizing the event!
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres & beverages
Cash bar
Reservations are required
Business attire
RSVP online or by phone at 713-348-4057 by Tuesday, January 23.
Shade
250 West 19th St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: nperalta@rice.edu Related URL: Shade
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1/25/2007
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Come gather with fellow Rice Owls and friends for an evening of conversation, tasty food, and beverages!
Let’s start things off with a trip to one of many down-to-earth bars in the area, the Poodle Dog Lounge. Join us this Thursday and start a magical year filled with hours of happiness. Meet happy hour host, Cheng Leong ’95, there for all the fun.
Poodle Dog Lounge
6507 Burnet Rd (between Koenig and Justin)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Poodle Dog House
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1/22/2007
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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India: Presidential Visit
U.S. Consul General to Mumbai and Rice alumnus Michael Owen ’73 invites the Indian Rice community to a reception honoring the visit by Rice University president David Leebron.
U.S. Consulate, Mumbai
Mumbai, XX
Contact Name: Mark Davis
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1/20/2007
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Central Florida: Rice vs. UCF Basketball Pre-Game Gathering
Wear your Rice gear and join fellow Owls to cheer on the men’s basketball team as they take on UCF. Watch pre-season All-American candidate Morris Almond and All-Conference candidates Lorenzo Williams and Patrick Britton play the Golden Knights. Come out early for a pre-game gathering at Houlihans (less than a mile away from the UCF campus). Then, head to the UCF Arena for the game.
RSVP to Kelly Blume ’96 at kblume@alumni.rice.edu or 407-648-0110 by Wednesday, January 17.
5:30 p.m. Pregame Gathering at Houlihan’s (or two hours before tip-off, if game time changes)
7:30 p.m. Rice vs. UCF Men’s Basketball game at UCF Arena
PLEASE NOTE: To purchase game tickets, contact the UCF Box Office online or at 407-823-1000. Be sure to ask for seats near the Rice bench!
UCF Arena
Bldg. 50
N. Gemini Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816
Houlihan’s
11448 University Blvd.
(approximately 3/4 mile west of UCF, just east of Rouse Road)
Orlando, FL , 32817
Contact Name: Kelly Blume ’96 Related URL: Basketball game parking details and map
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1/18/2007
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
O’Connor House, Rice Campus
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01 Related URL: Houston Young Alumni Committee
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1/17/2007
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Rice vs. UH Pregame Gathering
Wear your Rice gear and join fellow young alums to cheer on the men’s basketball team as they take on UH. Watch pre-season All-American candidate Morris Almond and All-Conference candidates Lorenzo Williams and Patrick Britton play cross-town rival UH. Come out early for the Young Alumni pre-game gathering at Valhalla, then head to Autry court to cheer on the Owls. RSVP online by Tuesday, January 16.
Get your tickets to the game online , or call the Rice Owls Ticket office at 713-522-OWLS.
6:00 PM Pregame Gathering at Valhalla
7:05 PM Rice vs. UH Mens’ Basketball game at Autry Court
Valhalla and Autry Court, Rice Campus
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lindsay Botsford ’02 and Kate Gunn ‘05 Related URL: Online Registration
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1/11/2007
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Presidential Reception
The Association of Rice Alumni
is pleased to present
Rice University’s Seventh President
David W. Leebron
at an evening program and reception
for the Houston Rice Community
7:00 p.m.
Welcome
Harry Gee, Jr. ’60
President of the Association of Rice Alumni
Remarks
David W. Leebron
8:00 p.m.
Reception
Champagne, chocolate, and coffee
There is no charge for this event. Stude Concert Hall
Alice Pratt Brown Hall
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: Register by Tuesday, January 9
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1/10/2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Social
Start the New Year off right with Rice alumni and friends! This month, we’ll be at the Front Porch Pub in midtown. Make plans to join us for some drinks, food, and conversation.
Front Porch Pub
217 Gray St.
Houston, TX , 77002
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05 Related URL: Front Porch Pub
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1/7/2007
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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San Diego: Alumni Reception
You are cordially invited to a reception with fellow alumni in San Diego. The reception is co-hosted by Mark Delos Reyes Davis, executive director of the Association of Rice Alumni, and is sponsored by Rice and 18 fellow universities.
Entrance to the event is $10 for Rice alumni and friends. Complimentary hors d-oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will be available. Business attire; jackets are required at the University Club.
The deadline to register online has passed. You can still visit the registration page to view the current list of attendees.
University Club Atop Symphony Towers
750 B Street, 34th Floor
San Diego, CA , 92101
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1/6/2007
1:05 PM
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New York/New Jersey: Rice vs. Princeton Basketball
For tickets, please visit the Princeton athletics website.
L. Stockwell Jadwin Gymnasium
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Rice Owls Men’s Basketball
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12/22/2006
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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New Orleans: New Orleans Bowl Pregame Party
Join Rice alumni, fans, and friends from around the country at a festive pregame in New Orleans.Plan to join the fun as Rice goes bowling for the first time since 1961!
Louisiana Superdome
Bridge Level East
New Orleans, LA
Related URL: Details and Online Registration
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12/14/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 W. Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01, Chair Related URL: Houston Young Alumni Committee
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12/9/2006
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Lights in the Heights
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the annual Lights in the Heights fsetival, featuring decorated homes and live performers along the neighborhood streets. Bring family and friends and gather at the Norhill Esplanade for hot cocoa and desserts, then we’ll head out together at 7:30 p.m. to the main event route. BYOB (or nog, for that matter), and we’ll carry our yummy treats with us! Parking is difficult in this residential area, so leave plenty of time to arrive. Please email Jen Frazer ’01 if you plan to attend so she knows how many to expect. Call Jen at 713-907-3140 if you get lost along the route.
Norhill Esplanade at Bayland St., The Heights
Norhill Ave & Bayland St.
Houston, TX , 77009
Contact Name: Jen Frazer ’01 Related URL: Lights in the Heights
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12/8/2006
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Holiday Party at the Chrysler Building
Come celebrate the holidays in style with Rice alumni and friends!
The Association of Rice Alumni and Jim Dolphin ’89, Managing Partner at AMA Capital, invite you to our fourth annual holiday party, this year on the top floor of the Chrysler Building!
UPDATE: The Holiday Party is sold-out. Because of space limitations, we can no longer accept RSVPs and unfortunately we will not be able to accomodate walk-ups.
Chrysler Building
Penthouse offices, 67th Floor
405 Lexington at 42nd (use Lexington entrance)
New York, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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12/7/2006
6:00 PM
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Chicago: "First Thursday" Happy Hour
Come join us for our last "First Thursday" Happy Hour of the year on Thursday, December 7! Because the harsh Chicago winter is upon us once again, we will be indulging ourselves in the warm and friendly atmosphere of a Texas-style bar in order to reminisce about Rice. Back by popular demand, we’re going to the Horseshoe!
Horseshoe
4115 North Lincoln Avenue (1 block north of Irving Park)
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: John Ashton ’98 Related URL: Horseshoe
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12/6/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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12/6/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
We’re moving around town this fall for our popular monthly mixers. For December, we will be at Canyon Cafe (near the Galleria). Gather with fellow Houston-area Owls and friends! Come for after-drinks, tasty food, and witty conversation. We’ll be near the Galleria. (So, you can also do a bit of shopping after socializing.)
Canyon Cafe - Galleria
5000 Westheimer Rd Ste 250 (at South Post Oak Rd.)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05 Related URL: Canyon Cafe
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12/5/2006
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Presidential Luncheon with David Leebron in Palo Alto
Join fellow alumni and friends in welcoming Rice president David Leebron and vice-president for enrollment Chris Muñoz for a luncheon at the Four Seasons East Palo Alto.
Program:
11:30 a.m. Luncheon
12:00 p.m. Remarks
$30 per person
$20 recent alumni (’02-’06)
$20 current graduate students
RSVP By Wednesday, November 29. Register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Four Seasons Hotel East Palo Alto
2050 University Ave.
(Hwy. 101 and University)
Palo Alto, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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12/4/2006
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Presidential Reception with David Leebron in San Francisco
Join fellow alumni and friends in welcoming Rice president David Leebron and vice-president for enrollment Chris Muñoz for a reception and program at the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco.
Program:
6:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
7:30 p.m. Remarks
8:15 p.m. Dessert and coffee
$30 per person
$20 recent alumni (’02-’06)
$20 current graduate students
RSVP By Wednesday, November 29. Register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco
600 Stockton Street at California Street
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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12/1/2006
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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12/1/2006
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Graduate Student Lounge Open House
You are invited to the official opening of the Graduate Student Lounge! After much anticipation, the graduate students are getting their own on-campus space for studying, relaxing, and socializing.
Be there for a fun evening as we meet current grad students, visit with former classmates, and take a "tour" of the lounge!
Register online by Wednesday, November 29, or contact the Rice alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Graduate Student Lounge (Lower Level of the Rice Memorial Center)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Online Registration
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11/30/2006
6:00 PM
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Austin: Monthly Happy Hour
Come gather with fellow Rice Owls and friends for an evening of conversation, tasty food, and beverages! Mix and mingle with old friends, and make new ones at our monthly happy hour.
This month we will be at Lovejoy’s, a neighborhood bar and brew pub located a few steps off 6th Street. Meet happy hour host, Cheng Leong ’95, there for all the fun.
Lovejoy’s Tap Room and Brewery
604 Neches Street (dowtown, a few blocks east of Congress)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Lovejoy’s Tap Room and Brewery
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11/29/2006
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Luncheon Series
Rice Alumni Dallas President Greg Magel ’81 and Speaker Series Chair Connie Luthy ’74
invite you to Cooper Guest Lodge for our final speaker series event of the year.
“Keeping Healthy over the Holidays
and the New Year Ahead"
Panel presentation featuring:
Georgia Kostas ’76
Former Nutrition Director, Cooper Clinic
Tedd Mitchell, MD
President and Medical Director, Cooper Clinic
Martin Sosland ’75, panel moderator
11:45 a.m. Registration and networking
12:00 p.m. Lunch and program
1:30 p.m. Optional tour of Cooper Clinic
The cost is $25 per person and includes lunch. RSVP by Monday, November 27. Register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Cooper Guest Lodge
12230 Preston Road
Dallas, TX , 75230
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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11/19/2006
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Houston: Homecoming and Reunion 2006
Please visit the homecoming website for more information.
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX
Related URL: Homecoming and Reunion 2006
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11/18/2006
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Houston: Homecoming and Reunion 2006
Please visit the homecoming website for more information.
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX
Related URL: Homecoming and Reunion 2006
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11/18/2006
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Rice Museum Visit to the Met
Join fellow alumni and friends for a special evening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! We will enjoy a guided tour of one of the current special collections, Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. This exhibit includes works by some of the most important artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, for whom Vollard was a dealer and patron.
Our tour will begin prompty at 6:30 p.m. Please meet us in the lobby near the group registration desk by 6:15 p.m. If you would like to arrive earlier and browse other parts of the museum on your own, you may go to the group registration desk when you arrive to sign in, then return to the desk by 6:15. After the tour, those who wish can go for drinks and/or dinner at a location to be determined.
The cost is $24 per person. You must RSVP by Wednesday, November 8. Register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, NY
Contact Name: Amy Leland Hemphill ’93 Related URL: Register online
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11/17/2006
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Houston: Homecoming and Reunion 2006
Please visit the homecoming website for more information.
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX
Related URL: Homecoming and Reunion 2006
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11/17/2006
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice GLBT Alumni Reception
The Association of Rice Alumni
invites GLBT alumni, students,
staff, and friends to the
Rice Homecoming & Reunion 2006
GLBT Alumni Reception
Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be provided
Although there is no cost to attend, we kindly request an RSVP. Register online by Friday, November 10, or respond to Corey Devine at 713-373-7600.Special thanks to our host committee:
Jeff Bishop ’04, Scott Brasher ’95, Corey Devine ’03, Ryan Levy ’97, Joe Nelson III ’68, and the Honorable Annise Parker ’78. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
4848 Main Street
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Corey E. Devine Related URL: Register online
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11/16/2006
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: RBN Speed Networking
Hosted by the Rice Business Network
We’ve all been to myriad networking events where we stand around, maybe meet some people who are maybe useful to know, and leave feeling like maybe something has been accomplished. This event is NOT one of those!
Building on the success of Rebecca Cooke’s talk, "Leveraging the Power of your Network," presented at our April event, we will now put these networking concepts into practice with trained networking coaches on hand to offer feedback. Each attendee will be randomly assigned to a table, where he/she will be given one minute to deliver an elevator pitch. After every attendee has presented, time will be allocated for follow-ups, then participants will change tables and start over again. Each table will feature a networking coach taking notes on elevator pitch delivery and follow-up networking. At the end of the night, attendees will receive feedback from both the networking coaches and the other attendees at their tables. Come hone your networking skills with fellow alumni and trained coaches!
Registration is $25 for Rice alumni and friends.
HOST COMMITTEE:
Emmie Chang ’02 * Rebecca Cooke ’01 * Sid Crenwelge ’95 * Victor Elgohary ’87 * Joel Ferguson ’76 * Bryan Hassin ’01 * Jon Holverson ’82 * Karl Maier ’84 * David Merritt ’71 * Nate Richards ’01 * Sherrie Reinhackel ’02 * Phil Schwarz ’91 * Justin Singer ’01 * Steve Zabo ’87
Rouge
812 Westheimer at Montrose
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02 Related URL: Register online by Monday, November 13
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11/15/2006
8:00 PM
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Houston: Seymour Hersh - President’s Lecture Series
Journalist Seymour Hersh discusses topics from his latest book "Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib"
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn
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11/11/2006
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Colorado: Denver Cultural Night Out
The Second City’s
"How I Lost My Denverginity"
Like so many residents of the Centennial State, the local Second City cast members are Colorado transplants. In How I Lost My Denverginity cast members will share their observations on what it means to be a Denverite and what life looks like in our geometrically balanced state. Institutions, politics, personalities, sports teams, local culture and history, the media, topical issues and all things Coloradans hold sacred will be lampooned (…make that Colorad-o-ans… hey, come to the show and find out which it really is). Audiences will recognize themselves and their neighbors, and laugh out loud at the revue that only somebody with out-of-state plates could write.
Join fellow Rice alumni for a cultural night out in Denver at this great production from Second City. Tickets are $28. Seating is limited, so if you know you want to join us, please guarantee your reservation by sending a check to:
Cindy Lindsay
1133 Timber Lane
Boulder, CO 80304
(720) 249-4112
RSVP by October 1. We will meet after the show at Prima’s (within walking distance) for drinks/dessert/late dinner, etc. When you send your check, please let Cindy know if you will be joining the après-theater activities.
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Garner Galleria Theatre
1050 13th St.
Denver, CO
Contact Name: Cindy Lindsay ’73 Related URL: Website: How I Lost My Denverginity
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11/11/2006
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Tulsa: Rice vs. Tulsa Football Pregame Barbecue Tailgate
The Association of Rice Alumni invites all Rice fans to join alumni, family, and friends at a Pregame Barbecue Tailgate at the University of Tulsa campus, co-hosted by Rice football parents Steve and Kym Mason. The pregame party begins at 12:00 p.m. (or two hours before kickoff).
Purchase $16 game tickets separately at www.RiceOwls.com or by calling 713-522-OWLS.
Street parking is available north of our party, which is located under the Rice tent at the corner of East 5th Place and South Harvard. If you park in a lot, please verify that it is not a permit-only lot! (Parking Map)
University of Tulsa
Look for the Rice tent at the corner of
East 5th Place and South Harvard
Tulsa, OK
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Monday, November 6!
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11/9/2006
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Lecture and Reception with Anthony Brandt
Reception 6:00 p.m.
Lecture 7:00 p.m.
“Music and the Mind”
The human mind is one of the frontiers of 21st-century science. The scientific exploration of the mind is relatively young: Freud’s pioneering research was conducted in the early 20th-century. Brain imaging technology is very new. Yet the arts and philosophy have been researching the mind for thousands of years: How we think; how we feel; what we notice, care about and remember; how we search for and recognize patterns, and ascribe meaning to them. Thus, a partnership between the science and the arts offers one of the richest ways to investigate the mind. Because music is abstract, non-verbal and universal to human culture, it has the potential to offer especially powerful insights into how we think, remember and relate.
The lecture will focus on crucial musical issues, and discuss how they might illuminate the workings of our minds.
An associate professor of composition and theory at Rice’s Shepherd School of music, Anthony Brandt began his career with degrees from the California Institute of Arts and Harvard University. He is co-founder and president of the acclaimed contemporary music ensemble Musiqa. Brandt is also awarded the University’s Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize and the Access to Artistic Excellence Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Valet parking is available at the JW Marriott Buckhead for $20. Self-parking is available for $3/hr, maximum $15.
JW Marriott Buckhead
3300 Lenox Road
Atlanta, GA , 30326
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, Nov. 6!
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11/9/2006
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Lecture Series in Palo Alto: Lyn Ragsdale
Speaker:
Lyn Ragsdale
Dean of Social Sciences,
Radoslav A. Tsanoff Chair of Public Affairs, and
Professor of Political Science, Rice University
"Presidents’ Tough Choices:
Major Decisions Since Truman"
11:30 a.m. Luncheon and lecture
Cost:
$20 per person
$15 for recent alumni (’02-’06) and current graduate students
RSVP by Monday, November 6. Register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Sheraton Palo Alto
625 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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11/8/2006
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Lecture Series in San Francisco: Lyn Ragsdale
Speaker:
Lyn Ragsdale
Dean of Social Sciences,
Radoslav A. Tsanoff Chair of Public Affairs, and
Professor of Political Science, Rice University
"Presidents’ Tough Choices:
Major Decisions Since Truman"
6:30 p.m. Wine and hors d’oeuvres reception
7:15 p.m. Lecture
Cost:
$20 per person
$15 for recent alumni (’02-’06) and current graduate students
RSVP by Monday, November 6. Register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Sir Francis Drake Hotel
450 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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11/7/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Location TBA
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01, Chair
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11/4/2006
5:00 PM
RSVP Required
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El Paso: Rice vs. UTEP Football Pregame Celebration Dinner
The Association of Rice Alumni invites Rice fans, family, and friends for an Italian feast at our Pregame Celebration Dinner at Glory Road Field, just north of the Sun Bowl. The pregame party begins at 5:00pm (or 2 hours before kickoff if game time changes).
Meal tickets:
$15 per person
$5 children 10 and under
Purchase $24 game tickets separately at www.RiceOwls.com or by calling 713-522-OWLS.
Parking
All general public patrons can park in any of the following lots for free on a first-come, first-serve basis: inner campus, Schuster Street lots (A10, A12, A13, A14, A15 & A16) and Rudolph lot (Mesa Street side).
UTEP SHUTTLE SERVICE
A shuttle service to the stadium will be offered at the following lots -- A10, A12, A13, A14, A15, A16, Hawthorne Street adjacent to the Academic Advising Center, Memorial triangle and CD-1 (disabled lot). Shuttle drop-offs will be on the east and north sides of the stadium (south route).
The Sun Metro shuttle begins running three hours before kick off, every 30 minutes, from the Union Plaza Transit Terminal located at 400 W. San Antonio. All fans will be driven directly to the Sun Metro UTEP Football Shuttle stop at Glory Road and Randolph. Return trips will begin after the third quarter of the football game. The fare for the shuttle is $1 round-trip (youth 6 and younger ride free). Parking at the Union Plaza Trolley Transit Terminal is $3. For more information, call 915-533-3333 or visit www.sunmetro.org.
Glory Road Field
Just north of the Sun Bowl
(On Glory Rd. between Sun Bowl Dr. & Randolph Dr.)
El Paso, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, October 30!
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11/3/2006
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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11/1/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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11/1/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
We’re moving around town this fall for our popular monthly mixers. This month we are going to Bossa- Downtown! Enjoy our Happy Hour drink specials for our Rice young alums.Special thanks to Kate Gunn ’05 and Timmie Wang ’05 for coordinating!
Bossa-Downtown
610 Main Street at Texas Avenue
(Preston METRO Rail Stop)
Houston, TX
Related URL: Bossa Downtown
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11/1/2006
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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D.C.: Lecture and Reception with John Alford
In anticipation of Election Day, join alumni and friends for a lecture featuring Rice political science professor Dr. John Alford.
The phrases “Once a Democrat, always a Democrat” and “Once a Republican, always a Republican” may be truer than we realize. Our identification with a political party, which we acquire from early childhood socialization, often does last a lifetime. According to Dr. Alford, Americans’ political orientation – liberal or conservative – is a genetic trait almost as unlikely to change as our eye color.
Dr. Alford will speak about “The Biology of Human and Political Behavior: Genetics, Evolution and the Political Brain,” delving into the links between genetics and political behavior from his latest research, published in the May 2005 issue of The American Political Science Review.
6:00 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Lecture
$15 Per Person
$10 Recent Alumni (’02-’06) and Current Grad Students
Cost includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages.
Valet parking is available at the hotel for $26. Street parking is also available on I Street, H Street and 15th and Vermont. Parking garages are also available on H Street between 14th and 15th Street as well as on I Street between 14th Street and 15th Street.
Hotel Sofitel
806 15th Street NW
Washington, DC , 20005
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, October 30.
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10/30/2006
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Fall Social
Join fellow engineering alumni for free food and drinks as we hear from Rice’s own Wayne Hale ’76, Manager of the Space Shuttle Program at NASA.
Saint Arnold Brewery
2522 Fairway Park Dr.
(near Hwy. 290 at Antoine)
Houston, TX
Related URL: Rice Engineering Alumni
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10/26/2006
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Boston: Lecture and Reception with Anthony Brandt
Reception 6:00 p.m.
Lecture 7:00 p.m.
“Music and the Mind”
The human mind is one of the frontiers of 21st-century science. The scientific exploration of the mind is relatively young: Freud’s pioneering research was conducted in the early 20th-century. Brain imaging technology is very new. Yet the arts and philosophy have been researching the mind for thousands of years: How we think; how we feel; what we notice, care about and remember; how we search for and recognize patterns, and ascribe meaning to them. Thus, a partnership between the science and the arts offers one of the richest ways to investigate the mind. Because music is abstract, non-verbal and universal to human culture, it has the potential to offer especially powerful insights into how we think, remember and relate.
The lecture will focus on crucial musical issues, and discuss how they might illuminate the workings of our minds.
An associate professor of composition and theory at Rice’s Shepherd School of music, Anthony Brandt began his career with degrees from the California Institute of Arts and Harvard University. He is co-founder and president of the acclaimed contemporary music ensemble Musiqa. Brandt is also awarded the University’s Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize and the Access to Artistic Excellence Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Valet parking is available at Hotel Marlowe for $15. Self-parking is available next door at the Lower Parking Garage at Cambridge Side Galleria (entrance off of Cambridge Side Place)
Hotel Marlowe
26 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA , 02141
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, October 23!
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10/21/2006
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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Houston PBK: Harry Lewis Reception
The Rice University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa invites alumni and friends to join Phi Beta Kappa members for an afternoon with Harry R. Lewis. Professor Lewis is a former Dean of the College at Harvard and author of the recently published Excellence Without a Soul: How a Great University Forgot Education. Reception to follow.
O’Connor House
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Priscilla Huston Related URL: RSVP and details.
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10/21/2006
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Orlando: Rice vs. UCF Football Pregame Barbecue
The Association of Rice Alumni invites alumni, friends, and family to a pregame barbecue at Tinker Field Pavilion, next door to the Citrus Bowl. The party starts at 2:00 p.m. (or 2 hours before kickoff).
Purchase $30 game tickets separately at www.RiceOwls.com or by calling 713-522-OWLS.
We are offering pregame guests the option of pre-purchasing a $15 space in the reserved parking area located in Lot P at the Corner of Carter Street and Tampa Ave (approximately ½ mile south of Tinker Field Pavilion). Parking passes will be sent to you via U.S. Priority Mail, with an estimated delivery time of 2-3 business days. Alternate public parking is also available, but due to anticipated attendance numbers for this game, we encourage you to arrive early to find parking nearby!
Tinker Field Pavilion
(Next door to the Citrus Bowl)
287 Tampa Avenue South
Orlando, FL , 32805
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, October 16!
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10/21/2006
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Houston: Alumni and Families Zoo Trip
Co-sponsored by Houston Young Alumni and Houston 2.0
Alumni and their families (especially kids!) are invited to spend a day with the lions, tigers, and bears, plus the exotic birds, reptiles and animals of the Houston Zoo.
We’ll meet outside the main entrance. Buy your admission, then explore the zoo with our group or split off on your own. (A list of rendezvous points will be distributed at the start.)
We’ll provide cold drinks (water and soft drinks) — bring along a picnic lunch or buy your meal at the zoo. Glass bottles, alcoholic beverages, and plastic straws are prohibited.
Don’t forget to wear your Rice T-shirts, hats, etc!
Houston Zoo
1513 N. MacGregor
Houston, TX , 77030
Contact Name: Mitra Miller Roehr ’92 Related URL: RSVP online by Thursday, Oct 19!
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10/19/2006
6:15 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: Lecture and Reception with John Alford
In anticipation of Election Day, join alumni and friends at The Mid-Day Club for a lecture featuring Rice political science professor Dr. John Alford.
The phrases “Once a Democrat, always a Democrat” and “Once a Republican, always a Republican” may be truer than we realize. Our identification with a political party, which we acquire from early childhood socialization, often does last a lifetime. According to Dr. Alford, Americans’ political orientation – liberal or conservative – is a genetic trait almost as unlikely to change as our eye color.
Dr. Alford will speak about “The Biology of Human and Political Behavior: Genetics, Evolution and the Political Brain,” delving into the links between genetics and political behavior from his latest research, published in the May 2005 issue of The American Political Science Review.
6:15 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Lecture
Cost includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages.
PLEASE NOTE: The Mid-Day Club follows a business casual dress code (no jeans, t-shirts, sandals, etc.) throughout the entire Club, including private dining rooms.
Dr. Alford will visit additional cities this fall. He is scheduled to speak in Austin on September 20 and in Washington, D.C. tentatively scheduled for Nov. 1.
The Mid-Day Club (Chase Tower)
21 S. Clark Street
56th Floor
Chicago, IL , 60603
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Monday, Oct. 16!
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10/19/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Washington, DC: Happy Hour
Network, meet some new friends, or just unwind after work. Come mix and mingle with fellow Capital Owls! Special thanks to Allison Gilmore ’99 and Matt Haynie ’03 for coordinating! Metro: Court House (Orange)
Rhodeside Grill
1836 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA , 22201
Contact Name: Matt Haynie ’03 Related URL: Rhodeside Grill
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10/12/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01, Chair Related URL: Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
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10/11/2006
7:00 PM
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Lecture: Wade Adams
Speaker:
Dr. Wade Adams
Director, Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology,
Rice University
"The Energy Challenge:
Be a Scientist, Save the World"
7:00 Reception
7:30 Lecture and presentation
Dr. Adams will discuss energy capture, production, and usage, as well as current and future research areas that will profoundly affect how we power our every day lives. He will then discuss what all of us can do now and in the coming years to ensure thatenergy is available and sustainable for the next generation and beyond.
Dr. Adams--and Dr. Smalley before him--has given this lecture many times and it is always riveting. Please join us for the talk and the reception beforehand. Attendance is free, but we kindly request an RSVP. Register online by Monday, October 9.
McMurtry Auditorium in Duncan Hall
Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Related URL: Register online
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10/10/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston 2.0: Steering Committee Meeting
Want to make sure there are Houston 2.0 activities that appeal to you? Mix and mingle with Houston 2.0 leaders and join us in planning our upcoming events. All are welcome!
Fuddrucker’s
59 and Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Pat Huttenbach
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10/9/2006
8:00 PM
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Houston: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes - President’s Lecture Series
Nobel laureate physicist Pierre-Gilles de Gennes will speak on "The Nature of Memory Objects"
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn
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10/7/2006
10:30 AM - 12:00 AM
RSVP Required
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New Orleans: Rice vs. Tulane Pregame Party
Come on out to cheer on the Rice Owls football team as they take on the Tulane Green Wave!
Join alumni, friends and family for a Pregame Brunch at Le Pavillon Hotel, five blocks from the Superdome! The pregame party starts 2 ½ hours before kickoff.
Le Pavillon has one parking lot next door for $8-$15 per car. There are several additional parking lots in the area which are easily accessible.
Register online by Friday, September 29, or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 to reserve your meal tickets by phone.
Tickets to the game are available separately for $32 at www.riceowls.com or by calling the Rice ticket office at 713-522-OWLS (6957). Purchase your tickets by Friday, September 29, to ensure seating in the Rice section!
Le Pavillon (Rooftop Terrace)
833 Poydras Street (at Baronne St)
New Orleans, LA , 70112
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Friday, Sept 29!
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10/6/2006
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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10/5/2006
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: SOLAR Wine Tasting
"Wines of the Americas"
Society of Latino Alumni of Rice
Wine Tasting and Reception
O’Connor House, Rice University
Rice Alumni $30
Rice Students $20
Guests $40
Space is limited!
Learn about and experience the wines of Argentina, Chile and United States. Proceeds from the event will fund the SOLAR Leadership Award scholarships for undergraduate students.
O’Connor House, Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Society of Latino Alumni of Rice Related URL: RSVP to SOLAR by September 30
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10/4/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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10/4/2006
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
We’re moving around town this fall for our popular monthly mixers. Join us at the Downtown Aquarium for free rides, exhibits, munchies, and parking, plus the pleasure of good company!
Downtown Aquarium
410 Bagby at Prairie
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Gunn ’05
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10/4/2006
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Bay Area: Palo Alto: Happy Hour
Can’t make it to the monthly happy hours in San Francisco? We’re hosting a casual happy hour in Palo Alto this month. Blue Chalk Cafe is an easy walk from the Caltrain/PA transit center. Enjoy great food, billiards, shuffleboard, and live music, while connecting with your fellow Owls and friends.
Blue Chalk Cafe
630 Ramon St.
(just off University Ave., across from City Hall)
Palo Alto, CA
Contact Name: Matt Gillingham ’96
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9/30/2006
RSVP Required
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New York: Rice vs. Army Football Pregame
Click here for more information and to register online.
West Point Club
United States Military Academy
603 Cullum Road
West Point, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Rice Owls
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9/30/2006
3:30 PM
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Atlanta: Rice vs. Army Game-Watching Party
To Rice be true! Join Atlanta-area Owls and friends for a casual game-watching party.
Contact Matt Kane ’96 for more information.
Home of Laura (‘95) and Matt Kane (‘96)
1110 Rice St. NW
Atlanta, GA , 30318-4943
Contact Name: Matt Kane ’96
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9/30/2006
12:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice vs. Trinity Alumni Golf Tournament
Rice Young Alumni invites you to help us take on the Trinity University Alumni Association in a joint golf tournament at Meadowbrook Farms in Katy, the only course in Texas designed by Greg Norman.
Friends and family are welcome (as long as they play for Rice)! The tournament will be in a "shamble" format.
Your $115 registration fee includes:
* Lunch and dinner
* Greens fees, range balls, and carts
* Awards and goodie bags
* Hole contests
Lunch will be served at noon, and teams will take to the tees at 2:00 p.m. with a shotgun start. The "Challenger Cup" and other awards will be presented at a dinner buffet.
Guests are welcome to the dinner and awards ceremony for an additional $20 per person.
Meadowbrook Farms Golf Course
9595 S. Fry Road
Katy, TX , 77494
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01 Related URL: Register by Wednesday, Sept. 27
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9/29/2006
7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco: Rice Night at the Opera
Join fellow Bay Area alumni for an evening at the San Francisco Opera to see alumna Anna Christy ’98 perform the role of Oskar in Giuseppe Verdi’s A Masked Ball. We have a limited number of discount tickets available in the Dress Circle section.
Arrive at 7:15 p.m. for a wine and cheese reception at the opera house. Curtain is at 8:00 p.m.
THE SCENE
1792, the court of the Swedish king, Gustav III
THE STORY
Gustav is a generous, enlightened ruler but faces the ominous threat of conspiracy – or so his most trusted friend Anckarström warns him. But when Anckarström discovers his wife, Amelia, and the King alone together, he becomes the King’s bitter enemy and the ringleader of the conspiracy. Consumed by jealousy, Anckarström stalks his prey during the opera’s climactic scene at the King’s masked ball.
San Francisco Opera
301 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA , 94102
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, September 20!
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9/28/2006
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston 2.0: Lecture: Marsha Recknagel
Our featured speaker will be author Marsha Recknagel, a lecturer and writer-in-residence at Rice. Her 2001 memoir If Nights Could Talk documents her adoption of a deeply abused boy and the trials and tribulations of forming a new family. The book was later turned into a Hallmark CBS movie.
$20 per person includes appetizers and wine. Seating is limited to 50 people, so register ASAP to avoid disappointment!
Contact Jill Foote ’87 or Kevin Mistry ’95 for more details.
The Wine Bucket
2311 West Alabama
(between Kirby and Greenbriar)
Houston, TX , 77098
Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, Sept. 27!
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9/28/2006
6:00 PM
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Austin: Rice Happy Hour
Come out and celebrate the start of fall! Join us at Riata Bar in northwest Austin for good beverages, tasty food, and great company. Hope to see you there!
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Riata Bar & Grill
12221 Riata Trace Pkwy, Ste 100
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95
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9/26/2006
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Lecture and Reception with John Alford
In anticipation of Election Day, join alumni and friends at the University of Texas Etter-Harbin Alumni Center for a lecture featuring Rice political science professor Dr. John Alford.
The phrases “Once a Democrat, always a Democrat” and “Once a Republican, always a Republican” may be truer than we realize. Our identification with a political party, which we acquire from early childhood socialization, often does last a lifetime. According to Dr. Alford, Americans’ political orientation – liberal or conservative – is a genetic trait almost as unlikely to change as our eye color.
Dr. Alford will speak about “The Biology of Human and Political Behavior: Genetics, Evolution and the Political Brain,” delving into the links between genetics and political behavior from his latest research, published in the May 2005 issue of The American Political Science Review.
6:00 p.m. Reception
6:45 p.m. Lecture
$15 Per Person
$10 Recent Alumni (’02-’06) and Current Grad Students
Cost includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages.
Guest parking is available in the underground parking garage below the Alumni Center and additional street parking and garages available.
Dr. Alford will visit additional cities this fall. He is tentatively scheduled to speak in Chicago on Oct. 19 and Washington, D.C. on Nov. 1.
Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
2110 San Jacinto Blvd
Austin, TX , 78712
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Register online by Friday, September 22!
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9/26/2006
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Speaker Series: Robert Curl
Speaker:
Robert Curl
Research Professor of Chemistry, the Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus, University Professor Emeritus, and Nobel Laureate, Rice University
"Hitching a Ride on a Comet: The Exhilarating Experience of Working with Rick Smalley"
Rice Alumni Dallas President Greg Magel ’81 and Speaker Series Chair Connie Luthy ’74 invite you to our third speaker series of the year with Rice professor Robert Curl.
Admission is $25 and includes lunch.
RSVP by Friday, September 22. Register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Magnolia Hotel
1401 Commerce St.
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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9/23/2006
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: New Alumni Welcome Party
Join us as we welcome the newest additions to the Houston Young Alumni — the Class of 2006! Enjoy an afternoon of live jazz, food, and drink in the historic O’Connor House, former home to five Rice presidents and now the home of the Association of Rice Alumni. Get a first glimpse of our new digs before the official open house. Eat, drink, and meet the newbies!
Class of 2006 graduates are invited free of charge; everyone else can join the fun for only $5. Registration is required.
O’Connor House
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Dawn Adkins ’99 Related URL: Sign up online by Friday, September 22
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9/20/2006
6:00 PM
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Ann Arbor: Rice Happy Hour
Join host Stewart Chang (Hanszen ’98) and other Ann Arbor-area alumni and friends at Arbor Brewing Company for great drinks, tasty food, and witty conversation. Please email Stewart if you plan to attend so he can hold a spot for you.
Arbor Brewing Company
114 E. Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI , 48104
Contact Name: Stewart Chang ’98
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9/19/2006
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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New York: Happy Hour/Networking Mixer
Come out and celebrate the end of the summer heat with your fellow New York-area Owls! Join us at McGee’s in midtown for drink specials, Irish pub grub, and great company. We hope to see you there!
Happy hour contacts: Joe Abraham ’99 and Jill Browning ’04.
McGee’s Pub
240 W. 55th St. (just west of Broadway)
New York, NY
Related URL: McGee’s Pub
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9/18/2006
7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Plano: An Evening of Music
Join us for one of two musical evenings to hear Rice’s own Denise Stom ’04 as a featured soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor performed by the Texas Choral Artists and the Texas Camerata. Denise, who is a mezzo-soprano, will be featured in two solos in the mass. Don’t miss this opportunity to support a fellow Owl!
Tickets are $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors, or $5 for students and can be ordered from Texas Choral Artists at 214-866-0032 or by email at info@texaschoralartists.org
Denise received her Master of Music in vocal performance from Rice in 2004. While at Rice, she performed the roles of Charlotte in Massenet’s Werther, Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte, and Cio Cio San’s Aunt in Madame Butterfly. She has sung with such notable organizations as the Austin Lyric Opera, as a soloist with the Austin Chamber Music Society and the Musical Feast Choral Society of Lewisville, as well as the Mercury Baroque Ensemble in Houston and in recital with the International Chamber Music Festival in Casalmaggiore, Italy.
St. Andrew United Methodist Church
5801 West Plano Parkway
Plano, TX
Contact Name: Stella Lin ’97
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9/17/2006
7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Fort Worth: An Evening of Music
Join us for one of two musical evenings to hear Rice’s own Denise Stom ’04 as a featured soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor performed by the Texas Choral Artists and the Texas Camerata. Denise, who is a mezzo-soprano, will be featured in two solos in the mass. Don’t miss this opportunity to support a fellow Owl!
Tickets are $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors, or $5 for students and can be ordered from Texas Choral Artists at 214-866-0032 or by email at info@texaschoralartists.org
Denise received her Master of Music in vocal performance from Rice in 2004. While at Rice, she performed the roles of Charlotte in Massenet’s Werther, Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte, and Cio Cio San’s Aunt in Madame Butterfly. She has sung with such notable organizations as the Austin Lyric Opera, as a soloist with the Austin Chamber Music Society and the Musical Feast Choral Society of Lewisville, as well as the Mercury Baroque Ensemble in Houston and in recital with the International Chamber Music Festival in Casalmaggiore, Italy.
First Presbyterian Church
1000 Penn St.
Fort Worth, TX
Contact Name: Tito Medina ’03
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9/14/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Location TBA
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01, Chair
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9/13/2006
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: The Dos and Don’ts of Bootstrapping Your Company: Panel Discussion
Have you ever considered starting a new venture or organization? Come get inspired as you hear a diverse panel of CEOs share their experiences on starting your business without outside funding.
Contact Bob Bridge ’73 or visit the Rice Alliance website for more details.
Stephen F. Austin Hotel
701 Congress Ave. (at 7th St.)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Bob Bridge ’73 Related URL: Rice Alliance - Austin Chapter
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9/12/2006
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Houston: RBN Event: "Leadership Traits: Early Texas Heroes"
Bowie, Crockett, Travis, Houston. The history of Texas rests on the shoulders of these great heroes. What special qualities did these men possess that shaped our culture? These legends of Texas history needed integrity, courage, duty, loyalty, and genius. So do business leaders of today.
Continuing the success of the last two speaker events, the Rice Business Network is pleased to present Kelly A. Rushing, President of the Texas Historical Foundation, who will lead us on an insightful journey to examine the traits of Texas’ first leaders.
6:30 p.m. — Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar
7:00 p.m. — Presentation
Alumni and friends may pre-register for $15 by September 6 or pay at the door for $25.
HOST COMMITTEE:
Emmie Chang ’02 * Rebecca Cooke ’01 * Sid Crenwelge ’95 * Victor Elgohary ’87 * Joel Ferguson ’76 * Bryan Hassin ’01 * Jon Holverson ’82 * Karl Maier ’84 * David Merritt ’71 * Nate Richards ’01 * Sherrie Reinhackel ’02 * Phil Schwarz ’91 * Justin Singer ’01 * Steve Zabo ’87
The State Grille
2925 Weslayan St.
Houston, TX , 77027
Contact Name: Sid Crenwelge ’95 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, September 6
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9/10/2006
5:00 PM
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Houston 2.0: Rice Soccer vs. University of Texas
5:00 p.m. Social
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
7:00 p.m. Game
Rice Track/Soccer Stadium
Join 2.0 as we socialize and cheer for the Conference USA champion Rice Owls women’s soccer team as they host University of Texas. Discount game tickets will be available at Two Rows.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
2400 University Blvd.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Barry Donovan ’90
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9/9/2006
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Los Angeles: Rice vs. UCLA Football Pregame
Cheer on the Rice Owls at the Rose Bowl!
Rice fans are on the prowl for fun and victory when the Owls take on the UCLA Bruins in Pasadena!
Join fellow alumni, friends, and family at a pregame fiesta at Brookside Golf Club, right next to the Rose Bowl. The pregame party begins two hours before kick-off.
$15 per person
$5 for kids 10 and under
$30 game tickets available at www.riceowls.com
Brookside Golf Club: Club House
(Next door to Rose Bowl Stadium)
1133 N. Rosemont Ave.
Pasadena, CA , 91103
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Click here for more info on the party, directions, and parking
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9/7/2006
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: "First Thursday Happy Hour" and Wine Tasting
Come mix and mingle with Rice alumni and friends at our third happy hour of the year! Our group’s first combined happy hour and wine tasting will be at Vintage Wine Bar which is co-owned by Chicago-area alumna Suzanne Boue ’91. $25 per person includes three wine selections with a variety of meats, cheeses, fresh fruits, and breads. Register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 by Tuesday, September 5.
Vintage Wine Bar
1942 West Division (at Damen)
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: John Ashton ’98 Related URL: Register online by Tuesday, Sept 5!
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9/6/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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9/6/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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9/6/2006
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Houston: New Grad Student Welcome Party
Welcome to Rice! The Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) and the Graduate Alumni Committee (GAC) invite new graduate students to join graduate degree alumni, GSA officers, and alumni office staff for FREE cookies and Amy’s ice cream at Ray Courtyard. Meet other incoming students, network with alumni, and learn how the ARA can serve you during your time at Rice.
FREE COOKIES AND AMY’S ICE CREAM!
Registration is appreciated, but not required.
Ray Courtyard, Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Online Registration
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9/2/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Rice vs. Houston Football Pregame Barbecue
Pregame Barbecue before the Rice vs. Houston football game. Catered by Goode Company.
Barbecue tickets are $12 per person and $6 for guests under 12 ($15/$10 on game day)
Call Rice Athletics for game tickets at 713-348-4068 or visit http://www.riceowls.com.
Rice Stadium
SW Entrance #1
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: Register by Thursday, August 31
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9/1/2006
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends every first Friday for our new monthly happy hours! Network, mix and mingle, or just unwind after work.
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
(near Valencia)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04
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8/31/2006
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Holcyon Coffee Bar & Lounge Cafe
218 W. 4th St.
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95
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8/31/2006
6:00 PM
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Houston 2.0: 2.0 Inaugural Happy Hour
Come join us as we launch 2.0’s happy hour. Catch up with Rice friends and meet other alumni. Enjoy cold drinks, good company, and conversation.
Stag’s Head Pub
2128 Portsmouth Street
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jaime Fernandez ’92
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8/19/2006
7:10 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Rice Night at the Ballpark
Take me out to the ball game! Join Rice alumni and friends for an evening of America’s favorite pastime. Ticket are now half price! We have reserved a block in the Rice section (Upper Reserved) for only $8 a piece.
Purchase tickets online by Monday, August 7, or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
We may meet for drinks or food either before or after the game; stay tuned for details!
Please visit the Mets website for directions to Shea Stadium.
Shea Stadium
Grand Central Parkway between Northern Blvd. and Roosevelt Ave.
Flushing, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Purchase tickets online
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8/13/2006
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Seattle: Potluck Picnic and Student Send-off Party
Join new and returning students, parents, and fellow alumni for a potluck picnic as we welcome the class of 2010.
Register online by Monday, August 7.
Sand Point Magnuson Park (Shelter #4)
7400 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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8/12/2006
6:45 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Houston Shakespeare Festival
Pre-event sponsored by the Houston Young Alumni and Houston Alumni 2.0
6:45 pm: Social
8:00 pm: "The Tempest"
Enjoy another classic from The Bard while mingling with Rice friends. Meet at 6:45 p.m. for drinks and food in the shady grove outside the theater box office. Reserved seating provided under the theater shell. Reserve your free tickets online before they run out! Don’t forget to allow time for parking.
Miller Outdoor Theatre at Hermann Park
100 Concert Drive
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01 Related URL: Register online for reserved seating
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8/10/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama at Greenbriar
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01, Chair
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8/6/2006
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas: Student Send-off Party
The Association of Rice Alumni is pleased to welcome Rice’s newest Owls and their parents. Mix and mingle with members of the Class of 2010, and share your wisdom.
Click here for more information and to register online by Monday, July 31.
Blue Mesa Grill
7700 W. Northwest Hwy.
(across from Northpark Mall)
Dallas, TX , 75225
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Blue Mesa Grill
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8/6/2006
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Atlanta: Alumni BBQ & Student Send-off Picnic
Join alumni, families, and friends for a lively summer gathering to welcome Atlanta’s newest Owls! Please see the link below for additional information and to RSVP.
Murphey Candler Park
1526 W. Nancy Creek Dr. NE
Atlanta, GA , 30319
Contact Name: Kay Williams ’86 Related URL: Atlanta Sendoff Detail
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8/6/2006
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Memphis: Potluck BBQ and Student Send-off Party
Join the Rice community in Memphis in welcoming our newest Owls! Please see the link below for additional detail and to RSVP.
Home of Gayle Evans ’62
1604 Vinton Ave.
Memphis, TN , 38104
Contact Name: Annette Mertens ’85 Related URL: Memphis Send-off Detail
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8/6/2006
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Student Send-off Party
The Association of Rice Alumni is pleased to welcome Rice’s newest Owls and their parents. Mix and mingle with members of the Class of 2010, and share your wisdom.
Click here for more information and to register online by Monday, July 31.
Yura & Co.
1645 3rd Ave.
(NE Corner of 3rd and 92nd St.)
New York, NY , 10128
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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8/6/2006
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Orlando: Student Send-off Party
Join us for a casual lunch and good company. We invite alumni to share some favorite memories (or memorabilia) of campus days. Compare Rice then with Rice now, and share words of wisdom with new students and their families. Students and families, meet some Rice friends in your home town!
Kindly reply to Marc via email at tennisdr99@hotmail.com or 407-788-2829 by Sunday, July 30 if you plan to attend.
Home of Marc (’77), Diane, and Jason (’09) Siegel
701 Club Ridge Court
Longwood, FL
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: RSVP to Marc Siegel ’77 by Sunday, July 30
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8/6/2006
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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San Antonio: Student Send-off Party
The Association of Rice Alumni is pleased to welcome Rice’s newest Owls and their parents. Mix and mingle with members of the Class of 2010, and share your wisdom.
Click here for more information and to register online by Wednesday, August 2.
Tomatillo’s
3210 Broadway
San Antonio, TX , 78213
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Tomatillo’s
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8/5/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Denver: Student Send-off Party
Join fellow alumni and continuing students to meet and greet new students and their parents at our annual Denver Send-off Party.
Click here for more information and to register online by Monday, July 31.
Mary Lou (’58) and Bruce (’55) Laubach
2507 Tournament Dr.
Castle Rock, CO
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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8/5/2006
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Philadelphia: Alumni Picnic & Student Send-off Party
Come join Philadelphia-area alumni and friends as we send off new and current students to Houston for the fall! Enjoy a lovely afternoon at our catered picnic, and welcome our newest members of the Rice community.
RSVP online or by phone by Monday, July 31.
Riverbend Environmental Education Center (Barn)
1950 Spring Mill Road
Gladwyne, PA
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Riverbend Environmental Education Center
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8/2/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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8/2/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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7/30/2006
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Boston: Alumni and Student Send-off Picnic
Join Boston-area alumni and friends as we welcome our new Owls and send them off to Houston! We will gather at the Larz Anderson Park for a catered BBQ lunch. Enjoy a lovely afternoon with tasty food, refreshing beverages, and good company.
RSVP online or by phone at 800-742-3258 by Monday, July 24.
Larz Anderson Park (Shelter)
23 Newton Street
Brookline, MA
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta
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7/29/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Student Send-off Party
The Association of Rice Alumni is pleased to welcome Rice’s newest Owls and their parents. Mix and mingle with members of the Class of 2010, and share your wisdom. Serving up tasty BBQ and good company!
Click here for more information and to register online by Monday, July 24.
The County Line on the Lake
5204 FM 2222
Austin, TX , 78731
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: The County Line on the Lake
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7/29/2006
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Los Angeles: Bon Voyage Party
The Association of Rice Alumni is pleased to welcome Rice’s newest Owls and their parents. Mix and mingle with members of the Class of 2010, and share your wisdom.
Click here for more information and to register online by Monday, July 24.
Home of Stephen Flynn ’81
3112 Chandelle Rd
Los Angeles, CA , 90046
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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7/27/2006
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Brown Bar
201 W Eighth St (at Colorado)
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: The Brown Bar
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7/23/2006
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Picnic and Student Send-off Party
Join new and returning students, parents, and alumni at our sixth annual Picnic & Student Send-off Party!
Click here for more information and to register online by Monday, July 17.
Tilden Park
Willow Picnic Site
Shasta Rd At Park Hills Rd
Oakland, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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7/23/2006
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: Alumni and Student Send-off Party
Join Chicago-area alumni and friends as we welcome our new Owls and send them off to Houston! Enjoy a fun afternoon at Lincoln Park Zoo (admission is free), and join us for a picnic with tasty food, refreshing beverages, and good company.
RSVP online or by phone at 800-742-3258 by Monday, July 17.
Lincoln Park Zoo (Pavilions I and II)
2200 N Cannon Dr
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Lincoln Park Zoo
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7/22/2006
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Tampa: Alumni and Student Send-off Party
Join alumni and friends as we send off 29 incoming and current students from the Tampa area to Houston! Don’t miss the chance to mix and mingle with members of the Rice community, and wish our local Owls good luck before they start the fall semester.
RSVP online or by phone at 727-424-9271 by Wednesday, July 19.
Home of Ron (’72), Robin and Patricia (’09) Ladd
8555 125th Ct North
Seminole, FL
Contact Name: Ron Ladd ’72
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7/22/2006
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Raleigh/Durham: Potluck & Student Send-off Party
Enjoy traditional beef brisket for a taste of Texas in North Carolina! Please bring drinks and a favorite side dish, snack, or dessert to share. Games, a pool, and hot tub are available for the young and young at heart.
There are 21 new and continuing students headed to Rice at the end of the summer. We invite alumni to share some favorite memories (or memorabilia) of campus days. Compare Rice then with Rice now, and share words of wisdom with new students and their families. Students and families, meet some Rice friends in your home town!
RSVPs are welcome but not required. Contact Donna Boyce Bennett ’78 at dbennett@alumni.rice.edu or 919-779-5296, or you can register online below.
At the home of Donna Bennett ’78
7141 Eastridge Dr.
Apex, NC , 27539
Contact Name: Donna Boyce Bennett ’78 Related URL: Register Online
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7/20/2006
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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New York: Happy Hour/Networking Mixer
Thanks to everyone for the great turnout at our March happy hour at Valhalla!
Continuing our taste-of-Texas theme, we’re hosting this quarter’s event at the Ginger Man in Murray Hill. Come relive your memories of the Ginger Man in Houston (or the one in Austin or Dallas), and choose from more than 60 beers (though, sadly, no Shiner!).
Ginger Man
11 E. 36th St.
(between 5th and Madison Avenues)
New York, NY
Related URL: Location Map
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7/20/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Washington, DC: Happy Hour
Network, meet some new friends, or just unwind after work. Come mix and mingle with fellow Capital Owls! Special thanks to Allison Gilmore ’99 and Matt Haynie ’03 for coordinating!Metro: Farragut North (Red), Farragut West (Orange/Blue)
Cafe Asia
1720 I Street NW
Washington, DC , 20006
Contact Name: Matt Haynie ’03 Related URL: Cafe Asia
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7/20/2006
5:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni "Hotter than Hell" Happy Hour
Take a break from the heat with fellow Rice alumni! Come to our annual summer happy hour, and reconnect with old friends over some refreshing drinks and tasty appetizers.
No RSVPs are necessary, but please tell all your friends!
Pub Ficiton
2303 Smith St, Suite 100 in Midtown
Houston, TX , 77006
Contact Name: Kevin Mistry ’95 Related URL: Pub Fiction
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7/14/2006
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
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Tokyo: Dinner with NanoJapan Students
There are 14 Rice students currently in Tokyo as part of Rice’s Summer Nanotechnology Study Program in Japan. This "NanoJapan" program is an exciting new initiative funded by the National Science Foundation. NanoJapan places undergraduate students in nanotechnology internships in prestigious Japanese university laboratories during the summer. The program includes a three-week orientation to introduce the students to Japanese language, culture, and research. Our students would like to meet Rice alumni in Japan, and invite you to join them for dinner at Genghis Khan Bakuyoutei.
Genghis Khan Bakuyoutei is located two minutes from Ginza Station Exit #3. Please check back later this week for a map link.
Dinner is ¥3980 per person. Please email Jim Weisser (below) if you plan to attend so we can reserve enough space for our group.
Genghis Khan Bakuyoutei
Ginza Matsuya Okujou
6-10-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku
Tokyo, JP , 107-8166
Contact Name: Jim Weisser ’91
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7/13/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama at Greenbriar
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01, Chair
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7/5/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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7/5/2006
7:00 PM
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Paris: Summer Mixer
Take a midsummer break with Rice alumni and friends! TimeOut Paris notes, "The Footsie is based on an elementary play on words, and a principle so sound it should be floated on the stock market itself: bar prices modelled on shares which rise and fall every four minutes depending on how many people buy them. Popular brews and anything remotely stylish go up, cocktails you wouldn’t touch with a rusty bargepole stay cheap...."
Alumni volunteers Amber Garrison ’01 and Aleksandra Pimenides ’98 will be on hand to greet the Rice crowd.
Footsie
10-12 rue Daunou
75002 Paris, FR
Contact Name: Amber Garrison
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7/5/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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6/30/2006
6:00 PM
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Atlanta: Mid-Summer Happy Hour
Start the weekend off with some fun! Reconnect with Rice friends and meet new ones at our Mid-Summer Happy Hour. Enjoy a variety of refreshing beverages and good company! It is not necessary to RSVP just look for host Matt Kane ’96 and the crowd of people wearing their Rice shirts.
Atlanta Brewing Company
1219 Williams Street
Atlanta, GA
Contact Name: Matt Kane ’96 Related URL: Atlanta Brewing Company
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6/29/2006
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Scholz Garten
1607 San Jacinto Blvd
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95
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6/24/2006
12:00 PM
RSVP Required
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St. Louis: Rice Day in Soulard
Come join St. Louis-area Owls on Saturday, June 24, for a lively afternoon in Soulard. The day will start off at the Mad Art Gallery featuring a glass exhibition with the works of Sam Stang, David Levi, and Soctt Darlington. Afterwards, meet with alumni and friends for a casual lunch at the Soulard Coffee Garden Cafe.
Register online by Tuesday, June 20, or contact the alumni office at 800-742-3258. There is no charge to visit the gallery. Lunch is on a cash basis.
Mad Art Gallery & Soulard Coffee Garden
St. Louis, MO
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Mad Art Gallery
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6/24/2006
11:00 AM
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Texas: Young Alumni Tubing Trip
Celebrate another Texas summer with fellow Owls from Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and beyond! For those who enjoy an adventure, join us for camping on Friday and Saturday night. If you only want to tube, join us on Saturday fro the float down the Guadalupe. Lunch will be served on the river.
Costs:
$30 Tubing package: Tube lunch, beer, water, and sodas on the river
$50 Tubing and camping package: Tubing Package plus camping on Friday and Saturday nights and a cookout on Saturday night.
Register and pay online by Monday, June 19 or contact Nicole Peralta in the alumni office at 713-348-4534.
Double Rockin’ R Campgrounds
1405 Gruene Rd
New Braunfels, TX , 78130
Contact Name: Melody Scott ’99 Related URL: Double Rockin’ R Campgrounds
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6/22/2006
6:30 PM
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New York: Happy Hour/Networking Mixer - Postponed
Our happy hour has been postponed until July because of Rice’s participation in the College World Series! Check back in July for details.
For information on CWS game-watching parties in New York, please visit http://alumni.rice.edu/postseason.html.
New York, NY
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6/17/2006
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Various: Rice at the College World Series!
Visit our College World Series link for all the latest on Rice events in Omaha and across the country. Go Owls!
Omaha, NE
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6/15/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
It’s the last meeting for committee chair Bryan Hassin before Nate takes over! We’re moving to Ziggy’s private room for a change of pace and to get away from the noise of Fuddrucker’s. All are welcome to stop by and join in as the committee plans upcoming programming. Arrive at 6 p.m. for food and socializing before the meeting.
Ziggy’s Healthy Grill
2202 West Alabama at Greenbriar
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02, Chair
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6/14/2006
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Ann Arbor: Rice Happy Hour
Mix and mingle with fellow Owls on the patio while you enjoy a summertime sangria. Join host Stewart Chang (Hanszen ’98) and other Ann Arbor-area alumni at Dominick’s for good beverages, tasty food, and witty conversation. Please email Stewart (Happy Hour host) if you plan to attend so he can hold a spot for you.
Dominick’s
812 Monroe Street
Ann Arbor, MI
Contact Name: Stewart Chang ’98
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6/12/2006
12:00 PM
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Austin: Game-Watching Party
The Rice baseball team has earned a place in the NCAA Super Regionals. Join us for game three of our series of Game-Watching Parties with Austin-area alumni and friends.
Shoal Creek Saloon
909 North Lamar (at 9th Street)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Chris Catellani ’94 and Jamie Story ’03 Related URL: Shoal Creek Saloon
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6/11/2006
1:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Game-Watching Party
The Rice baseball team has earned a place in the NCAA Super Regionals! Come join Atlanta-area alumni and friends as we support our team at a game-watching party at Jocks & Jills Sports Grill. Please email host Matt Kane ’96 if you plan to attend so he can hold a spot for you.
Jocks & Jills Sports Grill Midtown
112 10th Street, NE
Atlanta, GA
Contact Name: Matt Kane ’96 Related URL: Jocks & Jills Sports Grill
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6/11/2006
12:00 PM
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Austin: Game-Watching Party
The Rice baseball team has earned a place in the NCAA Super Regionals. Come cheer for the Owls at our series of Game-Watching Parties with Austin-area alumni and friends.
Shoal Creek Saloon
909 North Lamar (at 9th Street)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Chris Catellani ’94 and Jamie Story ’03 Related URL: Shaol Creek Saloon
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6/10/2006
6:00 PM
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Austin: Game-Watching Party
The Rice baseball team has earned a place in the NCAA Super Regionals. Come cheer for the Owls at our series of Game-Watching Parties with Austin-area alumni and friends.
Shoal Creek Saloon
909 North Lamar (at 9th Street)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Chris Catellani ’94 and Jamie Story ’03 Related URL: Shoal Creek Saloon
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6/10/2006
4:00 PM
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SF Bay Area: Game-Watching Party
Catch game one of Super Regional action with Rice fans and friends as Rice takes on Oklahoma.
Old Pro’s Sports Bar
2865 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA , 94306
Contact Name: Matt Gillingham ’96 Related URL: Old Pro’s
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6/8/2006
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Luncheon Series - Richard Booker
Speaker:
Richard Booker
Author, Nanotechnology for Dummies
and doctoral student at Rice University
"Nanotechnology for Rice Alumni"
Nanotechnology has exploded in recent years as one of the hottest fields in scientific research. Rice University Ph.D. candidate Richard Booker explores this in his book, Nanotechnology for Dummies, which demystifies the topic for anyone interested in how molecule-sized machines and processes can transform our lives. Along with dispelling common myths, it covers nanotechnology’s origins, how it will affect various industries, and the limitations it can overcome. The book also presents numerous applications such as scratch-proof glass, stain-free clothing, drug delivery systems, medical diagnostic tools, sugar-cube-sized computers, tiny power generators, and even longer-lasting tennis balls. Mr. Booker will discuss his book, the history of nanotechnology, and the current cutting-edge research developing at Rice.
Richard Booker earned his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Boston University and spent four years as a captain in the Air Force, managing weapons systems and researching battlespace networks while working on his master’s degree. He is currently a doctoral candidate in applied physics at Rice, where he worked under the late Nobel Laureate Richard Smalley.
Admission is $25 and includes lunch. Copies of Nanotechnology for Dummies are available ahead of time through the alumni office for the discounted price of $15, or for $20 at the luncheon. You can also purchase copies of the book online at Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com.
RSVP by Friday, June 2. You can register online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Pay valet parking available at hotel.
Special thanks to Connie Luthy ’74, chair of the Rice Alumni Dallas speaker series for 2006.
Hilton Dallas Park Cities
5954 Luther Lane
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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6/7/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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6/7/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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6/6/2006
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Lecture Series - Dennis Huston
Rice University trustee Teveia Barnes ’75 and the Association of Rice Alumni invite you to join us for an evening reception and faculty lecture.
Speaker:
J. Dennis Huston
Professor of English, Rice University
"The Language of Film"
Drawing from films as different as My Fair Lady, Romeo and Juliet, The Third Man, Dirty Dancing, Hamlet, Witness, The Graduate, and Crimson Tide, Professor Huston will talk about the way directors use the many elements of film to convey meaning. He will show clips from movies and talk about the way costumes, makeup, camera angles, blocking, focus, set, cutting, lighting, and color suggest thematic meaning, often at a subconscious level, to an audience watching these films.
Dennis Huston has taught English at Rice since 1969, offering courses on a wide variety of topics, including Shakespeare, drama, detective fiction, public speaking, and film. His skill, dedication, and classroom magic are legendary and have resulted in numerous teaching awards. In 1989-90, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation named Huston as the National Professor of the Year. In 2005, he was honored by the Association of Rice Alumni with its Meritorious Service Award for his commitment to teaching, research, and undergraduate life at Rice, including serving twice as master of Hanszen College.
6:30 p.m. Wine and hors d’oeuvres
7:30 p.m. Lecture
Cost:
$20 per person
$15 recent alumni (’01-’06)
$15 current graduate students
RSVP by Wednesday, May 31. You can register online or call the Rice alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Paid parking is available at hotel or nearby:
Anchorage Garage, 500 Beach St.
$5.00 per hour
Ghiradelli Square Garage, 900 Beach St.
$2.00 per 20 min.
Beach at Columbus Garage
$1.50 per 20 min.
Argonaut Hotel
495 Jefferson St. at Hyde
Fisherman’s Wharf
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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6/2/2006
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Happy Hour
Join alumni and friends for our first happy hour of the year!
Skylark Bar
3089 16th St.
San Francisco, CA
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6/1/2006
5:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: First Thursday Happy Hour
The weather should be nice and warm, which means it’s the perfect time for a cold beer. Join host John Ashton (Brown ’98) and our Chicago area Rice alumni network at Rock Bottom Brewery on 1 W. Grand Avenue (corner of State & Grand), starting at 5:30 p.m. There will be beer, food, and Rice people; what more could you ask for? Drop by after work for an hour or two, and let’s get Rocked!Please email John if you plan to attend so we’ll know how much space to hold for our group. Our Chicago "First Thursday" happy hours are held quarterly. Check back later for dates in the fall and winter of 2006.
Rock Bottom Brewery
1 W. Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: John Ashton ’98
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5/25/2006
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour @ B.B. Rover’s
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
B.B. Rover’s International Cafe @ Pub
12101 Jollyville Rd
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: B.B. Rover’s International Cafe and Pub
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5/22/2006
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Club Reception and Lecture with Dennis Huston
Speaker:
J. Dennis Huston
Professor of English, Rice University
"The Language of Film"
Hosted by:
Gavin Parks ’02, Cecily Parks ’99,
and Ralph Parks ’66
Club Reception Chair:
Thamer Aidi ’05
Drawing from films as different as My Fair Lady, Romeo and Juliet, The Third Man, Dirty Dancing, Hamlet, Witness, The Graduate, and Crimson Tide, Professor Huston will talk about the way directors use the many elements of film to convey meaning. He will show clips from movies and talk about the way costumes, makeup, camera angles, blocking, focus, set, cutting, lighting, and color suggest thematic meaning, often at a subconscious level, to an audience watching these films.
Dennis Huston has taught English at Rice since 1969, offering courses on a wide variety of topics, including Shakespeare, drama, detective fiction, public speaking, and film. His skill, dedication, and classroom magic are legendary and have resulted in numerous teaching awards. In 1989-90, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation named Huston as the National Professor of the Year. In 2005, he was honored by the Association of Rice Alumni with its Meritorious Service Award for his commitment to teaching, research, and undergraduate life at Rice, including serving twice as master of Hanszen College.
Cost: $15 per person
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the Rice alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend this event.
Important: Please be advised of The University Club’s dress code. Male members and guests are required to wear jackets and ties. Female members and guests are required to wear clothing of equivalent formality. Jeans, sneakers and shorts are not considered appropriate attire. Please contact Chad Benedict in the Rice alumni office at 800-742-3258 with any questions.
University Club
1 West 54th St. at Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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5/21/2006
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Boston: Lecture and Dessert Party with J. Dennis Huston
Mix and mingle with Boston area alumni on Sunday, May 21 for a dessert reception featuring English professor, J. Dennis Huston, at Finale.
Dr. Huston will speak about "Detective Fiction: English vs. American." His lecture will delve into the darkness and complexity of American detective fiction in contrast to its more formal English cousin.
Dr. Huston has taught English at Rice since 1969, offering a wide variey of topics including Shakespeare, Shakespeare on film, drama, detective fiction, public speaking, and film. He has won numerous teaching prizes at Rice and was also named by the state of Texas as a Minnie Stevens Piper Professor in 2002. In 1989-90, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation named him as the National Professor of the Year.
2:00 pm Dessert reception
3:00pm Lecture
$20 per person
$15 recent alumni (’01 - ’05)
$15 current graduate students
Cost includes a dessert buffet with cash bar
Parking is very limited in the Harvard Square area. Using the MTBA Subway systerm (Harvard Square station - Red Line) is strongly advised. Public parking is available at Holyoke Center Parking, Harvard Square Parking Garage, University Place Garage, and Church Street Lot. Refer to Finale’s directions and parking information for more details or call Finale directly at 617-441-9797.
Online registration for this event is no longer available. Please call the Rice alumni office at 800-742-3258 to RSVP and pay over the phone.
Finale Harvard Square
30 Dunster Street
Cambridge, MA , 02138
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Finale Harvard Square
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5/20/2006
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Denver: Alumni BBQ & Texas Hold’em Party
Join us for a Texas spread of grilled beef, chicken, and veggies at our fabulous game night. Mix and mingle with fellow alumni and friends while playing Texas Hold’em, Blackjack, Bridge, and other card and board games. We’ll even have raffle prizes just for showing up, and other cool prizes for our overall winners! With good food and great conversation, there will be something for everyone.
$10 per person
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend the event.
If you are interested in hosting a game table for a time during the party, please contact our lovely game director, Cindy Lindsay.
Home of Cindy Lindsay ’73 and Steve Sheafor ’72
1133 Timber Lane
Boulder, CO
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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5/20/2006
1:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Young Alumni @ MLS Houston Dynamo Game
Young Alumni at MLS Houston Dynamo Game
1:30pm: Tailgating
3:00pm: Game
Join Rice alumni soccer fans as we watch Houston’s newest professional sports team take on the Chicago Fire. Meet up before the game for tailgating (loaction TBA),then head into the game to sit in the same section together.
Costs:
Ticket and food: $19
Parking (to be paid on-site): $5-$10
Registration for this event has expired. Please contact Nicole Peralta in the alumni office at 713-348-4534 if you would like to attend.
Roberston Stadium, University of Houston
3875 Holman
Houston, TX , 77204
Contact Name: Lindsay Bostford ’02 Related URL: Houston Dynamo
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5/20/2006
9:30 AM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice Alliance/Austin Chapter Event
The Rice Alliance-Austin Chapter will provide a private, business plan review for three selected startups by a panel of individuals with expertise in the areas of finance, management, marketing, technical and legal. The review for each startup will start at 12:30 p.m. and last until 2:00 p.m.
If your start-up team is interested in applying to be mentored, please visit Mentor Program for more information. Startups wishing to apply can email an executive summary with contact information to mentors@austinricealliance.org.
The mentoring will be preceded by a public tutorial on company creation from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided during the tutorial session.
Offices of Jenkins & Gilchrist
401 Congress Ave.
25th Floor
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Bob Bridge ’71
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5/16/2006
6:30 PM
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Rice Social
Join us for an updated version of the Rice Social! Drop by Sambuca for a quick get-together with fellow alumni and stay for dinner if you like. RSVP to Martha Aguilar ’76 by Friday, May 12, so we can reserve a quiet spot for conversation (but don’t let that stop you from coming).
Sambuca Uptown
2120 McKinney
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Martha Aguilar ’76 Related URL: Sambuca
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5/13/2006
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni Honors Dinner
Association of Rice Alumni Honors Dinner for recipients of Distinguished Alumni, Meritorious Service, and Gold Medal Awards.
Recipients of the
Association of Rice Alumni
2006 Honor Awards:
Gold Medal
J.D. Bucky Allshouse ’71
Ronald L. Sass
Distinguished Alumni Award
Helen M. Havens ’57
Charles F. Redmon ’64, ’65
Robert J. Saldich ’55, ’56
Carroll S. Shaddock ’62
William N. Sick ’57, ’58
Meritorious Service Award
Vicki Whamond Bretthauer ’79
Melvin L. Hildebrandt ’55, ’56
River Oaks Country Club
1600 River Oaks Blvd.
Houston, TX , 77019
Contact Name: Rose Sundin Related URL: ARA Honors and Awards
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5/13/2006
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Baseball Tailgate
Join fellow engineering alumni at our annual cookout and tailgate party before we cheer on the Rice Owls as they take on the UH Cougars at Reckling Park.
Advance game tickets through the REA are only $5 and include the tailgate. RSVP by Friday, May 5. You can register online or call the alumni office at 713-348-4057.
Game time is 2:00 p.m.
Reckling Park
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Register online
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5/12/2006
7:00 PM
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New York: Cultural Event: Cello Recital
Join Rice alumni for our second cultural event of the year as we support alumna Clara Lee, who will perform "J.S. Bach: The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello" as part of her graduation from Juilliard this spring.
Admission is free; no RSVP is necessary. We’ll meet for drinks afterward, with details to be announced. For more information, contact Amy Hemphill ’93.
Paul Recital Hall
The Juilliard School
66th Street and Broadway
New York, NY
Contact Name: Amy Hemphill ’93
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5/11/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Fuddrucker’s
3929 Southwest Freeway at Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02, Chair
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5/5/2006
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington D.C.: Shepherd School Concert
Robert A. Yekovich, Dean of the Shepherd School of Music, and the Association of Rice Alumni cordially invite you to the third annual concert featuring students from the Shepherd School of Music as part of The Conservatory Project.
6:00 P.M.
Free concert
Seating is limited and open to the public, so please arrive early.
7:00 P.M.
Complimentary champagne reception honoring Rice performers
Aidan Soder, mezzo-soprano
Kris Becker, piano
Rebecca Corruccini, violin
Jennifer Yeo, piano
Maiko Sasaki, clarinet
Kana Mimaki, piano
Wenli Zhou, piano
The Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project creates an ongoing showcase for exceptional young artists from the nation’s leading music conservatories in classical music, jazz,and opera. This third edition of The Conservatory Project’s semi-annual performances will take place April 30 to May 6 as part of the Kennedy Center’s "Performing Arts for Everyone" initiative, which provides free, daily performances.
Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC , 20566
Contact Name: Ann Peterson Related URL: Registion online by April 28
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5/4/2006
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Houston: New Alumni Picnic
The Association of Rice Alumni cordially invites you to kick back and relax with its newest members, the Class of 2006. Grab some barbecue, sno-cones, and a cold drink!
Graduates! Register for this event and receive a free Class of 2006 T-shirt at the picnic!
The event is free and is open to all graduating students and alumni.
Ray Courtyard, Rice Memorial Center
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Register online for a free T-shirt!
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5/3/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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5/3/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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4/27/2006
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
Beat the April heat, and join fellow Austin-area Owls for some refreshing drinks and tasty food. Billy’s provides a warm, family-atmosphere and a pleasant patio.
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Billy’s
2105 Hancock Drive (at Burnet Road)
Austin, TX , 78756
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Billy’s
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4/22/2006
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Houston: Rice Engineering Alumni Spring Awards Picnic
Each year, the REA awards over $50,000 in scholarship money to Rice engineering students. Come help us congratulate this year’s recipients and share barbecue with other engineering alumni, students, faculty, staff, and families!
The following scholarships and awards are chosen by the REA will be presented at the picnic:
REA Junior and Senior Merit Awards
$1000 each to one junior and one senior in each of the seven departments of the Brown School offering undergraduate degrees
REA Herbert Allen Outstanding Junior Award
Given to the overall outstanding junior
REA Herbert Allen Outstanding Senior Award
Given to the overall outstanding senior
The following scholarships are from other funding sources and are chosen by the respective engineering departments. These awards will be presented by the REA to the recipients at the picnic:
The Harianna Butler Award
For a deserving married undergraduate
The Alan Chapman Achievement Award
For a mechanical engineering undergraduate
The Sartwelle/Buckley Award
For an outstanding junior mechanical engineering student
The Hershel M. Rich Outstanding Invention Award
To honor an outstanding invention by faculty, graduate students, and/or undergraduate students
Engineering Quadrangle
Rice University
6100 S. Main St.
Houston, TX
Related URL: Rice Engineering Alumni
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4/20/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Washington, DC: Happy Hour
Network, meet some new friends, or just unwind after work. Come mix and mingle with fellow Capital Owls! Special thanks to Allison Gilmore ’99 and Matt Haynie ’03 for coordinating! Metro: Clarendon (Orange)
Whitlow’s on Wilson
2854 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA , 22205
Contact Name: Matt Haynie ’03 Related URL: Whitlow’s
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4/18/2006
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Business Finder Launch
The Association of Rice Alumni and the Rice Business Network present the launch of the Rice Business Finder, an online directory for Rice alumni businesses and professionals.
6:30 p.m. -- Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar
7:00 p.m. -- Program
Featuring
Rebecca Cooke ’01, “Leveraging the Power of your Network”
Presentation of the Rice Business Finder tool
Registration is $15 by April 14 or $30 at the door
RBN HOST COMMITTEE (as of March 24)
Marcus Aguilar ’76 * Scott Brasher ’95 * Emmie Chang ’02 * Sid Crenwelge ’95 * Victor Elgohary ’87 * Joel Ferguson ’76 * Bryan Hassin ’01 * Jon Holverson ’82 * Karl Maier ’84 * David Merritt ’71 * John T. Perez ’96 * Nate Richards ’01 * Sherrie Reinhackel ’02 * Phil Schwarz ’91 * Justin Singer ’01 * Carol White ’66 * Steve Zabo ’87
Damian’s Cucina is owned and operated by Frankie Mandola ’69.
More information on the Rice Business Network is available at http://alumni.rice.edu/rbn.
Damian’s Cucina (upstairs)
3011 Smith Street
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Karl Maier ’84 Related URL: Register online by April 14
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4/14/2006
7:00 PM
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Houston: ARUBA Film Lecture and Screening
J. Ronald Green ’67, an Ohio State University professor, will give a lecture about the first African American filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux, followed by the screening of the filmmaker’s seminal 1925 silent film, Body and Soul, featuring Paul Robeson.
Green has written two books about Oscar Micheaux, Straight Lick and With a Crooked Stick.
A reception will follow the film screening.
Admission: Free for Rice students, $5 for all other students, $6 for the general public. (Free parking will be provided.)
This event is a collaboration between Rice’s Office of Minority Community Affairs and Rice Cinema and is supported by the Center for the Study of Cultures, the Association of Rice University Black Alumni, the Black Student Association, the Office of Public Affairs, the Alumni Office, and the Department of History.
Rice Cinema at Rice University
(Entrance 8 from University Blvd.)
Houston, TX
Related URL: Rice Cinema
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4/12/2006
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Faculty Lecture with Dean of Engineering
Speaker:
Sallie Keller-McNulty
Dean, George R. Brown School of Engineering
E.D. Butcher Professor of Statistics
"Engineering Our Future"
Program:
6:00 p.m. Wine and hors d’oeuvres reception
7:00 p.m. Faculty Lecture
Cost: $15 per person
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend.
Complimentary valet parking available.
The Melrose Hotel
3015 Oak Lawn Avenue
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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4/11/2006
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Faculty Lecture with Dean of Engineering
Speaker:
Sallie Keller-McNulty
Dean, George R. Brown School of Engineering
E.D. Butcher Professor of Statistics
"Engineering Our Future"
Program:
6:00 p.m. Wine and hors d’oeuvres reception
7:00 p.m. Faculty Lecture
Cost: $15 per person
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend.
Paid parking available at hotel or nearby.
Driskill Hotel
604 Brazos St.
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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4/9/2006
5:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Dinner and a Movie
Elevator to the Gallows
Angelika Film Center, Mockingbird Station
Join fellow alumni as we watch director Louis Malle’s Elevator to the Gallows. This was Malle’s first feature film and marked the beginning of the French New Wave in 1957. With a jazz score by Miles Davis, this is one cool movie!
Exact times for the movie are not set yet, but we’ll attend the show that starts closest to 5:00 p.m. Join us for dinner adterwards next door at Trinity Hall to discuss the movie and music.
RSVP to Martha Aguilar ’76. Martha will relay the exact movie time once the Angelika posts it on April 3. This movie is only here for one week, so don’t miss it!
Angelika Film Center
Mockingbird Station
5321 E. Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Martha Aguilar ’76
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4/8/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Houston-area Rice GLBT Alumni Spring Reception
It’s been several months since our very successful GLBT event at Rouge during Homecoming and Reunion 2005. Time has flown by since then, and we don’t want to wait until this year’s homecoming to see each other again.
Please join us for a reception for Houston-area Rice GLBT alumni and friends, hosted by Geoffrey Westergaard ’83.
RSVP by Wednesday, April 5. You can register online or call the alumni office at 713-348-4057.
Home of Geoffrey Westergaard ’83
6330 Belmont
West University
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Mark Davis Related URL: Register online
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4/6/2006
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Miner Lounge
Rice Memorial Center
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta
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4/6/2006
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Seattle: Presidential Reception featuring David Leebron
Join Rice alumni in welcoming Rice’s seventh president, David W. Leebron, for a reception and program at Big Picture Seattle.
Program:
6:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
7:30 p.m. "A Vision for Rice’s Future" with David Leebron
8:15 p.m. Dessert and coffee
$25 per person
$15 recent alumni (’01-’05)
$15 current gradute students
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend.
Big Picture Seattle
2505 First Avenue
Seattle, WA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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4/5/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Gather with our Happy Hour Owls on the first Wednesday of each month for good company and good conversation. The happy hour is open to all ages, so we encourage you to stop by for a drink and to mix and mingle with fellow alums! Meet at 7:00 p.m. to enjoy $1 pints.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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4/5/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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4/2/2006
12:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Philadelphia: Rice Day at Winterthur
Join fellow Philadelphia-area Owls on Sunday, April 2, for an afternoon of family fun at the historic Winterthur estate. Enjoy brunch with Mary Jane Coleman (exhibit curator and wife of Jack Coleman ’86), who will introduce the museum’s Kid Stuff exhibit and highlight other kid-friendly features of the museum.
After brunch, enjoy the estate at your leisure: stroll through the gardens,ride the tram, and visit the galleries. April 2 is also "A Day for Family Fun" at Winterthur, featuring games and pastimes enjoyed by the duPont children, plus farm animals like those that once lived on the estate.
In addition to the special offerings for families, Winterthur’s antique collections, beautiful gardens, and the rich history of the estate provide something for visitors of all ages to enjoy.
Brunch
Adults: $25
Age 4-12: $12.50
Under 4: Free
Garden, Galleries, and Tram
Adults: $12
Age 2-11: $5
Under 2: Free
A tour of the Winterthur house can be arranged on-site for $5.
Call the Rice alumni office at 800-742-3258 to register and pay by phone by Friday, March 24. We hope you and your family will join us this spring!
Winterthur Museum and Country Estate
Route 52 (Kennett Pike)
Winterthur, DE
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta Related URL: Winterthur Museum
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4/1/2006
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Celebration for Dr. Bill Wilson
Join alumni, students, present and former Masters, Associates, and friends of Wiess College as we celebrate the remarkable career of Dr. Bill Wilson, who is retiring from Rice after 34 years as a professor and 28 years as Resident Associate of Wiess College. The celebration begins at 7:00 pm, after the Beer-Bike races.
Please note that there are two events in honor of Dr. Bill’s long service to the Rice community: a smaller gathering on Friday March 31 at Bistro Vino, and this celebration on Saturday April 1 at Wiess College. If you can only attend one event, please attend the April 1 celebration, which is free (but please RSVP). Friday’s dinner is an additional opportunity to celebrate what Dr. Bill has meant to Rice, with proceeds benefiting the Dr. Bill Student Initiative Fund.
Wiess College Commons
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Sue Gauthier, Wiess College Coordinator Related URL: Dr. Bill Wilson’s Celebration
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4/1/2006
12:00 PM
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Houston: Beer Bike
Watch the races from the alumni tent featuring free drinks, food, and great times with old friends.
10:00 a.m. Parade Line Up
11:00 a.m. Parade
12:00 p.m. Alumni Tent Opens
1:00 p.m. Alumni Race
2:00 p.m. Women’s Race
3:00 p.m. Men’s Race
4:00 p.m. Alumni Tent Closes
Bring your valid photo ID - no exceptions!
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Related URL: Beer Bike 2006
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3/31/2006
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Dinner, drinks, and stories with Dr. Bill Wilson
An intimate gathering for alumni and friends to swap stories with Dr. Bill over dinner and drinks. Proceeds benefit the Dr. Bill Wilson Student Initiative Fund, which supports innovative or on-going student projects to improve student activities and campus life at Rice.
Please note that there are two events in honor of Dr. Bill’s long service to the Rice community: this smaller gathering on Friday March 31 at Bistro Vino, and a larger celebration for him on Saturday April 1 at Wiess College (please RSVP separately).
If you can only attend one event, please attend the April 1 celebration, which is free and hosted by Wiess College.
Friday’s dinner is an additional opportunity to celebrate what Dr. Bill has meant to Rice and to support the fund established in his honor. Seating is limited.
Register online by March 29, or send check for $90 per person (payable to Rice University) to:
George ’88 & Susannah Webb
1852 Sul Ross Suite 2
Houston, TX 77098-2650
(713) 529-6762
Related URL: Dr. Bill Wilson’s Celebration
http://www.teamwiess.com/drbill/
Bistro Vino
819 West Alabama
(2 blocks east of Montrose)
Houston, TX , 77006
Contact Name: George ’88 & Susannah Webb Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, March 29
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3/30/2006
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Ginger Man
304 W 4th St.
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Ginger Man
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3/29/2006
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Atlanta: Presidential Reception featuring David Leebron
Join Rice alumni in welcoming Rice’s seventh president, David W. Leebron, for a reception and program at the High Museum of Art.
Program:
6:00 p.m. Museum open for private viewing
6:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
7:30 p.m."A Vision for Rice’s Future" with David Leebron
8:15 p.m. Dessert and coffee
$25 per person
$15 recent alumni (’01-’05)
$15 current graduate students
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend.
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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3/29/2006
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area/Palo Alto: Speaker Series with Dean of Engineering
Speaker:
Sallie Keller-McNulty
Dean, George R. Brown School of Engineering
E.D. Butcher Professor of Statistics
"Engineering Our Future"
Rice University Trustee Ken Oshman ’62/’63 and the Association of Rice Alumni invite you to join us for breakfast and a faculty lecture.
Admission (includes breakfast):
$20 per person
$15 recent alumni (’01-’05)
$15 current graduate students
The deadline to register online has passed. If you would like to attend, please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Sheraton Palo Alto
625 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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3/28/2006
11:30 AM
RSVP Required
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New Orleans: Lunch with Rice President David Leebron
The Association of Rice Alumni is pleased to host a casual luncheon and program for the Rice community in New Orleans, with remarks by Rice president David Leebron.
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the Rice alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend. There is no cost for this event, but we kindly request a reply.
Saltwater Grill & Oyster Bar
1340 South Carrollton Avenue
New Orleans, LA
Contact Name: Ann Peterson ’86
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3/21/2006
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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New York: Happy Hour/Networking Mixer
Nostalgic for dirt-cheap beer on the steps of Chem Lec? Well, we can’t quite give you that, but we hope you will join us for the next best thing at Rice’s namesake in New York City. Come mix and mingle with fellow alumni and learn about the pub’s connection to Rice.
Rice specials: $3 domestic pints, $1 off well drinks.
Read the review in the Village Voice.
Valhalla
815 9th Avenue
(between 53rd and 54th Streets)
New York, NY
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3/18/2006
3:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Rodeo Outing
Come early and stay late. Ticket gets you into the rodeo (the finals!), the concert featuring Brooks and Dunn, the livestock show, and the carnival! We have a limited group of tickets at $16 each (600 level), available first-come, first-served. Y’all come out and have a great time!
Reliant Stadium
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nicole Peralta
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3/11/2006
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Wine Tasting
Back by popular demand! This year’s theme is: "New and Upcoming Varietals: Wines You May Never Have Heard Of, But That Can Be Great Deals and Make You Sound Very Sophisticated When You Talk About Them."
Register online; $30 includes plentiful wine and appetizers. Space is limited. This event is co-sponsored by the Rice Wine Society.
Farnsworth Pavilion, Ley Student Center
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, March 8
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3/9/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Fuddrucker’s
3929 Southwest Freeway at Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02, Chair
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3/8/2006
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice Alliance/Austin Chapter Event
"What It Takes To Get Venture Funding Today"
Mike Rovner, Austin Ventures
Venture capital dollars in Austin were harder to come by in 2005 compared to previous years, and harder still for true early stage companies. At this event, you’ll hear directly from Mike Rovner, a Principal at Austin Ventures and venture capital veteran. Mike will share his perspectives and answer questions on the current venture capital climate in Texas, what types of companies and industries are hot today, lessons from years past, and what venture capitalists look for in a company and management team before they will sign on the dotted line. Austin Ventures is the one of the largest venture firms in the country. This event should not be missed!
You may pre-register online for $10. Registration at the door will be $15.
InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel
701 Congress Ave.
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Bob Bridge ’71 Related URL: Rice Alliance - Austin Chapter
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3/5/2006
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College 2006
Join alumni from all over the country for a full weekend of courses, meals, and activities. Visit http://alumni.rice.edu/alumcoll.html for more details.
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College 2006
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3/4/2006
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College 2006
Join alumni from all over the country for a full weekend of courses, meals, and activities. Visit http://alumni.rice.edu/alumcoll.html for more details.
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College 2006
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3/4/2006
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Atlanta: Texas Independence Day Social
Join alumni from other Texas universities for this popular annual event. Celebrate your common heritage and catch up with fellow Atlanta-area Owls over drinks, authentic Tex-Mex appetizers, and family fun!
$10 per person
Includes appetizer buffet
Cash bar
RSVP by Wednesday, February 22. You may register online or call the Rice alumni office at 800-742-3258.
Call Pappasito’s at 770-541-6100 for directions.
Call Doug (’84) and Kay (’86) Williams at 404-636-1176 for more information.
Pappasito’s Cantina
2788 Windy Hill Rd.
Marietta, GA
Contact Name: Ann Peterson ’86 Related URL: Register online
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3/3/2006
RSVP Required
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Houston: Alumni College 2006
Join alumni from all over the country for a full weekend of courses, meals, and activities. Visit http://alumni.rice.edu/alumcoll.html for more details.
Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: Alumni College 2006
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3/2/2006
5:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: First Thursday Happy Hour
Let’s inaugurate the new year of 2006 with a blast from the past! Your new happy hour host, John Ashton (Brown ’98) invites you to once again shuffle off those winter blues at Kaz Blues Bar on Thursday, March 2 (well, technically, it will still be winter). That’s right, after a two-year hiatus we return to the Kaz Bar, located inside the House of Blues Hotel at 333 N. Dearborn, in the heart of downtown Chicago. New year, new opportunities, old venue (to make it easy!). The fun starts at 5:30pm; there’s no predicting when it will end....Please email John if you plan to attend so we can hold enough space for our group. Our Chicago "First Thursday" happy hours are held quarterly. Join us in March, and mark your calendar now for our next get-together, June 1.
Kaz Blues Bar
333 N. Dearborn
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: John Ashton ’98
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3/1/2006
8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Event
"The Business of Beer and Wine: The True Stories of Rice University Entrepreneurs" Ideas to Action, a student entrepreneurial organization, welcomes to campus three Rice alumni entrepreneurs, all of whom founded breweries or wineries. Hear their start-up stories and sample their products in an evening program and networking reception. Brock Wagner ’87
Founder, St. Arnold Brewery (Houston, Texas)
John Livingston ’66
Founder, Livingston Moffett Winery (Napa Valley, California)
Gaye McNutt ’84
Founder, Cadence Winery (Seattle, Washington) 8:00 pm -- Registration
8:30 pm -- Program
9:30 pm -- Reception RSVP to ita@rice.edu and include your name, class year, and number of guests. Registration is $10 and is payable at the door.
Shell Auditorium, McNair Hall
Houston, TX
Contact Name: James Rapore ’07
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3/1/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Join alumni in the Dallas area for drinks and conversation! Enjoy $1 pints after 7:00 p.m.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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2/27/2006
6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: 1980-1995 PLS Pre-Reception
Join fellow Houston-area alumni from the classes of 1980-1995 for a reception before the President’s Lecture Series."Drinks & Bites for Not-So-Fast-Food Appetites" Followed by the President’s Lecture Series
featuring Eric Schlosser
Best-selling author of
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal $10 per person* ~ Reservations required
Wine, hors d’oeuvres & reserved seating** for the lecture are included. *Cost generously subsidized by the Association of Rice Alumni
**Reserved seats will be released at 7:45 PM (sharp!) Host Committee
Teddy Adams ’91 • Sofia Adrogué ’88 • Julia Amborski ’90 • Antroy Arreola ’95 • Marissa Arreola ’95 • Scott Brasher ’95 • Lisa Berman ’86 • Heather Campbell ’84 • Kent Campbell ’94 • Sid Crenwelge ’95 • Sue Deigaard ’92 • Rachel Deskin ’83 • Barry Donovan ’90 • Elisa Macia Donovan ’92 • Jill Foote ’87 • Kyle Frazier ’83 • Larry Gelbaugh ’90 • Eric Heineman ’89 • Elaine Howard ’90 • Gavin Hurd ’92 • Pat Huttenbach ’92 • Yve Thaller Huttenbach ’94 • Lynn Alan Lednicky ’82 • Jennifer Macia ’91 • Alisa Acheson Max ’91 • Ralph Midkiff ’81 • Kevin Mistry ’95 • Janann Pittman ’89 • Mitra Miller Roehr ’92 • Phil Schwarz ’91 • Holden E. Shannon ’85 • Jan Casto Stavinoha ’91 • George Webb ’88
Farnsworth Pavilion
Rice Memorial Center
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Mitra Roehr Miller ’92 Related URL: RSVP required by February 22
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2/23/2006
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Jorge’s Restaurante Y Cantina
2203 Hancock Dr
(west of Burnet Rd between 4th and 2222)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Jorge’s Austin
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2/22/2006
6:30 PM
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Fort Worth: Happy Hour
Join us for drinks and conversation on the last Wednesday of every month at our Fort Worth happy hour!
Blue Mesa Grill
University Park Village
1600 S. University Dr.
Fort Worth, TX
Contact Name: Tito Medina ’03 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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2/15/2006
8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Rice Alumni at the Lion Theatre
WICKSHAW productions presents
Greyhounds by Daryl Lisa Fazio
Circumstance brings together two very different women at a rural Oklahoma bus stop in the wee hours, beginning a dance of hurt, humor, and intense longing for connection that could bridge the gap over two painful pasts. A horrible discovery mid-way through the night proves to be a catalyst for revelation, transformation, and, ultimately, that desperate link. Are these women really opposites? Who will they be when the next bus comes?
Join Rice alumni for an evening of entertainment and socializing as we support Greyhounds, directed by Jesse Jou (Lovett ’95), with lighting design by Thomas Fowlkes (Sid Rich ’95).
Discounted tickets for $12 for Rice alumni are available by calling 212-279-4200 and asking for the "Rice Alumni" discount. (The discount can be used for any performance of Greyhounds, but the official Rice night is February 15.)
After the play, join alumni at The Irish Rogue (346 West 44th St., between 8th and 9th) as we welcome Jesse and Thomas, and perhaps also cast from the show.
If you plan to attend the play, please email Amy Hemphill ’93 so we know how many people to expect.
Lion Theatre
Theatre Row
410 West 42 St. (between 9th and 10th Ave.)
New York, NY
Contact Name: Amy Leland Hemphill ’93 Related URL: Greyhounds Play
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2/11/2006
5:00 PM
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Houston: College Classic Pregame Party
5:00 p.m.
Pre Game Party @ the Baseball Bar
7:00 p.m.
Rice Baseball vs. Texas
Please note! The game is Saturday, not Sunday as advertised in the Young Alumni newsletter.
Meet your friends and get ready for the game at the official Rice happy hour inside Minute Maid Park, hosted by the Owl Club, Houston Young Alumni and the Student Owl Club.
Cash Bar. Light snacks provided.
Game ticket required for entrance. Tickets can be purchased at any Ticketmaster location or by calling 877-927-8767. Daily admission is $12 and a weekend pass is $30.
Minute Maid Park, Baseball Bar
Club level, near section 107
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Christene Kimmel Related URL: Buy game tickets online
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2/9/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Fuddrucker’s
3929 Southwest Freeway at Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02, Chair
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2/7/2006
11:30 AM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Business Network Luncheon
Rice professor John Eliot, author of Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance, will be the featured speaker at this lunch event, co-sponsored by the RBN and the Jones Graduate School Alumni Association. Registration is $30 and includes lunch and parking.
11:30 a.m.
Sign-in and networking
12:00 p.m.
Lunch and presentation
Anderson Commons, McNair Hall
Rice University
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Karl Maier ’84 Related URL: Register online by Sunday, February 5
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2/1/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Join alumni in the Dallas area for drinks and conversation! Enjoy $1 pints after 7:00 p.m.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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2/1/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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1/26/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Builder’s Award Reception
Join fellow young alumni for this reception honoring recipients of the Builder’s Award for meritorious service to the university, Jen Cooper ’90, Pat Huttenbach ’92, and Yve Huttenbach ’94.
Associate Professor Mikki Hebl is this year’s featured speaker.
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres & beverages
Cash bar
Reservations are required
Business attire
Rouge
812 Westheimer (east of Montrose)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jen Frazer ’01 Related URL: Register online by Monday, January 23
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1/26/2006
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Cedar Door
2nd and Brazos
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95
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1/25/2006
6:30 PM
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Fort Worth: Happy Hour
Join us for drinks and conversation on the last Wednesday of every month at our Fort Worth happy hour!
Blue Mesa Grill
University Park Village
1600 S. University Dr.
Fort Worth, TX
Contact Name: Tito Medina ’03 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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1/25/2006
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Alumni Leadership Committee and Advisory Board Annual Meeting
The Rice Alumni New York leadership committee and advisory committee will meet to review the past year’s programming, elect new officers, and begin planning for 2006.
If you are interested in attending or becoming more involved with our New York leadership, please contact Chad Benedict ’01 in the Rice alumni office at 713-348-5305 or 800-742-3258.
Trattoria Belvedere
165 Lexington Ave. at 30th St.
New York, NY
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Rice Alumni New York
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1/25/2006
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: RUBPW dinner with Y. Ping Sun
The Rice University Business and Professional Women welcome Y. Ping Sun as the featured speaker at their January 2006 meeting.
Members and guests are welcome. Please visit the RUBPW website for more information on this and other events.
The cost is $26, plus parking, and replies are requested by noon, January 22, 2006.
Trevisio’s (in the Medical Center)
6550 Bertner
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Lavinia Pinto Bennett Related URL: RUBPW membership and information
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1/24/2006
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Presidential Address featuring David Leebron
The Association of Rice Alumni
is pleased to present
David W. Leebron
Rice University President
at an evening program and reception
for Houston-area Rice alumni
7:00 pm
Remarks by the President of the Association of Rice Alumni
Jeffery O. Rose ’77
“Engaging Houston: Rice University Involvement”
David W. Leebron
8:00 pm
Champagne and chocolate reception
Business attire
Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Rice University
The Shepherd School of Music
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding, 713-348-6094 Related URL: Register online by Saturday, January 21, 2006
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1/19/2006
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Alumni Advisory Committee Leadership Meeting
The Rice Alumni Dallas advisory committee will meet to review the past year’s programming, elect new officers, and begin planning for 2006.
If you are interested in attending or becoming more involved with Dallas leadership, please contact Chad Benedict ’01 in the Rice alumni office at 713-348-5305 or 800-742-3258.
Hilton Park Cities
5954 Luther Lane
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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1/19/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Washington, DC: Happy Hour
Network, meet some new friends, or just unwind after work. Come mix and mingle with fellow Capital Owls! Special thanks to Allison Gilmore ’99 and Matt Haynie ’03 for coordinating! 30 beers on draft (largest selection in the city); more than 300 bottles (second only to the Brickskeller and run by the same people). Metro: Chinatown (Red, Yellow/Green), Metro Center (Orange/Blue)
Regional Food and Drink
810 7th Street NW
Washington, DC , 20001
Contact Name: Matt Haynie ’03 Related URL: Regional Food and Drink
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1/17/2006
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice Alliance/Austin Chapter Faculty Lecture
Speaker:
Dr. Naomi Halas
Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University
"Nanophotonics: The Next Big Thing"
You may pre-register online for $10. Registration at the door will be $15.
InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel
701 Congress Ave.
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Bob Bridge ’71 Related URL: Rice Alliance - Austin Chapter
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1/13/2006
7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Japan: Rice Alumni Reception with President David Leebron
The Association of Rice Alumni invites you to meet Rice’s seventh president, David W. Leebron, at an evening reception and program for the Rice community in Japan.
Program:
7:00 p.m. Reception (drinks and hors d’oeuvres)
8:00 p.m. Remarks by President Leebron
Business Attire
RSVP by Tuesday, January 10. There is no cost to attend, be we kindly request a response. You may register online or call the alumni office at 713-348-4057.
City Club of Tokyo
Place Canada B1F, 7-3-38 Akasaka
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052
Tokyo, JP , 107
Contact Name: Mark Davis Related URL: Register online
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1/12/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Fuddrucker’s
3929 Southwest Freeway at Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02, Chair
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1/4/2006
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Join alumni in the Dallas area for drinks and conversation! Enjoy $1 pints after 7:00 p.m.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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1/4/2006
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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12/29/2005
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Nuevo Leon
1501 E 6th St (at Onion)
Austin, TX , 78702
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Nuevo Leon
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12/28/2005
6:30 PM
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Fort Worth: Happy Hour
Join us for drinks and conversation on the last Wednesday of every month at our Fort Worth happy hour!
Don’t forget the Dallas happy hour on the first Wednesday of every month at Two Rows in Dallas.
Blue Mesa Grill
University Park Village
1600 S. University Dr.
Fort Worth, TX , 76107
Contact Name: Tito Medina ’03 Related URL: Blue Mesa Grill
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12/15/2005
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Fuddrucker’s
3929 Southwest Freeway at Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02, Chair
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12/9/2005
7:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: Evening at the Lyric Opera: The Magic Flute
Shepherd School of Music alumna Erin Wall ’00 is performing in the Lyric Opera’s production of The Magic Flute, and we’ll be there!
We have a limited number of tickets available (First Balcony 4) at $60 per person. Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 to purchase tickets by phone. Or buy tickets directly through the Lyric Opera (via phone at 312-332-2244, x5600 or online) if you prefer a different seating category.
Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL , 60606
Contact Name: Ann Peterson Related URL: The Magic Flute
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12/9/2005
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Holiday Party
Come celebrate the holidays in style with Rice alumni and friends!
Nearly 300 alumni attended this event in 2004, and we hope you will make plans to join us this year. The cost is $10, which includes holiday food and drinks for the whole evening!
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend the event.
Directions:
The Ailey Studios are located in midtown Manhattan and are within walking distance from Columbus Circle Station (accessible via 1,9, A,C,B,D lines) and 57th and 7th Avenue Station (accessible via N,R,Q & W lines).
The Ailey Studios
The Joan Weill Center for Dance
405 West 55th Street at 9th Avenue
New York, NY
Contact Name: Mark Delos Reyes Davis
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12/7/2005
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Join alumni in the Dallas-area for drinks and conversation! Enjoy $1 pints after 7:00 p.m.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX , 75206
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Two Rows Dallas
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12/7/2005
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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12/3/2005
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Holiday Scavenger Hunt -- CANCELLED
CANCELLED (due to insufficient registrations)
The alumni who signed up for the event may meet instead for brunch. If interested, contact Nate Richards at nathanr@alumni.rice.edu or at 832-721-3412.
Miner Lounge, Ley Student Center
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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11/30/2005
6:30 PM
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Fort Worth: Happy Hour
Join us for drinks and conversation on the last Wednesday of every month at our Fort Worth happy hour!
Don’t forget the Dallas happy hour on the first Wednesday of every month at Two Rows in Dallas.
Blue Mesa Grill
University Park Village
1600 S. University Dr.
Fort Worth, TX , 76107
Contact Name: Tito Medina ’03 Related URL: Blue Mesa Grill
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11/19/2005
2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice vs. UCF -- Young Alumni ’Perch’
It’s a new way to watch football!
Join the young alumni at Rice Stadium for the Rice vs. UCF game. We’ve reserved a block of seats in a new, private section called "The Perch," located in the north endzone. The seats are cushioned, backed, and in the shade, and "The Perch" is also the only area of the stadium that sells beer and wine. Your ticket gets you a seat in this special section, plus complimentary sodas and light food. Cheer on the Owls in style and comfort!
Seating is limited. Tickets are $20 per person and may be picked up from the Will Call window on the day of the game.
Rice Stadium
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jen Frazer ’01 Related URL: Register online by Thursday, November 17
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11/18/2005
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Paris: Rice Alumni Reception with President David Leebron
The Association of Rice Alumni invites you to meet Rice’s seventh president, David W. Leebron, at an evening dinner and program for the Rice community in Europe.
6:30 p.m. Welcome and remarks, David Leebron
8:00 p.m. Reception
9:00 p.m. Dinner
The deadline to register online has passed. If you would like to attend, please contact Mark Davis in the Rice alumni office at davism@rice.edu or 713-348-4057. There is no cost to attend, be we kindly request an RSVP.
Saint James Paris
43, Avenue Bugeaud
Paris, FR
Contact Name: Mark Delos Reyes Davis
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11/18/2005
5:30 PM
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Bay Area: Young Alumni Happy Hour
Join young alumni in the Bay Area at our quarterly happy hour!
RSVPs aren’t required, but if you can, contact Ryan Aipperspach ’04 so we’ll know how many people to expect.
Kilowatt
3160 16th St.
(Cash only accepted)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach ’04 Related URL: Kilowatt
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11/17/2005
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice Alliance/Austin Chapter Event
The Austin chapter of the Rice Alliance invites you to its third annual business plan review, which provides the opportunity for three early-stage technology companies to showcase their new venture in front of an audience of Austin-based venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and service providers. Three companies will have 15 minutes to present their business plan, to be followed by 15 minutes of feedback from a panel of prominent venture capital investment professionals.
If you are working on a business plan, here’s the chance to get your company exposed to the venture community. Startup entities with interest in participating are invited to apply with the Rice Alliance – Austin Chapter. The deadline for submission of an Executive Summary is October 28th.
To apply for the Business Plan Review, please contact bplan@austinricealliance.org. Please include name of the principle, contact information, and summarize your startup enterprise.
Registration:
The pre-registration fee is $10. Please pre-register at http://www.alliance.rice.edu. Registration at the door costs $15.
Vinson & Elkins
2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100
(near MoPac and Loop 360)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Bob Bridge ’71
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11/17/2005
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Lovejoy’s Tap Room & Brewery
604 Neches Street
(downtown, a few blocks east of Congres)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95
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11/16/2005
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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London: Rice Alumni Reception with President David Leebron
The Association of Rice Alumni invites you to meet Rice’s seventh president, David W. Leebron, at an evening dinner and program for the Rice community in Europe.
6:00 p.m. Welcome and remarks, David Leebron
8:00 p.m. Dinner
The deadline to register online has passed. If you would like to attend, please contact Mark Davis in the Rice alumni office at davism@rice.edu or 713-348-4057. There is no cost to attend, be we kindly request an RSVP.
St. James’s Club and Hotel
7-8 Park Place, St. James’s
London, EN
Contact Name: Mark Delos Reyes Davis
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11/13/2005
RSVP Required
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Houston: Homecoming and Reunion 2005
For information, visit the Homecoming and Reunion 2005 Website.
Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: Homecoming and Reunion 2005
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11/12/2005
RSVP Required
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Houston: Homecoming and Reunion 2005
For information, visit the Homecoming and Reunion 2005 Website.
Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: Homecoming and Reunion 2005
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11/11/2005
RSVP Required
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Houston: Homecoming and Reunion 2005
For information, visit the Homecoming and Reunion 2005 Website.
Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jennifer Harding Related URL: Homecoming and Reunion 2005
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11/11/2005
8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: GLBT Rice Alumni Reception :: Homecoming and Reunion 2005
Catch up with GLBT Rice alumni for a casual evening of cocktails and conversation, hosted by the honorable Annise D. Parker ’78.
Drinks and hors d’oeuvres
The deadline to register online has passed. Please contact Mark Davis in the Rice alumni office at 713-348-4057 or 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend.
Visit the GALA webpage for more information on Rice’s GLBT alumni events.
Rouge
812 Westheimer
Houston, TX , 77006
Contact Name: Corey Devine ’03
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11/11/2005
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice Chinese Alumni Homecoming Dinner
The annual Homecoming dinner sponsored by RUCAA is a great tradition. It’s a foundation of good relationships and long time friends. If you are in the Houston area Friday, November 11, please join us for the annual Homecoming dinner. Sylvia Hsu has graciously offered us her home.
RUCAA 2005 Officers
Ben Chu, President
Mary Shih, Vice President
Cecil Fong, Community Laison
Henry Chiu, Treasurer
Daniel Mailman, Secretary
Sylvia Hsu’s House
5407 Valerie St.
Bellaire, TX , 77401
Contact Name: Daniel Mailman Related URL: Register here
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11/10/2005
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Fuddrucker’s
3929 Southwest Freeway at Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02, Chair
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11/5/2005
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas: Rice vs. SMU Football Pregame
Rice alumni are on the prowl for fun and victory when the Owls take on the SMU Mustangs in Dallas!
Mix and mingle with fellow alumni at our pregame party, which begins two hours before kickoff (currently scheduled for 2:00 p.m.).
Adults: $15
Kids 10 and under: $5
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you are interested in attending.
Game Ticket Information
Call Rice Athletics at 713-522-OWLS (6957) to purchase football tickets in the Rice section, or visit www.riceowls.com.
Southern Methodist University
Main Quad
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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11/2/2005
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Join alumni in the Dallas-area for drinks and conversation! Enjoy $1 pints after 7:00 p.m.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX , 75206
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Two Rows Dallas
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11/2/2005
5:30 PM
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Houston: Alumni Networking Mixer
Joint event sponsored by the Rice Business Network, Houston Young Alumni, and Rice University Business and Professional Women (RUBPW).
No cover charge. Happy hour discounts on appetizers and drinks.
Chammps
1121 Uptown Park Blvd
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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11/2/2005
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area/Palo Alto: Speaker Series: Naomi Halas
Speaker:
Dr. Naomi Halas
Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University
"Optics at the Nanoscale: The Next Big Thing"
Rice Alumni and Rice University trustee emeritus Robert Maxfield ’63, ’64 invite you to join us for a breakfast and faculty lecture.
Admission: (includes breakfast)
$20 per person
$15 recent alumni (’01-05)
$15 current graduate students
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you are interested in attending this event.
Westin Palo Alto
675 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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10/29/2005
5:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Rice vs. UTEP -- Young Alumni ’Perch’
PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE!
It’s a new way to watch football!
Join the young alumni at Rice Stadium for the Rice vs. UTEP game. We’ve reserved a block of seating in a new, private section called "The Perch," located in the north endzone. The seats are cushioned, backed, and in the shade, and "The Perch" is also the only area of the stadium that sells beer and wine. Your ticket gets you a seat in this special section, plus complimentary sodas and light food. Cheer on the Owls in style and comfort!
Seating is limited. Tickets are $20 per person.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jen Frazer ’01 Related URL: Register online
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10/28/2005
7:00 PM
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Seattle: Happy Hour
Catch up with fellow alums at Rice’s monthly happy hour in Seattle.
For more information on the Seattle happy hours, or to be added to the Seattle happy hour email list, please click here.
Roanoke Tavern
2409 10th Ave E
on the north end of Capitol Hill
Seattle, WA
Contact Name: Ania Mitros ’98 Related URL: Map to Roanoke Tavern
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10/27/2005
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Club Reception - John Alford
Join us for our fall Rice Alumni New York Club Reception with Dr. John Alford, Associate Professor of Political Science at Rice University.
The Biology of Human Political Behavior: Genetics, Evolution and the Political Brain
The phrases "Once a Democrat, always a Democrat" and "Once a Republican, always a Republican" may be truer than we realize. Our identification with a political party, which we acquire from early childhood socialization, often does last a lifetime. According to Rice political scientist John Alford, Americans’ political orientation – liberal or conservative – is a genetic trait almost as unlikely to change as our eye color.
Rice Alumni New York invites you to join professor John Alford for our second club reception of 2005. Mix and mingle with NYC-area alumni and friends and learn more about the links between genetics and political behavior. Professor Alford will share findings from his latest research, published in the May 2005 issue of The American Political Science Review.
Admission: (includes drinks and hors d’oeuvres)
$20 per person
$15 recent alumni (’01-’05)
$15 current graduate students
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call 800-742-3258 if you are interested in attending.
Special thanks to our Rice Alumni New York leadership committee and advisory board and to all of the volunteers who are assisting with events throughout 2005.
Tinker Auditorium
at Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street (between Park and Madison)
New York, NY
Contact Name: Mark Davis
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10/27/2005
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Brentwood Tavern
6701 Burnet Rd
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95
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10/26/2005
6:30 PM
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Fort Worth: Happy Hour
Join us for drinks and conversation on the last Wednesday of every month at our Fort Worth happy hour!
Don’t forget the Dallas happy hour on the first Wednesday of every month at Two Rows in Dallas.
Blue Mesa Grill
University Park Village
1600 S. University Dr.
Fort Worth, TX , 76107
Contact Name: Tito Medina ’03 Related URL: Blue Mesa Grill
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10/25/2005
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Seattle: Rice Alumni Volunteers for Admission (RAVA) Reception
Rice Alumni Volunteers for Admission (RAVA) cordially invites you to attend an evening reception and information session hosted by Bob (’74) and Melinda (’77) Hord. There is no cost to attend, and we hope you will come to learn more about how you can get involved with student recruitment in your community.
RSVP online no later than Wednesday, October 19.
Please note: the Rainier Club requires a coat and tie.
RAVA volunteers across the country are a key part of the admission process for Rice. They interview students applying to Rice, attend college fairs at local high schools, and are ambassadors to the community. This event will be an opportunity for those interested in getting more involved to learn about RAVA and meet current volunteers. For those already active, you will have the chance to hear about some of our new strategies for increasing recruitment in Washington state and to discuss your expereinces with interested alumni.
For more information on RAVA, please visit the official website.
The Rainier Club
820 4th Avenue
Seattle, WA
Related URL: RSVP online
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10/23/2005
2:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Kansas City: Rice alumni at the Kansas City Symphony
Rice alumni at the Kansas City Symphony and alumni post-reception
Scheherazade!
Michael Stern, conductor
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
R. Strauss Don Juan, op. 20
Ravel Shéhérazade
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, op. 35
Here Michael Stern spins musical tales of danger, audacity and love! The 25 year-old Strauss became a star with the premiere of his Don Juan, still a favorite with audiences and players alike. Then the inspiration comes from Scheherazade, the sultan’s wife who staved off her husband’s wrath by spinning tales for 1001 Arabian nights. Ravel’s is a sensuous and voluptuous cycle of evocative images. Rimsky-Korsakov crafted his beloved Scheherazade on a grand scale. It’s an exotic and potent brew. Savor it!
Register online or call 800-742-3258.
Yardley Hall, The Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College
College Blvd. and Quivira Road
Post reception in the Virginia Krebs Community Room
Overland Park, KS
Contact Name: Sam Scott Related URL: Register online
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10/22/2005
5:00 PM
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Houston: Rice vs. Navy -- Young Alumni ’Perch’
PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE!
It’s a new way to watch Rice football!
Join the young alumni at Rice Stadium for the Rice vs. Navy game. We’ve reserved a block of seating in a new, private section called "The Perch," located in the north endzone. The seats are cushioned, backed, and in the shade, and "The Perch" is also the only area of the stadium that sells beer and wine. Your ticket gets you a seat in this special section, plus complimentary sodas and light food. Cheer on the Owls in style and comfort!
Seating is limited. Tickets are $20 per person.
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Jen Frazer ’01 Related URL: Register online
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10/22/2005
11:30 AM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Alumni College
Join fellow alumni for a day of classes featuring Rice professors and DFW-area experts. A full schedule is now available online at http://alumni.rice.edu/ac-dallas.html.
CHG Cityplace
2711 N. Haskell St.
Dallas, TX , 75204
Contact Name: Lauren Linn Related URL: View schedule and register online
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10/20/2005
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: United Nations Day Happy Hour
Catch up with the Rice gang and make new friends at this happy hour in honor of United Nations Day, featuring 125 beers on tap! RSVP to Daniel Attaway ’01 at dattaway@alumni.rice.edu or call 773-220-5764.
Ranalli’s on Lincoln
1925 N Lincoln Ave at Wisconsin
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: John Ashton ’98
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10/20/2005
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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San Antonio: Presidential Reception featuring David Leebron
Join Rice alumni in welcoming Rice’s seventh president, David W. Leebron, for an evening reception and program at the McNay Art Museum.
Program:
6:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
Viewing of museum galleries
7:30 p.m. A Conversation with the President8:30 p.m. Dessert and coffee
The deadline to register online has passed.
Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend this event.
McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels
San Antonio, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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10/13/2005
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Fuddrucker’s
3929 Southwest Freeway at Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02, Chair
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10/8/2005
10:00 AM
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Houston: Young Alumni Zoo Outing
Join alumni and their kids (big & small) for a day at the Houston Zoo. Meet outside the front gate and rendezvous at other points inside. Bring or buy lunch; cold drinks will be provided.
Admission is $8.50 per adult, $4 per child age 2-12, and free for children under 2. Round out the day with an optional train ride ($2.25) around 1 p.m.
The Houston Zoo
1513 N. MacGregor
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Mitra Miller Roehr ’92 Related URL: Houston Zoo website
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10/5/2005
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Join alumni in the Dallas-area for drinks and conversation! Enjoy $1 pints after 7:00 p.m.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX , 75206
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Two Rows Dallas
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10/5/2005
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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10/4/2005
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Book Club
Join us at the second meeting of the new book club! We will be discussing Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich.
Central Market Cafe
3815 Westheimer at Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Kate Hallaway ’04
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10/4/2005
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Shepherd School Alumni Mixer
Catch up with fellow Shepherd School of Music alumni at this casual evening gathering hosted by Matthew Loden, Director of Music Admissions. Learn more about what’s going on at the Shepherd School today, and let us know what you’re up to!
RSVP to Matthew Loden or call him at 713-348-3032.
Subway Stops
6, N, R to 23rd Street
(Flatiron/Gramercy/Union Square)
Metrocafe & Wine Bar
32 E 21st Street
New York, NY , 10010
Contact Name: Matthew Loden, Director of Music Admissions Related URL: Metrocafe website
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10/3/2005
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Washington, DC: Shepherd School Alumni Mixer
Catch up with fellow Shepherd School of Music alumni at this casual evening gathering hosted by Matthew Loden, Director of Music Admissions. Learn more about what’s going on at the Shepherd School today, and let us know what you’re up to!
RSVP to Matthew Loden or call him at 713-348-3032.
Exit Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro at 9th Street and G.
Gordon Biersch Restaurant & Brewery
900 F Street NW
Washington, DC
Contact Name: Matthew Loden, Director of Music Admissions Related URL: Gordon Biersch website
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9/29/2005
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin.
Opal Divine’s at Penn Field
3601 South Congress Ave, Suite K100
(on the hill behind Expose)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Opal Divine’s
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9/28/2005
6:30 PM
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Fort Worth: Happy Hour
Join us for drinks and conversation on the last Wednesday of every month at our Fort Worth happy hour!
Don’t forget the Dallas happy hour on the first Wednesday of every month at Two Rows in Dallas.
Blue Mesa Grill
University Park Village
1600 S. University Dr.
Fort Worth, TX , 76107
Contact Name: Tito Medina ’03 Related URL: Blue Mesa Grill
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9/28/2005
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Denver: Presidential Reception featuring David Leebron
Join Rice alumni in welcoming Rice’s seventh president, David W. Leebron, for an evening reception and program at the Denver Botanic Gardens.
Program:
5:00 p.m. Gardens open for private viewing
6:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
7:30 p.m. A Conversation with the President
8:30 p.m. Dessert and coffee
The deadline to register online has passed.
Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend this event.
Denver Botanic Gardens
1005 York St
Denver, CO
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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9/27/2005
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Speaker Series - John Alford - CANCELED
Due to Hurricane Rita, this event has been canceled.
Firehouse
Fort Mason Center
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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9/22/2005
RSVP Required
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Houston: The Dalai Lama at Rice University - CANCELED
Due to Hurricane Rita, this event has been canceled.
For more information, visit the official event website.
Rice University
Houston, TX
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9/20/2005
11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Luncheon Series - Richard Stoll
Speaker:
Dr. Richard J. Stoll
Associate Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science, Rice University
The Impact of an Iraqi War Protest Movement:
What Lessons Can We Learn from Vietnam?
Cindy Sheehan’s protest in Crawford, Texas, against U.S. involvement in Iraq has drawn much attention. Some have wondered if we will see a protest movement emerge--as witnessed during the Vietnam War--and whether this anti-war movement will have an impact on U.S. policy in Iraq in the way that public opinion affected U.S. policy with regard to Vietnam. But did the Vietnam protest movement really effect a change in U.S. policy? Professor Richard Stoll examines the evidence and discusses the implications for today.
Rice Alumni Dallas cordially invites you to attend our final luncheon series of 2005. Mix and mingle with DFW-area alumni and friends while hearing from an award-winning Rice professor and accomplished scholar of international conflict, national security, and international relations.
Admission: $25 (includes lunch)
The deadline to register online has passed.
Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend this event.
Parking at the Belo is available for $3.
Belo Mansion
2101 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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9/17/2005
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: Rice vs. UT Football Game-Watching Party
Are you ready for some Rice Football?!
Even though the closest the Owls will get in person to us this year is Birmingham, Alabama, you can still enjoy the excitement of Owl Football with all your friends in the Windy City.
Join your fellow Chicago alumni as we cheer on the Owls against their bitter rival, the Texas Longhorns, on Saturday, September 17. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.
You can easily take the Red Line to Lawrence and walk one block west to the bar.
For more info on Crew or to get driving directions, visit http://www.worldsgreatestbar.com/ And if you need any more motivation to come, one of the owners is a UT alum. Booooooo!!!!
RSVP by email no later than September 12 if you plan on joining us so we can give Crew an idea of how many Rice faithful will be taking over its bar.
See you on the 17! LET’S GO RICE!
Crew Bar + Grill
4804 N. Broadway
On the corner of Broadway and Lawrence, right next to the Green Mill Jazz Club
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: John Ashton
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9/17/2005
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice vs. UT Football Pregame
Rice alumni are on the prowl for fun and victory when the Owls take on the Longhorns in Austin!
Join fellow alums at a pregame party with BBQ from The Salt Lick. Pregame party begins two hours before kickoff (currently scheduled for 6:00 p.m.). Check this page the week of the event in case the time changes.
Adults: $15
Kids 10 and under: $5
The deadline to register online has passed.
Please call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you would like to attend this event.
Visit www.utexas.edu/maps for directions and parking information.
Game Ticket Information
Call Rice Athletics at 713-522-OWLS (6957) to purchase football tickets in the Rice section.
Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium
UT Recreational Sports Center (RSC)
San Jacinto & 20th Streets, 2nd Floor
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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9/17/2005
11:00 AM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni "Welcome New Alumni" Brunch
Join us as we welcome the newest members of the Houston Young Alumni community, the Class of 2005!
$12 per person, $7 bottomless mimosas
RSVP to Emmie Chang ’02
Farrago
318 Gray at Bagby
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Emmie Chang ’02
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9/16/2005
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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Houston: New Graduate Student Welcome Party
The Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) and the Graduate Alumni Committee (GAC) invite new graduate students to join graduate degree alumni, GSA officers, and alumni office staff for free Papa John’s pizza, beer, and soft drinks on the lawn outside of Valhalla Pub. Meet other incoming students, network with alumni, and learn how the ARA can serve you during your time at Rice.
Valhalla Pub on Rice Campus
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Ann Peterson Related URL: Online RSVP appreciated but not required
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9/14/2005
6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Austin: Rice Alliance/Austin Chapter Event
Exit Strategies for Start-up Companies
Privately held start-up companies exit the start-up phase by either going out of business, being acquired (Merger & Acquisition - M&A), or by making an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of stock. Exit strategies are important to every employee at a start up since until an M&A or IPO event occurs, all of the employees’ stock options are essentially worthless since the stock can’t be traded or sold.
Hear from experienced CEOs as they discuss their happy and not so happy exits. This meeting should be interesting to both those of you are considering starting or joining a start-up, and those of you who are already in a start-up.
Click here to register online.
Click here to subscribe to the Austin Chapter email list.
Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel
701 Congress Ave.
Austin, TX , 78701
Contact Name: Bob Bridge ’71 Related URL: Rice Alliance - Austin Chapter
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9/13/2005
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Dallas/Fort Worth: Wine Tasting
Give your taste buds a high-class workout as you join fellow alumni for a casual evening of wine and conversation at the chic Mercy Wine Bar. The cost is $25 per person, which includes a variety of wines and light hors d’oeuvres. Space is limited. The wine tasting class begins promptly at 6:30 p.m.
The deadline to register has passed.
If you wish to attend, you may pay at the door ($25 plus tax and gratuity).
Mercy Wine Bar
5100 Belt Line Road
Addison, TX
Contact Name: Stella Lin ’97
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9/13/2005
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Houston: Rice Alumni and Colleges Fall 2005 Gift of Life Blood Drive
Once again Houston and the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center look to the Rice Community to help fill the 800 unit per day need for donated blood. All nine colleges RSVP and the Graduate Student Association have been invited--most are signed up.
The Blood Center also plans to offer information and testing for possible bone marrow donors, of particular interest in the treatment of some forms of cancer.
If Tuesday’s time or place isn’t convenient, please go to any Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center location during the week and tell them you are part of the Rice University Alumni Group (Group Number 5023). To determine the most convenient location and hours of operation call 713-790-1200 or log on at www.giveblood.org.
Bring family and friends. Last year Rice drives yielded over 500 units of blood for the community. Your help is essential. Thanks for giving the Gift of Life.
If you have any questions, please direct them to either Jennifer Seelig (713-791-6605) or Andrea Johnson (713-791-6236) at the Blood Center or Jim Greenwood, Association of Rice Alumni Blood Drive Coordinator (713-659-8466)
Grand Hall, RMC/Ley Student Center
Rice University Campus
Houston, TX , 77005
Contact Name: Jim Greenwood Related URL: Blood Drive Information
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9/10/2005
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Los Angeles: Rice vs. UCLA Football Pregame
Cheer on the Rice Owls at the Rose Bowl!
Rice fans are on the prowl for fun and victory when the Owls take on the UCLA Bruins at Rice’s season opener in Pasadena!
Join fellow alumni, friends, and family at a pregame fiesta at Brookside Golf Club, right next to the Rose Bowl. The pregame party begins two hours before kick-off (currently scheduled for 7:00 p.m. PDT).
Adults: $15
Kids 10 and under: $5
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the Rice alumni office at 800-742-3258 if you are interested in attending the pregame party.
Game Ticket Information
The Rice athletics ticket office has run out of their allotment of tickets for the UCLA game. However, there are still tickets available through UCLA. Please call the UCLA ticket office at 310-825-2101 and ask to be seated in or near the Rice section, 14L.
Hotel Information
Hotel accomodations are available at the Hilton Los Angeles North/Glendale. Call 818-956-5466 and ask for the Rice University Friends/Family Rate (currently $115 but subject to change).
Rose Bowl Stadium
Brookside Golf Club (Club House)
1133 N Rosemont Ave
Pasadena, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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9/8/2005
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
NOTE: New date!
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Fuddrucker’s
3929 Southwest Freeway at Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02, Chair
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9/8/2005
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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San Diego: Presidential Reception featuring David Leebron
Join Rice Alumni in welcoming Rice’s seventh president, David W. Leebron, for a reception and program at the Museum of Photographic Arts.
Program:
6:30 p.m. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
7:30 p.m. A Conversation with the President
8:15 p.m. Dessert and coffee
Museum galleries will be open for viewing.
$25 per person
$15 recent alumni (’01-’05)
$15 current graduate students
The deadline to register online has passed. Please call the Rice alumni office at 800-742-3258 to register for this event.
Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado
San Diego, CA , 92101
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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9/7/2005
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Join alumni in the Dallas-area for drinks and conversation! Enjoy $1 pints after 7:00 p.m.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX , 75206
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Two Rows Dallas
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9/7/2005
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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8/31/2005
6:30 PM
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Fort Worth: Happy Hour
Join us for drinks and conversation on the last Wednesday of every month at our Fort Worth happy hour!
Don’t forget the Dallas happy hour on the first Wednesday of every month at Two Rows in Dallas.
Blue Mesa Grill
University Park Village
1600 S. University Dr.
Fort Worth, TX , 76107
Contact Name: Tito Medina ’03 Related URL: Blue Mesa Grill
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8/27/2005
8:30 PM
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Fort Worth: Young Alumni Night at Billy Bob’s
Strap on your kickers and your Stetson to join Dallas and Fort Worth alumni for a night out at Billy Bob’s, the "World’s Largest Honky Tonk." General admission is $9 at the door; reserved tickets are $15. The concert begins at 10:30 p.m., but we’ll meet at 8:30 to start things out and by enjoying some of the live bull riding!
RSVP to Debbi Lyons ’97 at 214-965-9263 if you plan to attend or for more information.
Billy Bob’s Texas
2520 Rodeo Plaza
Fort Worth, TX
Contact Name: Debbi Lyons ’97 Related URL: Rice Alumni Dallas
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8/25/2005
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Halcyon Coffeehouse | Bar | Lounge
218 W 4th St. (at Lavaca)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Halcyon Austin
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8/19/2005
7:15 PM
RSVP Required
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Tampa: Rice Night at the Devil Rays
Join Rice alumni, families, parents, and friends for College Night at Tropicana Field! Our seats are in the outfield, down the left field line. Wear your Rice gear to show your school spirit, and take along your glove to catch a home run!
Purchase tickets online or call the alumni office at 800-742-3258 to charge your tickets by phone. Order by noon Friday, August 12 to allow time for mailing.
We’ll meet at 5:15 p.m. at Ferg’s Sports Bar (cash bar) for a bite to eat. Mix and mingle with the Rice group before heading off to the game.
Ferg’s Sports Bar
1320 Central Ave.
St. Petersburg 33705
A block north of Tropicana Field. Park once!
Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg)
St. Petersburg, FL
Contact Name: Kelly Blume Related URL: Purchase Tickets Online
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8/18/2005
8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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New York City: Theatre Collide presents “Byzantium: A New Musical” at FringeNYC
Join fellow New York City Rice alumni at the New York International Fringe Festival for "Byzantium: A New Musical."
The production includes music by Steven Jamail (Brown ’02), lyrics by Troy Scheid (Baker ’02), and costume design by Beverly Cruickshank (Baker ’02). Performers Michael Ross ’01 (role of Valeryk) and Zanna Fredland ’02 (Ensemble) both have graduate degrees from the Shepherd School of Music.
Byzantium was the ancient world’s Las Vegas, dazzling and heartless─peddling vice, empty spectacle, and intrigue. When the emperor Justinian’s love for Theodora, a streetwise actress, threatens the city’s fragile peace, unrest erupts into revolution in this musical epic.
The Rice alumni office reserved a limited number of tickets for Thursday, August 18. All of the tickets we reserved have been purchased. You may still be able to obtain tickets for this performance by contacting FringeNYC directly.
Be sure to join the Rice group after the performance:
Newgate Bar & Grill
535 LaGuardia Place
(between Bleeker and West 3rd)
212.358.7995
Look for Rice Alumni New York president Kevin Gass to meet up with the Rice group.
The original recording for the concept album was funded by a Rice Envision Grant.
The Village Theatre
158 Bleecker Street @ Thompson
Subway Routes: A, C, E, B, D, F, V to West 4th St.
New York City, NY
Contact Name: Kevin Gass ’88
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8/18/2005
6:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Chicago: "Beat the Heat!" Happy Hour
Catch up with the Rice gang and make new friends at this happy hour featuring $3 "you call it's." RSVP to Daniel Attaway '01 at dattaway@alumni.rice.edu or call 773-220-5764.
Sedgwick's Bar and Grill
1935 N Sedgwick Street at Armitage
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: Daniel Attaway '01
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8/13/2005
8:20 PM - 11:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Shakespeare Festival--"As You Like It"
Enjoy a lively Shakespeare classic, "As You Like It," while socializing with Rice friends. Meet at 6:45 p.m. for drinks and munchies in the shady grove outside the theater box office. Reserved seating will be provided under the theater shell, but seats must be claimed by 8:20 p.m.
Tickets are free, but reservations are required!
Performance is captioned for the hearing impaired.
Miller Outdoor Theatre at Hermann Park
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Pat ’94 and Yve ’92 Huttenbach Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, August 10!
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8/11/2005
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Fuddrucker’s
3929 Southwest Freeway at Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02, Chair
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8/7/2005
1:45 PM
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Chicago: Architectural Walking Tour and Student Send-Off Party
Come learn about some of downtown Chicago’s fabulous skyscrapers! Join alumni, students, families, and friends for an architectural walking tour. We’ll gather afterward at the nearby Exchequer Restaurant (226 S. Wabash) to enjoy some light refreshments, muse over what we’ve learned, and--most importantly--help welcome the Class of 2009 into the Rice community.
$15 per person includes tour and refreshments
Register online or by calling 800-742-3258.
Chicago Architecture Foundation Shop & Tour Center
224 S. Michigan Ave.
(across from the Art Institute)
Chicago, IL
Contact Name: Ann Peterson Related URL: Register Online
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8/7/2005
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Atlanta: 15th Annual Potluck BBQ and Student Send-Off Picnic
Join alumni and friends for a casual summer BBQ as we help welcome the Class of 2009!
$4 per person
$2 for vegetarians and children under 12
We’ll provide BBQ and drinks! Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Contact Kay (’86) or Doug (’84) Williams by email or at 404-636-1176 to let them know what you’re bringing.
To RSVP, send a check by Monday, August 1, made payable to:
Kay Williams
1521 Montevallo Circle
Decatur, GA 30033
Directions: From I-285, take exit #29. Go south 0.8 miles on Ashford Dunwoody Rd. Turn left at the traffic light on W. Nancy Creek Dr. and travel about 0.3 miles to the park. We’ll be on the west side of the lake -- park by the pool and look for the Rice banner.
Murphey Candler Park
1526 W. Nancy Creek Dr.
Atlanta, GA
Contact Name: Ann Peterson
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8/6/2005
4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Los Angeles: Student Send-off Party
The Association of Rice Alumni
cordially invites you to a
Bon Voyage Reception
honoring incoming Los Angeles-area Rice students and their families
Saturday, August 6, 2005
4 – 6 p.m.
Hosted by Mehran (’89) and Roya Mashayekh
with Steve Dumas (’82) and Steve Flynn (’81)
This party is a great opportunity for new students to meet fellow students, parents to meet other parents, and alumni to share their Rice experiences. Join us!
Kindly reply by Friday, July 29 to Chad Benedict ’01 in the Rice alumni office at chadb@rice.edu or 800-742-3258.
Directions: Coming from the 405, exit Sunset Blvd. Head west toward the ocean and proceed through six lights. Turn right (north) onto Kenter, then take an immediate right onto Tigertail. Contact Mehran or Roya at 310-440-3031 if you need assistance. Home of Mehran (’89) and Roya Mashayekh
650 Tigertail Rd
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict
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8/6/2005
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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RTP: 10th Annual Potluck Dinner & Student Send-Off Party
Enjoy traditional beef brisket for taste of Texas in NC! Please bring drinks and a favorite side dish, snack, or dessert to share. Games, a pool, and hot tub are available for the young and young at heart!
Share some favorite memories (or memorabilia) of campus days. Compare Rice then with Rice now, and share words of wisdom with new students and their families.
RSVPs are welcome but not required. Contact Donna Boyce Bennett ’78 at dbennett@alumni.rice.edu or 919-779-5296.
At the home of
Norm, Donna (’78) and Melanie Bennett
7141 Eastridge Drive
Apex, NC
Contact Name: Donna Boyce Bennett ’78
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8/5/2005
6:30 PM
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San Francisco Bay Area: Young Alumni Happy Hour
Join young alumni in the Bay Area at our quarterly happy hour!
RSVPs aren’t required, but if you can, contact Ryan Aipperspach ’04 so we’ll know how many people to expect.
Blue Chalk Cafe
630 Ramona St.
Palo Alto, CA , 94301
Contact Name: Ryan Aipperspach Related URL: Blue Chalk Cafe
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8/3/2005
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Join alumni in the Dallas-area for drinks and conversation! Enjoy $1 pints after 7:00 p.m.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX , 75206
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Two Rows Dallas
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8/3/2005
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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7/31/2005
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Tampa: Bon Voyage Party
There are 31 new and continuing students from central Florida headed to Rice at the end of the summer. This party is a great opportunity for new students to meet current students, parents to meet other parents, and alumni to share their wisdom!
Kindly reply by Monday, July 25 to Ron Ladd via e-mail or by phone at 727-397-2801.
At the home of
Ron (’72) and Robin Ladd
8555 125th Court North
Seminole, FL
Contact Name: Ron Ladd
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7/30/2005
1:05 PM
RSVP Required
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New York: Yankees vs. Angels Baseball
Take me out to the ball game! Join Rice alumni and friends for an afternoon of America’s favorite pastime.
A limited number of tickets are available in the Rice section, and we always sell out. Game tickets are only $19. So register online today!
We’ll gather after the game at Yankee Tavern to socialize. For more information, contact Sherry Lin ’94. (If the game goes to extra innings, check with Sherry at the game to confirm post-game plans.)
Yankee Stadium
161st St. and River Avenue in the Bronx
Bronx, NY
Contact Name: Sherry Lin ’94 Related URL: Purchase game tickets online for only $19!
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7/28/2005
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Cool River Cafe
4001 Parmer Lane
(one light west of MoPac)
Austin, TX
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Cool River Cafe
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7/27/2005
6:30 PM
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Fort Worth: Happy Hour
Join us for drinks and conversation on the last Wednesday of every month at our Fort Worth happy hour!
Don’t forget the Dallas happy hour on the first Wednesday of every month at Two Rows in Dallas.
Blue Mesa Grill
University Park Village
1600 S. University Dr.
Fort Worth, TX , 76107
Contact Name: Tito Medina ’03 Related URL: Blue Mesa Grill
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7/24/2005
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Boston: All-Alumni Picnic & Student Send-Off Party
Join alumni and friends for a casual summer BBQ as we help welcome the Class of 2009! $5 per person, $3 for kids 6-12, kids 5 and under FREE.
At the home of Arisa (’94) and David Boit
352 Clark Rd.
Brookline, MA
Contact Name: Arisa Boit Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, July 20
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7/24/2005
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
RSVP Required
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San Francisco Bay Area: Picnic and Student Send-off Party
Join new and returning students, parents, and alumni at our fifth annual Picnic & Student Send-Off Party! We’ll provide BBQ and soft drinks. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Lunch will be served at 1:30 p.m., so please plan to arrive by then with your goodies.
Join us for lunch and enjoy the rest of the day at the park! For more park info and directions, visit www.eparks.net.
You may still attend the picnic even if you did not RSVP! Don’t forget your side dish, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Please note: $5 per vehicle entry fee to the park.
Coyote Point Park San Mateo
Eucalyptus Picnic Areas #1 and #2
San Mateo, CA
Contact Name: Chad Benedict
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7/23/2005
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Denver: Student Send-off Party
Join fellow alumni and continuing students to meet and greet new students and their parents at our annual Denver Cookout & Send-Off Party.
RSVP by July 18 to Chad Benedict ’01 in the Rice alumni office at 713-348-5305 or 800-742-3258.
Directions:
From I-25:
Exit I-25 at exit #187
Go WEST 1 Mile on Happy Canyon Rd
Turn RIGHT at the Main Security Gate
Take the 1st LEFT (Castle Pines Dr., N)
At the stop sign, take the RIGHT fork
Turn LEFT at Tournament Drive
First house on the left
From Santa Fe/Hwy 85:
Turn at Happy Canyon Rd
Go EAST 1.3 miles
Turn LEFT at Main Gate
Take the 1st LEFT (Castle Pines Dr., N)
At the stop sign, take the RIGHT fork
Turn LEFT at Tournament Drive
First house on the left
Home of Mary Lou and Bruce Laubach
2507 Tournament Dr.
Castle Rock, CO , 80108
Contact Name: Chad Benedict Related URL: Map and Directions
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7/21/2005
5:00 PM - 9:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni "Hotter than Hell" Happy Hour
It’s Hotter than Hell Outside! So come inside and join Houston Young Alumni along with other HOT people at Pub Fiction in midtown. Everyone is welcome, so please tell all of your friends. We’ve negotiated a semi-private area near the back of the bar along with a complimentary appetizer buffet and drink specials ($3 shot specials, $2/$6 pints/pitchers domestics, $4/$14 margaritas/pitchers, $4 cosmos/martinis) from 5:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Pub Fiction is a new bar in midtown that offers plenty of parking and a laid-back casual atmosphere.
For more details and any questions, please contact Kevin Mistry ’95 or Emmie Chang ’02. No RSVPs are neccessary, but please tell all of your friends. Let’s make this an awesome summer event!
Pub Fiction, Midtown
2303 Smith St., Ste. 100
Houston, TX , 77006
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7/20/2005
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Hong Kong: Rice University President to visit with Hong Kong Alumni
The Association of Rice Alumni,
Mr. R. Ralph Parks ’66,
and Mr. Gavin H. Parks ’02
invite you to a
Hong Kong Alumni Reception
with
David W. Leebron
President, Rice University
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
The Hong Kong Club
1st Floor, Caernarvon Room
1 Jackson Road, Central
RSVP online, email davism@rice.edu, or call 1-713-348-4057 no later than Thursday, July 12. There is no charge for the event, but a reply is requested. Please forward this information to other Rice alumni who may not have received this invitation.
The Hong Kong Club
1st Floor, Caernarvon Room
1 Jackson Road, Central
Hong Kong, CH
Contact Name: Mark E. Delos Reyes Davis Related URL: Register Online
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7/19/2005
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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New York: Happy Hour and Networking Mixer
Join fellow alumni and friends for drinks, munchies, and great company! Based on the success of our recent mixers, we look forward to a great time of networking and socializing. Look for the Rice group in the back room behind the bar.
Fiddlesticks Pub & Grill
54-58 Greenwich Ave, (NOT Greenwich St.)
New York, NY
Contact Name: Joe Abraham ’99 Related URL: Fiddlesticks
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7/14/2005
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Committee Meeting
Make new friends, share your ideas, and help us serve Rice young alumni in the Houston area. All are welcome!
Come early for socializing and munchies.
Fuddrucker’s
3929 Southwest Freeway at Weslayan
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Bryan Hassin ’01/’02, Chair
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7/9/2005
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni Rock Climbing
Elevate your perspective with fellow young alumni! All experience levels are welcome. $12.50 for 3 hour climb time (includes training session.) $4.50 optional shoe rental.
Texas Rock Gym (www.texrockgym.com)
9716 Old Katy Rd. @ Bunker Hill
Suite 102
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Justin Singer ’01 Related URL: Register online by Wednesday, July 6!
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7/6/2005
7:00 PM
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Dallas: Happy Hour
Join alumni in the Dallas-area for drinks and conversation! Enjoy $1 pints after 7:00 p.m.
Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery
5500 Greenville Ave., Suite 1300
Dallas, TX , 75206
Contact Name: Denise Stom ’04 Related URL: Two Rows Dallas
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7/6/2005
6:30 PM
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Houston: Young Alumni Networking Mixer
Rice Alumni Special: $1 off all beers! Nate will buy any first-timer their first round each month! Take advantage of these popular gatherings to network and make friends over bocce ball and great drink specials.
Hans’ Bierhaus
2523 Quenby St
(east of Kirby in the Rice Village)
Houston, TX
Contact Name: Nate Richards ’01
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6/30/2005
6:00 PM
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Austin: Happy Hour
To join the Austin happy hour listserv, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiceAustin/.
Freddie’s Place
1703 S. First St.
(between Monroe and Annie)
Austin, TX , 78704
Contact Name: Cheng Leong ’95 Related URL: Map to Freddie’s Place
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6/29/2005
6:30 PM
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Fort Worth: Happy Hour
Join us for drinks and conversation on the last Wednesday of every month at our Fort Worth happy hour!
Don’t forget the Dallas happy hour on the first Wednesday of every month at Two Rows in Dallas.
Blue Mesa Grill
University Park Village
1600 S. University Dr.
Fort Worth, TX , 76107
Contact Name: Tito Medina ’03 Related URL: Blue Mesa Grill
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6/26/2005
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Memphis: Potluck BBQ and Student Send-Off Party
The Association of Rice Alumni cordially invites alumni, new and continuing students, families, and friends to our 5th Annual Potluck BBQ & Student Send-Off Party.
There are 14 new and continuing students from the Memphis area headed to Rice at the end of the summer. This party is a great opportunity for new students to meet fellow students, parents to meet other parents, and alumni to share their Rice experiences. Join us!
BBQ and sides provided; if you’d like, please bring an appetizer or dessert to share.
Kindly reply by Wednesday, June 22, to Annette Mertens ’85 at 901-419-4459.
At the home of Richard (’58) and Carole Briscoe
4352 West Cherry Place
Memphis, TN , 38117
Contact Name: Annette Mertens ’85
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6/25/2005
11:00 AM
RSVP Required
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Texas: Young Alumni Tubing Trip
Cool off with Rice young alumni from Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and beyond for this annual favorite. Join the crowd at the Double Rockin’ R Campgrounds Friday evening for a full weekend of fun. For those who prefer the comforts of their own bed, mosey in on Saturday for a float down the Guadalupe River. We’ll provide the food and beverages--you provide the entertainment.
The deadline to register for this event online has passed. Please call Chad Benedict at 713-348-5305 if you are interested in attending.
Houston Young Alumni Contacts:
Patrick Sharkey ’97
Laura Grable ’01
Melody Scott ’99
DFW Young Alumni Contacts:
Debbi Lyons ’97
Denise Stom ’04
San Antonio Young Alumni Contact:
Derek Cole ’96
Double Rockin’ R Campgrounds
New Braunfels, TX
Contact Name: Patrick Sharkey ’97
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6/22/2005
11:30 AM
RSVP Required
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Dallas: Luncheon Series - John Alford
Speaker:
Dr. John Alford
Associate Professor of Political Science, Rice University
The Biology of Human Political Behavior: Genetics, Evolution and the Political Brain
The phrases "Once a Democrat, always a Democrat" and "Once a Republican, always a Republican" may be truer than we realize. Our identification with a political party, which we acquire from early childhood socialization, often does last a lifetime. According to Rice political scientist John Alford, Americans’ political orientation – liberal or conservative – is a genetic trait almost as unlikely to change as our eye color.
Rice Alumni Dallas invites you to join professor John Alford for our second luncheon series of 2005. Mix and mingle with DFW-area alumni and friends and learn more about the links between genetics and political behavior. Dr. Alford will share findings from his new research published in the May 2005 issue of the American Political Science Review.
Admission: $25 (includes lunch)
RSVP by Monday, June 20.
Call 800-742-3258 for more information.
Parking at the Belo is available for $3.
Belo Mansion
2101 Ross Ave.
Dallas, TX , 75201
Contact Name: Chad Benedict ’01
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6/21/2005
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
RSVP Required
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Houston: Young Alumni--Museum of Natural Science "Lord of the Rings" Exhibit
Enjoy a casual talk by Rice’s resident Tolkien expert, Dr. Jane Chance, followed by a group tour of the museum’s special exhibit. View original weaponry, armor, costumes, special effects, makeup, and interactive exhibitions from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The special group price of $13.50 includes lecture and tour fees. (Exhibit is regularly $17.50 for non-members.)
The deadline to register for this event has passed. Those who have paid for their tickets ahead of time may pick them up at the Rice table located directly outside the Planetarium, which is where Dr. Chance will be giving her talk. If you did not purchase a ticket for the exhibition, you may still do so at the regular rate of $17.50 by calling the Houston Museum of Natural Science at 713-639-4629.
Click here to read the Houston Chronicle article on the exhibit.
Houston Museum of Natural Science
One Hermann Circle Drive
Museum District
Houston, TX , 77030
Contact Name: Pat ’92 and Yve ’94 Huttenbach
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6/12/2005
1:00 PM
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Atlanta: Rice vs. Tulane Baseball-Watching Party
It’s that time of year again: baseball post-season! Last week the fighting Rice Owls (44-17) knocked off the LSU Tigers on their own turf to advance to this weekend’s Super Regional in New Orleans. Games will be Saturday and Sunday versus top-ranked Tulane (53-9).
RSVP to Matt Kane ’96 if you plan to attend so we can hold enough space for our group.- Frankie’s is just inside the top of the perimeter, about a mile west of GA400. If you have questions or need directions, please also contact Matt via email or at his cell: 404-234-1543).
- In the event of a change in game time due to inclement weather, we’ll adjust the time for the game-watching party accordingly.
- Should Rice win this weekend and advance to the College World Series, we’ll hold further watch parties. Please email Matt if you’re interested in attending.
Frankie’s on the Prado
5600 Roswell Road
Atlanta, GA , 30342
Contact Name: Matt Kane ’96
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6/12/2005
1:00 PM
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Central Florida: Rice vs. Tulane Baseball-Watching Party
With three Florida schools advancing to post-season play i
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