# Unconventional Owls

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ACADEMICS

# Unconventional Owls

# STUDENTS WHO STAND APART

If there's anything Owls do best, it's challenging the status quo, both inside and outside the classroom. See how our students take the unconventional approach to transform their college experience.

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### Mixed media artist and evolutionary biologist

### Engineering Swords in Houston

### A Prestigious Churchill Scholar

### leaving a legacy as a Rice Owl

# FACULTY WHO RISE ABOVE

Meet the mentors, the researchers, the experts, the cheerleaders, the foundation of our academic experience— our faculty. Whether you need someone to advise on your research project or just want to take a class that will challenge you to think deeper about the world around you, our faculty are there.

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### Pulitzer Prize Awarded to Rice History Professor

### Rice Professor Named MacArthur Fellow

### American Moonshot

### Inspire Others as a Leader

# ALUMNI WHO VENTURE FORTH

Owls don't just learn— they do. And nobody embodies that better than our alumni who are out there right now, using the skills they learned at Rice to change the world.

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### Meritorious Service Award

### craft beer pioneer

### global fashion brand

### Alumni Couples' Unconventional Path

[## Directing Quarantine Procedure at NASA

LEARN MORE](https://news.rice.edu/2020/06/02/meet-the-rice-alum-in-charge-of-nasas-prelaunch-quarantine-program/)

[## Inspiring Olympic Spirit

LEARN MORE](https://magazine.rice.edu/2020/05/olympic-spirit/)

[## Houston's New Poet Laureate

LEARN MORE](https://news.rice.edu/2019/05/17/houstons-new-poet-laureate-rice-absolutely-helped-me-get-to-this-place/)

# **Helpful** Links

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**EMAIL**

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**HOURS**

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