# Stories & News

**Source**: https://engineering.rice.edu/tag/dean
**Parent**: https://engineering.rice.edu/about/leadership

[**What We’ve Built Together—and Where We’re Headed**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/what-weve-built-together-and-where-were-headed)
Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026

Message from the Dean, January 1, 2026

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[**Welcome to the 2025–2026 Academic Year**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/welcome-2025-2026-academic-year)
Monday, Aug. 25, 2025

Message from the Dean, August 25, 2025

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[**Happy New Year**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/happy-new-year)
Monday, Jan. 13, 2025

Message from the Dean, January 13, 2025

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[**A Year in Review**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/year-review)
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024

Message from the Dean, December 18, 2024.

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[**What Makes a Great PhD Mentor?**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/what-makes-great-phd-mentor)
Monday, Nov. 4, 2024

Message from the Dean, November 4, 2024.

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[**Fifty Years of Excellence and Counting**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/fifty-years-excellence-and-counting)
Monday, Aug. 26, 2024

Message from the Dean, August 26, 2024.

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[**On the Importance of Undergraduate Teaching**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/importance-undergraduate-teaching)
Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2024

Message from the Dean, April 16, 2024.

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[**Recognizing and celebrating research excellence in all its forms**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/recognizing-and-celebrating-research-excellence-all-its-forms)
Monday, Oct. 16, 2023

Message from the Dean, October 16, 2023.

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[**Solving for greater good**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/solving-greater-good)
Monday, Aug. 21, 2023

Message from the Dean, August 21, 2023.

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[**Thoughts on our culture and operations**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/thoughts-our-culture-and-operations)
Monday, May. 1, 2023

Message from the Dean, May 1, 2023.

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