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| − | == Summary == | + | {{University |
| − | Rice University is a university in [[Houston]], [[Texas]], known for its acclaimed [[engineering]], [[architecture]], and [[Shepherd School of Music| music]] programs. The school also has a well-recognized [[history]] department, and like every major research university, has a department on [[evolutionary biology]].<ref>http://www.students.rice.edu/students/Departments.asp</ref> The university is consistently ranked highly in [[U.S. News and World Report]], at 17 in 2007, but significantly higher in sciences.<ref>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref> The school is known as well for its connection with the [[Houston Medical Center]], [[Baylor School of Medicine]], and the emergent field of [[nanotechnology]], which Rice's [[Richard Smalley]] in large part pioneered.<ref>http://smalley.rice.edu/smalley.cfm?doc_id=5112</ref> | + | |name=Rice University |
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| | + | |type=Private |
| | + | |city=Houston, Texas |
| | + | |sports=baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball<ref>http://riceowls.cstv.com/</ref> |
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| | + | |mascot=Sammy the Owl |
| | + | |website=http://www.rice.edu/ |
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| | + | '''Rice University''' is a university in [[Houston]], [[Texas]], known for its acclaimed [[engineering]], [[architecture]], and [[Shepherd School of Music| music]] programs. The school also has a well-recognized [[history]] department, and like every major research university, has a department on [[evolutionary biology]].<ref>http://www.students.rice.edu/students/Departments.asp</ref> The university is consistently ranked highly in [[U.S. News and World Report]], at 17 in 2007, but significantly higher in sciences.<ref>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref> The school is known as well for its connection with the [[Houston Medical Center]], [[Baylor School of Medicine]], and the emergent field of [[nanotechnology]], which Rice's [[Richard Smalley]] in large part pioneered.<ref>http://smalley.rice.edu/smalley.cfm?doc_id=5112</ref> |
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| | == Residential Life == | | == Residential Life == |
| | The University breaks its students into [[residential colleges]], which included in 2007 the colleges of Hanszen, Baker, Brown, Lovett, Weiss, Jones, Martel, Sid Richardson, and William Rice Jr. Attorney General [[Alberto Gonzalez]] is a Rice University graduate, and an alumnus of [[Lovett College]] specifically. | | The University breaks its students into [[residential colleges]], which included in 2007 the colleges of Hanszen, Baker, Brown, Lovett, Weiss, Jones, Martel, Sid Richardson, and William Rice Jr. Attorney General [[Alberto Gonzalez]] is a Rice University graduate, and an alumnus of [[Lovett College]] specifically. |
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| | == See Also == | | == See Also == |
| | *[[Harvard University]] | | *[[Harvard University]] |