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Today, the internationally celebrated, Raleigh-based alternative band The Connells  released an acoustic EP, reinterpreting four tracks from their acclaimed album Steadman’s Wake. The album, which was released in September to wide praise, marked the end of a 20-year recording hiatus for the band. Recorded at the bands practice space by long time live engineer Tim Harper (Alejandro Escovedo, Whiskeytown, Queen Sarah Saturday), the Steadman’s Wake Acoustic EP showcases the softer sound in whi...

Rice University’s Academic Quadrangle will undergo a major redesign that will include moving the Founder’s Memorial statue of William Marsh Rice to a

Let’s Active 40th Anniversary Concert Event to be held Nov. 4 at The Ramkat.

When I was a young man growing up in Rhode Island and Massachusetts back in the 1980s, I had a crazy passion for music. Like all young adults during t...

Rice University President David Leebron announced this week plans to step down from his role at the school after 18 years. He will continue to oversee the...

Prolific Rice University president announces end to storied tenure Prolific Rice University president announces end to storied tenure David Leebrons tenure is one of the longest in Rice history. Photo courtesy of Rice University For some 17 years, Rice University president David Leebron has overseen exponential growth of the school’s facilities, research initiatives, and student body. Now, his tenure is coming to an end. Leebron and the university announced on May 26 that he is leaving hi...

Date Time Leebron to step down from Rice presidency in June 2022 Rice University President David Leebron has announced he plans to leave his position at the end of the next academic year after nearly two decades at the helm of one of the nation’s premier institutions of higher learning. David Leebron Leebron, who has overseen dramatic expansions of Rice’s facilities, student body and research initiatives since his arrival in 2004, will remain at the university through the 2021-2022 academic...