Tuition for incoming students rises 14 percent
· New-student tuition and fees will be $26,974 next year, a 13.6 percent increase from what this year's freshmen paid. Returning students will pay about 4-6 percent more than what they paid this year. Room and board for all students will be $9,590 next year, a seven-percent change that is similar to past increases.
Smalley honored at service
· A model of a buckyball sat on the podium as colleagues, students, friends and family of Richard Smalley spoke about his influence on Rice and the world at a memorial service Tuesday. About 150 people attended the service held in the Grand Hall.
Faculty Senate approves take-home final exam policy
· Starting in Fall 2006, final papers, final projects and take-home final exams can be assigned a due date earlier than the last day of the final-exam period. The Faculty Senate voted unanimously to approve these changes to the General Announcements at its meeting Wednesday. Restrictions on the number of exams allowed in one- and two-day periods were also altered.