Clinton's speech moved to Autry
· The Baker Institute for Public Policy announced this week that former President Bill Clinton will speak Feb. 8 at Autry Court, instead of at Stude Concert Hall as originally planned. The new venue will seat 4,250 guests, as compared to the 781-seat capacity of Stude Hall.
Faculty approves first interdisciplinary minor
· The Faculty Senate approved Rice's first interdisciplinary minor, Financial Computation and Modeling, Jan. 24. The minor requires courses from the Statistics and Economics departments and was proposed by Statistics Department Chair Kathy Ensor and other professors in the two departments. The minor will be offered beginning in the fall, and students can use existing credits toward obtaining the minor.
Undergrads focus of scholar's visit
· The Humanities Research Center has been advertising a weeklong lecture and discussion series with internationally recognized French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher of science Bruno Latour. Latour's status as an HRC Distinguished Visiting Scholar means he will spend Feb. 5-9 giving lectures and seminars on campus and spend time seeing Houston and meeting students.