On December 19, students enjoyed the seventh annual School House Mania that is organized by RUSMP and the Rice Ahtletics Department. Not only did the students cheer on an Owl victory in the men's basketball game, but they also participated in mathematics and science activities. Dr.
The Fresh Hub team won the District 7’s Congressional App Challenge for their app that helps fight food waste and end food deserts. The students are (left to right): Caleb Hu, Annie Zhu, Shirley Zhu, and Miles Mackenzie.
RUSMP supported the Hour of Code event at Burrus Elementary where third graders were introduced to computer science. The students participated in a fun dancing activity and then learned to use the interface on code.org.
Kicking off their College Day with a visit to Rice University, the fifth graders from Houston ISD's Moreno Elementary School were given a virtual tour of the campus, participated in thought-provoking math lessons, and listened to Rice graduate students tell their stories.
Dr. Hadley Wickham, Chief Scientist at RStudio and an adjunct Professor of Statistics at the University of Auckland, Stanford University, and Rice University, is coming to Rice on Friday, November 22nd. He will be giving a talk called Designing Data Science from 3PM-4PM.
The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. Anyone, anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event or try any of the over 200+ one-hour tutorials, available in over 45 languages.
The Rice University Athletic Department's 7th Annual “Rice University School House Mania,” took place on December 19, 2019 at Tudor Field House. Over 3,500 students participated in STEM activities before the game led by the RUSMP team and cheered the Rice Owls men's basketball team to victory.
RUSMP's Fall Networking Conference was held on October 5, 2019 at the Anne and Charles Duncan Hall at Rice University.
Thank you to all who attended as this was the best conference ever.
Thank you to all the speakers and to Perfection Learning for the delicious breakfast.
We invite your middle school students to join others with a passion for math at this year's great Math Circle hosted by the Rice Math Department in collaboration with RUSMP!
Rice University National Science Foundation Noyce Master Teacher Fellow, Alexander Mironychev, co-authored an article that was recently published in the Journal of University of Global Education Issues. The other author was Warren Morales, also a member of the RUSMP network.
