Rice University Turns 100
October 11, 2012
by: David Pitman
David Leebron says Rice University got to where it is today by following a principle laid down a century ago by Edgar Odell Lovett.
"Our founding president always said 'keep the numbers down, and the standards up.' And that's really what we've done."
Leebron says much of Rice's success can be tied to the energy and resources it has invested in research.
"For example, the Bucky Ball, that was discovered at Rice University, which became the foundation of nanoscience and nanotechnology today. And we're known all over the world as the place that nanoscience and technology started, and our departments across the university are held in high esteem."
Leebron says over the next hundred years, Rice will be a part of the global shift to digital learning.
"And that means students may do more of their standard learning sitting and watching a classroom and taking tests offline, then going into the classroom and having really direct interaction."
Leebron says Rice is also building better relationships with schools around the world — so students can make seamless transfers between taking classes in Houston, and then attending a school that may be in Beijing, or Rio de Janiero.
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