A basketball game in Houston
Houston Sports 101: H-Town Basketball in Space City

Introduction

Welcome back to Houston Sports 101.

Nathaniel Uy at APSA conference
The Path I Chose: Lessons from a Life-Changing Conference (APSA 2025 Annual Meeting)

I write blogs like this every once in a while to reconnect with myself and my goals.

a green soccer field seen from the bleachers.
Houston Sports 101: H-Town Football, Bulls on Parade Show for New Owls

Introduction

Morgan Bettin-Coleman studies in the Academic Quad
Owl About Your Thesis

Fourth-year Ph.D.

Ecology and evolutionary biology students celebrate
Cakes, Community and Culture

Beneath string lights and a skyline of sugar frosting, Rice University’s graduate community gathered in the Graduate Commons to celebrate achievement the sweetes

Graduate student Alexandria Shockney at the Waugh Bridge bat colony
Listening to the night: Rice graduate researcher studies Houston’s bats to unlock secrets of health and the city

Long after the sun sets over Houston, a small team of Rice University researchers is out chasing the city’s noisiest neighbors — though the ones humans can’t alw

Cholla Cactus Forest (California)
A traveler’s guide to your great American road trip

You finally made it to Houston to pursue your graduate studies. You were advised to get yourself a car to shorten the city’s gargantuan distances.

Rebecca Villalta at the Shepherd School of Music
From Costa Rica to the Concert Stage: Violinist Finds Her Voice at Rice

For violinist

Each year one goal, AI-generated
PhD Retrospective: Each semester, one objective. Year Two.

A PhD is a long journey full of ups and downs.

Image of Fruit at Market
Free & Low-Cost Activities in Houston

Two of the most important things to do as a grad student are having fun (to maintain a work-life balance) and saving money.