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  2. Residential colleges of Rice University - Wikipedia

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    Duncan College was named after Anne and Charles Duncan Jr., long-standing contributors to Rice University who donated money for the new college. The college was conceived jointly with the adjacent McMurtry College as part of Rice's Vision for the 2nd century, which includes plans to increase the size of the student body by 30%. [111]

  3. Rice University - Wikipedia

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    Rice University, officially William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States. It sits on a 300-acre (120 ha) campus adjacent to the Houston Museum District and the Texas Medical Center .

  4. Rice Owls - Wikipedia

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    The Rice Owls are the sports teams representing Houston's Rice University in college sports. The name comes from the owls in Rice's crest. Rice participates in NCAA Division I athletics. A member of the American Athletic Conference, Rice sponsors teams in eight men's and eight women's NCAA-sanctioned sports.

  5. Academic dress in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rice University: Blue with white chevron Blue and gray Gray square tam Owl of Athena Bachelor's gowns are black and Master's gowns are blue. Additionally, a stole is worn by many to indicate affiliation with one of Rice's residential colleges. [90] [91] [92] Rochester Institute of Technology: White with brown chevron and orange in the center Brown

  6. Campus of Rice University - Wikipedia

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    The campus of Rice University is located on a heavily wooded 290-acre (120-hectare) plot of land on South Main Street in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. It is located east of Rice Village , a retail district, south of Boulevard Oaks and Southampton , west of the Texas Medical Center , and north of Southgate .

  7. List of university and college mottos - Wikipedia

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    University College, Durham: Non nobis solum: Latin Not for ourselves alone [271] University College London: Cuncti adsint meritaeque expectent praemia palmae: Latin Let all come who by merit most deserve reward University of Wales College of Medicine: Gwybod Medr Iachau: Welsh Knowledge enables cures University of Warwick: Mens agitat molem ...

  8. Sammy the Owl - Wikipedia

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    During this period, handlers kept Sammy in a roost in front of Lovett College. Prior to football games, Sammy was known to fly into the stadium. Rice University later discontinued its tradition of a live owl, replacing it with a student dressed in an owl suit. As such, Sammy the Owl is an elected position of the Rice University Student Body.

  9. Armorial of British universities - Wikipedia

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    Arms University Full Achievement Aberdeen, granted 26 September 1888 . Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st Azure a bough pot Or charged with three salmon fishes in fret Proper and containing as many lilies of the garden the dexter in bud the centre full blown and the sinister half blown also Proper flowered Argent issuant from the middle chief amid rays of the sun a dexter hand holding an open book ...