Campaign Headlines 2008

• Rice University launches $1 billion campaign for its second century
• Rice increases no-loan threshold to $80,000
• California couple gives Rice University $15 million to redesign education of engineers
• BP awards $10K scholarships to 18 Rice students
• Dunn Foundation gives Rice $3 million for collaborative research grants
• $100 million in funding a milestone for Rice programs
• Rice Annual Fund reaches all-time high in FY '08
• Houston Endowment donates $6.4 million to Rice for new Ph.D. program in sociology; emphasis is on Houston
• Simmons Family Foundation gives $3 million for biomedical health research
• Connexions wins $2M from Hewlett Foundation
• IBB awards 2008 Hamill Innovation grants
• IBB awards 2008 Medical Innovation grants
• Twenty years later, pranksters donate more than $138,000 for student innovation awards
• ConocoPhillips supports expansion of Rice University's model science labs
• On the air: Rice's School of Humanities to co-produce national radio programs
• Nanoparticle research wins Shell Sustainability Center backing
• Crossing continents for community service
• Oshmans and National Instruments give major gifts to Rice for engineering design facility