As part of a larger redesign of its central Academic Quadrangle, Rice University will move a statue of its founder and namesake, William Marsh Rice, to a less prominent location within the quad, Chron reported Wednesday. The university also recently announced the landscape architecture firm that will lead the redesign: Nelson Byrd Woltz. According to Rice’s announcement of the
Texas governor Greg Abbott is taking aim at diversity, equity and inclusion practices in hiring. The move comes shortly after Florida announced reforms to defund DEI efforts.