Rice University Statistics for Prospective Undergraduate Students
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Faculty Facts and Distinctions
(as of September, 2000)
The information presented in this Annotation represents Rice University
management's description of procedures and definitions used to compile
and determine amounts presented on the page of statistics
concerning faculty facts and distinctions. This information is presented
to assist the reader in understanding that page.
Rice University, a small, private, and highly selective research institution
in Houston, Texas, has created Statistics
for Prospective Undergraduate Students . Detailed definitions and
descriptions, sources, and methodologies used in this compilation are described
in this and other appropriately linked pages of annotations and apply specifically
to this web site. Different time periods reflect unique or official reporting
dates and are used to present the most current information available.
Rice had a total of 569 full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty as of September,
2000. FTE faculty included deans, administrative officials who have tenure
status, visiting faculty, faculty fellows, and part-time faculty. The calculation
for FTE faculty included counting the part-time faculty as one-third of
full-time faculty; this full-time equivalent faculty number was used to
calculate student-to-faculty ratios (located in the Enrollment and Class
Sizes section below.)
Tenured and tenure-track faculty (professors, associate professors,
assistant professors, deans, and administrative officials who have tenure
status) are all full-time and total 449; they comprised 91% (449/492) of
the full-time faculty. Instructors and lecturers, and artist teachers (43)
comprised 9% (43/492) of the full-time faculty. Rice also employed 178
adjuncts.
Notes to calculations:
Full time equivalents:
481 full time faculty (481 = 244 professors, 92 associate professors,
102 assistant professors, 12 instructors, 28 lecturers, and 3 artist teachers)
+ 11 deans and senior administrators with tenure and tenure status
+ 17 faculty fellows
+ 10 visiting faculty
+ 50 FTE of part time (144/3)
569
Tenure and tenure-status faculty:
449 = tenured and tenure track faculty (438 full time faculty
+ 11 deans and senior administrative officials with tenure status)
492 = 481 full time faculty + 11 deans and senior administrative
officials with tenure status
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The percentage of full-time faculty with the doctorate or terminal degree
in the field is 98% (472/481).
Notes to calculations:
472 = number of full-time faculty with the doctorate or terminal
degree in the field
481 = number of full-time faculty
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Policies regarding academic appointments; tenure; terms of appointments;
offers and acceptances; renewals; promotions;
leaves of absence and effect on tenure; and termination of appointments,
sanctions short of termination, and suspension
can be found at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~presiden/Policies/
Sources: Faculty data are maintained in two databases:
(1) the Banner (Banner) Financial and Human Resources Systems database
(an Oracle-based system for managing financial and human resource activities
of Rice), operated by Administrative Services; and (2) the Provost's faculty
database, administered by and in the office of the Director of Faculty
Administration in a Macintosh FileMaker Pro spreadsheet. Data became static
as of October 1, after which time two reconciliations occurred. The first
reconciliation was conducted by the Systems Analyst in Administrative Systems
between the Banner faculty database and a copy of the Provost's faculty
database, where the two files were merged to create one comprehensive faculty
database. Once this occurred and major problem areas identified and resolved,
the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) received a copy of the comprehensive
database, at which time the second reconciliation began. OIR sorted, created
parallel fields for comparisons to previous year's data in order to determine
certain categories, and reconciled each category with either the Systems
Analyst, Human Resources, or Assistant Provost for Faculty Administration.
Numbers were determined by the Office of Institutional Research and
verified with the Assistant Provost for Faculty Administration. Percentages
were calculated by the Office of Institutional Research.
Faculty Distinctions for Current and Emeriti Faculty
Awards and distinctions were compiled from several different sources.
First, awards and distinctions, and the respective recipient(s) of each,
were requested from each academy, agency, foundation, or association; in
some cases, national databases are available and were accessed for this
same purpose. Second, requests were made from each faculty member's respective
school dean to submit to the Office of Institutional Research a list of
faculty with their respective awards and distinctions. Third, searches
were made on the Rice faculty website by the Office of Institutional Research
regarding awards and distinctions. At this point, lists were compiled for
each award or distinction with the recipient, using all sources. The next
step was to verify that each faculty member who is on any of the lists
was either a current Rice faculty member or held emeritus status; this
was done by going to the Fall 2000 faculty database (described above) and
verifying any variances with the Director of Faculty Administration. In
some cases, an understatement of the number of distinctions was possible
if a faculty member achieved an award or distinction before coming to Rice.
The granting academy, agency, foundation, or association may have listed
the faculty member and his or her award or distinction under the university's
name with which the faculty member was affiliated at the time the award
or distinction was granted.
Website's for distinction categories included the following:
The Nobel Foundation is a private institution established in 1900 on the
basis of the will of Alfred Nobel. By the terms of the will, the Nobel
Prizes in Physics and Chemistry have been awarded by the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences (RSAS) since 1901. The RSAS is an independent, non-governmental
organization whose objectives include the identification and reward of
outstanding scientific achievements.
For their discovery of fullerenes, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to:
(as of 1-13-99)
Professor Robert F. Curl, Rice University, Houston, USA
Professor Sir Harold W. Kroto, University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K.,
and
Professor Richard E. Smalley, Rice University, Houston, USA
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is a non-profit organization established
under private law by the Federal Republic of Germany. Named in honor of
the German natural scientist and explorer, the Foundation was founded in
1860 to commemorate his life work and to sponsor research travel abroad
by German scholars. The Foundation also assists foreign scholars pursuing
postgraduate studies in Germany through Humboldt Research Fellowships and
Humboldt Research Awards.
Humboldtians (26) who are currently on the faculty at Rice University are:
(as of 3-29-01)
Andrew R. Barron
Wilbur E. Billups
Robert E. Bixby (Emeritus)
Phillip R. Brooks
Franz R. Brotzen (Emeritus)
C. Sidney Burrus
Peter C. Caldwell
John W. Clark, Jr.
William Cook
Steven Cox
Robert F. Curl
Robert C. Haymes (Emeritus)
Mark Alan Kulstad
Eugene H. Levy |
Andreas Luttge
Rex B. McClellan
F. Curtis Michel
Donald Ray Morrison
C. Robert O'Dell
D. Spanos
Frank K. Tittel
Raymond O. Wells, Jr.
Kenton H. Whitmire
Joseph B. Wilson (Emeritus)
Richard Brian Wolin
Harvey Yunis
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The Academy of Arts and Letters honors the achievements of American artists
who excel in any of the fields of arts and literature and has been doing
so since 1898. Three yearly exhibitions draw on an extensive permanent
collection of memorabilia and works by members.
Rice University has one (1) faculty member who has won the Academy Award
in Literature:
(as of 8-5-99)
Edward Snow
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) is an honorary society
that recognizes achievement in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts,
and humanities and conducts a varied program of projects and studies responsive
to the needs and problems of society. The Academy's membership, which is
elected, represents distinction and achievement in the entire range of
the intellectual disciplines and professions. Its 3,300 Fellows and 550
Foreign Honorary Members are divided into four classes--the physical sciences,
the biological sciences, the social arts and sciences, and the humanities
and fine arts. Among its Fellows are 168 Nobel Prize laureates and 58 Pulitzer
Prize winners. The Academy recognizes achievement not only in election
to membership but in the awarding of prizes.
Rice currently has the following seven (7) faculty who are members of
AAAS:
(as of 9-23-99)
Robert F. Curl
Michael M. Carroll
William E. Gordon (Emeritus)
Norman Hackerman (Emeritus)
James L. Kinsey
Richard E. Smalley
Edith Wyschogrod
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, pronounced
"Triple-A-S") is a nonprofit professional society dedicated to the advancement
of scientific and technological excellence across all disciplines, and
to the public's understanding of science and technology. AAAS is among
the oldest societies in America, having been founded in Philadelphia in
1848. Many of today's most prestigious and influential scientific societies
have their historical origins in AAAS.
Rice has the following nine (9) faculty as fellows; and in 1997, Rice
University's Richard A. Tapia (Computational and Applied Mathematics) was
the recipient of the AAAS Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement.
(as of 9-10-99)
Randall G. Hulet
Jordan Konisky
Ken Kennedy
John L. Margrave
Larry McIntire
John S. Olson
Frederick B. Rudolph
G. K. Walters
Raymond O. Wells, Jr.
According to its web site, the mission of the American Council of Learned
Societies (ACLS) is to "advance humanistic studies in all fields of learning
in the Humanities and the related social sciences and to maintain and strengthen
relations among the national societies devoted to such studies." The ACLS
carries out its mission in a variety of programs across many fields of
learning, with the awarding of peer-reviewed fellowships at the core of
ACLS activity. Membership in ACLS is restricted to organizations, with
three types of memberships: Constituent Learned Society (national or international
organizations in the humanities and social sciences that focus on a broad
but discrete field of humanistic inquiry), Affiliate (organizations and
institutions whose goals and purposes are closely linked to ACLS and serve
to increase the community and the effectiveness of those actively working
on behalf of the humanities), and Associate (colleges, universities, research
libraries, and other scholarly institutions).
Rice University has the following 8 faculty as ACLS fellowships:
(as of 9-23-00)
William A. Camfield
Richard Grandy
Deborah A. Harter
Michael R. Maas
Joseph Manca |
Meredith A. Skura
Martin J. Wiener
Philip R. Wood |
The American Philosophical Society, this country's first learned society,
has played an important role in American cultural and intellectual life
for 250 years. An eminent scholarly organization of international reputation,
the American Philosophical Society promotes useful knowledge in the sciences
and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings,
publications, library resources, and community outreach.
Rice has three (3) faculty members who have received American Philosophical
Society awards:
(as
of 3-24-00)
Judith Brown
William Camfield
Daniel Sherman
The American Physical Society (APS) is an organization of more than 40,000
physicists worldwide. Serving on the Executive Committee of the Texas Section
of APS are two Rice faculty members: Naomi Halas (Electrical and Computer
Engineering) and Stephen D. Baker (Physics).
In addition, Rice has a total of eight (8) faculty as fellows:
(as of 3-24-00)
Randy Hulet
Eugene H. Levy
J. L. Margrave
F. C. Michel
R. E. Smalley
R. F. Stebbings (Emeritus)
Frank Tittle
G. K. Walters
The Guggenheim Foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals
in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative
arts) except the performing arts. The Foundation selects its Fellows
on the basis of two separate competitions, one for the United States and
Canada, the other for Latin America and the Caribbean. Guggenheim
Fellowships are grants to selected individuals made for a minimum of six
months and a maximum of twelve months. Since the purpose of the Guggenheim
Fellowship program is to help provide Fellows with blocks of time in which
they can work with as much creative freedom as possible, grants are made
freely. No special conditions attach to them, and Fellows may spend
their grant funds in any manner they deem necessary to their work.
The following thirteen (13) Rice University faculty have received fellowships:
(as of
8-5-99)
Max Apple
Judith Brown
William Camfield
Jane Chance
Helena Michie
Robert Patten
Basilios Poulos
Daniel Sherman
Meredith Skura
George Smith
Geoffrey Winningham
Susan Wood
Edith Wyschogrod
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) is the world's
largest technical professional society. Founded in 1884 by a handful of
practitioners of the new electrical engineering discipline, today's Institute
is comprised of more than 320,000 members who conduct and participate in
its activities in approximately 150 countries. The men and women of the
IEEE are the technical and scientific professionals who make revolutionary
engineering advances, which reshape our world. The technical objectives
of the IEEE focus on advancing the theory and practice of electrical, electronic
and computer engineering and computer science. Through its membership,
IEEE provides leadership in areas ranging from aerospace, computers, and
communications to biomedical technology, electric power and consumer electronics.
The following 11 Rice University faculty are fellows:
(as of 9-23-99)
Behnaam Aazhang
Athanasios Antoulas
C. Sidney Burrus
William E. Gordon (Emeritus)
Don H. Johnson
Ken Kennedy
J. Boyd Pearson (Emeritus)
Frank K. Tittel
J. Robert Jump
James F. Young
Willie Zwaenepoel
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Institute of Medicine:
The mission of the Institute of Medicine is to advance and disseminate
scientific knowledge to improve human health. The Institute provides objective,
timely, authoritative information and advice concerning health and science
policy to government, the corporate sector, the professions and the public.
The following two (2) are Rice University faculty are members:
(as of 9-26-00)
G. Anthony Gorry
Alvin R. Tarlov
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE), established by a Congressional
act of incorporation signed in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln, is a
private, independent, nonprofit institution that not only advises the federal
government, but also conducts independent studies that examine some of
the most important contemporary topics in engineering and technology. The
NAE's leadership continues to provide a forum for the spirit of the engineering
profession, building the bridge between science and society. The NAE is
also a member of a larger Academy complex, made up of four distinct yet
interdependent institutions: the National Academy of Sciences, the National
Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research
Council.
The following twelve (12) Rice University faculty are members:
(as of 3-28-01)
Robert Bixby (Emeritus)
Michael M. Carroll
William E. Gordon (Emeritus)
J. David Hellums
George J. Hirasaki
Ken Kennedy
Riki Kobayashi (Emeritus)
Larry V. McIntire
Angelo Miele (Emeritus)
Ronald P. Nordgren
Richard A. Tapia
Anestis S. Veletsos
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) was created specifically for the
purpose of advising the nation's leaders on the scientific issues that
frequently pervade policy decisions, in addition to its sister organizations
in the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and
the National Research Council. These non-profit organizations provide a
public service by working outside the framework of government to ensure
independent advice on matters of science, technology, and medicine. The
nation's top scientists, engineers, and other experts volunteer their time
to study specific concerns, the results of which have inspired some of
America's most significant and lasting efforts to improve the health, education,
and welfare of the population. NAS is an honorary society that elects new
members to its ranks each year.
The following seven (7) Rice University faculty are members:
(as of 9-23-99)
Joseph W. Chamberlain (Emeritus)
Robert F. Curl
Quentin H. Gibson
William E. Gordon (Emeritus)
James L. Kinsey
John L. Margrave
Richard E. Smalley
The National Endowment for the Arts provides national arts education leadership
through grants, research, forums, and policy. The NEA serves the
public good by nurturing the expression of human creativity, supporting
the cultivation of community spirit, and fostering the recognition and
appreciation of the excellence and diversity of our nation's artistic accomplishments.
NEA fellowships include the Arts Endowment Literature Fellowships for the
encouragement of new work; the American Jazz Master Fellowships that recognize
artistic excellence, significant contributions to jazz, and overall impact
on the music field; and National Heritage Fellowships for which excellence
of artistry, authenticity of tradition, and significance within their art
forms are the criteria.
Rice has six (6) faculty who have received NEA fellowships (two have
received multiple fellowships):
(as of 8-5-99)
Karin Broker
Brian Huberman
George Smith (2)
Edward Snow
Geoffrey Winningham (2)
Susan Wood
The National Endowment for the Humanities is a federal agency that provides
grants to individuals and institutions. The grants support research
in the humanities, educational opportunities for teachers, preservation
of texts and materials, translations of important works, museum exhibitions,
television and radio programs, and public discussion and study. NEH
grants are awarded on a competitive basis. In the previous fiscal
year, the Endowment funded about one out of every six applications received.
Nine (9) Rice University faculty have received NEH research fellowships:
(as of 8-5-99)
William Camfield
Jane Chance
Anne Klein
Helena Michie
Robert Patten
Daniel Sherman
Meredith Skura
Martin Wiener
Harvey Yunis
The National Humanities Center is the country’s only independent institute
for advanced study in the humanities. A private, nonprofit institution,
the Center exists to encourage excellent scholarship and to affirm the
importance of the humanities in American society. The fellowship
program identifies talented scholars at a breakthrough moment in their
work, and provides financial support and a stimulating environment for
the best new work in the humanities. Each year, up to 40 scholars,
selected by rigorous peer review, come to the Center’s Archie K. Davis
Building for year-long residencies from across the United States and around
the world.
Fellowships have been awarded to four (4) Rice University faculty:
(as
of 8-5-99)
Michael Maas
Robert Patten
Daniel Sherman
Edith Wyschogrod
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) consists of 17 institutes and associated
centers and divisions. It is one of the agencies of the Public Health Service
which, in turn, is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service.
NIH is the federal government's primary agency for the support of biomedical
research and is the largest such organization in the world. Rice University
had 27 active NIH grants and awards in fiscal year 1998.
The following five (5) current faculty members are NIH Fellows:
(as of 9-10-99)
Jordan Konisky
J. S. Olson
Ronald J. Parry
Dale Spence
James M. Tour
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent U.S. government
agency responsible for promoting science and engineering through programs
that invest over $3.3 billion per year in almost 20,000 research and education
projects in science and engineering. The NSF Awards List shows 123 awards
for fiscal year 1999 (October 1, 1998 - September 30, 1999), 104 awards
currently active at Rice University, and a total of 537 NSF awards to Rice
since the mid-1980s.
The following 42 (unduplicated) current faculty at Rice have received
awards, fellowships, and/or associateships (not all categories are listed,
and some faculty have received awards in more than one category):
(as of 9-23-99)
CAREER/Young Investigator Awards (17)
Sarita Adve
Richard Baraniuk
Enrique Barrera
Vicki Colvin
Alan Cox
Steven J. Cox
Peter Druschel
Spike Gildea
Naomi Halas
Randall G. Hulet
Lydia Kavraki
Edward Knightly
Jordan Konisky
Robert D. Nowak
Stephen Semmes
Pol Spanos
James M. Tour
Research/Engineering Initiation Award (6)
Behnaam Aazhang
Athanasios C. Antoulas
Walter G. Chapman
Panos C. Dakoulas
Marc A. Robert
Ka-yiu San
Postdoctoral/Research Fellowships (11)
Corky Cartwright
Richard Grandy
Joe Hightower
Jordan Konisky
David Queller
Sherrilyn Rough
Stephen Semmes
Scott Singleton
Joan Strassman
Moshe Y. Vardi
G. Walters
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Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,
Mathematics, and Engineering (1)
Richard A. Tapia
Postdoctoral Associateships (3)
John E. Dennis
Ken W. Kennedy
Willy Zwaenepoel
Research Fellowship (1)
Albert Van Helden
Predoctoral Fellowships (5)
Thomas Cochran
Jordan Konisky
Clarence Miller
John Olson
Ronald Sass
Corporate Research Grant (1)
Albert Van Helden
Summer Grant (1)
Albert Van Helden
Research Grant (1)
Martin J Wiener
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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic non-profit institution,
was established by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. in 1934. The Sloan Research Fellowships
were established in 1955 to provide support and recognition to young scientists,
often in their first appointments to university faculties, who were endeavoring
to set up laboratories and establish their independent research projects
with little or no outside support. Over the first 17 years of the program
Sloan Research Fellowships were awarded in physics, chemistry, and pure
mathematics. In 1972, neuroscience was added to the eligible disciplines,
and in 1980 applied mathematics and economics were added. The field of
computer science was added in 1993. During 1996, two Sloan Fellows were
awarded Nobel Prizes: Robert F. Curl, Jr. of Rice University, a 1961 Sloan
Research Fellow in Chemistry, and Richard E. Smalley, also of Rice University,
a 1978 recipient in Chemistry. These bring the number of past Fellows who
have become Nobel Laureates to 21.
Receiving Alfred P. Sloan Fellowships in 1999 were the following Rice
University faculty: Vicki Colvin (Chemistry), Peter Drischel (Computer
Science) and Lydia Kavraki (Computer Science); all total, Rice University
has 18 current faculty who are Sloan Fellows:
(as of 1-22-99)
Sarita V. Adve
W. Edward Billups
Philip R. Brooks
Marco A. Cinfolini
Vicki Colvin
Alan L. Cox
Robert F. Curl
Peter Druschel
Paul S. Engel
Lydia Kavraki
James L. Kinsey
John L. Margrave
Alexander Rimberg
Stephen W. Semmes
Qimiao Si
Richard E. Smalley
Richard A. Stong
R. Bruce Weisman
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U.S. Presidential Appointees:
These are appointments to boards and committees made by presidents of the
United States. The following current full-time Rice faculty have received
presidential appointments:
1997 Ken Kennedy (Professor, Computational Engineering). Appointed
Co-Chair of the
President's Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and
Communication, Information Technology, and the Next Generation Internet.
1996 Richard A. Tapia (Professor, Computational and Applied
Mathematics). Appointed
Member of the National Science Board.
Another Presidential Appointee and his current affiliation with Rice
is as follows:
1993 Neal Lane (Professor, Physics, on leave academic year
1998-99). Appointed Director
of the National Science Foundation
1998 Neal Lane (Professor, Physics, on leave academic year
1998-99). Appointed Director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars was established to
be a living institution commemorating the ideals and concerns of Woodrow
Wilson, president of the United States form 1913 to 1921. Created
by law in 1968, the Center is the official U.S. memorial to Woodrow Wilson.
The Center supports scholarship and links that scholarship to issues of
concern to official Washington by offering fellowships and other support
to high-level professors, public officials, journalists, professionals
and other leaders, giving them special opportunities for research and writing.
Three (3) Rice University faculty have received this fellowship:
(as
of 8-5-99)
Gayke Stokes
Martin Wiener
Joel Wolfe
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