Rice Engineering Graduate Students! What could you do in 90 seconds? Watch an online video? Compose an e-mail? Sing the national anthem? How about using that time to convince everyone that your research project is the coolest thing on the planet?

Have you ever attended a networking event or reception and felt uneasy about approaching people or introducing yourself? Do you think that networking is something that only a few people know how to do well? If so, then join us…

For this workshop, bring a brief summary of the research you propose to do. Identify the university and professor you would like to work with.

In “My Life After Rice,” Nan Bouchard, vice president of program management for Boeing Defense, Space, Security will detail her personal journey as a chemical engineering major from Rice University and her career at The Boeing Company.

Dr. Suresh, a visitor to the Baker Institute’s Civic Scientist program, will be meeting with engaged RCEL students.

Don’t miss the chance to enter Rice’s first undergraduate entrepreneurship competition of the year! This competition is open to ANY undergraduate student or undergraduate team with a business concept or idea.

Talk with NBC science correspondent Robert Bazell about how to present science/engineering topics ways accessible to the general public.

A group of students calling itself OwlSquad is putting together Rice’s first Entrepreneurship Summit, an event for students from across campus, so get your friends from the Business School or Natural Sciences and spend your Saturday learning how to take calculated risks in your field and how to turn your passion into a successful company.

The funding of the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) by alumni John and Ann Doerr, ’73 and ’75, makes a milestone in engineering education at Rice. Join us to celebrate the Center as President David Leebron makes opening remarks and introduces the Doerrs. John Doerr will also speak.