Woltz applauded Rice’s elevation of a protest space, and he pointed to the sound of dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters chanting for university divestment on the other side of Lovett Hall.

Rice University Police Department officers arrived after groups of students went to the rooftop of Lovett Hall — at least nine students were on the roof at once, according to a drone photo from the ...

The Rice University campus is a world unto itself ... Unlike most other parts of Houston, the campus has a sense of history. Lovett Hall, which has been around since 1912, is a beautiful building.