Kraft family backs new 80,000-square-foot Rice football pavilion and Jewish studies professorship
Rice has received a gift from alumna and trustee Patti Lipoma Kraft ’87 and her husband, Jonathan Kraft, to support two university priorities: construction of a state-of-the-art covered football practice pavilion and establishment of the Kraft Family Professorship in Jewish Studies.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-hc
Rice receives major gift from Krafts for football facility and endowed professorship
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-hbj
Construction set to begin on new practice pavilion
BVM Sports
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-bvm

Hello Houston (Aug. 10, 2026)
Yvonne Romero, vice president for enrollment and dean of admissions and financial aid, is interviewed about the Rice Investment.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-hpm

‘Battleground Texas’
Rice political science professor Mark Jones is quoted.
KTBC-TV (Austin, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-ktbc