Rice Hall, New Home of Computer Science

The Computer Science department has moved into Rice Hall, a beautiful new building right next to our former home, Olsson Hall.

The admin offices are on the fifth floor, and faculty offices, lab spaces, and collaboration spaces on the second, third, fourth, and fifth floors. The first floor has an auditorium (not yet ready, but should be open by November), bagel shop (hopefully opening soon), and some classroom lab space.

Contrary to what some Computer Science students may think, the building is not named for everyone’s favorite computability theorem, or for our most popular food staple, but is named for Paul and Gina Rice, who made the lead donation for the building. Paul Rice is a SEAS graduate who founded PEC Solutions, which provides information technology services for government. PEC was acquired by Nortel in 2005, and has since become Avaya Government Solutions. Thank you Paul and Gina!

The official dedication of the building will be Friday, 18 November. All current and future students and alumni are invited to join us for the dedication.