Rice University

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Locations

  1. Housing

    1. Residential Colleges

      1. Martel College, Marian Fox and Speros P.

        Martel College

        At Rice, a residential college functions as an extended family. Undergraduates are randomly assigned to one of 11 residential colleges so that each college represents a cross-section of the university’s diversity.

        Martel is the ninth of Rice’s 11 residential colleges; it opened in fall 2002. 


        What’s there: Undergraduate housing, Martel College Commons


        Named for: Speros and Marian Martel. Speros Martel was an immigrant from Athens, Greece, and a self-educated restaurateur and investor.


        Built: 2002, Michael Graves and Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville


        Rice Campus Map No. 49