McMurtry 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.
The 10th of Rice’s 11 residential colleges to be constructed. Despite its relative youth, McMurtry already boasts a distinctive personality all its own.
What’s there: Undergraduate housing, McMurtry College Commons
Named for: Burt and Deedee McMurtry. Venture capitalist Burt McMurtry ’56 served on the student committee that endorsed the transition from the institution’s original dormitory structures to the residential college system.
Built: 2009, Hopkins Architects with Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company
Rice Campus Map No. 51