<p>Are there great connections between these two great institutions?
Like do astronomy majors get many internship opportunities at NASA,
just like bio students getting offers from TMC?</p>
<p>Nothingbook.</p>
<p>Yes.
Finals time or else an astronomy major would probably help out…
Here’s what I found in a quick search.</p>
<p>From when Malcolm Gillis was Rice’s president …
“The relationship between Rice and NASA goes back a long way,” Gillis says. “President Kennedy chose Rice University as the venue for his announcement of plans to put a man on the moon. Rice donated the land on which the Johnson Space Center is built; in return, NASA helped construct Rice’s space science building, home of the first space science department at any university in America. Because of NASA, Rice was one of the very first universities to establish a department of space physics. Rice’s Fondren Library is the official repository of a sizable share of JSC’s archives. In the past five years, NASA has supported research in several fields at Rice, including gravitational biology, work on the Hubble telescope, telerobotics, software for high performance computing, and research in nanoscale science and engineering focused on fullerene materials and fabrication of ceramic composites. This new joint venture centering on nanotubes capitalizes on this fruitful history, and will further strengthen our interactions with NASA.”</p>
<p>Straight from NASA, more recently:
[NASA</a> - NASA to Award $80,000 in Rice University Business Plan Competition](<a href=“http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2009/J09-005.html]NASA”>http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2009/J09-005.html)</p>
<p>The author of “Apollo 13”, William Broyles, is a Rice graduate …</p>
<p>Maybe you’ll find something interesting here …
[NASA</a> - Google Search](<a href=“NASA site:rice.edu - Google Search”>NASA site:rice.edu - Google Search)</p>
<p>thank you, ottoline 
for the long and detailed response</p>
<p>Nothingbook and other researchers, </p>
<p>Lots of helpful info on this forum – another info gateway is through Google. Just look up Rice University and you’ll find a box that says “search rice.edu.” Also at the website, you’ll find the Rice News Feed in the right column just above Calendar Events. [Rice</a> Media Articles](<a href=“http://feeds2.feedburner.com/rice/Wnhs]Rice”>Rice University News & Media | Rice University News & Media). It helps keeps everyone informed about what’s going on, these days.</p>