Our strategic vision is for a more fully integrated and connective humanities through innovative and interdisciplinary work. This connective ambition includes:

• Meaningful engagement of the humanities with the sciences, through programs and areas of study in Medical Humanities; Environmental Studies; Science and Technology Studies; and Ethics;
• Connecting the local to the global through the advancement of world histories, cultures and languages;
• New investments in the visual arts and creative writing, embodied in Susan and Fayez Sarofim Hall, the new home for the student arts on the ground of the former Rice Media Center;
• Connecting our Rice humanities and arts classrooms to the City of Houston and the Gulf Coast.