BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//RUCAA - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://rucaa.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for RUCAA
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Asia/Seoul
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0900
TZOFFSETTO:+0900
TZNAME:KST
DTSTART:20250101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20250309T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20251102T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20260308T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20261101T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20270314T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20271107T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20270314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20271107T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20250309T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20251102T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20260308T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20261101T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20270314T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20271107T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Seoul:20260206T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Seoul:20260206T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T113302
CREATED:20260119T052548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260201T105708Z
UID:3820-1770402600-1770411600@rucaa.org
SUMMARY:2026 Coast to Coast Lunar New Year Toast – Seoul\, South Korea
DESCRIPTION:RUCAA’s 2026 Lunar New Year Toast – Seoul \nOne night a year\, RUCAA alumni all around the world are invited to gather together to celebrate community and the great spirit of our school. In groups both large and small\, fueled by the fellowship of generations of Owls\, parents\, faculty\, and friends\, we toast to a new year! \nJoin fellow Rice alumni in Seoul as we welcome the Year of the Horse. Tasty food and drinks and the warmth of our Rice community will be available. If we have enough people\, we will also have a special dumpling-making cooking class. \nEvent Details: \n\nDate: Thursday\, February 6\, 2026\nTime: 6:30 – 9:00 pm\nLocation: New Blanc Central Myeongdong Hotel\nParking: Mechanical parking available for up to 30 cars (SUVs not allowed)\nCapacity: 20 spots\nCost: KRW 30\,000 per person payable at the event\n\nCome ready to learn\, possibly cook\, share stories\, and reconnect with old friends while making new connections within the Rice family. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our traditions while looking forward to the year ahead. If the RSVP button isn’t working properly\, please email us at rucaa000@gmail.com. \n\nWe can’t wait to celebrate with you!
URL:https://rucaa.org/event/2026-coast-to-coast-lunar-new-year-toast-seoul-south-korea/
LOCATION:New Blanc Central Myeongdong Hotel\, 20 Changgyeonggung-ro\, Jung District\, Seoul\, Korea\, Republic of
CATEGORIES:Lunar New Year,RUCAA,Seoul
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://rucaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LNY-2026-4.pdf
ORGANIZER;CN="The Rice University Community of Asian Alumni":MAILTO:alumni@rice.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260210T200000
DTSTAMP:20260501T113302
CREATED:20251216T165912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260119T034714Z
UID:3697-1770750000-1770753600@rucaa.org
SUMMARY:RUCAA Virtual Lecture Series\, Lecture 1 - Prof Sidney Lu on "Model Minority: Myth of Culture\, Myth of Success"
DESCRIPTION:Join us virtually for the inaugural lecture in RUCAA’s Virtual Lecture Series on Feb 10\, 2026 at 7pm CT. Prof Sidney Lu will discourse on the subject of the “Model Minority: Myth of Culture\, Myth of Success”. \nAsian Americans have been described as the model minority by other groups in the U.S. This talk discusses how the context of the Cold War was crucial for the formation and popularization of this discourse. The talk also discusses how the myth of culture and the myth of success\, the two pillars of the model minority discourse\, have negatively affected the parent-children relationship amongst Asian Americans themselves. The discussion will be followed by a break-out session. \nAs Rice alumni we love learning\, and hope that you find this subject matter useful\, introspective and and enlightening. If you have any Rice professors who have inspired you\, please don’t hesitate to share that with us in our messages as we look to expand this series. \nYou will receive a zoom link upon registration. \nRegistration is here. \n–Professor Sidney X. Lu\, Ph.D. is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Transnational Asian Studies at Rice University. He is a social and cultural historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Japan and East Asia\, with research interests in the areas of migration\, settler colonialism\, gender\, race\, and trans-Pacific connections. He earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 2013. At Rice\, he teaches widely on the topics of Asian American History\, modern Japan\, modern East Asia\, as well as Minorities and Subcultures in Asian Societies. He is the author of: \nCollaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires (University of California Press\, 2025) \nThe Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism: Malthusianism and Trans-Pacific Migration (Cambridge University Press\, 2019) \nCo-editor of the Book Series: Between Asias and Americas
URL:https://rucaa.org/event/vls01-lu/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:RUCAA,RUCAA Virtual Lecture Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rucaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/LU-Sidney_headshot.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="The Rice University Community of Asian Alumni":MAILTO:alumni@rice.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T113302
CREATED:20260119T054747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260201T105642Z
UID:3834-1771153200-1771164000@rucaa.org
SUMMARY:2026 Coast to Coast Lunar New Year Toast – Washington\, DC
DESCRIPTION:RUCAA’s 2026 Lunar New Year Toast – Washington DC \nOne night a year\, RUCAA alumni all around the world are invited to gather together to celebrate community and the great spirit of our school. In groups both large and small\, fueled by the fellowship of generations of Owls\, parents\, faculty\, and friends\, we toast to a new year! \nJoin fellow Rice alumni in Washington DC as we welcome the Year of the Horse with delicious food\, meaningful conversation\, and the warmth of our Rice community. \nEvent Details: \n\nDate: Sunday\, February 15\, 2026\nTime: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm\nLocation: Luna Hall DC\, 625 H St NW Unit 103\, Washington\, DC 20001\nParking: Street parking\, Metro accessible\nCapacity: 15 spots\n\nPayment: Food Hall – Self-order & self-pay\, there is a bar for those who partake. \nFamily friendly venue \nCome ready to share stories\, reconnect with old friends\, and make new connections within the Rice family. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our traditions while looking forward to the year ahead. \nIf the RSVP button isn’t working properly\, please email us at rucaa000@gmail.com. \n\nWe can’t wait to celebrate with you!
URL:https://rucaa.org/event/2026-coast-to-coast-lunar-new-year-toast-washington-dc/
LOCATION:Luna Hall DC\, 625 H St NW Unit 103\, Washington\, DC\, DC\, 20001\, United States
CATEGORIES:DC,Lunar New Year,RUCAA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://rucaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LNY-2026-5.pdf
ORGANIZER;CN="The Rice University Community of Asian Alumni":MAILTO:alumni@rice.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260215T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260215T143000
DTSTAMP:20260501T113302
CREATED:20260119T042846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260201T105614Z
UID:3799-1771156800-1771165800@rucaa.org
SUMMARY:2026 Coast to Coast Lunar New Year Toast - Houston\, TX
DESCRIPTION:RUCAA’s 2026 Coast to Coast Lunar New Year Toast – Houston \nOne night a year\, RUCAA alumni all around the world are invited to gather together to celebrate community and the great spirit of our school. In groups both large and small\, fueled by the fellowship of generations of Owls\, parents\, faculty\, and friends\, we toast to a new year! \nJoin fellow Rice alumni in Houston as we welcome the Year of the Horse with delicious food\, meaningful conversation\, and the warmth of our Rice community. \nEvent Details: \n\nDate: Sunday\, February 15\, 2026\nTime: Noon-2:30pm CT (TBD)\nLocation: Triple Pepper on 4720 Richmond Ave\, Houston TX\nParking: Ample parking available\nCapacity: 20 spots\n\nPayment: Even split for food; separate checks for alcohol \nIf the RSVP button isn’t working properly\, please email us at rucaa000@gmail.com.
URL:https://rucaa.org/event/2026-coast-to-coast-lunar-new-year-toast-houston-tx/
LOCATION:Triple Pepper Richmond\, 4720 Richmond Ave\, Houston\, TX\, 77027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Houston,Lunar New Year,RUCAA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://rucaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LNY-2026-1.pdf
ORGANIZER;CN="The Rice University Community of Asian Alumni":MAILTO:alumni@rice.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T203000
DTSTAMP:20260501T113302
CREATED:20260119T050401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260201T105542Z
UID:3814-1771180200-1771187400@rucaa.org
SUMMARY:2026 Coast to Coast Lunar New Year Toast – New York\, NY
DESCRIPTION:RUCAA’s 2026 Lunar New Year Toast – New York \nOne night a year\, RUCAA alumni all around the world are invited to gather together to celebrate community and the great spirit of our school. In groups both large and small\, fueled by the fellowship of generations of Owls\, parents\, faculty\, and friends\, we toast to a new year! \nJoin fellow Rice alumni in New York as we welcome the Year of the Horse with delicious food\, meaningful conversation\, and the warmth of our Rice community. \nEvent Details: \n\nDate: Saturday\, February 15\, 2026\nTime: 6:30 – 8:30 pm\nLocation: Chi (492 9th Ave\, New York\, NY) on 9th Ave\, between 37th and 38th St.\nSubway: Nearest subway stops are Hudson Yards\, Penn Station or Port Authority\nCapacity: 36 spots\n\nPayment: Even split for food; pay for your own alcohol \nCome ready to share stories\, reconnect with old friends\, and make new connections within the Rice family. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our traditions while looking forward to the year ahead. If the RSVP button isn’t working properly\, please email us at rucaa000@gmail.com. \n\nWe can’t wait to celebrate with you!
URL:https://rucaa.org/event/2026-coast-to-coast-lunar-new-year-toast-new-york-ny/
LOCATION:Chi\, 492 9th Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lunar New Year,NYC,RUCAA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://rucaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LNY-2026-3.pdf
ORGANIZER;CN="The Rice University Community of Asian Alumni":MAILTO:alumni@rice.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260215T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260215T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T113302
CREATED:20260119T044432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260201T105515Z
UID:3807-1771180200-1771189200@rucaa.org
SUMMARY:2026 Coast to Coast Lunar New Year Toast – Marina del Rey\, CA
DESCRIPTION:RUCAA’s 2026 Lunar New Year Toast – Marina del Rey \nOne night a year\, RUCAA alumni all around the world are invited to gather together to celebrate community and the great spirit of our school. In groups both large and small\, fueled by the fellowship of generations of Owls\, parents\, faculty\, and friends\, we toast to a new year! \nJoin fellow Rice alumni in Marina del Rey as we welcome the Year of the Horse with delicious food\, meaningful conversation\, and the warmth of our Rice community. \nEvent Details: \n\nDate: Sunday\, February 15\, 2026\nTime: 6:30 – 9:00 pm\nLocation: Namoo\, Villa Marina Marketplace\, 13455 Maxella Ave\nParking: Free parking lot available\nCapacity: 15 spots\n\nPayment: Even split for all food and alcohol/beverages consumed \nCome ready to share stories\, reconnect with old friends\, and make new connections with our RUCAA family. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our traditions while looking forward to the year ahead. If the RSVP button isn’t working properly\, please email us at rucaa000@gmail.com. \nWe can’t wait to celebrate with you!
URL:https://rucaa.org/event/2026-coast-to-coast-lunar-new-year-toast-marina-del-rey-ca/
LOCATION:NAMOO\, 13455 Maxella Ave\, Marina Del Rey\, CA\, 90292\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lunar New Year,RUCAA,SoCal
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://rucaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LNY-2026-2.pdf
ORGANIZER;CN="The Rice University Community of Asian Alumni":MAILTO:alumni@rice.edu
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR