The quest for knowledge, understanding and self-expression is a common thread running through stories in the newest issue of Rice Magazine: What questions keep Rice’s renowned faculty up at night? How are students using their laptops to express themselves? When did “age-old” tradition prohibiting Rice undergraduates from walking through the Sallyport begin? Where is a Rice alumnus helping people interact with African-American history in a new way? The answers to these questions and much more news and views from campus can be found in the Winter 2018 issue and at magazine.rice.edu.