Rice has partnered with the Houston Health Department to provide first and second doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to members of the university community and their families, and booster shots for those who are eligible as defined by the CDC and previously received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Girls in grades 5-9 visited the Rice campus April 17 for the Reach for the Stars STEM Festival. The students interacted with hands-on exhibits, workshops, a jobs panel and a keynote speech by Kirsten Siebach, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, about the Mars Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity helicopter. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow.)
After getting her two degrees from Rice, she would return to her Central Texas hometown of Schulenberg and become a school teacher. But somewhere along the way through her years at Rice, something changed.