In response to COVID-19, OpenStax sees surge in new users
In response to COVID-19, a surge of new students, faculty and schools are signing up to use free online texts and learning materials from Rice-based publisher OpenStax.
How stress and loneliness can make you more likely to get COVID-19
What do stress, loneliness and lack of sleep have in common? They are all factors that can weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to COVID-19, according to Rice University's Christopher Fagundes, an associate professor in the department of psychological sciences who studies the link between mental and immune health.
Kaarthika Thakker programs computers and radio at Rice
Bioengineers call for scale-up of COVID-19 testing to academic labs
Rice bioengineers are calling on federal officials to draft their lab and thousands like it to rapidly scale up coronavirus testing.
Woodson Research Center receives donation of Houston concert photography from '70s
Catching a concert in Houston was a little different in the 1970s, and not only because the ticket prices were more affordable.
'Hunker down' and hope for a controlled crash landing
Rice bioscientist Yousif Shamoo explains how diseases like the coronavirus spread quickly and discusses how big cities like Houston can respond.
'A lexicon for troubled times'
It's no secret that human behavior is altering the world around us. This geologic era is referred to as the Anthropocene, the age dating from the beginning of significant human impact on Earth and its ecosystems, and is explored in a new book edited by a Rice University anthropologist.
Two Rice researchers carry on in Italy
Two Rice researchers are spending their days under a mountain in Italy, advancing the search for dark matter.
Conference USA cancels spring sports
Heart nanofiber project makes STAT Madness round 3
A Texas Heart Institute/Rice project to use nanotube fibers to repair damaged hearts advances to round 3 of STAT Madness.
People, papers and presentations Mar 16, 2020
Denson among winners of Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Blake Denson, a Shepherd School graduate student of voice, is one of five winners of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Moody Center, Skyspace closed until further notice
One last time — for now: Rice students organize impromptu ‘graduation’ ceremony
The class of 2020 wasn't leaving campus without a final march through the Sallyport.
