Rice University joins consortium to improve medical device design
The effectiveness of medical devices comes down to one simple question: Is it usable?
Remembering when Rice went to war during a deadly pandemic
From hurricanes to recessions to sending its students off to war, Rice has faced and overcome its share of trying times. COVID-19 seems to pose the university with an entirely different challenge.
Rice's spring commencement postponed
Rice's spring commencement, originally scheduled for May 15-16, has been postponed because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the university announced Monday.
Annual Kinder Institute luncheon to go virtual May 18
This year's event, originally scheduled for May 18, will now be presented as a virtual "Lunch-Out" due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hotez: Trump's goal to relax coronavirus precautions by Easter unrealistic
President Trump may want to phase out 15-day self-isolating guidelines and open up the country by Easter, but a prominent epidemiologist who’s testified before Congress says that’s unlikely.
As campus cleared out, Rice junior paid it forward with free senior portraits
Joy Wang captured students’ final photos before they left campus March 25.
Ventilator costing less than $300 developed by Rice University and Metric Technologies
Rice staff, students and partners have developed an automated bag valve mask ventilator unit that can be built for less than $300 worth of parts and helps critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Rice senior combines love of music with social distancing
Rice senior Cesar Zapata loves making music. It’s his favorite pastime. And when the coronavirus pandemic forced Rice to close the campus and finish the spring semester online, he suddenly had plenty of free time to devote to his art.
Heart nanofibers in STAT Madness semifinals
Texas Heart Institute and Rice University’s heart-saving nanotube fibers have advanced to the semifinal round of STAT Madness.
Griffin named interim engineering dean
Rob Griffin, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and senior associate dean for the Brown School of Engineering, will begin serving as the school’s interim dean July 1.
Fondren Library showcases work from home with social media
The Fondren Library team has been busy rounding up answers to that question via Twitter, where it's highlighting the work done from home by librarians, archivists and other Fondren staff during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Coral tells own tale about El Niño’s past
Researchers from Rice and Georgia Tech studied ancient Pacific corals to improve computer model predictions of El Niño events.