Rice News Archive - 2020

Moody Center for the Arts

Moody Center, Skyspace closed until further notice Mar. 16, 2020

Baker College seniors walk through the Sallyport during a mock graduation March 13, 2020.

One last time — for now: Rice students organize impromptu ‘graduation’ ceremony Mar. 16, 2020

The class of 2020 wasn't leaving campus without a final march through the Sallyport.

Kirsten Ostherr

Rice prof’s book on ‘globalization and contagion’ now open-access  Mar. 16, 2020

People, Papers, and Presentations

People, papers and presentations for March 16 Mar. 16, 2020

Tapia Camps, a summer program of Rice's Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity in Education, has been recognized with two national awards.

Dateline Rice

Dateline Rice for March 13, 2020 Mar. 13, 2020

Senior Abigail Grayson in Hammond Hall

Abigail Grayson finds joy at Rice Mar. 13, 2020

Lovett Hall

A message from the Rice Crisis Management Team Mar. 12, 2020

Rice University will transition to fully remote instruction for all classes for the remainder of this semester, effective March 23, and undergraduate residential colleges will be closed to most students after March 25.

Dateline Rice

Dateline Rice for March 12, 2020 Mar. 12, 2020

Illustration showing how REPAIR, a smart electronic patch, will help regrow muscle tissue

'Smart' wound-healing patch: DARPA awards $22 million grant Mar. 12, 2020

Rice University engineers are part of a team that's developing an 'intelligent' bandage to regrow muscle tissue for wounded soldiers.

Rice's own Kathryn Cavender won the CASI Terlingua International Chili Champion — and a 26-pound bronze trophy of a jalapeño. The OEDK made a 3D-printed version that's only 3 pounds. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow)

A trophy made for traveling Mar. 12, 2020

OEDK has designed a lightweight replica trophy for Rice’s own Terlingua chili champ, Kathryn Cavender.

The future of the #MeToo movement and the history of sexual agency were among the subjects of a deep-dive discussion led by speaker Ayesha Faines March 4 in the Farnsworth Pavilion.

From Cassandra to Anita Hill: Faines focuses on history of sexual agency at Farnsworth Mar. 12, 2020

The future of the #MeToo movement and the history of sexual agency were among the subjects of a deep-dive discussion led by speaker Ayesha Faines March 4 in the Farnsworth Pavilion.

The new Department of Transnational Asian Studies will be housed on the fifth floor of Lovett Hall. (Photo by Brandon Martin)

Crowdfunding rife with unintended consequences, says Baker Institute expert Mar. 12, 2020

HOUSTON – (March 12, 2020) – Successful entrepreneurial fundraising through crowdfunding can bring surprising tax consequences and failed projects can generate other unpleasant legal concerns, according to a new issue brief from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

A schematic shows the three-step method to produce molecular-imprinted graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets. The process developed by Rice University researchers could help catch and kill free-floating antibiotic resistant genes found in secondary effluent produced by wastewater plants. (Credit: Illustration by Danning Zhang/Rice University)

New nano strategy fights superbugs Mar. 12, 2020

Rice researchers imprint carbon nitride nanosheets to catch and kill free-floating antibiotic resistant genes found in secondary effluent produced by wastewater treatment plants. The strategy would prevent the DNA molecules from making downstream bacteria more resistant to drugs.

Dateline Rice

Dateline Rice for March 11, 2020 Mar. 11, 2020

Baker Hall, home of Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Executive education for all is goal at Rice this spring Mar. 11, 2020

HOUSTON -- (March 11, 2020) – Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business believes executive education should be available to all levels, not just senior-level executives.