Covid-19

Beautify your Zoom calls with new Rice backgrounds

Campus Kindness: Social distancing T-shirts provide levity while giving Houstonians in need a lift

Rice colleges to house Texas Medical Center personnel on front lines of COVID-19 fight

Rice establishes COVID-19 research fund, offers nearby hospitals housing on campus for health care workers

As part of a coordinated effort to combat COVID-19, Rice University has established a research accelerator fund to support projects intended to help end the pandemic and prepare for similar outbreaks in the future.

Ensure migrant, refugees' rights during coronavirus outbreak, says Baker Institute expert

Showing support for the Class of 2020

Rice researchers create interactive map of COVID-19 cases in Texas

A team of researchers in the Center for Research Computing’s Spatial Studies Lab at Rice University has created an interactive map showing all cases of COVID-19 across Texas utilizing public health data. The map is now online at coronavirusintexas.org.

Rice University emergency ventilator plans now online

Rice offers free math activities for children during COVID-19

The Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP) is offering fun and educational math activities free to children stuck at home during the COVID-19 crisis.

Rice researchers create interactive map of COVID cases in Texas

HOUSTON – (March 31, 2020) – A team of researchers in the Center for Research Computing’s Spatial Studies Lab at Rice University has created an interactive map showing all cases of COVID-19 across Texas utilizing public health data. The map is now online at coronavirusintexas.org.

Rice violinist practices social distancing while performing 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'

A Rice University violin student won’t let social distancing stop her from doing what she does best.

Global health expert available to discuss COVID-19 threat to hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa

Rice University bioengineer and global health pioneer Rebecca Richards-Kortum is available to discuss how hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa are preparing to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

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.