Rice President David Leebron participated in "How Universities are Preparing for the Age of Coronavirus and Beyond," a June 18 webinar that was part of a COVID-19 series hosted by the Asia Society Texas Center.
Tamara Siler ’87 has always wanted to play the role of Mama Morton, the sultry matron of a women's prison in the musical “Chicago,” and sing “When You’re Good to Mama,” a number she says is a natural for her alto and contralto voice.
As a token of appreciation to Rice and Houston for educating and hosting their children, the Rice University Chinese Parents Association has donated 65,000 disposable masks and 250 face shields to Memorial Hermann hospital and the Harris Health System.
Overcoming the challenges of COVID-19 and mapping the global community's path forward can only be achieved through cooperation and trust between nations, according to experts who participated in a webinar hosted by Rice and Zhejiang University.
NASA flight surgeon Rob Mulcahy '08 was in charge of the prelaunch quarantine -- a precaution doubly important during the COVID-19 pandemic -- for the space agency's first manned mission to launch from the U.S. in almost a decade.
HOUSTON – (May 28, 2020) – Revenue losses related to COVID-19 will hinder city services in Houston, San Antonio and Dallas, with Houston likely to be the hardest hit of the three, according to a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Rice President David Leebron laid out the health, operational and financial challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic in a virtual Town Hall on May 22 and offered heartfelt hope the university would emerge stronger when the virus subsides.
The Rice University COVID-19 Research Fund Oversight and Review Committee funds nine more faculty teams working to mitigate the effects of the new coronavirus.