Leebron discusses COVID-19 response with Asia Society Texas Center
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.
Rice to give $3.4 million in CARES Act funding directly to students
We write today to announce how Rice University will allocate funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Campus Kindness: Siler fulfills a dream while providing a musical escape
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.
NSF RAPID grant supports COVID-19 'computational pipeline'
Lydia Kavraki wins a NSF Rapid Response Research grant to help identify SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins for vaccine development.
Lunch, anyone? Rice Dining favorites now available to go with Curbside at the Club
Coming soon: Dinner packages with wine pairings.
Campus Kindness: Chinese Parents Association donates PPE to Houston institutions
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.
COVID-19 webinar: Pandemic a 'global problem requiring a global solution'
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.
Meet the Rice alum in charge of NASA's prelaunch quarantine program
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.
An accelerated COVID-19 vaccine? Not so fast
Health experts from Rice’s Baker Institute discuss development process
Webinar to explore how COVID-19 might change cities forever
Free event features director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research
AMD gives supercomputer to Rice for COVID-19 research
AMD is donating a petaflop-scale supercomputer to Rice University to speed progress on pandemic-related research.
COVID-19 crisis hits Houston harder than other Texas cities
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.
President lays out Rice’s flexible path
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.
Fondren Library, Digital Media Commons host free online workshops this summer
Professional development is just one service Rice librarians are offering remotely
Rice's COVID-19 research fund awards final grants
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.
