Humanities

COVID-19 research funds back six new initiatives

Grants to Rice faculty will support diagnostic, environmental and social projects.

Rice history professor wins Pulitzer Prize

Caleb McDaniel’s 'Sweet Taste of Liberty' tells true story of slavery and restitution in America.

Humanities courses for summer 2020 help make sense of changing world

Nearly 50 online courses are available at significant discount for Rice students and the general public.

In this together: Rice students, Korean kids forge mutually beneficial bonds 

Before the pandemic hit, Jayoung Song was planning to take the students in her first-year Korean language class on a series of immersive trips to some of Houston’s Korean restaurants and grocery stores. And Will Rice freshman Diego Lopez-Bernal was eagerly awaiting the first outing, because trying Korean food last year was one of the things that got him interested in learning the language in the first place.

Graduating Mellon Mays fellows grateful for opportunity — and the Rice mentors who helped

Increasing diversity in the faculties of colleges and universities across the U.S. is the mission of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program, which has helped fund the doctoral dreams of over 5,000 students at 48 member schools since 1986.

Esch considers animals in wartime for second book, funded by NEH stipend

Unconventional students: Emma Reford pirouettes while pre-med

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.

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 U. experts available to discuss COVID-19's wide-ranging impact

HOUSTON – (March 23, 2020) – As the COVID-19 pandemic grows and impacts the lives of people across the globe, Rice University experts are available to discuss various topics related to the disease. 

Rice prof’s book on ‘globalization and contagion’ now open-access 

Abigail Grayson finds joy at Rice

Paul Celan conference brings international experts on poetry to Rice

As one of the most important and influential poets of the 20th century, Paul Celan’s life and work reflect a central ethical and literary concern of his own time: “Can one still write poetry after Auschwitz?”

'A force of good': PJHC program at Rice turns 10

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