Rice violinist practices social distancing while performing 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' Mar. 30, 2020
A Rice University violin student won’t let social distancing stop her from doing what she does best.
Rice News Archive - 2020
Open enrollment for benefit plans set for April 6-24 Mar. 30, 2020
Global health expert available to discuss COVID-19 threat to hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa Mar. 30, 2020
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.
Class acts, from a distance Mar. 30, 2020
As the COVID-19 crisis plays out, Rice University faculty have been proactively making the best of a difficult situation for their students.
Rice University joins consortium to improve medical device design Mar. 30, 2020
The effectiveness of medical devices comes down to one simple question: Is it usable?
Remembering when Rice went to war during a deadly pandemic Mar. 30, 2020
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 Mar. 30, 2020
Rice's spring commencement, originally scheduled for May 15-16, has been postponed because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the university announced Monday.
Annual Kinder Institute luncheon to go virtual May 18 Mar. 30, 2020
This year's event, originally scheduled for May 18, will now be presented as a virtual "Lunch-Out" due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hotez: Trump's goal to relax coronavirus precautions by Easter unrealistic Mar. 27, 2020
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.
As campus cleared out, Rice junior paid it forward with free senior portraits Mar. 27, 2020
Joy Wang captured students’ final photos before they left campus March 25.
Ventilator costing less than $300 developed by Rice University and Metric Technologies Mar. 27, 2020
Rice staff, students and partners have developed an automated bag valve mask ventilator unit that can be built for less than $300 worth of parts and helps critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Rice senior combines love of music with social distancing Mar. 27, 2020
Rice senior Cesar Zapata loves making music. It’s his favorite pastime. And when the coronavirus pandemic forced Rice to close the campus and finish the spring semester online, he suddenly had plenty of free time to devote to his art.
Pandemic may be Mexican leadership's undoing, says Baker Institute expert Mar. 27, 2020
HOUSTON – (March 27, 2020) – The coronavirus pandemic is testing Mexico's leaders and their ability to handle a crisis, according to an expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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