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NEWS 4/8/25 10:33pm

REMS blood drive rallies community

By Abigail Chiu

Rice Emergency Medical Services hosted a blood drive in collaboration with the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center April 1. Elizabeth Pan, the community outreach lieutenant for REMS, said this semester’s event had around 160 sign-ups and collected 141 units of blood.

NEWS 4/1/25 11:37pm

Student store offers discounted merch to students

By Janaki Venepally

Select merchandise from the Campus Bookstore will now be available to students for a discounted price, according to an Instagram post by the Student Association in collaboration with the Campus Bookstore. Each month, designated “spirit items” will be offered at a 10% discount. For the month of March, the selected merchandise was two blue Rice T-shirts.  

NEWS 4/1/25 10:27pm

Vegan Fest returns after six year hiatus

By Viola Hsia

Vegan Fest was celebrated at Rice in the RMC Grand Hall March 25. The event, hosted by Rice Vegan Society, welcomed 25 vendors and organizers for around 610 attendees, according to events coordinator Hong Lin Tsai.

NEWS 4/1/25 10:24pm

VP of research Ramesh steps down

By Noa Berz

Ramamoorthy Ramesh will step down from his role as executive vice president for research at the end of this academic year, President Reggie DesRoches announced in an email to the Rice community March 18. 

NEWS 4/1/25 10:18pm

Zoghbi slated for commencement

By Hongtao Hu

Huda Zoghbi was announced to be the speaker for Rice’s 112th commencement March 26. Zoghbi is a professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine.

NEWS 4/1/25 10:13pm

Construction continues on campus

By Richie Su

Several construction projects continue on Rice campus, including a planting refresh in the academic quad, expansion around McNair Hall and the construction of Sarofim Hall for visual arts programs. 

NEWS 3/25/25 9:53pm

Measles vaccine clinic held amid outbreak

By Sanjana Ramineni

Rice held a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine clinic March 20 in response to the growing measles outbreak in Texas. The clinic was a partnership between Rice Emergency Management and Albertsons/Randalls that sought to provide additional protection to faculty, staff and students who may not be fully vaccinated.

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