The Rice campus will move to remote work and class delivery on Wednesday, Jan. 22. This web page will continue to be updated with information about campus service offerings.

Classes – All classes will be held remotely. No in-person classes are allowed for safety reasons.

Employees – Rice Incident Management Team responders who are required to report to campus have already been notified. All other employees should plan to work remotely Wednesday. If you are unable to work remotely, please let your supervisor know. For information on how supervisors should guide their employees to code time, please see HR guidance.

Campus Access — Buildings will be only open to those with swipe access. Please be aware that during remote operations there is limited emergency access to campus.

Campus Entrances – Entrance 8 (intersection of University Boulevard and Stockton Drive); and Entrance 20 (intersection of Rice Boulevard and Kent Street) will be open on Wednesday.

Buses – Campus bus service will be suspended pending road conditions.

Dining – Retail dining operations on campus will be limited. Please visit dining.rice.edu for the most current information about which services are available.

Emergency issues should be reported to RUPD at 713-348-6000. All non-emergency issues can be reported to the Emergency Command Center at 713-348-8281.

Events and Activities — Events and activities planned for Wednesday have been canceled.

Fondren – Fondren Library will be open 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday for Rice cardholders only.

Parking – All lots will be open on Wednesday to support incident responders.

Parking Garages – Garages will remain open as long as it is safe to do so.

Recreation Center – The Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center will be open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday. The pool will remain closed until Thursday, January 23rd.

We will continue to monitor the weather and update the community.

Please take care and stay safe!

Incident Management Team