Campus closed Jan. 21 for winter weather
Classes and normal campus operations will halt on Tuesday, Jan. 21, due to a winter storm watch, Rice Emergency Management announced Jan. 19. Houston is forecasted to receive sleet, two to four inches of snow and possible freezing rain.
The Rice Memorial Center, Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center and Fondren Library will be closed. Campus bus service will be suspended until roads are safe to travel. Serveries will also be limiting operation, pending announcements from Rice Dining on their website. Classes are canceled, barring graduate business classes, which will be held remotely.
Residential colleges are opened to off-campus students wishing to stay in their colleges during the storm. Students are asked to arrive at their colleges by 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 20 to avoid ice on roads. Several colleges, including Duncan and Jones, are also disseminating spreadsheets via GroupMe to volunteer rooms and suites to off-campus students.
Campus emergency management will “continue to monitor” the weather, and has yet to announce a plan for Wednesday, Jan. 22. Almost a year ago exactly, Rice similarly halted campus operations for “severe winter weather.”
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