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International students International degreeseeking students at Rice make up almost 20 percent of the student body. For undergrads, that number is more than 10 percent.
Rice 360º and Beyond Traditional Borders
Our Institute for Global H e a l t h Te c h n olo g i e s (Rice 360º) works with communities and nonprofits to develop low-cost solutions to serious health care challenges, especially in rural, remote and resource-poor areas of the world. Rice students’ designs include inexpensive and hardy continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines for infants, IV drips, syringe dosing kits, handpowered centrifuges, low-cost incubators and a versatile “lab in a backpack.” This past summer, students traveled to Malawi, Lesotho, Botswana and Brazil to test these health technologies, gather feedback and improve them. “One of the things I love most about Rice students is how much they care about others and making the world a better place. It’s so amazing how creative and giving the students can be!” —Jenny West Rozelle ’00
“My dad died during finals week my freshman year at Rice. Dennis Huston, the then-master at Hanszen, was notified, and as I finished up an exam he was already gathering my friends and changing my plane ticket. He had my roommate start packing for me. When I got out of the exam he met me and broke the news to me and then gathered me up off the floor when I fell to the ground in shock. He was there for me. He cared. He knew me. He knew my friends. The college system allows for, and actually promotes, this kind of close relationship. (And Prof. Huston was a great master, to be sure.)”
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