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Events
- AUGUST 22, 2019
CoachRICE: A Leadership Coaching Program Advanced Training Package
- AUGUST 22, 2019
Hurricane Harvey 2 Years After: A Symposium
- AUGUST 23, 2019
Third Annual Gulf Coast Vascular Research Consortium
- AUGUST 28, 2019
Seminar: The Art and Science of Collaborative Clinical Visualization
- AUGUST 28, 2019
Patient Home Visits (Formerly Texas Bus Rounds)
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
SITC 2019 Interim Workshops on Cancer Immune Responsiveness and Adoptive Cellular Therapy
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Fall Preview at Rice University
Spotlights
Executive chef Hugo Ortego talks Mexican cuisine, buying local and his gratitude to the city of Houston
- Astronaut and TMC Board Member Bernard A. Harris Jr. reflects on the moon landing
- Arnold Ventures is developing innovative solutions to persistent problems
- Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale talks medicine, philanthropy and Hurricane Harvey
- Houston Zoo CEO Lee Ehmke explains how to create “sensitive and imaginative” habitats
- Lisa M. Hollier, M.D.: Spotlight on maternal mortality
Vitals
Curated
The River program, part of TUTS, extends arts access to people of all abilities
- Artist Gillian Wearing challenges selfie culture in exhibit at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts
- Houston Methodist sound dome offers behavioral health patients a non-pharmaceutical way to unwind
- A new HMNS exhibit inspires viewers to take a fresh look at nature
- Purple Songs Can Fly helps pediatric cancer patients express personal melodies
- The MFAH brings van Gogh paintings to Houston for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibit
Innovation
NextMed: Exoskeleton functions as another set of legs
- Why scientists are working with the military to develop headsets that can read minds
- Bringing mental health to the masses
- Baylor College of Medicine is experimenting with AI to improve liver transplant outcomes
- Virtual reality program distracts and entertains pediatric patients ahead of surgery
- TMC Innovation debuts new “alpha” program for early-stage innovations
